2014–15 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

2014–15 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
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Pac-12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#17
AP	#14
2014–15 record	26–10 (13–5 Pac-12)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (29th year)
Assistant coach	Amy Tucker
Assistant coach	Kate Paye
Assistant coach	Tempie Brown
Home arena	Maples Pavilion

2014–15 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#10 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			27	–	5		.844
#9 Arizona State	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
#14 Stanford †	13	–	5		.722			26	–	10		.722
#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

The 2014–15 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team will represent Stanford University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by twenty-ninth year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They won the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Cal State Northridge in the first round, Oklahoma in the second round before losing to Notre Dame in the sweet sixteen.

Previous Season

Main article: 2013–14 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The Stanford Cardinal finished the 2013-14 season with an overall record of 33–4, with a record of 17–1 in the Pac-12 regular season to win their 24th Pac-12 regular season title. In the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament, the Cardinal were defeated by USC, 72–68 in the semifinals. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, making their 27th straight appearance. They lost in the final for to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament champion to Connecticut, 75-56.

Off Season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mikaela Ruef	3	F	6'3"	RS Senior	Beavercreek, OH	Graduated/2014 WNBA Draft
Chiney Ogwumike	13	F	6'4"	Senior	Cypress, TX	Graduated/2014 WNBA Draft
Sara James	21	G	5'10"	Senior	El Dorado Hills, CA	Graduated

2014 Recruiting Class

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Taylor Rooks W	Warren, New Jersey	Gill St. Bernard's School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 98
Brittany McPhee W	Normandy Park, Washington	Mount Rainier High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 97
Kaylee Johnson F	Casper, Wyoming	Natrona County High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 97
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:

