2014–15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team will represent the University of Louisville during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Walz, play their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their first year in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] They finished the season 27–7, 12–4 in ACC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Florida State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated BYU in the first round, South Florida in the second round before getting upset by Dayton in the sweet sixteen.

2014–15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Record27–7 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†15–1 .93836–3  .923
No. 7 Florida State14–2 .87532–5  .865
No. 8 Louisville12–4 .75027–7  .794
No. 16 Duke11–5 .68823–11  .676
Syracuse11–5 .68822–10  .688
No. 15 North Carolina10–6 .62526–9  .743
Pittsburgh9–7 .56320–12  .625
Miami (FL)8–8 .50020–13  .606
Virginia7–9 .43817–14  .548
NC State7–9 .43818–15  .545
Georgia Tech7–9 .43819–15  .559
Boston College5–11 .31313–17  .433
Wake Forest2–14 .12513–20  .394
Virginia Tech1–15 .06312–20  .375
Clemson1–15 .0639–21  .300
† 2015 ACC tournament winner
As of 7 April 2015
Rankings from AP poll

Roster
2014–15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 00 Sara Hammond 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrRockcastle County Mount Vernon, Kentucky
F 2 Myisha Hines-Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrMontclair Montclair, New Jersey
C 3 Sheronne Vails 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SrArundel Odenton, Maryland
F 4 Mariya Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrSalesian Hercules, California
G 11 Arica Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrLong Beach Poly Long Beach, California
F 12 Shawnta Dyer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS SrMarion Harding Marion, Ohio
F 13 Cortnee Walton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrSt. Mary's Surprise, Arizona
C 15 Megan Deines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrGlendale Springfield, Missouri
G 21 Bria Smith 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrChrist the King Massapequa, New York
G 22 Jude Schimmel 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SrFranklin (Portland, OR) Mission, Oregon
G 24 Ariana Freeman 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrPaul VI Catholic Manassas, Virginia
F 31 Sydney Brackemyre 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrClinton Massie School Wilmington, Ohio
F 32 Emmonnie Henderson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoEdwardsville Edwardsville, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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Media

Once again select Cardinals games will be broadcast on WHAS. This year the Cardinals sleight of games on CBS Sports Network will be replaced by a set of games on the ACC RSN. Additional ACC games will air on ESPN3.

All Cardinals basketball games will air on Learfield Sports on WKRD 790 AM or WVKY 101.7 FM, depending on conflicts with Louisville and Kentucky football and men's basketball games.

