2014–15 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

The 2014–15 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his fifteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's second season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. The Bulls were picked in the preseason to place second in the AAC. They finished second in the conference and advanced all the way to the final of the 2015 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament, however, they fell 84–70 to UConn. South Florida fell to 0–17 all-time to the Huskies. They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in AAC play to finish in second place. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated LSU in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

2014–15 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
NCAA Women's tournament, second round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 25
Record	27–8 (15–3 The American)
Head coach	Jose Fernandez (15th season)
Associate head coach	Jeff Osterman
Assistant coaches	Michele Woods-Baxter Desma Thomas Bateast
Home arena	USF Sun Dome

2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			38	–	1		.974
No. 25 South Florida	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Tulsa	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Temple	12	–	6		.667			20	–	17		.541
East Carolina	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Tulane	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Memphis	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
UCF	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Cincinnati	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
SMU	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Houston	1	–	17		.056			6	–	24		.200
† American Tournament winner winner As of 7 April 2015 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2014–15 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F/C 1 Ivana Vuletic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Hagagymnasiet Norrköping, Sweden G 2 Micah Kroll 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Tampa Catholic Tampa, Florida G 3 Tamara Taylor 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Gulf Coast State College St. Petersburg, Florida G 4 Neena Pacholke 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Freedom Tampa, Florida G 5 Tremaine McCullough 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Edgewater Orlando, Florida G 10 Courtney Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Charlton County Folkston, Georgia G 11 Ariadna Pujol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So GEM Mataro, Spain G 12 Bre Brooks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr John Tyler Tyler, Texas F/C 14 Paige Cashin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Newark Newark, Ohio G 15 Shavontae Naylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Southwest Atlanta Christian Ocala, Florida G 20 Laura Ferreira 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr None Lisboa, Portugal G 22 Laia Flores 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Institut Municipal Biada Mataro, Spain G 23 Shalethia Stringfield 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Potters House Christian Academy Jacksonville, Florida F 24 Alisia Jenkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Statesboro Statesboro, Georgia G 31 Laura Marcos Canedo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Colegio Champagnat Salamanca, Spain G/F 32 Maria Jesperson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr None Hojbjerg, Denmark F/C 45 Katelyn Weber 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Hall Little Rock, Arkansas	Head coach Jose Fernandez (Miami-Dade Kendall) Assistant coach(es) Jeff Osterman (Siena) Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher College) Desma Thomas Bateast (Miami (FL)) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-07-12

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2014* 4:00 pm		vs. Villanova Chattanooga Invitational	W 57–56	1–0	McKenzie Arena (223) Chattanooga, TN
11/16/2014* 2:00 pm		at Chattanooga Chattanooga Invitational	W 59–57	2–0	McKenzie Arena (1,509) Chattanooga, TN
11/19/2014* 7:00 pm		at No. 9 Maryland	L 67–85	2–1	Xfinity Center (3,165) College Park, MD
11/22/2014* 2:00 pm		UNC Asheville	W 97–53	3–1	USF Sun Dome (1,515) Tampa, FL
11/27/2014* 8:15 pm		vs. Oklahoma Paradise Jam tournament	W 83–68	4–1	Sports and Fitness Center (1,978) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2014* 8:15 pm		vs. Illinois Paradise Jam Tournament	W 67–61	5–1	Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/29/2014* 8:15 pm		vs. No. 9 Kentucky Paradise Jam Tournament	L 57–61	5–2	Sports and Fitness Center (2,347) Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		Stetson	W 78–62	6–2	USF Sun Dome (1,475) Tampa, FL
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		St. John's	L 52–55	6–3	USF Sun Dome (1,648) Tampa, FL
12/14/2014* 2:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 67–47	7–3	USF Sun Dome (1,296) Tampa, FL
12/17/2014* 7:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 84–43	8–3	USF Sun Dome (1,275) Tampa, FL
12/21/2014* 2:00 pm		at Penn State	W 90–87 OT	9–3	Bryce Jordan Center (3,429) University Park, PA
AAC regular season
12/28/2014 12:00 pm, ESPNU		East Carolina	W 69–62	10–3 (1–0)	USF Sun Dome (3,513) Tampa, FL
12/31/2014 3:00 pm		Memphis	W 72–39	11–3 (2–0)	USF Sun Dome (1,350) Tampa, FL
01/04/2015 5:30 pm, CBSSN		at Tulane	W 53–40	12–3 (3–0)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,587) New Orleans, LA
01/11/2015 12:00 pm, CBSSN		at Temple	W 70–58	13–3 (4–0)	McGonigle Hall (714) Philadelphia, PA
01/14/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		SMU	W 82–59	14–3 (5–0)	USF Sun Dome (1,673) Tampa, FL
01/18/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 2 Connecticut	L 50–92	14–4 (5–1)	Gampel Pavilion (9,030) Storrs, CT
01/21/2015 8:00 pm, ADN		at Houston	W 71–55	15–4 (6–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion (305) Houston, TX
01/25/2015 4:00 pm, CBSSN		Tulane	W 64–45	16–4 (7–1)	USF Sun Dome (1,488) Tampa, FL
01/31/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Memphis	W 57–53	17–4 (8–1)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,930) Memphis, TN
02/03/2015 7:00 pm, ADN		UCF War on I-4	W 91–68	18–4 (9–1)	USF Sun Dome (2,003) Tampa, FL
02/07/2015 7:00 pm, ADN		Cincinnati	W 75–36	19–4 (10–1)	USF Sun Dome (1,628) Tampa, FL
02/10/2015 8:00 pm, ADN	No. 25	at SMU	W 72–51	20–4 (11–1)	Moody Coliseum (494) Dallas, TX
02/15/2015 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 25	at East Carolina	L 64–65	20–5 (11–2)	Williams Arena (1,646) Greenville, NC
02/18/2015 7:00 pm, ADN		Tulsa	W 79–46	21–5 (12–2)	USF Sun Dome (1,640) Tampa, FL
02/22/2015 12:00 pm, ESPNU		Temple	W 79–53	22–5 (13–2)	USF Sun Dome (1,940) Tampa, FL
02/24/2015 7:00 pm		at Cincinnati	W 74–44	23–5 (14–2)	Fifth Third Arena (498) Cincinnati, OH
02/28/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at UCF War on I-4	W 99–71	24–5 (15–2)	CFE Arena (1,484) Orlando, FL
03/02/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 1 Connecticut	L 65–88	24–6 (15–3)	USF Sun Dome (5,565) Tampa, FL
2015 AAC Tournament
03/07/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Memphis Quarterfinals	W 79–51	25–6	Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, CT
03/08/2015 7:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Tulane Semifinals	W 78–69	26–6	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,531) Uncasville, CT
03/09/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 1 Connecticut Championship Game	L 70–84	26–7	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,499) Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's tournament
03/21/2015* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 25	LSU First Round	W 73–64	27–7	USF Sun Dome (5,560) Tampa, FL
03/23/2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 25	No. 8 Louisville Second Round	L 52–60	27–8	USF Sun Dome (5,014) Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST.

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	25
Coaches	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	NR	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	25

See also

• 2014–15 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team