2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

The 2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, led by twenty-ninth year head coach Sylvia Hatchell, play their games at Carmichael Arena and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 10–6 ACC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Louisville. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Liberty in the first round, Ohio State in the second round before losing to South Carolina in the sweet sixteen.

2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 15
Record	26–9 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach	Sylvia Hatchell (29th season)
Assistant coaches	Andrew Calder Ivory Latta Tracey Williams-Johnson
Home arena	Carmichael Arena

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

Roster

2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jamie Cherry 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr West Craven Cove City, N.C. F 1 Stephanie Mavunga 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Brownsburg Indianapolis, Ind. G 2 Coleman Latifah 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Central Pageland, S.C. G 3 Buckland Megan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Bishop McGuinness High Point, N.C. G 10 Butts Danielle 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr South Central Winterville, N.C. G 11 Rountree Brittany 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr The Potter's House Jacksonville, Fla. F 13 Fuller Hillary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So The Potter's House Jacksonville, Fla. G 15 Allisha Gray 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Washington County Sandersville, Ga. G 22 Bryant N'Dea 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Goose Creek Goose Creek, S.C. G 24 Washington Jessica 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Jenks Tulsa, Okla. F 30 Summers Hillary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Village Christian Academy Fayetteville, N.C. G 31 Johnson Erika 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Holy Names Academy Seattle, Wash. F 34 McDaniel Xylina 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Spring Valley Columbia, S.C.	Head coach Sylvia Hatchell (Carson-Newman) Assistant coach(es) Andrew Calder (Coker) Ivory Latta (North Carolina) Tracey Williams-Johnson (UNC Pembroke) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-10-17

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2014* 6:00 pm	No. 13	Carson-Newman	W 88–27	–	Carmichael Arena (N/A) Chapel Hill, NC
11/10/2014* 6:00 pm	No. 13	Wingate	W 92–50	–	Carmichael Arena (N/A) Chapel Hill, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 6:00 pm	No. 13	Howard	W 83–49	1–0	Carmichael Arena (1,915) Chapel Hill, NC
11/16/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 13	No. 23 UCLA	W 84–68	2–0	Carmichael Arena (3,077) Chapel Hill, NC
11/19/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 11	No. 21 Oklahoma State	W 79–77	3–0	Carmichael Arena (2,575) Chapel Hill, NC
11/23/2014* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Oregon	W 76–59	4–0	Matthew Knight Arena (2,038) Eugene, OR
11/28/2014* 8:00 pm	No. 11	vs. No. 5 Stanford Rainbow Wahine Showdown	W 70–54	5–0	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
11/29/2014* 8:00 pm	No. 11	vs. Prairie View A&M Rainbow Wahine Showdown	W 81–45	6–0	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
11/30/2014* 10:30 pm	No. 11	at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Showdown	W 74–65	7–0	Stan Sheriff Center (1,983) Honolulu, HI
12/04/2014* 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 6	at No. 18 Rutgers ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 96–93 2OT	8–0	The RAC (2,028) Piscataway, NJ
12/14/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 6	Appalachian State	W 84–52	9–0	Carmichael Arena (2,724) Chapel Hill, NC
12/16/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 6	No. 16 Oregon State	L 55–70	9–1	Carmichael Arena (1,809) Chapel Hill, NC
12/19/2014* 7:00 pm	No. 6	vs. Maine Carolinas Challenge	W 65–36	10–1	Myrtle Beach Convention Center (837) Myrtle Beach, SC
12/21/2014* 3:00 pm	No. 6	vs. Elon Carolinas Challenge	W 85–67	11–1	Myrtle Beach Convention Center (N/A) Myrtle Beach, SC
12/30/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 9	Albany	W 71–56	12–1	Carmichael Arena (4,123) Chapel Hill, NC
01/02/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 9	East Tennessee State	W 95–62	13–1	Carmichael Arena (2,829) Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Regular Season
01/04/2015 3:00 pm, RSN	No. 9	NC State Carolina–State Game	W 72–56	14–1 (1–0)	Carmichael Arena (5,421) Chapel Hill, NC
01/08/2015 7:00 pm	No. 8	at Pittsburgh	L 59–84	14–2 (1–1)	Peterson Events Center (1,121) Pittsburgh, PA
01/11/2015 3:00 pm, RSN	No. 8	Georgia Tech	W 96–81	15–2 (2–1)	Carmichael Arena (3,129) Chapel Hill, NC
01/11/2015 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 12	No. 7 Notre Dame	L 79–89	15–3 (2–2)	Carmichael Arena (4,358) Chapel Hill, NC
01/18/2015 2:00 pm	No. 12	at Clemson	W 78–56	16–3 (3–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum (1,392) Clemson, SC
01/22/2015 7:00 pm	No. 12	at NC State Carolina–State Game	W 67–63	17–3 (4–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (2,736) Raleigh, NC
01/25/2015 5:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 12	No. 15 Duke	L 67–74 OT	17–4 (4–3)	Carmichael Arena (6,822) Chapel Hill, NC
02/01/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 16	Boston College	W 72–60	18–4 (5–3)	Carmichael Arena (3,802) Chapel Hill, NC
02/05/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 13	at No. 25 Syracuse	L 56–61	18–5 (5–4)	Carrier Dome (564) Syracuse, NY
02/08/2015 1:00 pm, RSN	No. 13	at Virginia Tech	W 74–52	19–5 (6–4)	Cassell Coliseum (2,297) Blacksburg, VA
02/12/2015 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 17	No. 9 Florida State	W 71–63	20–5 (7–4)	Carmichael Arena (3,211) Chapel Hill, NC
02/15/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 17	at No. 9 Louisville	L 66–75	20–6 (7–5)	KFC Yum! Center (13,115) Louisville, KY
02/19/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 17	Wake Forest	W 83–45	21–6 (8–5)	Carmichael Arena (3,224) Chapel Hill, NC
02/22/2015 3:00 pm, RSN	No. 17	at Miami (FL)	W 66–65	22–6 (9–5)	BankUnited Center (2,132) Coral Gables, FL
02/26/2015 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 15	Virginia	W 72–70	23–6 (10–5)	Carmichael Arena (2,988) Chapel Hill, NC
03/01/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 15	at No. 16 Duke	L 80–81	23–7 (10–6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/05/2015 8:00 pm, RSN	No. 15	vs. Georgia Tech Second Round	W 84–64	24–7	Greensboro Coliseum (5,359) Greensboro, NC
03/06/2015 8:00 pm, RSN	No. 15	vs. No. 10 Louisville Quarterfinals	L 75–77 OT	24–8	Greensboro Coliseum (5,848) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN2	No. 15	Liberty First Round	W 71–65	25–8	Carmichael Arena (2,098) Chapel Hill, NC
03/23/2015* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 15	No. 23 Ohio State Second Round	W 86–84	26–8	Carmichael Arena (2,163) Chapel Hill, NC
03/27/2015* 7:15 pm, ESPN	No. 15	vs. No. 3 South Carolina Sweet Sixteen	L 65–67	26–9	Greensboro Coliseum (N/A) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source

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	13	11	11	6	6	6	9	9	8	12	12	16	13	17	17	15	15	15	15
Coaches	13	11	12	6	6	6	8	7	6	10	11	12	11	14	14	11	12	12	12

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team