2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team will represent University of Washington during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by second year head coach Mike Neighbors, play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to California. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, which was their first trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the first time since 2007. They lost to Miami (FL) in the first round.

2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	23–10 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Neighbors (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kevin Morrison Fred Castro Adia Barnes
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena

2014–15 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			27	–	5		.844
No. 9 Arizona State	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 14 Stanford †	13	–	5		.722			26	–	10		.722
No. 24 California	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Washington	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
UCLA	8	–	10		.444			19	–	18		.514
Washington State	7	–	11		.389			17	–	15		.531
USC	7	–	11		.389			15	–	15		.500
Colorado	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Oregon	6	–	12		.333			13	–	17		.433
Arizona	3	–	15		.167			10	–	20		.333
Utah	3	–	15		.167			9	–	22		.290
† 2015 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 4, 2015 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Main article: 2013–14 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

The Washington Huskies finished the 2013–14 season with an overall record of 20–14, with a record of 10–8 in the Pac-12 regular season. In the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament, the Huskies were defeated by Utah, 65–53 in the First round. They lost in the quarterfinals in the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament to UTEP, 70–63.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mercedes Wetmore	1	G	5'8"	Senior	Lake Tapps, Washington	Graduated
Kassia Fortier	30	G	5'8"	Senior	Issaquah, Washington	Graduated

2014 Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Hannah Johnson W	Mission Hills, California	Bishop Alemany High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 90
Kelli Kingma PG	Mill Creek, Washington	Henry M. Jackson High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F/C 0 Chantel Osahor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Saint Mary's Phoenix, AZ F 1 Hannah Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Bishop Alemany Los Angeles, CA F 3 Talia Walton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Federal Way Federal Way, WA G 10 Kelsey Plum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So La Jolla Country Day Poway, CA F/C 11 Mathilde Gilling 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Rungsted Gymnasium Rungsted Kyst, Denmark F/C 13 Katie Collier 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Seattle Christian Covington, WA G/F 14 Heather Corral 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Prairie Vancouver, WA G/F 15 Khalia Lark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Mater Dei Irvine, CA G 20 Kelli Kingma 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Henry M. Jackson Mill Creek, WA G 21 Brianna Ruiz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Del Oro Sacramento, CA G 22 Alexus Atchley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Yorba Linda Yorba Linda, CA F 23 Aminah Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Kennedy Seattle, WA G 32 Jazmine Davis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Valley Christian San Jose, CA G 42 Mackenzie Wieburg 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Issaquah Sammamish, WA	Head coach Mike Neighbors Assistant coach(es) Kevin Morrison Fred Castro Adia Barnes Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-14

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2014* 7:00 pm		Concordia (Oregon)	W 95–45	–	Alaska Airlines Arena (N/A) Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 5:00 pm		at Oklahoma	L 80–90	0–1	Lloyd Noble Center (5,230) Norman, OK
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm		South Dakota	W 96–82	1–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,363) Seattle, WA
11/23/2014* 7:30 pm		Yale	W 81–51	2–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,019) Seattle, WA
11/27/2014* 12:30 pm		vs. Florida State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 80–68	3–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650) Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2014* 12:30 pm		vs. Hartford Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 81–70	4–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650) Cancún, Mexico
11/29/2014* 10:00 am		vs. Furman Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 101–69	5–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650) Cancún, Mexico
12/04/2014* 7:00 pm		at Seattle	W 102–69	6–1	KeyArena (925) Seattle, WA
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		at Portland	W 80–45	7–1	Chiles Center (341) Portland, OR
12/14/2014* 12:00 pm		Grambling State	W 84–53	8–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,379) Seattle, WA
12/18/2014* 6:00 pm		at San Diego State	W 69–48	9–1	Viejas Arena (925) San Diego, CA
12/20/2014* 5:00 pm		at UC Riverside	W 74–71	10–1	SRC Arena (310) Riverside, CA
12/29/2014* 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 5 Texas A&M	W 70–49	11–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,669) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 regular season
01/03/2015 1:00 pm, P12N		at No. 22 Arizona State	L 48–62	11–2 (0–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (1,877) Tempe, AZ
01/05/2015 5:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona	W 79–69	12–2 (1–1)	McKale Center (891) Tucson, AZ
01/09/2015 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 15 Stanford	L 56–60	12–3 (1–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,677) Seattle, WA
01/11/2015 3:00 pm, P12N		California	W 79–77	13–3 (2–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,795) Seattle, WA
01/16/2015 8:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon	W 91–69	14–3 (3–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,317) Eugene, OR
01/19/2015 5:00 pm, P12N		at No. 9 Oregon State	L 67–75	14–4 (3–3)	Gill Coliseum (3,262) Corvallis, OR
01/23/2015 7:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	W 85–82	15–4 (4–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,753) Seattle, WA
01/25/2015 11:00 am, P12N		Utah	W 63–51	16–4 (5–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,281) Seattle, WA
01/31/2015 2:30 pm, P12N		at California	L 58–82	16–5 (5–4)	Haas Pavilion (2,962) Berkeley, CA
02/02/2015 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 12 Stanford	L 69–82	16–6 (5–5)	Maples Pavilion (2,885) Stanford, CA
02/06/2015 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 7 Oregon State	W 76–67	17–6 (6–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,510) Seattle, WA
02/08/2015 6:00 pm, P12N		Oregon	W 70–55	18–6 (7–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,232) Seattle, WA
02/13/2015 6:00 pm		at Utah	L 61–69	18–7 (7–6)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (768) Salt Lake City, UT
02/15/2015 4:30 pm		at Colorado	W 79–67	19–7 (8–6)	Coors Events Center (2,029) Boulder, CO
02/20/2015 7:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	L 72–83	19–8 (8–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,920) Seattle, WA
02/22/2015 1:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 83–43	20–8 (9–7)	Beasley Coliseum (1,203) Pullman, WA
02/26/2015 6:00 pm, P12N		USC	W 60–48	21–8 (10–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,717) Seattle, WA
02/28/2015 1:00 pm, P12N		UCLA	W 74–61	22–8 (11–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,447) Seattle, WA
2015 Pac-12 Conference Women's Tournament
03/05/2015 8:30 pm, P12N		vs. Utah First Round	W 75–64	23–8	KeyArena (3,654) Seattle, WA
03/06/2015 8:30 pm, P12N		vs. California Quarterfinals	L 53–69	23–9	KeyArena (5,545) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015* 9:00 am, ESPN2		vs. Miami (FL) First Round	L 80–86	23–10	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (N/A) Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR

See also

• 2014–15 Washington Huskies men's basketball team