2014–15 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Willis Wilson's fourth season at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. The Islanders are members of the Southland Conference and played their home games at the American Bank Center and the Dugan Wellness Center.
2014–15 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball | |
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CIT, Second round | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
2014–15 record | 20–14 (13–5 Southland) |
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Home arena | American Bank Center (Capacity: 8,280) Dugan Wellness Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 29 | – | 5 | .853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–CC | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word** | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar* | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist* | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian** | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas* | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 2 | – | 27 | .069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* ineligible for postseason due to APR penalties ** ineligible for postseason due to Div. I transition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2015 Southland Tournament winner |
The Islanders were picked to finish fourth (4th) in the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and tied for third (3rd) in the Sports Information Director Poll. They received one first place vote in the SID poll.[1]
They finished the season 20–14, 13–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Southland Tournament where they lost to Sam Houston State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round before losing in the second round to Kent State.
Media
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi men's basketball airs on KKTX with Steven King on the call all season long. Video streaming of all non-televised home games is available at GoIslanders.com.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Out of Conference | |||||||||||
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm |
Our Lady of the Lake | W 73–58 | 1–0 |
American Bank Center (1,336) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
11/18/2014* 6:00 pm, FS2 |
at Georgetown | L 62–78 | 1–1 |
Verizon Center (4,887) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
11/23/2014* 1:00 pm |
at Saint Louis Corpus Christi Coastal Classic |
W 62–56 | 2–1 |
Chaifetz Arena (6,620) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
11/25/2014* 7:00 pm |
at Bradley Corpus Christi Coastal Classic |
L 38–62 | 2–2 |
Carver Arena (5,507) Peoria, IL | |||||||
11/28/2014* 3:00 pm |
Mississippi Valley State Corpus Christi Coastal Classic |
W 75–66 | 3–2 |
American Bank Center (2,385) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
11/29/2014* 2:00 pm |
Radford Corpus Christi Coastal Classic |
L 46–57 | 3–3 |
American Bank Center (6,039) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
12/06/2014* 1:00 pm |
Denver | L 48–64 | 3–4 |
American Bank Center (1,064) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
12/15/2014* 7:30 pm |
UTSA | L 60–73 | 3–5 |
American Bank Center (1,019) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
12/17/2014* 8:00 pm |
at Denver | L 73–83 | 3–6 |
Magness Arena (740) Denver, CO | |||||||
12/20/2014* 9:00 pm |
at Cal State Northridge | W 75–68 | 4–6 |
Matadome (550) Northridge, CA | |||||||
12/22/2014* 9:00 pm |
at Cal State Fullerton | L 77–82 | 4–7 |
Titan Gym (578) Fullerton, CA | |||||||
12/30/2014* 7:30 pm |
Jarvis Christian | W 87–55 | 5–7 |
American Bank Center (929) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
Conference Games | |||||||||||
01/06/2015 8:00 pm |
at Central Arkansas | W 77–70 | 6–7 (1–0) |
Farris Center (752) Conway, AR | |||||||
01/10/2015 7:00 pm |
McNeese State | W 71–61 | 7–7 (2–0) |
Dugan Wellness Center (488) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
01/12/2015 7:00 pm |
Lamar | L 64–66 | 7–8 (2–1) |
American Bank Center (824) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
01/17/2015 3:30 pm |
at Nicholls State | W 69–66 | 8–8 (3–1) |
Stopher Gym (785) Thibodaux, LA | |||||||
01/20/2015 7:00 pm |
Northwestern State | W 88–76 | 9–8 (4–1) |
American Bank Center (945) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
01/24/2015 6:15 pm |
at New Orleans | W 71–67 OT | 10–8 (5–1) |
Lakefront Arena (1,079) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
01/26/2015 7:00 pm |
at Southeastern Louisiana | W 70–61 | 11–8 (6–1) |
University Center (615) Hammond, LA | |||||||
01/31/2015 6:00 pm |
at Stephen F. Austin | L 51–61 | 11–9 (6–2) |
William R. Johnson Coliseum (5,512) Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||
02/03/2015 7:00 pm |
Incarnate Word | W 71–70 | 12–9 (7–2) |
American Bank Center (1,283) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
02/07/2015 4:30 pm |
at Sam Houston State | L 59–67 | 12–10 (7–3) |
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (2,097) Huntsville, TX | |||||||
02/09/2015 7:00 pm |
at Houston Baptist | L 66–77 | 12–11 (7–4) |
Sharp Gymnasium (902) Houston, TX | |||||||
02/14/2015 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Stephen F. Austin | W 71–63 | 13–11 (8–4) |
American Bank Center (1,324) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
02/16/2015 7:00 pm |
New Orleans | W 55–53 | 14–11 (9–4) |
American Bank Center (1,270) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
02/21/2015 4:00 pm |
at Incarnate Word | L 68–74 | 14–12 (9–5) |
McDermott Center (1,200) San Antonio, TX | |||||||
02/24/2015 7:00 pm |
at Abilene Christian | W 67–44 | 15–12 (10–5) |
Moody Coliseum (1,024) Abilene, TX | |||||||
02/28/2015 7:00 pm, RTSW |
Sam Houston State | W 61–59 | 16–12 (11–5) |
American Bank Center (3,057) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
03/05/2015 7:30 pm |
Houston Baptist | W 85–72 | 17–12 (12–5) |
American Bank Center (1,115) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
03/07/2015 3:30 pm |
Abilene Christian | W 58–27 | 18–12 (13–5) |
American Bank Center (1,914) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
Southland Tournament | |||||||||||
03/12/2015 7:30 pm |
vs. New Orleans Quarterfinals |
W 61–58 | 19–12 |
Merrell Center (1,213) Katy, TX | |||||||
03/13/2015 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Sam Houston State Semifinals |
L 67–70 | 19–13 |
Merrell Center (3,268) Katy, TX | |||||||
CIT | |||||||||||
03/18/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Florida Gulf Coast First round |
W 75–69 | 20–13 |
Alico Arena (2,587) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
03/23/2015* 7:00 pm |
at Kent State Second round |
L 65–69 | 20–14 |
American Bank Center (2,015) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
- "2014–15 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 12. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- "2014–15 Schedule". Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-09-26.