2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference Pacific-12 Conference
2014–15 record 23–10 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach Mike Neighbors (2nd year)
Assistant coach Kevin Morrison
Assistant coach Fred Castro
Assistant coach Adia Barnes
Home arena Alaska Airlines Arena
2014–15 Pacific-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#10 Oregon State 16 – 2   .889     27 – 5   .844
#9 Arizona State 15 – 3   .833     29 – 6   .829
#14 Stanford † 13 – 5   .722     26 – 10   .722
#24 California 13 – 5   .722     23 – 10   .697
Washington 11 – 7   .611     23 – 10   .697
UCLA 8 – 10   .444     19 – 18   .514
Washington State 7 – 11   .389     17 – 15   .531
USC 7 – 11   .389     15 – 15   .500
Colorado 6 – 12   .333     15 – 17   .469
Oregon 6 – 12   .333     13 – 17   .433
Arizona 3 – 15   .167     10 – 20   .333
Utah 3 – 15   .167     9 – 22   .290
† 2015 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 4, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team will represent University of Washington during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by second year head coach Mike Neighbors, play their home games at the Alaska Airlines Arena and were a members of the Pacific-12 Conference. They finish the season 23-10, 11-7 in Pac-12 for a fifth-place finish. They advance to the quarterfinals of the 2015 Pacific-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament which they lost to California. They received at-large bid of the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, which is their first trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the first time since 2007. They lost to Miami (FL) in the first round.

Previous Season

The Washington Huskies finished the 2013-14 season with an overall record of 20–14, with a record of 10–8 in the Pac-12 regular season. In the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament, the Huskies were defeated by Utah, 65–53 in the First round. They lost in the quarterfinals in the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament to UTEP, 70–63.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Mercedes Wetmore 1 G 5'8" Senior Lake Tapps, WA Graduated
Kassia Fortier 30 G 5'8" Senior Issaquah, WA Graduated

2014 Recruiting Class

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Hannah Johnson
W		 Mission Hills, CA Bishop Alemany High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 90
Kelli Kingma
PG		 Mill Creek, WA Henry M. Jackson High School 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) N/A  
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
F/C 0 Osahor, ChantelChantel Osahor style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Saint Mary's Phoenix, AZ
F 1 Johnson, HannahHannah Johnson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Bishop Alemany Los Angeles, CA
F 3 Walton, TaliaTalia Walton style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Federal Way Federal Way, WA
G 10 Plum, KelseyKelsey Plum style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So La Jolla Country Day Poway, CA
F/C 11 Gilling, MathildeMathilde Gilling style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Rungsted Gymnasium Rungsted Kyst, Denmark
F/C 13 Collier, KatieKatie Collier style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Seattle Christian Covington, WA
G/F 14 Corral, HeatherHeather Corral style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Prairie Vancouver, WA
G/F 15 Lark, KhaliaKhalia Lark style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Mater Dei Irvine, CA
G 20 Kingma, KelliKelli Kingma style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Henry M. Jackson Mill Creek, WA
G 21 Ruiz, BriannaBrianna Ruiz style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Del Oro Sacramento, CA
G 22 Atchley, AlexusAlexus Atchley style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Yorba Linda Yorba Linda, CA
F 23 Williams, AminahAminah Williams style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Kennedy Seattle, WA
G 32 Davis, JazmineJazmine Davis style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Valley Christian San Jose, CA
G 42 Wieburg, MackenzieMackenzie Wieburg style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Issaquah Sammamish, WA
Head coach

Mike Neighbors

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Morrison
Fred Castro
Adia Barnes

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-14

Schedule

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Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/05/2014* Concordia (Oregon) W 95–45  – Alaska Airlines Arena (N/A)
Regular season
11/14/2014* at Oklahoma L 80–90  0–1 Lloyd Noble Center (5,230)
11/20/2014* South Dakota W 96–82  1–1 Alaska Airlines Arena (1,363)
11/23/2014* Yale W 81–51  2–1 Alaska Airlines Arena (2,019)
11/27/2014* vs. Florida State
(Cancún Challenge)		 W 80–68  3–1 Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650)
11/28/2014* vs. Hartford
(Cancún Challenge)		 W 81–70  4–1 Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650)
11/29/2014* vs. Furman
(Cancún Challenge)		 W 101–69  5–1 Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650)
12/04/2014* at Seattle W 102–69  6–1 KeyArena (925)
12/07/2014* at Portland W 80–45  7–1 Chiles Center (341)
12/14/2014* Grambling State W 84–53  8–1 Alaska Airlines Arena (1,379)
12/18/2014* at San Diego State W 69–48  9–1 Viejas Arena (925)
12/20/2014* at UC Riverside W 74–71  10–1 UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (310)
12/29/2014* #5 Texas A&M W 70–49  11–1 Alaska Airlines Arena (2,669)
01/03/2015 at #22 Arizona State L 48–62  11–2 (0–1) Wells Fargo Arena (1,877)
01/05/2015 at Arizona W 79–69  12–2 (1–1) McKale Center (891)
01/09/2015 #15 Stanford L 56–60  12–3 (1–2) Alaska Airlines Arena (2,677)
01/11/2015 California W 79–77  13–3 (2–2) Alaska Airlines Arena (2,795)
01/16/2015 at Oregon W 91–69  14–3 (3–2) Matthew Knight Arena (1,317)
01/19/2015 at #9 Oregon State L 67–75  14–4 (3–3) Gill Coliseum (3,262)
01/23/2015 Colorado W 85–82  15–4 (4–3) Alaska Airlines Arena (1,753)
01/25/2015 Utah W 63–51  16–4 (5–3) Alaska Airlines Arena (2,281)
01/31/2015 at California L 58–82  16–5 (5–4) Haas Pavilion (2,962)
02/02/2015 at #12 Stanford L 69–82  16–6 (5–5) Maples Pavilion (2,885)
02/06/2015 #7 Oregon State W 76–67  17–6 (6–5) Alaska Airlines Arena (2,510)
02/08/2015 Oregon W 70–55  18–6 (7–5) Alaska Airlines Arena (2,232)
02/13/2015 at Utah L 61–69  18–7 (7–6) Jon M. Huntsman Center (768)
02/15/2015 at Colorado W 79–67  19–7 (8–6) Coors Events Center (2,029)
02/20/2015 Washington State L 72–83  19–8 (8–7) Alaska Airlines Arena (2,920)
02/22/2015 at Washington State W 83–43  20–8 (9–7) Beasley Coliseum (1,203)
02/26/2015 USC W 60–48  21–8 (10–7) Alaska Airlines Arena (1,717)
02/28/2015 UCLA W 74–61  22–8 (11–7) Alaska Airlines Arena (3,447)
2015 Pacific-12 Conference Women's Tournament
03/05/2015 vs. Utah
(First Round)		 W 75–64  23–8 KeyArena (3,654)
03/06/2015 vs. California
(Quarterfinals)		 L 53–69  23–9 KeyArena (5,545)
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015* vs. Miami (FL)
(First Round)		 L 80–86  23–10 Carver–Hawkeye Arena (N/A)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Final
AP NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR RV RV RV RV NR NR
Coaches NR NR NR RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR

See also

2014–15 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gohuskies.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&SPID=126629&SPSID=777910&DB_OEM_ID=30200