Schedule
Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/14/2014*
5:00 pm		 No. 12 at IUPUI W 89–69  1–0
 Fairgrounds Coliseum (3,159)
Indianapolis, IN
11/16/2014*
7:00 pm		 No. 12 Tennessee–Martin W 77–43  2–0
 KFC Yum! Center (7,892)
Louisville, KY
11/20/2014*
7:00 pm		 No. 12 Belmont W 95–35  3–0
 KFC Yum! Center (7,404)
Louisville, KY
11/23/2014*
2:00 pm		 No. 12 Ball State W 69–56  4–0
 KFC Yum! Center (8,081)
Louisville, KY
11/25/2014*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 No. 12 WKU W 89–67  5–0
 KFC Yum! Center (8,463)
Louisville, KY
11/28/2014*
7:00 pm		 No. 12 Lafayette W 102–61  6–0
 KFC Yum! Center (7,923)
Louisville, KY
11/30/2014*
2:35 pm, ESPN3		 No. 12 at Valparaiso W 86–59  7–0
 Athletics–Recreation Center (567)
Valparaiso, IN
12/04/2014*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 No. 7 No. 22 Iowa
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge		 W 86–52  8–0
 KFC Yum! Center (7,854)
Louisville, KY
12/07/2014*
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 No. 7 No. 13 Kentucky
The Battle for the Bluegrass		 L 68–77  8–1
 KFC Yum! Center (14,862)
Louisville, KY
12/15/2014*
7:00 pm		 No. 10 Old Dominion W 100–46  9–1
 KFC Yum! Center (7,726)
Louisville, KY
12/18/2014*
10:00 pm		 No. 10 at Grand Canyon W 65–51  10–1
 GCU Arena (2,049)
Phoenix, AZ
12/21/2014*
5:00 pm, P12N		 No. 10 at No. 24 California W 70–57  11–1
 Haas Pavilion (8,339)
Berkeley, CA
12/29/2014*
7:00 pm		 No. 7 Evansville W 73–51  12–1
 KFC Yum! Center (7,909)
Louisville, KY
01/02/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 No. 7 Georgia Tech W 75–48  13–1 (1–0)
 KFC Yum! Center (9,049)
Louisville, KY
01/04/2015
2:00 pm		 No. 7 at Pittsburgh W 63–57  14–1 (2–0)
 Peterson Events Center (1,811)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/11/2015
2:00 pm		 No. 6 at Wake Forest W 79–68  15–1 (3–0)
 LJVM Coliseum (719)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/14/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 No. 4 NC State W 65–58  16–1 (4–0)
 KFC Yum! Center (7,736)
Louisville, KY
01/18/2015
3:00 pm, RSN		 No. 4 Virginia W 67–55  17–1 (5–0)
 KFC Yum! Center (11,322)
Louisville, KY
01/22/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 No. 4 at No. 17 Florida State L 63–68  17–2 (5–1)
 Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,847)
Tallahassee, FL
01/25/2015
5:00 pm, RSN		 No. 4 Miami (FL) W 68–55  18–2 (6–1)
 KFC Yum! Center (9,887)
Louisville, KY
01/29/2015
7:00 pm		 No. 8 No. 23 Syracuse W 78–58  19–2 (7–1)
 KFC Yum! Center (8,387)
Louisville, KY
02/02/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN2		 No. 8 at No. 15 Duke L 58–66  19–3 (7–2)
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,790)
Durham, NC
02/08/2015
2:00 pm		 No. 8 Pittsburgh W 48–35  20–3 (8–2)
 KFC Yum! Center (13,656)
Louisville, KY
02/12/2015
7:00 pm		 No. 9 at Clemson W 81–49  21–3 (9–2)
 Littlejohn Coliseum (1,394)
Clemson, SC
02/15/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN2		 No. 9 No. 17 North Carolina W 75–66  22–3 (10–2)
 KFC Yum! Center (13,115)
Louisville, KY
02/19/2015
7:00 pm		 No. 8 at Virginia Tech W 69–49  23–3 (11–2)
 Cassell Coliseum (1,573)
Blacksburg, VA
02/23/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN2		 No. 8 at No. 4 Notre Dame L 52–68  23–4 (11–3)
 Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,911)
South Bend, IN
02/26/2015
7:00 pm		 No. 8 Boston College W 77–60  24–4 (12–3)
 KFC Yum! Center (10,488)
Louisville, KY
03/01/2015
1:00 pm, RSN		 No. 8 at Virginia L 59–75  24–5 (12–4)
 John Paul Jones Arena (3,744)
Charlottesville, VA
2015 ACC Tournament
03/06/2015
8:00 pm, RSN		 No. 10 vs. No. 16 North Carolina
Quarterfinals		 W 77–75 OT 25–5
 Greensboro Coliseum (5,848)
Greensboro, NC
03/07/2015
2:30 pm, ESPNU		 No. 10 vs. No. 7 Florida State
Semifinals		 L 51–66  25–6
 Greensboro Coliseum (7,108)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015*
4:00 pm, ESPN2		 No. 8 vs. BYU
First Round		 W 86–53  26–6
 USF Sun Dome (5,560)
Tampa, FL
03/23/2015*
9:00 pm, ESPN2		 No. 8 at No. 25 South Florida
Second Round		 W 60–52  27–6
 USF Sun Dome (5,014)
Tampa, FL
03/28/2015*
2:30 pm, ESPN		 No. 8 vs. Dayton
Sweet Sixteen		 L 66–82  27–7
 Times Union Center (8,259)
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[3]

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
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 12 12 12 7 10 10 7 7 6 4т 4 8 8 9 8 8 10 8 8
Coaches 11 10 11 7 10 10 7 6 7 4 4 8 9 8 7 9 10 8 8
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References
  1. "ACC to add Louisville in 2014". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  2. "Official Women's Basketball Roster - Louisville Cardinals Official Athletic Site". www.gocards.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015.
  3. "2014-15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
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