# 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Suzie McConnell-Serio resumed the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The Panthers, second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at the Petersen Events Center. They finished the season 20–12, 9–7 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Virginia Tech. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Chattanooga in the first round before getting defeated by Tennessee in the second round.

## 2014–15 media
### Pitt Panthers Sports Network

The Pitt Panthers Sports Network will broadcast all Panthers games on WJAS. George Von Benko will provide the play-by-play while Jen Tuscano will provide the analysis. Non-televised home games can be watched online via Pitt Panthers TV with the Panthers Sports Network call.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2014* 2:00 pm | Indiana (PA) | W 69–61 | – | Peterson Events Center (830) Pittsburgh |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 11:00 am | Princeton | L 43–59 | 0–1 | Peterson Events Center (3,798) Pittsburgh |
| 11/17/2014* 7:00 pm | Niagara | W 70–54 | 1–1 | Peterson Events Center (804) Pittsburgh |
| 11/20/2014* 7:00 pm | Michigan | W 85–64 | 2–1 | Peterson Events Center (707) Pittsburgh |
| 11/23/2014* 2:00 pm | at James Madison | L 64–80 | 2–2 | JMU Convocation Center (2,157) Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 11/26/2014* 2:00 pm | Radford | W 72–47 | 3–2 | Peterson Events Center (356) Pittsburgh |
| 11/30/2014* 2:00 pm | Loyola (MD) | W 84–46 | 4–2 | Peterson Events Center (523) Pittsburgh |
| 12/03/2014* 7:00 pm | at Ohio State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 78–74 | 5–2 | Value City Arena (3,777) Columbus, Ohio |
| 12/07/2014* 2:00 pm | at Duquesne City Game | L 77–87 | 5–3 | Palumbo Center (821) Pittsburgh |
| 12/14/2014* 2:00 pm | Drexel | W 72–53 | 6–3 | Peterson Events Center (798) Pittsburgh |
| 12/18/2014* 7:00 pm | Ball State | W 59–47 | 7–3 | Peterson Events Center (413) Pittsburgh |
| 12/21/2014* 2:00 pm | Youngstown State | W 78–52 | 8–3 | Peterson Events Center (827) Pittsburgh |
| 12/28/2014* 2:00 pm | Saint Francis (PA) | W 97–59 | 9–3 | Peterson Events Center (854) Pittsburgh |
| 12/30/2014* 5:00 pm | Delaware State | W 93–54 | 10–3 | Peterson Events Center (914) Pittsburgh |
| 01/04/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 7 Louisville | L 57–63 | 10–4 (0–1) | Peterson Events Center (1,811) Pittsburgh |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 8 North Carolina | W 84–59 | 11–4 (1–1) | Peterson Events Center (1,121) Pittsburgh |
| 01/15/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at No. 20 Florida State | L 43–58 | 11–5 (1–2) | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,259) Tallahassee, Florida |
| 01/18/2015 2:00 pm | at Georgia Tech | W 75–72 $^{OT}$ | 12–5 (2–2) | McCamish Pavilion (1,548) Atlanta |
| 01/22/2015 7:00 pm | No. 23 Syracuse | L 60–68 | 12–6 (2–3) | Peterson Events Center (1,003) Pittsburgh |
| 01/24/2015 4:00 pm, RSN | Boston College | W 78–70 | 13–6 (3–3) | Peterson Events Center (3,921) Pittsburgh |
| 01/29/2015 6:30 pm | at No. 17 Duke | L 45–62 | 13–7 (3–4) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,333) Durham, North Carolina |
| 02/01/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Miami (FL) | W 81–66 | 14–7 (4–4) | Peterson Events Center (1,401) Pittsburgh |
| 02/05/2015 7:00 pm | at NC State | W 60–50 | 15–7 (5–4) | Reynolds Center (1,719) Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 02/08/2015 2:00 pm | at No. 8 Louisville | L 35–48 | 15–8 (5–5) | KFC Yum! Center (13,656) Syracuse, New York |
| 02/12/2015 7:00 pm | Virginia Tech | W 53–35 | 16–8 (6–5) | Peterson Events Center (742) Pittsburgh |
| 02/15/2015 2:00 pm | at Wake Forest | W 65–41 | 17–8 (7–5) | LJVM Coliseum (642) Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 02/19/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Virginia | W 68–63 $^{OT}$ | 18–8 (8–5) | Peterson Events Center (736) Pittsburgh |
| 02/22/2015 12:00 pm | at No. 25 Syracuse | L 54–68 | 18–9 (8–6) | Carrier Dome (1,226) Syracuse, New York |
| 02/26/2015 7:00 pm | at No. 4 Notre Dame | L 59–87 | 18–10 (8–7) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,810) South Bend, Indiana |
| 03/01/2015 2:00 pm | Clemson | W 61–56 | 19–10 (9–7) | Peterson Events Center (2,998) Pittsburgh |
| 2015 ACC Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2015 6:00 pm, RSN | vs. Virginia Tech Second Round | L 45–51 | 19–11 | Greensboro Coliseum (N/A) Greensboro, North Carolina |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/21/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | vs. Chattanooga First Round | W 51–40 | 20–11 | Thompson–Boling Arena (N/A) Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 03/23/2015* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | at No. 6 Tennessee Second Round | L 67–77 | 20–12 | Thompson–Boling Arena (5,712) Knoxville, Tennessee |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## 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 |