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

The 2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented 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, played 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.

## 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
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |