2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team

2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball
NIT, Semifinals
ConferenceConference USA
Record27–8 (13–5 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Lamar Barrett (2nd season)
  • John Richardson (8th season)
  • Bryant Stith (2nd season)
MVPTrey Freeman
Captains
  • Aaron Bacote
  • Kennan Palmore
Home arenaTed Constant Convocation Center
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 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team represented Old Dominion University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Monarchs, led by second year head coach Jeff Jones, played their home games at Ted Constant Convocation Center and were members of the Conference USA. They finished the season 27–8, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Charleston Southern in the first round, Illinois State in the second round, and Murray State in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Stanford.

Previous season

The Monarchs the season 18–18, 9–7 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated South Dakota State and Radford to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Fresno State.

Pre-season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Dimitri Batten 4 G 6'3" 205 RS Junior Newport News, VA Graduate transfer to Boston College
Donte Hill 25 G 6'4" 205 RS Senior Virginia Beach, VA Graduated
Sean-Michael King 25 G 6'1" 182 Junior Alexandria, VA Walk-on didn't return
Anton Larsen 40 C 7'0" 245 RS Senior Copenhagen, DK Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Javonte Douglas 10 F 6'8" 195 Junior Charlotte, NC Junior college transfer from Central Florida Community College
Stephen Vassor 12 G 6'6" 237 Sophomore Lawrenceville, VA Transferred from Hampden–Sydney College. Under NCAA transfer rules, Vassor will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
Brandon Stith 25 F 6'7" 215 Sophomore Lawrenceville, VA Transferred from East Carolina. Under NCAA transfer rules, Stith will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
Jonathan Arledge 35 F 6'9" 236 Senior Silver Spring, MD Transferred from George Mason. Will be eligible to play immediately since Arledge graduated from George Mason.

Incoming recruits

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Zoran Talley
SF 		Merrillville, IN Midwest Elite Prep Academy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Mar 15, 2014 
Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
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:

  • "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jordan Baker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Hampton HS Hampton, VA
G 1 Aaron Bacote (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Jr Bethel HS Hampton, VA
G 2 Martin Shaw (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 171 lb (78 kg) Jr Kecoughtan HS Hampton, VA
G 3 Keenan Palmore (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr The Paideia School Stone Mountain, GA
F 10 Javonte Douglas 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Kennedy Charter HS
College of Central Florida 		Charlotte, NC
F 11 Josue Ebondo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Sr Euless Trinity HS
Garden City CC 		Euless, TX
G 12 Stephen Vassor (W) Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 237 lb (108 kg) So Brunswick HS
Hampden–Sydney College 		Lawrenceville, VA
G 15 Deion Clark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS So Barron Collier HS Naples, FL
G 20 Trey Freeman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr Kellam HS
Campbell 		Virginia Beach, VA
F 21 Denzell Taylor 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) So St. Benedict's Prep Brampton, ON
G 22 Ambrose Mosley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS So Hargrave Military Academy Jacksonville, FL
F 23 Richard Ross 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Sr Hirschi HS Wichita Falls, TX
F 24 Zoran Talley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Merrillville HS Merrillville, IN
F 25 Brandan Stith (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Brunswick HS
East Carolina 		Lawrenceville, VA
F 30 Nik Biberaj (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Jr South County HS
Christopher Newport 		Fairfax Station, VA
F/C 35 Jonathan Arledge 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr KIMA HS
George Mason 		Silver Spring, MD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 01/06/15

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
F/C Jonathan Arledge Denzell Taylor
F Richard Ross Nik Biberaj Joe Ebondo
G/F Jordan Baker Javonte Douglas
G Aaron Bacote Ambrose Mosley Deion Clark
PG Trey Freeman Keenan Palmore

