2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

This article is about 2014–15 Pitt women's basketball. For 2014–15 Pitt men's basketball, see 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team.
2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2014–15 record 2012 (97 ACC)
Head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio (2nd year)
Assistant coach Kathy McConnell-Miller (2nd year)
Assistant coach Carmen Bruce (2nd year)
Assistant coach Lindsay Richards (2nd year)
Home arena Petersen Events Center
2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 Notre Dame 15 1   .938     36 3   .923
#7 Florida State 14 2   .875     32 5   .865
#8 Louisville 12 4   .750     27 7   .794
#16 Duke 11 5   .688     23 11   .676
Syracuse 11 5   .688     22 10   .688
#15 North Carolina 10 6   .625     26 9   .743
Pittsburgh 9 7   .563     20 12   .625
Miami (FL) 8 8   .500     20 13   .606
Virginia 7 9   .438     17 14   .548
NC State 7 9   .438     18 15   .545
Georgia Tech 7 9   .438     19 15   .559
Boston College 5 11   .313     13 17   .433
Wake Forest 2 14   .125     13 20   .394
Virginia Tech 1 15   .063     12 20   .375
Clemson 1 15   .063     9 21   .300
2015 ACC Tournament winner
As of 7 April 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team will represent Pittsburgh University during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Suzie McConnell-Serio resumes the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The Panthers, second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, will play their home games at the Petersen Events Center. They finished the season 20–12, 9–7 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Virginia Tech. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where defeated Chattanooga in the first round before getting defeated by Tennessee in the second round.

201415 media

Pitt Panthers Sports Network

The Pitt Panthers Sports Network will broadcast all Panthers games on WJAS. George Von Benko will provide the play-by-play while Jen Tuscano will provide the analysis. Non-televised home games can be watched online via Pitt Panthers TV with the Panthers Sports Network call.

2014–15 Roster

2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Bugg, AysiaAysia Bugg 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Bolingbrook Chicago, Ill.
G 3 Kiesel, BriannaBrianna Kiesel 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Thomas R. Proctor Utica, N.Y.
F 12 Diop, YacineYacine Diop 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Seton-LaSalle Dakar, Senegal
G 14 Potvin, FredFred Potvin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Vanier College Montreal, Canada
G 22 Welch, ChelseaChelsea Welch 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fairmont Kettering, Ohio
F 24 Wignot, MonicaMonica Wignot 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Holy Redeemer Wilkes Barre, Pa.
G 25 Gordon, BrittanyBrittany Gordon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr South Charleston South Charleston, W.Va.
F 35 Carey, StashaStasha Carey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Berea-Midpark Cleveland, Ohio
C 44 Anderson, BubblesBubbles Anderson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) RS So Rutgers Prep (NJ) Clarendon, Jamaica
F/C 51 McManus, CoraCora McManus 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Garfield Seattle, Wash.
Head coach

Suzie McConnell-Serio

Assistant coach(es)

Kathy McConnell-Miller
Carmen Bruce
Lindsay Richards


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

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-13

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
11/03/2014*
2:00 PM
Indiana (PA) W 69–61 
Peterson Events Center (830)
Pittsburgh, PA
Regular Season
11/14/2014*
11:00 AM
Princeton L 43–59  0–1
Peterson Events Center (3,798)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/17/2014*
7:00 PM
Niagara W 70–54  1–1
Peterson Events Center (804)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/20/2014*
7:00 PM
Michigan W 85–64  2–1
Peterson Events Center (707)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/23/2014*
2:00 PM
at James Madison L 64–80  2–2
JMU Convocation Center (2,157)
Harrisburg, VA
11/26/2014*
2:00 PM
Radford W 72–47  3–2
Peterson Events Center (356)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/30/2014*
2:00 PM
Loyola (MD) W 84–46  4–2
Peterson Events Center (523)
Pittsburgh, PA
12/03/2014*
7:00 PM
at Ohio State
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 78–74  5–2
Value City Arena (3,777)
Columbus, OH
12/07/2014*
2:00 PM
at Duquesne
City Game
L 77–87  5–3
Palumbo Center (821)
Pittsburgh, PA
12/14/2014*
2:00 PM
Drexel W 72–53  6–3
Peterson Events Center (798)
Pittsburgh, PA
12/18/2014*
7:00 PM
Ball State W 59–47  7–3
Peterson Events Center (413)
Pittsburgh, PA
12/21/2014*
2:00 PM
Youngstown State W 78–52  8–3
Peterson Events Center (827)
Pittsburgh, PA
12/28/2014*
2:00 PM
Saint Francis (PA) W 97–59  9–3
Peterson Events Center (854)
Pittsburgh, PA
12/30/2014*
5:00 PM
Delaware State W 93–54  10–3
Peterson Events Center (914)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/04/2015
2:00 PM, ESPN3
#7 Louisville L 57–63  10–4 (0–1)
Peterson Events Center (1,811)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/08/2015
7:00 PM, ESPN3
#8 North Carolina W 84–59  11–4 (1–1)
Peterson Events Center (1,121)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/15/2015
7:00 PM, ESPN3
at #20 Florida State L 43–58  11–5 (1–2)
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,259)
Tallahassee, FL
01/18/2015
2:00 PM
at Georgia Tech W 75–72 OT 12–5 (2–2)
McCamish Pavilion (1,548)
Atlanta, GA
01/22/2015
7:00 PM
#23 Syracuse L 60–68  12–6 (2–3)
Peterson Events Center (1,003)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/24/2015
4:00 PM, RSN
Boston College W 78–70  13–6 (3–3)
Peterson Events Center (3,921)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/29/2015
6:30 PM
at #17 Duke L 45–62  13–7 (3–4)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,333)
Durham, NC
02/01/2015
1:00 PM, ESPN3
Miami (FL) W 81–66  14–7 (4–4)
Peterson Events Center (1,401)
Pittsburgh, PA
02/05/2015
7:00 PM
at NC State W 60–50  15–7 (5–4)
Reynolds Center (1,719)
Raleigh, NC
02/08/2015
2:00 PM
at #8 Louisville L 35–48  15–8 (5–5)
KFC Yum! Center (13,656)
Syracuse, NY
02/12/2015
7:00 PM
Virginia Tech W 53–35  16–8 (6–5)
Peterson Events Center (742)
Pittsburgh, PA
02/15/2015
2:00 PM
at Wake Forest W 65–41  17–8 (7–5)
LJVM Coliseum (642)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/19/2015
7:00 PM, ESPN3
Virginia W 68–63 OT 18–8 (8–5)
Peterson Events Center (736)
Pittsburgh, PA
02/22/2015
12:00 PM
at #25 Syracuse L 54–68  18–9 (8–6)
Carrier Dome (1,226)
Syracuse, NY
02/26/2015
7:00 PM
at #4 Notre Dame L 59–87  18–10 (8–7)
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,810)
South Bend, IN
03/01/2015
2:00 PM
Clemson W 61–56  19–10 (9–7)
Peterson Events Center (2,998)
Pittsburgh, PA
2015 ACC Tournament
03/05/2015
6:00 PM, RSN
vs. Virginia Tech
Second Round
L 45–51  19–11
Greensboro Coliseum (N/A)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015*
11:00 AM, ESPN2
vs. Chattanooga
First Round
W 51–40  20–11
Thompson–Boling Arena (N/A)
Knoxville, TN
03/23/2015*
6:30 PM, ESPN2
at #6 Tennessee
Second Round
L 67–77  20–12
Thompson–Boling Arena (5,712)
Knoxville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

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