American college basketball season
The 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November and ended with the Final Four in Tampa, Florida , April 5–7. Practices officially began on October 3.
This was the final season in which NCAA women's basketball games were played in 20-minute halves. Beginning with the 2015–16 season, the women's game switched to 10-minute quarters, the standard for FIBA and WNBA play.[1]
Season headlines [ edit ] May 14 – The NCAA announces its Academic Progress Rate (APR) sanctions for the 2014–15 school year. A total of 36 programs in 11 sports are declared ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the required APR benchmark. While no women's basketball teams will be forbidden from postseason play due to APR sanctions, three Division I women's basketball teams are facing level 1 or 2 sanctions:[2] Southern is declared ineligible for postseason play in all sports for failing to supply usable academic data to the NCAA. Milestones and records [ edit ] February 3 – Connecticut's Geno Auriemma earns his 900th career win in the Huskies ' 96–36 blowout of Cincinnati . Auriemma, coaching in his 1,034th game, breaks the previous record that was held by Pat Summitt for the fewest games to reach 900 wins.[3] He also becomes the first man ever to reach the 900-win mark in NCAA women's basketball; the previous six coaches to do so are all women.[4] Conference membership changes [ edit ] The 2014–15 season saw the final wave of membership changes resulting from a major realignment of NCAA Division I conferences. The cycle began in 2010 with the Big Ten and the then-Pac-10 publicly announcing their intentions to expand. The fallout from these conferences' moves later affected a majority of D-I conferences.
Season outlook [ edit ] Pre-season polls [ edit ] The top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.
Regular season [ edit ] Early season tournaments [ edit ] * Although these tournaments include more teams, only the number listed play for the championship.
Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ] Thirty-one athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament . The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament . The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular season champion.
Conference Regular season winner Conference player of the year Conference Coach of the Year Conference tournament Tournament venue (city) Tournament winner America East Conference Albany & Maine Shereesha Richards, Albany[5] Richard Barron , Maine[5] 2015 America East women's basketball tournament Binghamton University Events Center (Binghamton, New York ) Albany American Athletic Conference Connecticut Breanna Stewart , Connecticut[6] Geno Auriemma , Connecticut[6] 2015 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Connecticut ) Connecticut Atlantic 10 Conference George Washington Jonquel Jones, George Washington[7] Jonathan Tsipis , George Washington[7] 2015 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia ) George Washington Atlantic Coast Conference Notre Dame Jewell Loyd , Notre Dame[8] Sue Semrau , Florida State [8] 2015 ACC women's basketball tournament Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina ) Notre Dame Atlantic Sun Conference Florida Gulf Coast Whitney Knight, Florida Gulf Coast[9] Karl Smesko , Florida Gulf Coast[9] 2015 Atlantic Sun women's basketball tournament Campus sites Florida Gulf Coast Big 12 Conference Baylor Nina Davis, Baylor[10] Kim Mulkey , Baylor[10] 2015 Big 12 women's basketball tournament American Airlines Center (Dallas ) Baylor Big East Conference DePaul & Seton Hall Brittany Hrynko , DePaul[11] Tony Bozzella , Seton Hall[11] 2015 Big East women's basketball tournament Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Illinois ) DePaul Big Sky Conference Montana Kellie Rubel, Montana D'shara Strange, Northern Colorado [12] Robin Selvig , Montana[13] 2015 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament Dahlberg Arena (Missoula, Montana ) Montana Big South Conference Liberty Stacia Robertson, High Point [14] Mike McGuire , Radford [14] 2015 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament HTC Center (Conway, South Carolina ) Liberty Big Ten Conference Maryland Amanda Zahui B. , Minnesota (media) Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State (coaches)[15] Brenda Frese , Maryland[15] 2015 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament Sears Centre (Hoffman Estates, Illinois ) Maryland Big West Conference Hawaii Brittany Crain, UC Riverside [16] Laura Beeman , Hawaii[16] 2015 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament Honda Center (Anaheim, California ) Cal State Northridge Colonial Athletic Association James Madison Precious Hall, James Madison[17] Kenny Brooks , James Madison[17] 2015 CAA women's basketball tournament Show Place Arena (Upper