2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team


The 2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Joanne Boyle resumed the responsibility as head coach for a fourth consecutive season. The Cavaliers were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and played their home games at the John Paul Jones Arena. They finished the season 17–14, 7–9 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Miami (FL). They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Old Dominion.

2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record17–14 (7–9 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaJohn Paul Jones Arena
Seasons
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

2014–15 media

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Virginia Cavaliers Sports Network

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The Virginia Cavaliers Sports Network will broadcast select Cavaliers games on WINA. John Freeman, Larry Johnson, and Myron Ripley will provide the call for the games. Games not broadcast on WINA can be listened to online through Cavaliers Live at virginiasports.com.

Roster

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2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Mikayla Venson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Yorktown Arlington, VA
F 2 Jae'Lisa Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr White Hall Pine Bluff, AR
F 3 Sarah Beth Barnett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Lexington Christian Academy Lexington, KY
G 12 Breyana Mason 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Forest Park Woodbridge, VA
G 13 Tiffany Suarez 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Our Lady of Lourdes Miami, FL
G 15 Jaryn Garner 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Germantown Academy Sewell, NJ
G 20 Faith Randolph 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Our Lady of Good Counsel Derwood, MD
F 21 Lauren Moses 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Rancocas Mt. Holly, NJ
G 23 Aliyah Huland El 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Randolph Randolph, NJ
C 42 Sarah Imovbioh 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr St. Anne's-Belfield Abuja, Nigeria
F 44 Sydney Umeri 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So The Lovett School Acworth, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-07-05

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 14*
7:00 pm
Ohio State W 87–82  1–0
John Paul Jones Arena (3,358)
Charlottesville, VA
November 16*
1:00 pm
Radford W 75–47  2–0
John Paul Jones Arena (3,172)
Charlottesville, VA
November 20*
7:00 pm
at Xavier W 71–62  3–0
Cintas Center (714)
Cincinnati, OH
November 23*
2:00 pm
Auburn W 66–51  4–0
John Paul Jones Arena (3,526)
Charlottesville, VA
November 28*
8:00 pm
vs. Toledo
Florida International Tournament
L 62–64  4–1
FIU Arena (436)
Miami, FL
November 30*
2:00 pm
at FIU
Florida International Tournament
W 74–61  5–1
FIU Arena (305)
Miami, FL
December 3*
8:00 pm
at Illinois
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 63–86  5–2
State Farm Center (1,253)
Champaign, IL
December 6*
7:00 pm
Delaware State W 100–62  6–2
John Paul Jones Arena (2,998)
Charlottesville, VA
December 16*
7:00 pm
Longwood W 91–49  7–2
John Paul Jones Arena (2,841)
Charlottesville, VA
December 19*
7:00 pm
Saint Mary's W 62–49  8–2
John Paul Jones Arena (2,950)
Charlottesville, VA
December 21*
6:00 pm
Howard W 74–53  9–2
John Paul Jones Arena (3,014)
Charlottesville, VA
December 28*
2:30 pm
Davidson
Holiday Inn University Area Cavalier Classic
L 57–67  9–3
John Paul Jones Arena (3,302)
Charlottesville, VA
December 29*
7:00 pm
Drexel
Holiday Inn University Area Cavalier Classic
W 72–66  10–3
John Paul Jones Arena (3,031)
Charlottesville, VA
Conference regular season
January 4
2:00 pm
at Virginia Tech
Commonwealth Classic
W 62–47  11–3
(1–0)
Cassell Coliseum (1,225)
Blacksburg, VA
January 8
7:00 pm
Wake Forest W 72–70  12–3
(2–0)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,034)
Charlottesville, VA
January 11
1:00 pm
at No. 21 Syracuse L 58–70  12–4
(2–1)
Carrier Dome (708)
Syracuse, NY
January 15
7:00 pm
Boston College W 68–56  13–4
(3–1)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,397)
Charlottesville, VA
January 18
3:00 pm, RSN
at No. 4 Louisville
Rivalry
L 55–67  13–5
(3–2)
KFC Yum! Center (11,322)
Louisvilly, KY
January 21
7:00 pm
at Miami (FL) L 58–67  13–6
(3–3)
BankUnited Center (1,406)
Miami, FL
January 25
2:00 pm
Georgia Tech L 62–68  13–7
(3–4)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,975)
Charlottesville, VA
January 29
7:00 pm
NC State W 71–63  14–7
(4–4)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,092)
Charlottesville, VA
February 1
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Clemson W 77–72  15–7
(5–4)
Littlejohn Coliseum (902)
Clemson, SC
February 5
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at No. 4 Notre Dame L 54–75  15–8
(5–5)
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,738)
South Bend, IN
February 12
7:00 pm
No. 11 Duke L 43–71  15–9
(5–6)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,333)
Charlottesville, VA
February 15
1:00 pm, RSN
No. 7 Florida State L 56–65  15–10
(5–7)
John Paul Jones Arena (4,042)
Charlottesville, VA
February 19
7:00 pm
at Pittsburgh L 63–68 OT 15–11
(5–8)
Petersen Events Center (736)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 22
1:00 pm
Virginia Tech
Commonwealth Classic
W 73–59  16–11
(6–8)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,772)
Charlottesville, VA
February 26
7:00 pm, RSN
at No. 15 North Carolina L 70–72  16–12
(6–9)
Carmichael Arena (2,988)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 1
1:00 pm, RSN
No. 8 Louisville
Rivalry
W 75–59  17–12
(7–9)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,744)
Charlottesville, VA
2015 ACC Tournament
March 5
2:00 pm, RSN
vs. Miami (FL)
Second Round
L 52–62  17–13
Greensboro Coliseum (3,688)
Greensboro, NC
WNIT
March 19*
7:00 pm
at Old Dominion
First Round
L 62–69  17–14
Ted Constant Convocation Center (973)
Norfolk, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Legend
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(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)