2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season

2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports, American Sports Network
2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season championsLouisiana Tech
  Runners-upUTEP
Old Dominion
Season MVPSpeedy Smith
Tournament
ChampionsUAB
  Runners-upMiddle Tennessee
Finals MVPRobert Brown, UAB
Basketball seasons
2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Louisiana Tech 15 – 3   .833 27 – 9   .750
Old Dominion 13 – 5   .722 27 – 8   .771
UTEP 13 – 5   .722 22 – 11   .667
WKU 12 – 6   .667 20 – 12   .625
UAB † 12 – 6   .667 20 – 16   .556
Middle Tennessee 9 – 9   .500 19 – 17   .528
FIU 8 – 10   .444 16 – 17   .485
UTSA 8 – 10   .444 14 – 16   .467
North Texas 8 – 10   .444 14 – 17   .452
Rice 8 – 10   .444 12 – 20   .375
Charlotte 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Marshall 7 – 11   .389 11 – 21   .344
Southern Miss* 4 – 14   .222 9 – 20   .310
Florida Atlantic 2 – 16   .111 9 – 20   .310
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban
† 2015 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.

Preseason

Preseason Polls

C-USA Coaches
1. Louisiana Tech
2. UTEP
3. Charlotte
4. Old Dominion

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Preseason All-Conference Team

C-USA Coaches
Pierriá Henry, G Charlotte
Raheem Appleby, G Louisiana Tech
Alex Hamilton, G Louisiana Tech
Speedy Smith, G Louisiana Tech
Aaron Bacote, G Old Dominion
C.J. Washington, F UAB
Vince Hunter, F UTEP
Julian Washburn, F/G UTEP
George Fant, F WKU
T.J. Price, G WKU

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Rankings

See also: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
  Pre/
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19		 Final
Charlotte AP
C
FIU AP
C
Florida Atlantic AP
C
Louisiana Tech AP RV RV RV RV
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Marshall AP
C
Middle Tennessee AP
C
North Texas AP
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Old Dominion AP RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV
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Rice AP
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Southern Miss AP
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UAB AP
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UTEP AP RV RV RV
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UTSA AP
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WKU AP
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Conference schedules

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Charlotte FIU FAU LaTech Marshall MTSU UNT ODU Rice USM UAB UTEP UTSA WKU
vs. Charlotte – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. FIU 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. Florida Atlantic 1–0 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. Louisiana Tech 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. Marshall 2–0 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. Middle Tennessee 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. North Texas 1–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. Old Dominion 0–2 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. Rice 1–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. Southern Miss 1–0 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. UAB 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. UTEP 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. UTSA 1–0 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
vs. WKU 0–2 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Total 7–11 – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Player of the week

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week
November 17, 2014 Vince Hunter, UTEP Jeremy Combs, North Texas
November 24, 2014 Mike Thorne Jr., Charlotte Bishop Mency, Rice
December 1, 2014 Vince Hunter (2), UTEP Torin Dorn, Charlotte
December 8, 2014 Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech Justin Massey, Florida Atlantic
December 15, 2014 Alex Hamilton (2), Louisiana Tech Justin Johnson, WKU
T. J. Price, WKU Edward Simpson Jr., Middle Tennessee
December 22, 2014 Vince Hunter (3), UTEP Keyshawn Woods, Charlotte
December 29, 2014 Vince Hunter (4), UTEP Bishop Mency (2), Rice
January 5, 2015 Chip Armelin, Southern Miss Xavian Stapleton, Louisiana Tech
January 12, 2015 Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech Torin Dorn (2), Charlotte
George Fant, WKU
January 19, 2015 Alex Hamilton (3), Louisiana Tech Chris Cokley, UAB
January 26, 2015 Jeromie Hill, UTSA Nick Norton, UAB
February 2, 2015 Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Torin Dorn (3), Charlotte
Jeremy Combs (2), North Texas
February 9, 2015 Kaj-Björn Sherman, UTSA Nick Norton (2), UAB
February 16, 2015 Seth Gearhart, Rice William Lee, UAB
Keon Lewis, UTSA
February 23, 2015 Trey Freeman, Old Dominion Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee
March 2, 2015 Trey Freeman (2), Old Dominion William Lee (2), UAB
March 9, 2015 Adrian Diaz, FIU Keyshawn Woods (2), Charlotte

Honors and awards

All-Conference USA Awards and Teams

Honor Recipient
Player of the Year Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech
Coach of the Year Michael White, Louisiana Tech
Freshman of the Year Torin Dorn, Charlotte
Defensive Player of the Year Julian Washburn, UTEP
Newcomer of the Year Trey Freeman, Old Dominion
Sixth Man of the Year Chris Cokley, UAB
All-Conference USA First Team Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech
Trey Freeman, Old Dominion
Vince Hunter, UTEP
Jeromie Hill, UTSA
T. J. Price, WKU
All-Conference USA Second Team Dennis Mavin, FIU
Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech
Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech
Seth Gearhart, Rice
George Fant, WKU
All-Conference USA Third Team Pierriá Henry, Charlotte
Ryan Taylor, Marshall
Jordan Williams, North Texas
Chip Armelin, Southern Miss
Robert Brown, UAB
All-Freshman Team Torin Dorn, Charlotte
Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee
Jeremy Combs, North Texas
Nick Norton, UAB
William Lee, UAB
All-Defensive Team Pierriá Henry, Charlotte
Adrian Diaz, FIU
Michale Kyser, Louisiana Tech
Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech
Julian Washburn, UTEP
All-Academic Team Kris Gulley, FIU
Austin Loop, Marshall
Trey Freeman, Old Dominion
Seth Gearhart, Rice
Marcus Jackson, Rice
Jeromie Hill, UTSA

Postseason

Conference USA Tournament

Main article: 2015 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
First Round
Wednesday, March 11
ASN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
ASN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13
CBSSN 		Championship Game
Saturday, March 14
FS1
            
1 Louisiana Tech 70
9 Rice 64
8 North Texas 54
9 Rice 82
1 Louisiana Tech 62
4 UAB 72*
4 UAB 53
5 WKU 52
5 WKU 59
12 Marshall 45
4 UAB 73
6 Middle Tennessee 60
2 UTEP 83
10 FIU 71
7 UTSA 54
10 FIU 57
2 UTEP 50
6 Middle Tennessee 53
3 Old Dominion 52
6 Middle Tennessee 59
6 Middle Tennessee 63
11 Charlotte 60

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
14 South UAB W, 60–59 vs. #3 Iowa State – (Louisville) L, 75–92 vs. #11 UCLA – (Louisville)
W–L (%): 0–0 – 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 –Total: 1–1 .500

National Invitation Tournament

Main article: 2015 National Invitation Tournament
Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Old Dominion Old Dominion W, 65–56 vs. #8 Charleston Southern W, 50–49 vs. #4 Illinois State W, 72–69 vs. #3 Murray State W, 60–67 vs. #2 Stanford – (New York City)
3 Temple Louisiana Tech W, 89–79 vs. #6 Central Michigan W, 84–72 vs. #2 Texas A&M L, 59–77 vs. #1 Temple
6 Old Dominion UTEP L, 66–81 vs. #3 Murray State
W–L (%): 2–1 .667 2–0 1.000 1–1 .500 0–1 .000 0–0 – Total: 5–3 .625

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Main article: 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Middle Tennessee L, 56–68 vs. Kent State
W–L (%): 0–1 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – Total: 0–1 .000

References

  1. ^ a b "LA Tech Men's Basketball Voted C-USA Preseason Favorite by Coaches". www.conferenceusa.com. Retrieved January 23, 2017.