2014–15 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

The 2014–15 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by first-year head coach Travis DeCuire, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 14–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a share for the Big Sky regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Sky Tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. As a regular season conference champions and #1 overall seed in their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M.

2014–15 Montana Grizzlies men's basketball
Big Sky regular season co–champions
NIT, First round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2014–15 record20–13 (14–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ken Bone
  • Jonathan Metzger-Jones
  • Chris Cobb
Home arenaDahlberg Arena
2014–15 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Montana144 .778  2013  .606
Eastern Washington144 .778  269  .743
Sacramento State135 .722  2112  .636
Northern Arizona135 .722  2315  .605
Northern Colorado108 .556  1515  .500
Portland State99 .500  1514  .517
Idaho810 .444  1317  .433
Weber State810 .444  1317  .433
Southern Utah711 .389  1019  .345
North Dakota414 .222  822  .267
Idaho State414 .222  723  .233
Montana State414 .222  723  .233
Conference tournament winner

Roster

Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
1 Mario Dunn Jr. Guard 6–0 172 Sophomore Oakland, California
2 Riley Bradshaw Guard 6–2 180 Sophomore Corvallis, Montana
10 Jordan Gregory Guard 6–2 194 Senior Pueblo, Colorado
12 Martin Breunig Forward 6–8 210 Junior Leverkusen, Germany
14 Jermaine Edmonds, Jr. Guard 6–5 200 Sophomore Richmond, California
20 Fabijan Krslovic Forward 6–8 225 Freshman Sydney, Australia[1]
22 Daniel Nwosu Guard 6–2 175 Sophomore Ottawa, Ontario
24 Chris Kemp Center 6–7 236 Senior Baltimore, Maryland
30 Gavin DeJong Forward 6–6 215 Freshman Manhattan, Montana
31 Jack Lopez Guard 6–5 210 Sophomore Bankstown, Australia
33 Michael Weisner Forward 6–7 193 RS Senior Walla Walla, Washington
34 Brandon Gfeller Guard 6–4 190 Sophomore Colfax, Washington
35 Bryden Boehning Center 6–10 230 Freshman Glendive, Montana

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2014*
7:00 pm
Whitworth W 94–79 
Dahlberg Arena (2,542)
Missoula, MT
11/08/2014*
7:00 pm
Saint Martin's W 104–70 
Dahlberg Arena (2,689)
Missoula, MT
Regular season
11/15/2015*
8:00 pm, RTRM
at Colorado State L 66–83  0–1
Moby Arena (3,602)
Fort Collins, CO
11/18/2015*
8:00 pm
at Boise State L 67–72 2OT 0–2
Taco Bell Arena (4,535)
Boise, ID
11/23/2015*
8:30 pm
at Seattle W 66–62  1–2
KeyArena (2,512)
Seattle, WA
11/26/2014*
7:00 pm
Carroll W 75–52  2–2
Dahlberg Arena (2,892)
Missoula, MT
11/30/2015*
4:00 pm
at San Francisco L 57–76  2–3
War Memorial Gymnasium (1,695)
San Francisco, CA
12/03/2015*
8:00 pm
at California L 76–78 2OT 2–4
Haas Pavilion (5,837)
Berkeley, CA
12/07/2014*
7:00 pm
North Dakota State W 69–57  3–4
Dahlberg Arena (2,752)
Missoula, MT
12/10/2014*
7:00 pm
Davidson L 99–110  3–5
Dahlberg Arena (3,172)
Missoula, MT
12/14/2014*
4:00 pm
at Milwaukee L 58–73  3–6
Klotsche Center (1,781)
Milwaukee, WI
12/21/2014*
1:00 pm
South Dakota L 62–67  3–7
Dahlberg Arena (2,973)
Missoula, MT
01/01/2015
7:00 pm
Northern Colorado W 66–48  4–7 (1–0)
Dahlberg Arena (2,950)
Missoula, MT
01/03/2015
7:00 pm
North Dakota W 74–63  5–7 (2–0)
Dahlberg Arena (3,465)
Missoula, MT
01/08/2015
7:00 pm
at Weber State L 60–68  5–8 (2–1)
Dee Events Center (6,508)
Ogden, UT
01/10/2015
7:00 pm
at Idaho State W 90–64  6–8 (3–1)
Holt Arena (1,577)
Pocatello, ID
01/13/2015*
7:00 pm
Montana Tech W 86–44  7–8
Dahlberg Arena (2,758)
Missoula, MT
01/17/2015
7:00 pm
Montana State W 63–48  8–8 (4–1)
Dahlberg Arena (4,915)
Missoula, MT
01/22/2015
7:00 pm
Northern Arizona W 64–57  9–8 (5–1)
Dahlberg Arena (3,244)
Missoula, MT
01/24/2015
7:00 pm
Southern Utah W 58–56  10–8 (6–1)
Dahlberg Arena (3,918)
Missoula, MT
01/29/2015
8:00 pm
at Portland State W 73–54  11–8 (7–1)
Stott Center (953)
Portland, OR
01/31/2015
8:00 pm
at Sacramento State L 69–70  11–9 (7–2)
Colberg Court (1,407)
Sacramento, CA
02/05/2015
7:00 pm
Eastern Washington L 69–75  11–10 (7–3)
Dahlberg Arena (3,930)
Missoula, MT
02/07/2015
7:00 pm
Idaho W 70–56  12–10 (8–3)
Dahlberg Arena (3,861)
Missoula, MT
02/12/2015
6:00 pm
at North Dakota W 65–61  13–10 (9–3)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,568)
Grand Forks, ND
02/14/2015
7:00 pm
at Northern Colorado W 83–81 3OT 14–10 (10–3)
Bank of Colorado Arena (1,121)
Greeley, CO
02/19/2015
7:00 pm
Idaho State W 88–77  15–10 (11–3)
Dahlberg Arena (3,313)
Missoula, MT
02/21/2015
7:00 pm
Weber State W 74–63  16–10 (12–3)
Dahlberg Arena (4,416)
Missoula, MT
02/26/2015
8:00 pm
at Idaho L 87–92 2OT 16–11 (12–4)
Cowan Spectrum (1,500)
Moscow, ID
02/28/2015
3:00 pm
at Eastern Washington W 77–76  17–11 (13–4)
Reese Court (4,621)
Cheney, WA
03/07/2015
7:00 pm
at Montana State W 70–54  18–11 (14–4)
Worthington Arena (3,021)
Bozeman, MT
Big Sky Tournament
03/12/2015
8:00 pm
Weber State
Quarterfinals
W 76–73  19–11
Dahlberg Arena (3,938)
Missoula, MT
03/13/2015
10:00 pm
Northern Arizona
Semifinals
W 61–59  20–11
Dahlberg Arena (5,009)
Missoula, MT
03/14/2015
9:00 pm, ESPNU
Eastern Washington
Championship game
L 65–69  20–12
Dahlberg Arena (7,026)
Missoula, MT
NIT
03/17/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. (7) at (2) Texas A&M
First round
L 64–81  20–13
Reed Arena (2,583)
College Station, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region.

See also

2014–15 Montana Lady Griz basketball team

References

  1. "Fabijan Krslovic". University of Montana Men's Basketball. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  2. "University of Montana Athletics - 2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule". gogriz.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
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