2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season

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.

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
2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Louisiana Tech153 .833  279  .750
Old Dominion135 .722  278  .771
UTEP135 .722  2211  .667
WKU126 .667  2012  .625
UAB126 .667  2016  .556
Middle Tennessee99 .500  1917  .528
FIU810 .444  1617  .485
UTSA810 .444  1416  .467
North Texas810 .444  1417  .452
Rice810 .444  1220  .375
Charlotte711 .389  1418  .438
Marshall711 .389  1121  .344
Southern Miss*414 .222  920  .310
Florida Atlantic216 .111  920  .310
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban
2015 C-USA Tournament winner

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

[1]

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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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
C
Old Dominion AP RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV
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Rice AP
C
Southern Miss AP
C
UAB AP
C
UTEP AP RV RV RV
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UTSA AP
C
WKU AP
C

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

  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

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

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

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. "LA Tech Men's Basketball Voted C-USA Preseason Favorite by Coaches". www.conferenceusa.com. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
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