Marlboro, Maryland ) James Madison Conference USA WKU Chastity Gooch, WKU[18] Michelle Clark-Heard , WKU[18] 2015 Conference USA women's basketball tournament Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (Birmingham, Alabama ) WKU Horizon League Green Bay Tay'ler Mingo, Wright State [19] Mike Bradbury , Wright State[19] 2015 Horizon League women's basketball tournament 1st & Quarters: Campus sites Semifinals & Finals @ highest remaining seed Green Bay Ivy League Princeton Blake Dietrick, Princeton[20] Courtney Banghart , Princeton[20] No tournament Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Quinnipiac Damika Martinez, Iona [21] Tricia Fabbri , Quinnipiac[22] 2015 MAAC women's basketball tournament Times Union Center (Albany, New York ) Quinnipiac Mid-American Conference Ohio (East) Ball State (West) Sina King, Akron [23] Bob Boldon , Ohio[23] 2015 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament First round at campus sites Remainder at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio ) Ohio Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hampton Malia Tate-DeFreitas, Hampton[24] Cedric Baker , Savannah State [24] 2015 MEAC women's basketball tournament Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, Virginia ) Savannah State Missouri Valley Conference Wichita State Alex Harden, Wichita State[25] Jody Adams , Wichita State[25] 2015 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament Family Arena (St. Charles, Missouri ) Wichita State Mountain West Conference Colorado State Gritt Ryder, Colorado State Alex Sheedy, Fresno State [26] Yvonne Sanchez , New Mexico [26] 2015 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada ) Boise State Northeast Conference Bryant & Central Connecticut Breanna Rucker, Bryant[27] Beryl Piper , Central Connecticut[27] 2015 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament Campus sites St. Francis Brooklyn Ohio Valley Conference Tennessee–Martin (East) Tennessee State (West) Ashia Jones, Tennessee–Martin[28] Kevin McMillan , Tennessee–Martin[28] 2015 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Nashville, Tennessee ) Tennessee State Pac-12 Conference Oregon State Reshanda Gray , California (coaches)[29] Ruth Hamblin , Oregon State (media)[30] Scott Rueck , Oregon State[29] [30] 2015 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament KeyArena (Seattle ) Stanford Patriot League American Jen Dumiak, American[31] Megan Gebbia , American[31] 2015 Patriot League women's basketball tournament Campus sites American Southeastern Conference South Carolina & Tennessee Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina[32] [33] Vic Schaefer , Mississippi State (AP and coaches)[32] [33] Dawn Staley , South Carolina (coaches)[32] 2015 SEC women's basketball tournament Verizon Arena (North Little Rock, Arkansas ) South Carolina Southern Conference Chattanooga Precious Bridges, Mercer [34] [35] Jim Foster , Chattanooga[34] [35] 2015 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament U.S. Cellular Center (Asheville, North Carolina ) Chattanooga Southland Conference Stephen F. Austin Porsha Roberts, Stephen F. Austin[36] Brandon Schneider , Stephen F. AustinDoBee Plaisance , Nicholls State [36] 2015 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament Leonard E. Merrell Center (Katy, Texas ) Northwestern State Southwestern Athletic Conference Texas Southern Jeanette Jackson, Prairie View A&M [37] Johnetta Hayes-Perry , Texas Southern[37] 2015 SWAC women's basketball tournament Toyota Center (Houston, Texas ) Alabama State The Summit League South Dakota Ashley Luke, Western Illinois [38] Amy Williams , South Dakota [38] 2015 Summit League women's basketball tournament Sioux Falls Arena (Sioux Falls, South Dakota ) South Dakota State Sun Belt Conference Arkansas-Little Rock Aundrea Gamble, Arkansas State [39] Joe Foley , Arkansas–Little Rock[39] 2015 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament Lakefront Arena (New Orleans ) Arkansas-Little Rock West Coast Conference Gonzaga Morgan Bailey, BYU [40] Lisa Fortier , GonzagaLynne Roberts , Pacific Paul Thomas , Saint Mary's [40] 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament Orleans Arena (Paradise, Nevada ) BYU Western Athletic Conference New Mexico State Brianna Freeman, New Mexico State[41] Mark Trakh , New Mexico State[41] 2015 WAC women's basketball tournament Orleans Arena (Paradise, Nevada ) New Mexico State
Statistical leaders [ edit ] Postseason tournaments [ edit ] NCAA tournament [ edit ] Final Four – Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida [ edit ] National Semifinals April 7 National Championship Game April 9 1ALB Connecticut 81 1SPO Maryland 58 1ALB Connecticut 63 1OKC Notre Dame 53 1OKC Notre Dame 66 1GRN South Carolina 65
Tournament upsets [ edit ] For this list, a "major upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.
