2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team
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Paradise Jam Island Division Tournament Champions Atlantic Sun Regular Season & Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Women's tournament, second round | |
Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 21 |
AP | No. 20 |
Record | 31–3 (14–0 A-Sun) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Alico Arena |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Florida Gulf Coast† | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | – | 3 | .912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stetson | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky* | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC Upstate | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lipscomb | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Florida | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2015 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner As of March 23, 2015 Rankings from AP poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition |
The 2014–15 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were coached by 13th year head coach Karl Smesko and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 31–3, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They also won the Atlantic Sun Tournament to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they lost to Florida State in the second round.
Media
All home games and conference road will be shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Road games will also be broadcast on the FGCU Portal.
Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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11/14/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | George Washington | W 88–75 | 1–0 | Alico Arena (1,879) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | FIU | W 97–49 | 2–0 | Alico Arena (1,562) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm | at Auburn | L 69–72 | 2–1 | Auburn Arena (1,534) Auburn, AL | |||||||
11/23/2014* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | Ave Maria | W 102–54 | 3–1 | Alico Arena (1,402) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
11/27/2014* 3:30 pm | vs. Wichita State Paradise Jam tournament | W 56–39 | 4–1 | Sports and Fitness Center (525) Saint Thomas, USVI | |||||||
11/28/2014* 3:30 pm | vs. Clemson Paradise Jam Tournament | W 86–61 | 5–1 | Sports and Fitness Center (486) Saint Thomas, USVI | |||||||
11/29/2014* 1:15 pm | vs. Ohio State Paradise Jam Tournament | L 83–90 OT | 5–2 | Sports and Fitness Center (421) Saint Thomas, USVI | |||||||
12/06/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Southern Miss | W 78–62 | 6–2 | Alico Arena (1,624) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
12/11/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Providence | W 68–58 | 7–2 | Alico Arena (1,503) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
12/17/2014* 7:00 pm | at Bethune-Cookman | W 91–46 | 8–2 | Moore Gymnasium (93) Daytona Beach, FL | |||||||
12/19/2014* 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | Northern Colorado | W 69–56 | 9–2 | Alico Arena (1,207) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
12/22/2014* 7:00 pm | at Arkansas State | W 74–68 | 10–2 | Convocation Center (996) Jonesboro, AR | |||||||
12/28/2014* 4:00 pm | vs. Cal State Northridge Hawk Classic semifinals | W 73–64 | 11–2 | Hagan Arena (1,278) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/29/2014* 4:00 pm | vs. Quinnipiac Hawk Classic championship | W 71–65 | 12–2 | Hagan Arena (1,051) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
01/02/2015* 7:00 pm | at Harvard | W 68–58 | 13–2 | Lavietes Pavilion (412) Cambridge, MA | |||||||
01/10/2015 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | Stetson | W 57–55 | 14–2 (1–0) | Alico Arena (3,253) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
01/14/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | North Florida | W 75–42 | 15–2 (2–0) | Alico Arena (1,504) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
01/17/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Jacksonville | W 60–37 | 16–2 (3–0) | Swisher Gymnasium (612) Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
01/22/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | USC Upstate | W 79–61 | 17–2 (4–0) | Alico Arena (1,426) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
01/24/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Kennesaw State | W 61–47 | 18–2 (5–0) | Alico Arena (2,309) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
01/29/2015 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Lipscomb | W 71–49 | 19–2 (6–0) | Allen Arena (N/A) Nashville, TN | |||||||
01/31/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Northern Kentucky | W 67–46 | 20–2 (7–0) | The Bank of Kentucky Center (1,684) Highland Heights, KY | |||||||
02/07/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Stetson | W 61–39 | 21–2 (8–0) | Edmunds Center (2,015) DeLand, FL | |||||||
02/12/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Northern Kentucky | W 75–47 | 22–2 (9–0) | Alico Arena (2,633) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
02/14/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Lipscomb | W 69–43 | 23–2 (10–0) | Alico Arena (1,762) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
02/19/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 22 | at Kennesaw State | W 71–60 | 24–2 (11–0) | KSU Convocation Center (356) Kennesaw, GA | ||||||
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 22 | at USC Upstate | W 75–59 | 25–2 (12–0) | G. B. Hodge Center (275) Spartanburg, SC | ||||||
02/25/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 21 | at North Florida | W 56–24 | 26–2 (13–0) | UNF Arena (386) Jacksonville, FL | ||||||
02/28/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 21 | Jacksonville | W 78–47 | 27–2 (14–0) | Alico Arena (3,121) Fort Myers, FL | ||||||
Atlantic Sun Tournament | |||||||||||
03/06/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 20 | North Florida Quarterfinals | W 74–35 | 28–2 | Alico Arena (1,806) Fort Myers, FL | ||||||
03/11/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 20 | Jacksonville Semifinals | W 62–42 | 29–2 | Alico Arena (2,562) Fort Myers, FL | ||||||
03/15/2015 2:30 pm, ESPN3 | No. 20 | Northern Kentucky Championship | W 60–43 | 30–2 | Alico Arena (3,011) Fort Myers, FL | ||||||
NCAA Women's tournament | |||||||||||
03/21/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | No. 20 | vs. Oklahoma State First Round | W 75–67 | 31–2 | Donald L. Tucker Center (4,591) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
03/23/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 20 | at No. 7 Florida State Second Round | L 47–65 | 31–3 | Donald L. Tucker Center (4,772) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 |