Roster

2014–15 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High school/previous college Home town G 00 Alex Green 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Bishop Lynch Dallas, TX G 1 Lili Thompson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Timberview Mansfield, TX F 4 Taylor Greenfield 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Ballard Community Huxley, IA F 5 Kaylee Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Natrona County Casper, WY G 10 Briana Roberson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Troy Fullerton, CA G 12 Brittany McPhee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Mount Rainier Normandy Park, WA G 23 Jasmine Camp 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Chamblee Ellenwood, GA F 24 Erica McCall 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Ridgeview Bakersfield, CA F 25 Erica Payne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Carondelet Concord, CA G 31 Taylor Rooks 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Gill St. Bernard's Warren, NJ F 32 Kailee Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Central Catholic Portland, OR G 33 Amber Orrange 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Westbury Christian Houston, TX F/C 34 Tess Picknell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr South Medford Medford, OR F 41 Bonnie Samuelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Edison Huntington Beach, CA F 44 Karlie Samuelson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Mater Dei Huntington Beach, CA	Head coach Tara VanDerveer Assistant coach(es) Amy Tucker Kate Paye Tempie Brown Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/02/2014* 2:00 PM	#6	Vanguard	W 105–50	–	Maples Pavilion (2,605) Stanford, CA
11/08/2014* 2:00 PM	#6	UC San Diego	W 74–51	–	Maples Pavilion (2,072) Stanford, CA
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/14/2013* 5:30 PM	#6	Boston College	W 96–63	1–0	Maples Pavilion (3,278) Stanford, CA
11/17/2013* 6:00 PM, ESPN2	#6	#1 Connecticut	W 88–86 OT	2–0	Maples Pavilion (5,367) Stanford, CA
11/20/2014* 6:00 PM, P12N	#6	#10 Texas	L 81–87 OT	2–1	Maples Pavilion (3,674) Stanford, CA
11/24/2014* 6:00 PM	#5	at New Mexico	W 70–65	3–1	The Pit (6,594) Albuquerque, NM
11/28/2014* 4:00 PM	#5	vs. #11 North Carolina Rainbow Wahine Shootout	L 54–70	3–2	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
11/29/2014* 6:30 PM	#5	at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Shootout	W 86–73	4–2	Stan Sheriff Center (2,589) Honolulu, HI
11/30/2014* 4:00 PM	#5	vs. Prairie View A&M Rainbow Wahine Shootout	W 88–45	5–2	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
12/14/2014* 7:00 PM, P12N	#7	Santa Clara	W 82–43	6–2	Maples Pavilion (3,527) Stanford, CA
12/17/2014* 3:00 PM	#7	at Chattanooga	L 46–54	6–3	McKenzie Arena (2,128) Chattanooga, TN
12/20/2014* 10:00 AM, SECN	#7	at #11 Tennessee	L 40–59	6–4	Thompson–Boling Arena (13,056) Knoxville, TN
12/22/2014* 2:00 PM	#16	UC Davis	W 71–59	7–4	Maples Pavilion (3,375) Stanford, CA
12/28/2014* 2:00 PM	#16	UC Santa Barbara	W 90–34	8–4	Maples Pavilion (4,041) Stanford, CA
Pac-12 Regular Season
01/03/2015 7:00 PM, P12N	#15	Colorado	W 62–55	9–4 (1–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,507) Stanford, CA
01/05/2015 5:00 PM, P12N	#15	Utah	W 55–44	10–4 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion (2,782) Stanford, CA
01/09/2015 7:00 PM, P12N	#15	at Washington	W 60–56	11–4 (3–0)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,677) Seattle, WA
01/11/2015 1:00 PM, P12N	#15	at Washington State	W 86–76 OT	12–4 (4–0)	Beasley Coliseum (1,098) Pullman, WA
01/16/2015 8:00 PM, P12N	#13	Arizona	W 77–47	13–4 (5–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,419) Stanford, CA
01/19/2015 3:00 PM, P12N	#11	#13 Arizona State	L 57–60	13–5 (5–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,546) Stanford, CA
01/23/2015 7:00 PM, P12N	#11	at UCLA	W 79–70	14–5 (6–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,837) Los Angeles, CA
01/25/2015 5:00 PM, P12N	#11	at USC	W 71–60	15–5 (7–1)	Galen Center (1,312) Los Angeles, CA
01/31/2015 12:30 PM, P12N	#12	Washington State	W 75–56	16–5 (8–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,118) Stanford, CA
02/02/2015 7:00 PM, P12N	#12	Washington	W 82–69	17–5 (9–1)	Maples Pavilion (2,885) Stanford, CA
02/06/2015 7:00 PM, P12N	#12	at #10 Arizona State	L 52–53	17–6 (9–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,339) Tempe, AZ
02/08/2015 2:00 PM, P12N	#12	at Arizona	L 57–60	17–7 (9–3)	McKale Center (1,359) Tucson, AZ
02/13/2015 6:00 PM, P12N	#19	USC	W 79–60	18–7 (10–3)	Maples Pavilion (3,403) Stanford, CA
02/15/2015 4:30 PM, P12N	#19	UCLA	W 68–50	19–7 (11–3)	Maples Pavilion (4,270) Stanford, CA
02/18/2015 7:00 PM, P12N	#18	at California	W 59–47	20–7 (12–3)	Haas Pavilion (5,039) Berkeley, CA
02/22/2015 1:00 PM, ESPN2	#18	California	L 53–63	20–8 (12–4)	Maples Pavilion (5,209) Stanford, CA
02/26/2015 6:00 PM, P12N	#19	at #7 Oregon State	W 69–58	21–8 (13–4)	Gill Coliseum (6,157) Corvallis, OR
03/01/2015 1:00 PM, ESPNU	#19	at Oregon	L 55–62	21–9 (13–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,949) Eugene, OR
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/06/2015 2:00 PM, P12N	#19	vs. UCLA Quarterfinals	W 67–62	22–9	KeyArena (3,869) Seattle, WA
03/07/2015 6:00 PM, P12N	#19	vs. #9 Arizona State Semifinals	W 59–56	23–9	KeyArena (N/A) Seattle, WA
03/08/2015 6:00 PM, ESPN	#19	vs. California Championship Game	W 61–60	24–9	KeyArena (4,864) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015* 3:41 PM, ESPN2	#14	Cal State Northridge First Round	W 73–60	25–9	Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA
03/23/2015* 3:30 PM, ESPN2	#14	Oklahoma Second Round	W 86–76	26–9	Maples Pavilion (2,532) Stanford, CA
03/27/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN	#14	vs. #2 Notre Dame Sweet Sixteen	L 60–81	26–10	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,878) Oklahoma City, OK
*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	6	6	5	8	7	7	16	15	15	13	11	12т	12	19	18	19	19	14	14
Coaches	6	1	4	9	7	7	15	15	14	13	16	15	14	19	19	19т	20	17	17

See also

2014–15 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team