2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
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WCC Regular Season Champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | West Coast Conference |
Record | 26–8 (16–2 WCC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | McCarthey Athletic Center |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Tournament winner As of March 29, 2015 Rankings from AP poll[4] |
The 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, were led by new head coach Lisa Fortier; she replaces Kelly Graves, who left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oregon.[5] The Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 26-8, 12-4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals to WCC women's tournament where they lost to BYU. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they upset George Washington in the first round, Oregon State in the second round, before losing to Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen to end their Cinderella run.
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Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/02/2014* 2:00 pm | Eastern Oregon | W 92–44 | – | McCarthey Athletic Center (4,765) Spokane, WA | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/16/2014* 2:00 pm, SWX | No. 22 Dayton | W 75–65 | 1–0 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,442) Spokane, WA | |||||||
11/18/2014* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | No. 24 | Idaho State | W 88–63 | 2–0 | McCarthey Athletic Center (4,541) Spokane, WA | ||||||
11/21/2014* 6:00 pm, Watch Big Sky | No. 24 | at Montana State | W 89–60 | 3–0 | Worthington Arena (1,517) Bozeman, MT | ||||||
11/28/2014* 3:30 pm | vs. American South Point Shootout | L 56–59 | 3–1 | South Point Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV | |||||||
11/29/2014* 3:30 pm | vs. No. 17 Iowa South Point Shootout | L 67–79 | 3–2 | South Point Arena (177) Las Vegas, NV | |||||||
12/03/2014* 6:00 pm, SWX | at Eastern Washington | W 61–60 | 4–2 | Reese Court (1,877) Cheney, WA | |||||||
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Portland State | W 73–41 | 5–2 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,204) Spokane, WA | |||||||
12/09/2014* 6:00 pm, SWX | Washington State | L 58–59 | 5–3 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,363) Spokane, WA | |||||||
12/12/2014* 6:00 pm, MW Net | at Wyoming | W 70–56 | 6–3 | Arena-Auditorium (3,620) Laramie, WY | |||||||
12/15/2014* 10:00 am | at Northwestern | L 43–62 | 6–4 | Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,047) Evanston, IL | |||||||
12/20/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Southern Utah | W 70–51 | 7–4 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,251) Spokane, WA | |||||||
WCC regular season | |||||||||||
12/27/2014 2:00 pm, SWX | BYU | W 78–62 | 8–4 (1–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,911) Spokane, WA | |||||||
12/29/2014 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | San Diego | W 67–49 | 9–4 (2–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,279) Spokane, WA | |||||||
01/03/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Portland | W 79–57 | 10–4 (3–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,072) Spokane, WA | |||||||
01/08/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | at San Francisco | W 75–64 | 11–4 (4–0) | War Memorial Gymnasium (257) San Francisco, CA | |||||||
01/10/2015 2:00 pm | at Santa Clara | W 78–70 | 12–4 (5–0) | Leavey Center (371) Santa Clara, CA | |||||||
01/15/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Pepperdine | W 73–64 | 13–4 (6–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (4,981) Spokane, WA | |||||||
01/17/2015 2:00 pm, SWX | Loyola Marymount | W 76–62 | 14–4 (7–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,282) Spokane, WA | |||||||
01/22/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Saint Mary's | W 52–42 | 15–4 (8–0) | McKeon Pavilion (603) Moraga, CA | |||||||
01/24/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Pacific | W 73–63 | 16–4 (9–0) | Alex G. Spanos Center (673) Stockton, CA | |||||||
01/31/2015 2:00 pm | at Portland | W 85–63 | 17–4 (10–0) | Chiles Center (773) Portland, OR | |||||||
02/05/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Santa Clara | W 76–49 | 18–4 (11–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,082) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/07/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | San Francisco | W 91–84 4OT | 19–4 (12–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/12/2015 7:00 pm | at Loyola Marymount | W 82–59 | 20–4 (13–0) | Gersten Pavilion (338) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
02/14/2015 12:00 pm | at Pepperdine | W 78–56 | 21–4 (14–0) | Firestone Fieldhouse (246) Malibu, CA | |||||||
02/19/2015 6:00 pm, SWX | Saint Mary's | W 80–72 | 22–4 (15–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Pacific | L 59–71 | 22–5 (15–1) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/26/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | at San Diego | L 62–75 | 22–6 (15–2) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (633) San Diego, CA | |||||||
02/28/2015 1:00 pm, BYUtv | at BYU | W 73–66 | 23–6 (16–2) | Marriott Center (1,226) Provo, UT | |||||||
WCC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/06/2015 12:00 pm, BYUtv | vs. Loyola Marymount Quarterfinals | W 70–50 | 24–6 | Orleans Arena (7,110) Las Vegas, NV | |||||||
03/09/2015 12:00 pm, BYUtv | vs. BYU Semifinals | L 55–61 | 24–7 | Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
03/20/2015* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 | vs. No. 19 George Washington First Round | W 82–69 | 25–7 | Gill Coliseum (3,728) Corvallis, OR | |||||||
03/22/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | at No. 10 Oregon State Second Round | W 76–64 | 26–7 | Gill Coliseum (5,071) Corvallis, OR | |||||||
03/28/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN | vs. No. 6 Tennessee Sweet Sixteen | L 69–73 OT | 26–8 | Spokane Arena (8,686) Spokane, WA | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. |
Rankings
2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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 |
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AP | RV | 24 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR |
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR |
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Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |
See also
References
- ^ "Jordan Green Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". CaptainU News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ^ "Gonzaga hires Stacy Clinesmith as women's basketball assistant". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ^ "Craig Fortier Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". CaptainU News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "Lisa Mispley Fortier replaces Graves as Gonzaga women's basketball coach". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
- ^ "Women's Basketball - Schedule/Results - GoZags.com - The Official Website of Gonzaga Bulldog Athletics". Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.