2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division Champions Fordham Holiday Classic Champions Ivy League Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Coaches	#13
AP	#13
2014–15 record	31–1 (14–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Courtney Banghart (8th year)
Assistant coach	Milena Flores
Assistant coach	Megan Griffith
Home arena	Jadwin Gymnasium

2014–15 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#13 Princeton^†	14	–	0		1.000			31	–	1		.969
Penn	11	–	3		.786			21	–	9		.700
Harvard	7	–	7		.500			14	–	14		.500
Yale	7	–	7		.500			13	–	15		.464
Cornell	6	–	8		.429			15	–	13		.536
Dartmouth	5	–	9		.357			14	–	14		.500
Brown	4	–	10		.286			10	–	18		.357
Columbia	2	–	12		.143			8	–	20		.286
† Ivy League winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represents Princeton University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by eighth year head coach Courtney Banghart, play their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium were are members of the Ivy League.

The Tigers finished the season 31–1, 14–0 to win the Ivy League regular season title to earn an automatic trip to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, which they lost to Maryland in the second round. The Tigers' No. 13 ranking in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls are the highest in conference history. Princeton's No. 8 seed is the best an Ivy program has ever earned, and the Tigers' first round win over Green Bay was just the second NCAA victory for an Ivy team, joining No. 16 Harvard's upset over No. 1 Stanford in 1998.

In the January 10 conference opener against Penn, senior guard Blake Dietrick became the 22nd player in program history to surpass the 1,000-point mark.^[1] She finished the season ranked 11th in scoring with 1,233 points.^[2]

Roster

2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Home town G 14 Berntsen, AmandaAmanda Berntsen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Chatham, New Jersey G 2 Brown, TaylorTaylor Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Woodstock, Georgia G 11 Dietrick, BlakeBlake Dietrick (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Wellesley, Massachusetts G 24 Holland, KenyaKenya Holland 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Stafford, Virginia G 34 Miller, MichelleMichelle Miller 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Pasadena, California F 44 Reyneke, JackieJackie Reyneke 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Saddle River, New Jersey F 45 Robinson, LeslieLeslie Robinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Corvallis, Oregon G 5 Rodgers, AlexAlex Rodgers 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mouth of Wilson, Virginia C 23 Shivers, JessJess Shivers 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Eugene, Oregon F 25 Smith, MariahMariah Smith (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Peoria, Illinois G 13 Smith, VanessaVanessa Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Twinsburg, Ohio G/F 15 Tarakchian, AnnieAnnie Tarakchian 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr West Hills, California G 32 Weledji, TiaTia Weledji 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Overland Park, Kansas F 21 Wheatley, AlexAlex Wheatley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Holland, Pennsylvania F 22 Williams, TaylorTaylor Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Warren, Ohio	Head coach Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth) Assistant coach(es) Milena Flores (Stanford) Megan Griffith (Columbia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 10, 2015

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
11/14/2014*		at Pittsburgh	W 59–43	1–0	Peterson Events Center (3,798) Pittsburgh, PA
11/16/2014*		at Duquesne	W 79–62	2–0	Palumbo Center (732) Pittsburgh, PA
11/19/2014*		Drexel	W 59–43	3–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (568) Princeton, NJ
11/23/2014*		at American	W 63–56	4–0	Bender Arena (1,628) Washington, D.C.
11/27/2014*		vs. Wake Forest Cancún Challenge	W 72–55	5–0	Hard Rock Resort (650) Playa del Carmen, Mexico
11/28/2014*		vs. Montana Cancún Challenge	W 80–55	6–0	Hard Rock Resort (650)
11/29/2014*		vs. Charlotte Cancún Challenge	W 73–43	7–0	Hard Rock Resort (650)
12/06/2014*		Georgetown	W 83–54	8–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (769) Princeton, NJ
12/09/2014*		at Michigan	W 85–55	9–0	Crisler Arena (1,193) Ann Arbor, MI
12/13/2014*		Binghamton	W 96–58	10–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (558) Princeton, NJ
12/16/2014*		at Delaware	W 87–59	11–0	Bob Carpenter Center (1,697) Wilmington, DE
12/19/2014*		Portland State	W 104–33	12–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (645) Princeton, NJ
12/21/2014*		at Monmouth	W 84–53	13–0	Multipurpose Activity Center (478) West Long Branch, NJ
12/29/2014*		vs. Hartford Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals	W 64–51	14–0	Rose Hill Gymnasium (647) Bronx, NY
12/30/2014*		at Fordham Fordham Holiday Classic championship	W 67–53	15–0	Rose Hill Gymnasium (510) Bronx, NY
01/05/2015*	#22	at Hampton	W 75–63	16–0	Hampton Convocation Center (1,500) Hampton, VA
01/10/2015	#22	Penn	W 83–54	17–0 (1–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,081) Princeton, NJ
01/30/2015	#19	at Harvard	W 96–46	18–0 (2–0)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,117) Cambridge, MA
01/31/2015	#19	at Dartmouth	W 83–65	19–0 (3–0)	Leede Arena (1,005) Hanover, NH
02/06/2015	#18	Columbia	W 83–44	20–0 (4–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,254) Princeton, NJ
02/07/2015	#18	Cornell	W 75–47	21–0 (5–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,399) Princeton, NJ
02/13/2015	#16	at Brown	W 86–58	22–0 (6–0)	Pizzitola Sports Center (540) Providence, RI
02/14/2015	#16	at Yale	W 56–50	23–0 (7–0)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (287) New Haven, CT
02/20/2015	#16	Dartmouth	W 70–31	24–0 (8–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,066) Princeton, NJ
02/21/2015	#16	Harvard	W 78–57	25–0 (9–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,502) Princeton, NJ
02/27/2015	#14	Yale	W 67–49	26–0 (10–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,507) Princeton, NJ
02/28/2015	#14	Brown	W 79–67	27–0 (11–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,097) Princeton, NJ
03/06/2015	#13	at Cornell	W 70–37	28–0 (12–0)	Newman Arena (724) Ithaca, NY
03/07/2015	#13	at Columbia	W 63–44	29–0 (13–0)	Levien Gymnasium (1,038) New York City, NY
03/10/2015	#13	at Penn	W 55–42	30–0 (14–0)	Palestra (N/A) Philadelphia, PA
2015 NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015*	(8 S) #13	vs. (9 S) Green Bay First Round	W 80–70	31–0	Xfinity Center (N/A) College Park, MD
03/23/2015*	(8 S) #13	at (1 S) #4 Maryland Second Round	L 70–85	31–1	Xfinity Center (7,794) College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Spokane region.

Source: ^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	19	19	19	18	16	16	14	13	13	13
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	24	23	21	21	20	18	17	14	14	13	13

See also

• 2014–15 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

References

1. Dietrick Nets 1,000th Point as No. 22/24 Princeton Cruises Past Penn, 83-54
2. Dietrick, MacDonald Win Top Awards; Mills, Woolridge, McCord Also Honored
3. 2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball schedule