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2014–15 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Season
The 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November and ended with the Final Four in Tampa, Florida, April 5–7. Practices officially began on October 3. This was the final season in which NCAA women's basketball games were played in 20-minute halves. Beginning with the 2015–16 season, the women's game switched to 10-minute quarters, the standard for FIBA and WNBA play. Season headlines * May 14 – The NCAA announces its Academic Progress Rate (APR) sanctions for the 2014–15 school year. A total of 36 programs in 11 sports are declared ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the required APR benchmark. While no women's basketball teams will be forbidden from postseason play due to APR sanctions, three Division I women's basketball teams are facing level 1 or 2 sanctions: ** New Orleans (Level 2) ** Savannah State (Level 1) ** Towson (Level 1) * Southern is declared ineligible for postseason play in all sports for failing to supply u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Summitt
Patricia Susan Summitt (; June 14, 1952 – June 28, 2016) was an American women's college basketball head coach and college basketball player. As a coach, she acquired 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at the time of her retirement. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012 and is considered one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time. Summitt won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a member of the United States women's national basketball team. She returned to the Olympics in 1984 as a head coach, guiding the U.S. women's basketball team to a gold medal. Summitt won eight NCAA Division I basketball championships. In 38 years as coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, she never missed the NCAA Tournament nor did she ever have a losing season. Summitt retired from coaching at age 59 following a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Summitt was induc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conference USA
Conference USA (CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference of member institutions in the Southern and Western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. CUSA's offices are located in Dallas, Texas. Member schools Current full members Member departing for the Mountain West Conference in 2026. ;Notes: Membership map Future members ;Notes: Affiliate members In this table, all dates reflect the calendar year of entry into Conference USA, which for spring sports is the year before the start of competition. ;Notes: Future affiliate members Former full members ;Notes: Former affiliate members In this table, all dates reflect each school's actual entry into and departure from Conference USA. For spring sports, the joining date is the calendar year before the start of competition. For fall sports, the departure date is the calendar year after the last season of competition. ;Notes: Membership timeline DateFor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Carolina Pirates Women's Basketball
The East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represents East Carolina University in women's basketball. The school competes in the American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States, featuring 13 full member universities and 6 affiliate member universities that compete in t ... in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Pirates play home basketball games at the Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum at Greenville, North Carolina. Season-by-season record They have won three conference tournaments (1984, 1985, 2007, and 2023) while going to the NCAA Tournament in 1982, 2007, and 2023. Postseason results NCAA Division I AIAW Division I The Pirates made one appearance in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 1–2. References External links * {{NorthCar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Carolina University
East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of universities in North Carolina by enrollment, fourth largest university in North Carolina and the only one in the state with schools of medicine, dentistry and engineering. Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East Carolina has grown from its original to almost today. The university's academic facilities are located on six properties: Main Campus; Health Sciences Campus; West Research Campus; the Field Station for Coastal Studies in Lake Mattamuskeet, New Holland, North Carolina; the Millennial Research Innovation Campus in Greenville's warehouse district; and an overseas campus in Certaldo Alto, Italy. ECU also operates the University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute, Coastal Studies Institute. The research university has East Carolina University#Colleges and schools, nine undergraduate colleges, East Carolina Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic 10 Conference
The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. The A-10's member schools are located mostly on the East Coast of the United States, East Coast and Midwestern United States, Midwest of the United States: Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York (state), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Although some of its members are state-funded, half of its membership is made up of private, Catholic Church, Catholic institutions. Despite the name, there are 15 full-time members in the conference; three affiliate members participate in women's field hockey and men's lacrosse. The conference's commissioner since 2008 is Bernadette McGlade. In fall, 2023, the A-10 moved its headquarters from Newport News, Virginia, to Washington, D.C. History Early history The Atlantic 10 Confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davidson Wildcats Women's Basketball
The Davidson Wildcats women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, in the NCAA Division I. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference and are coached by Gayle Fulks entering her eighth year at the helm. History Since beginning play in 1973, the Wildcats have an all-time record (as of the end of the 2015–16 season) of 415–525, with one regular season title in 2012 when they were in the Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams c .... They have never made the NCAA tournament, but they have made appearances in the WNIT in 2007, 2012, 2013. In the latter year, they went to the Second Round for the first time ever after beating Old Dominion 82–73 before losing to Charlotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davidson College
Davidson College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan's Ford. Davidson is a four-year Undergraduate education, undergraduate institution and enrolls 1,973 students from 50 states and territories, Washington, D.C., and 46 countries. Of those students, 95 percent live on campus, 71 percent study abroad, and about 25 percent participate in 21 NCAA Division I sports. The college's athletic teams, Davidson Wildcats, the Wildcats, compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for all sports except football and wrestling, which compete in the Pioneer Football League and Southern Conference respectively. Davidson's 665-acre (269 ha) main campus is located in a suburban community 19 miles (30 km) north of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference that has been affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its College football, football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed across the Southern United States. History The Sun Belt Conference was founded on August 4, 1976, with the University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, Georgia State University, Jacksonville University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and the University of South Florida. Over the next ten years the conference would add Western Kentucky University, Old Dominion University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Virginia Commonwealth University. New Orleans was forced out of the league in 1980 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the U.S. state, states of Alabama, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Established in 1921, the Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college athletic conference in the United States, and either the third or fourth oldest in continuous operation, depending on definitions.Among conferences currently in operation, the Big Ten (1896) and Missouri Valley Conference, Missouri Valley (1907) are indisputably older. The Pac-12 Conference did not operate under its current charter until 1959 but claims the history of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appalachian State Mountaineers Women's Basketball
The Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team is the college basketball team at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Mountaineers compete in the Sun Belt Conference. They are currently a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Appalachian State plays their home games at the Holmes Center. History The Mountaineers began play in 1970. They formerly played in the Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams c ... until 2014. As of the end of the 2015-16 season, they have an all-time record of 607-623. They have been to the NCAA Tournament four times, losing each time in the first round. They have appeared in the NWIT/WNIT in 1987, 2011, 2012, and 2013, going 2-6 in eight games. They played in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University (), or App State, is a Public university, public research university in Boone, North Carolina, United States. It was founded as a normal school, teachers' college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dougherty. The university expanded to include other programs in 1967 and joined the University of North Carolina System in 1971. The university enrolls more than 21,500 students. It offers more than 150 bachelor's degrees and 70 graduate degree programs, including two doctoral programs. The university has eight colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Walker College of Business, the Reich College of Education, the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the Beaver College of Health Sciences, the Honors College, the Hayes School of Music, and University College. It opened an additional campus in Hickory, North Carolina, Hickory in 2023. The Athletic Teams compete in the Sun Belt Conference, except for a few s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