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/10/2014*
7:00 pm 		Mount Olive W 76–61  –
  17 – 2 tied   9 – Ross   4 – Freeman  Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,376)
Norfolk, VA
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2014*
7:00 pm 		UNC Wilmington W 76–56  1–0
  23 – Freeman (1)   12 – Taylor (1)   4 – 2 tied  Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,619)
Norfolk, VA
11/18/2014*
8:00 pm, ASN 		Richmond W 63–57  2–0
  13 – Freeman (2)   6 – 2 tied   4 – Freeman (2)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,608)
Norfolk, VA
11/21/2014*
6:30 pm, CBSSN 		vs. LSU
Paradise Jam quarterfinals 		W 70–61  3–0
  25 – Freeman (3)   12 – Arledge (1)   3 – 2 tied  Sports and Fitness Center (1,910)
St. Thomas, VI
11/23/2014*
9:00 pm, CBSSN 		vs. Illinois State
Paradise Jam semifinals 		L 45–64  3–1
  16 – Freeman (4)   5 – Ross (1)   3 – 2 tied  Sports and Fitness Center (2,005)
St. Thomas, VI
11/24/2014*
6:30 pm, CBSSN 		vs. Gardner–Webb
Paradise Jam third-place game 		W 58–46  4–1
  22 – Freeman (5)   7 – Ross (2)   1 – 4 tied  Sports and Fitness Center (2,955)
St. Thomas, VI
11/29/2014*
2:00 pm 		No. 14 VCU
Rivalry 		W 73–67  5–1
  31 – Bacote (1)   6 – Ross (3)   3 – 2 tied  Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472)
Norfolk, VA
12/03/2014*
7:30 pm 		at George Mason W 75–69  6–1
  21 – Mosley (1)   14 – Ross (4)   6 – Freeman (6)  Patriot Center (5,022)
Fairfax, VA
12/14/2014*
2:00 pm 		North Carolina A&T W 85–48  7–1
  12 – Ross (1)   7 – Freeman (1)   8 – Bacote (3)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,594)
Norfolk, VA
12/17/2014*
8:00 pm, ASN 		Georgia State W 58–54 OT 8–1
  21 – Freeman (6)   11 – Ross (5)   4 – Bacote (4)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,470)
Norfolk, VA
12/19/2014*
7:00 pm 		Maryland Eastern Shore W 60–43  9–1
  12 – 2 tied   11 – Taylor (2)   4 – Freeman (7)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,210)
Norfolk, VA
12/22/2014*
7:00 pm 		William & Mary
Rivalry 		W 69–62  10–1
  24 – Freeman (7)   10 – Taylor (3)   4 – 2 tied  Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,796)
Norfolk, VA
12/29/2014*
8:00 pm, ASN 		Mount St. Mary's W 69–35  11–1
  16 – Douglas (1)   9 – Douglas (1)   6 – Bacote (6)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,152)
Norfolk, VA
Conference USA regular season
01/04/2015
1:00 pm, ASN 		at Charlotte W 61–54  12–1
(1–0) 		 14 – Freeman (8)   8 – Taylor (4)   6 – Freeman (8)  Dale F. Halton Arena (3,779)
Charlotte, NC
01/08/2015
7:00 pm 		No. 25 at Marshall W 72–51  13–1
(2–0) 		 13 – Arledge (2)   8 – Freeman (2)   5 – Ross (3)  Cam Henderson Center (4,661)
Huntington, WV
01/10/2015
5:30 pm, ASN 		No. 25 at WKU L 65–72  13–2 (2–1)
  20 – Freeman (9)   6 – Arledge (2)   3 – Bacote (7)  E. A. Diddle Arena (5,123)
Bowling Green, KY
01/15/2015
7:00 pm 		Rice W 63–53  14–2 (3–1)
  25 – Bacote (3)   11 – Arledge (3)   5 – Freeman (9)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,457)
Norfolk, VA
01/17/2015
7:00 pm 		North Texas W 61–50  15–2 (4–1)
  18 – Freeman (10)   10 – Ross (6)   3 – Freeman (10)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472)
Norfolk, VA
01/22/2015
8:00 pm, ASN 		at Middle Tennessee L 58–68 OT 15–3 (4–2)
