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.

The 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Suzie McConnell-Serio resumed the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The Panthers, second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played 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 they defeated Chattanooga in the first round before getting defeated by Tennessee in the second round.

2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–12 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach	Suzie McConnell-Serio (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kathy McConnell-Miller (2nd season) Carmen Bruce (2nd season) Lindsay Richards (2nd season)
Home arena	Petersen Events Center

2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	15	–	1		.938			36	–	3		.923
No. 7 Florida State	14	–	2		.875			32	–	5		.865
No. 8 Louisville	12	–	4		.750			27	–	7		.794
No. 16 Duke	11	–	5		.688			23	–	11		.676
Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
No. 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

2014–15 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 Aysia Bugg 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Bolingbrook Chicago, Ill. G 3 Brianna Kiesel 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Thomas R. Proctor Utica, N.Y. F 12 Yacine Diop 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Seton-LaSalle Dakar, Senegal G 14 Fred Potvin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Vanier College Montreal, Canada G 22 Chelsea Welch 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fairmont Kettering, Ohio F 24 Monica Wignot 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Holy Redeemer Wilkes Barre, Pa. G 25 Brittany Gordon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr South Charleston South Charleston, W.Virginia F 35 Stasha Carey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Berea-Midpark Cleveland, Ohio C 44 Bubbles Anderson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) RS So Rutgers Prep (NJ) Clarendon, Jamaica F/C 51 Cora McManus 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Garfield Seattle	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 Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-13

Schedule

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
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 11:00 am		Princeton	L 43–59	0–1	Peterson Events Center (3,798) Pittsburgh
11/17/2014* 7:00 pm		Niagara	W 70–54	1–1	Peterson Events Center (804) Pittsburgh
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm		Michigan	W 85–64	2–1	Peterson Events Center (707) Pittsburgh
11/23/2014* 2:00 pm		at James Madison	L 64–80	2–2	JMU Convocation Center (2,157) Harrisonburg, Virginia
11/26/2014* 2:00 pm		Radford	W 72–47	3–2	Peterson Events Center (356) Pittsburgh
11/30/2014* 2:00 pm		Loyola (MD)	W 84–46	4–2	Peterson Events Center (523) Pittsburgh
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, Ohio
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		at Duquesne City Game	L 77–87	5–3	Palumbo Center (821) Pittsburgh
12/14/2014* 2:00 pm		Drexel	W 72–53	6–3	Peterson Events Center (798) Pittsburgh
12/18/2014* 7:00 pm		Ball State	W 59–47	7–3	Peterson Events Center (413) Pittsburgh
12/21/2014* 2:00 pm		Youngstown State	W 78–52	8–3	Peterson Events Center (827) Pittsburgh
12/28/2014* 2:00 pm		Saint Francis (PA)	W 97–59	9–3	Peterson Events Center (854) Pittsburgh
12/30/2014* 5:00 pm		Delaware State	W 93–54	10–3	Peterson Events Center (914) Pittsburgh
01/04/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 7 Louisville	L 57–63	10–4 (0–1)	Peterson Events Center (1,811) Pittsburgh
01/08/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 8 North Carolina	W 84–59	11–4 (1–1)	Peterson Events Center (1,121) Pittsburgh
01/15/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at No. 20 Florida State	L 43–58	11–5 (1–2)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,259) Tallahassee, Florida
01/18/2015 2:00 pm		at Georgia Tech	W 75–72 OT	12–5 (2–2)	McCamish Pavilion (1,548) Atlanta
01/22/2015 7:00 pm		No. 23 Syracuse	L 60–68	12–6 (2–3)	Peterson Events Center (1,003) Pittsburgh
01/24/2015 4:00 pm, RSN		Boston College	W 78–70	13–6 (3–3)	Peterson Events Center (3,921) Pittsburgh
01/29/2015 6:30 pm		at No. 17 Duke	L 45–62	13–7 (3–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,333) Durham, North Carolina
02/01/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Miami (FL)	W 81–66	14–7 (4–4)	Peterson Events Center (1,401) Pittsburgh
02/05/2015 7:00 pm		at NC State	W 60–50	15–7 (5–4)	Reynolds Center (1,719) Raleigh, North Carolina
02/08/2015 2:00 pm		at No. 8 Louisville	L 35–48	15–8 (5–5)	KFC Yum! Center (13,656) Syracuse, New York
02/12/2015 7:00 pm		Virginia Tech	W 53–35	16–8 (6–5)	Peterson Events Center (742) Pittsburgh
02/15/2015 2:00 pm		at Wake Forest	W 65–41	17–8 (7–5)	LJVM Coliseum (642) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
02/19/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Virginia	W 68–63 OT	18–8 (8–5)	Peterson Events Center (736) Pittsburgh
02/22/2015 12:00 pm		at No. 25 Syracuse	L 54–68	18–9 (8–6)	Carrier Dome (1,226) Syracuse, New York
02/26/2015 7:00 pm		at No. 4 Notre Dame	L 59–87	18–10 (8–7)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,810) South Bend, Indiana
03/01/2015 2:00 pm		Clemson	W 61–56	19–10 (9–7)	Peterson Events Center (2,998) Pittsburgh
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, North Carolina
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, Tennessee
03/23/2015* 6:30 pm, ESPN2		at No. 6 Tennessee Second Round	L 67–77	20–12	Thompson–Boling Arena (5,712) Knoxville, Tennessee
*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- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
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

• 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
• Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball