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
2014–15 record277 (124 ACC)
Head coachJeff Walz (8th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Stephanie Norman
  • Sam Purcell
  • Samantha Williams
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame151 .938  363  .923
No. 7 Florida State142 .875  325  .865
No. 8 Louisville124 .750  277  .794
No. 16 Duke115 .688  2311  .676
Syracuse115 .688  2210  .688
No. 15 North Carolina106 .625  269  .743
Pittsburgh97 .563  2012  .625
Miami (FL)88 .500  2013  .606
Virginia79 .438  1714  .548
NC State79 .438  1815  .545
Georgia Tech79 .438  1915  .559
Boston College511 .313  1317  .433
Wake Forest214 .125  1320  .394
Virginia Tech115 .063  1220  .375
Clemson115 .063  921  .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

[2]

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-
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Final
AP 12 12 12 7 10 10 7 7 6 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
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