  18 – Freeman (11)   7 – Taylor (4)   5 – Bacote (8)  Murphy Center (4,887)
Murfreesboro, TN
01/24/2015
5:30 pm, ASN 		at UAB L 68–81  15–4 (4–3)
  23 – Bacote (4)   5 – Arledge (4)   3 – Freeman (11)  Bartow Arena (4,127)
Birmingham, AL
01/29/2015
7:00 pm 		FIU W 71–56  16–4 (5–3)
  17 – 2 tied   7 – Freeman (3)   5 – Freeman (12)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,489)
Norfolk, VA
01/31/2015
7:00 pm 		Florida Atlantic W 68–57  17–4 (6–3)
  24 – Freeman (13)   7 – Ross (7)   4 – Arledge (1)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,453)
Norfolk, VA
02/07/2015
7:00 pm, COX 		Charlotte W 61–57  18–4 (7–3)
  14 – Bacote (5)   8 – Ross (8)   5 – Freeman (13)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,678)
Norfolk, VA
02/12/2015
8:00 pm, ASN 		at UTSA L 67–72  18–5 (7–4)
  19 – Freeman (19)   7 – Baker (2)   4 – Freeman (14)  Convocation Center (1,168)
San Antonio, TX
02/14/2015
9:00 pm 		at UTEP L 47–62  18–6 (7–5)
  17 – Arledge (4)   8 – Douglas (2)   3 – Bacote (9)  Don Haskins Center (9,262)
El Paso, TX
02/19/2015
5:30 pm, ASN 		Southern Miss W 64–38  19–6 (8–5)
  18 – Freeman (20)   6 – Taylor (5)   4 – 2 tied  Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,177)
Norfolk, VA
02/21/2015
3:00 pm, ASN 		Louisiana Tech W 72–53  20–6 (9–5)
  27 – Freeman (21)   9 – Taylor (6)   3 – 4 tied  Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,019)
Norfolk, VA
02/26/2015
8:00 pm 		at Rice W 63–54  21–6 (10–5)
  17 – Freeman (22)   11 – Freeman (4)   5 – Freeman (17)  Tudor Fieldhouse (1,506)
Houston, TX
02/28/2015
5:30 pm, ASN 		at North Texas W 70–57  22–6 (11–5)
  24 – Freeman (23)   8 – Ross (9)   2 – 2 tied  The Super Pit (2,833)
Denton, TX
03/05/2015
8:00 pm, ASN 		Marshall W 67–50  23–6 (12–5)
  21 – Freeman (24)   10 – Ross (10)   5 – Bacote (11)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,114)
Norfolk, VA
03/07/2015
5:30 pm, ASN 		WKU W 75–52  24–6 (13–5)
  27 – Freeman (25)   9 – Taylor (7)   6 – Freeman (18)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472)
Norfolk, VA
Conference USA tournament
03/12/2015
3:30 pm, ASN 		vs. Middle Tennessee
Quarterfinals 		L 52–59  24–7
  22 – Freeman (26)   7 – Freeman (5)   4 – Freeman (19)  Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (4,339)
Birmingham, AL
NIT
03/18/2015*
7:15 pm, ESPN3 		No. (1) (8) Charleston Southern
First round 		W 65–56  25–7
  22 – Arledge (5)   11 – Freeman (6)   10 – Freeman (20)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (4,736)
Norfolk, VA
03/23/2015*
8:00 pm, ESPNU 		No. (1) (4) Illinois State
Second round 		W 50–49  26–7
  11 – Palmore (1)   9 – Palmore (1)   3 – 2 tied  Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,923)
Norfolk, VA
03/25/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. (1) (3) Murray State
Quarterfinals 		W 72–69  27–7
  25 – Freeman (27)   8 – Ross (11)   5 – Taylor (4)  Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,161)
Norfolk, VA
03/31/2015*
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. (1) vs. (2) Stanford
Semifinals 		L 60–67  27–8
  6 – Mosley (2)   6 – Douglas (3)   3 – 3 tied  Madison Square Garden (7,185)
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region.

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Statistics

The team posted the following statistics:[2]

Name GP GS Min. Avg. FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% OR DR RB Avg. Ast. Avg. PF DQ TO Stl. Blk. Pts. Avg.
Trey Freeman 35 35 1131 32.3 221 502 0.440 47 132 0.356 102 140 0.729 20 132 152 4.3 125 3.6 54 0 59 46 4 591 16.9
Aaron Bacote 35 35 955 27.3 101 267 0.378 38 120 0.317 103 122 0.844 23 84 107 3.1 95 2.7 58 0 47 24 1 343 9.8
Jonathan Arledge 35 35 704 20.1 115 264 0.436 16 60 0.267 60 98 0.612 63 108 171 4.9 21 0.6 89 1 49 20 19 306 8.7
Richard Ross 35 26 883 25.2 132 222 0.595 0 0 0.000 24 50 0.480 73 123 196 5.6 42 1.2 69 1 54 26 54 288 8.2
Ambrose Mosley 35 0 786 22.5 81 229 0.354 63 186 0.339 24 33 0.727 13 57 70 2.0 29 0.8 52 0 24 16 1 249 7.1
Jordan Baker 34 33 722 21.2 44 132 0.333 34 103 0.330 12 22 0.545 19 58 77 2.3 47 1.4 61 0 24 29 2 134 3.9
Javonte Douglas 25 1 255 10.2 33 74 0.446 2 7 0.286 21 38 0.553 18 48 66 2.6 19 0.8 36 1 17 5 5 89 3.6
Denzell Taylor 35 9 847 24.2 44 80 0.550 0 0 0.000 15 34 0.441 125 84 209 6.0 46 1.3 97 0 44 37 23 103 2.9
Keenan Palmore 35 0 385 11.0 36 77 0.468 0 4 0.000 18 31 0.581 9 43 52 1.5 35 1.0 57 1 34 13 0 90 2.6
Nik Biberaj 28 0 237 8.5 21 61 0.344 7 20 0.350 9 14 0.643 20 28 48 1.7 11 0.4 33 0 6 1 4 58 2.1
Deion Clark 20 0 70 3.5 5 15 0.333 0 4 0.000 5 7 0.714 5 6 11 0.6 1 0.1 3 0 2 2 0 15 0.8
Martin Shaw 11 0 17 1.5 1 9 0.111 0 0 0.000 1 2 0.500 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.3
Joe Ebondo 15 1 58 3.9 2 3 0.667 0 0 0.000 0 1 0.000 2 8 10 0.7 0 0.0 9 0 0 2 1 4 0.3
TEAM 35 48 50 98 2.8 16
Season Total 35 7050 836 1935 0.432 207 636 0.325 394 592 0.666 438 829 1267 36.2 472 13.5 618 4 377 221 115 2273 64.9
Opponents 35 7050 672 1678 0.400 204 654 0.312 451 685 0.658 305 779 1084 31.0 338 9.7 591 15 451 165 96 1999 57.1

Rankings

See also: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. ( ) = First place 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 Wk 19 Final
AP NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Awards

In-season

CUSA Player of the Week
Date Name Class Position
February 23, 2015 Trey Freeman Jr. PG
March 2, 2015 Trey Freeman Jr. PG

Postseason

  • Jeff Jones
    • Barefoot Coach of the Year
  • Trey Freeman
    • All-Conference USA First Team
    • Conference USA Newcomer of the Year
    • NABC All-District 11 First Team
    • Conference USA All-Academic Team

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball - 2014–2015 Schedule". ODUSports.com. ODU Sports. Archived from the original on June 6, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "2014-15 Old Dominion Monarchs Statistics" (PDF). ODU Sports. April 1, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball 2014-15 Season - C-USA Postseason Notebook" (PDF). Conference USA. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2022.