Women's National Invitation tournament [ edit ] After the NCAA Tournament field is announced, 64 teams were invited to participate in the Women's National Invitation Tournament . The tournament began on March 20, 2013, and ended with the final on April 6. Unlike the men's National Invitation Tournament , whose semifinals and finals are held at Madison Square Garden , the WNIT holds all of its games at campus sites.
WNIT Semifinals and Final [ edit ] Played at campus sites
Semifinals April 3 Championship game April 6 1 UCLA 69 4 Michigan 65 UCLA 62 West Virginia 60 3 Temple 58 2 West Virginia 66*
Women's Invitational tournament [ edit ] The sixth Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) Tournament began in March 2015 and will end with a best-of-three final scheduled for March 31, April 2, and April 5; the final went the full three games. This tournament featured 16 teams who were left out of the NCAA Tournament and NIT.
WBI Semifinals and Final [ edit ] Played at campus sites
Semifinals April 3 Championship game April 6 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 65 5 Oral Roberts 64 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 52 3 Siena 50 3 Siena 65 4 Mercer 54
Conference standings [ edit ] 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
Award winners [ edit ] All-America teams [ edit ] The NCAA has never recognized a consensus All-America team in women's basketball. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by the Associated Press (AP), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the Sporting News , and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.
However, of the major selectors in women's basketball, only the AP divides its selections into separate teams. The women's counterpart to the NABC, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), selects a single 10-member (plus ties) team, as does the USBWA. The NCAA does not recognize Sporting News as an All-America selector in women's basketball.
With that in mind, the following players were named to at least two of the three major teams:
Major player of the year awards [ edit ] Major freshman of the year awards [ edit ] Major coach of the year awards [ edit ] Other major awards [ edit ] Coaching changes [ edit ] A number of teams changed coaches during and after the season.
Team Former coach Interim coach New coach Reason Air Force Andrea Williams Chris Gobrecht Williams was fired after five seasons and a 22–128 overall record, including a 2–28 record this season.[53] Yale's Gobrecht was hired as the next head coach. Detroit Autumn Rademacher Bernard Scott Rademacher was fired after four seasons and a 101–120 overall record. She led the Titans to the 2013 WBI title and a WNIT berth in 2012, but never made the NCAA Tournament and went 12–18 this season.[54] FIU Cindy Russo Inge Nissen Marlin Chinn Russo announced her resignation during her 36th season at FIU on January 22, effective immediately. In her announcement, she alluded to burnout from balancing coaching with caring for her ailing mother, who died earlier this season. Russo finished with a 667–371 record at FIU and 707–391 overall.[55] FIU hired Maryland assistant Chinn after the season.[56] Georgia Andy Landers Joni Taylor On March 16, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame member Landers announced his retirement. Hired in 1979 as the program's first full-time coach, he led the Lady Bulldogs to 31 NCAA Tournament appearances, five Final Fours, seven SEC regular-season titles, and four SEC Tournament crowns.[57] Georgia stayed in-house for its new coach, promoting top assistant Joni Taylor on April 12.[58] Kansas Bonnie Henrickson Brandon Schneider Henrickson was fired after 11 seasons. Although the Jayhawks made two NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances, those were the team's only NCAA tournament appearances under Henrickson, and the team never finished higher than sixth in the Big 12 .[59] Lafayette Dianne Nolan Theresa Grentz On March 26, Nolan announced her retirement after five seasons at Lafayette and 38 seasons overall. She finishes with a 575–509 overall record, with 456 of those wins coming during her 28 seasons at Fairfield .[60] Lafayette hired Women's Hall of Fame coach Grentz, who returned to college head coaching after an eight-year absence.[61] North Texas Mike Petersen Jalie Mitchell On March 10, Petersen was fired after three seasons with a 28–61 record, ending with a 5–24 season in which UNT failed to make the Conference USA tournament.[62] The Mean Green hired Mitchell, their career leading scorer, after she served three seasons as an assistant at Texas.[63] Pacific Lynne Roberts Bradley Davis Roberts left for the Utah job.[64] The school promoted top assistant Davis to head coach. Rice Greg Williams Tina Langley Williams announced his retirement on March 17 after 10 seasons at his alma mater.[65] Like fellow C-USA member FIU, Rice hired a Maryland assistant in Langley.[66] Stephen F. Austin Brandon Schneider Mark Kellogg Schneider left for the Kansas job.[67] Utah Anthony Levrets Lynne Roberts Levrets was fired after five seasons and a 78–87 overall record, with a 9–21 overall and 3–15 Pac-12 record in 2014–15.[68] Yale Chris Gobrecht Allison Guth Gobrecht left for the Air Force job.[69]
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