2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Basketball season
The 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 2014 and ended in Indianapolis , Indiana , with the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four on April 4, 2015, and the national championship game on April 6. Practices officially began on October 3, 2014.
Season headlines
May 14 – The NCAA announces its Academic Progress Rate (APR) sanctions for the 2014–15 school year. A total of 36 programs in 11 sports are declared ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the required APR benchmark, including the following eight Division I men's basketball teams:[ 1]
May 16 – The ACC and the SEC will use a 30-second shot clock during exhibition games on an experimental basis for the upcoming season.[ 2] [ 3]
June 10 – Georgetown and Syracuse announce that their men's basketball rivalry, on hold since 2013 due to the Big East realignment , will resume in 2015–16. The initial contract will run for four seasons.[ 4]
November 3 – The AP preseason All-American team is named. North Carolina junior guard Marcus Paige is the leading vote-getter with 57 of 65 possible votes. Joining him on the team were Louisville junior forward Montrezl Harrell (56 votes), Wisconsin senior center Frank Kaminsky , Wichita State junior guard Fred VanVleet and Duke freshman center Jahlil Okafor . Okafor was also the preseason Player of the Year.[ 5]
November 13 – The NCAA announced five future Final Four sites which include Glendale, Arizona (2017), San Antonio (2018), Minneapolis (2019), Atlanta (2020), and Indianapolis (2021).[ 6]
December 6 – NJIT , the lone Independent in Division 1 basketball, upsets 17th-ranked Michigan .[ 7]
January 2 – Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin was placed in an advisory role to the team for the remainder of the season while dealing with a non-life-threatening vascular condition known as arterial dissection.[ 8]
February 3 – Turner Sports and CBS Sports announced that Bill Raftery and Grant Hill will replace Greg Anthony to call the 2015 NCAA tournament with the team of Jim Nantz and reporter Tracy Wolfson .[ 9]
February 4 – Syracuse announces that it has self-imposed a postseason ban in response to an ongoing NCAA investigation into infractions that occurred over much of the early 21st century.[ 10]
February 7 – Former North Carolina coach Dean Smith dies at his home in Chapel Hill at the age of 83.[ 11]
February 11 – Former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian died at the age of 84.[ 12]
March 6 – The NCAA announced the results of its investigation of the Syracuse men's basketball and football programs, levying the following penalties on the basketball program:[ 13] [ 14]
A total of 108 wins in the 2004–05 , 2005–06 , 2006–07 , 2010–11 , and 2011–12 seasons were ordered vacated. This was the most wins ever taken away from a Division I men's program, and dropped Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim from second on the all-time Division I wins list to sixth.
Boeheim was initially suspended for the first nine games of the 2015–16 ACC season, which was later modified to the first 9 games immediately following the ruling of the NCAA Board of Appeals, beginning with the renewed rivalry game against The Georgetown University Hoyas [ 15]
The program initially lost three scholarships for each of the following four seasons (through 2018–19), later reduced to two per season following an appeal by the University to the NCAA.[ 16]
Recruiting was restricted for two seasons, and the program was placed on probation for five years.
March 18 – In the wake of the Syracuse sanctions, Boeheim announces that he will retire at the end of the 2017–18 season, with top assistant Mike Hopkins his planned successor. Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross announces his resignation, effective immediately.[ 17]
Milestones and records
January 25 – Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski became the first Division I men's coach with 1,000 career wins, following the Blue Devils' 77–68 win over St. John's at Madison Square Garden .[ 18]
February 7 – Kyle Collinsworth of BYU set a new single-season Division I record for triple-doubles . His 23 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Cougars' 87–68 win at Loyola Marymount gave him five triple-doubles for the season, breaking a tie with four other players.[ 19]
February 25 – William & Mary guard Marcus Thornton surpassed Chet Giermak 's school scoring record of 2,052.[ 20] The mark had stood since 1950; the 65-year-old record had been the longest-standing school career scoring record in all of NCAA Division I basketball at the time it was broken.[ 20]
March 2 – Virginia became the first team not from Tobacco Road to win back-to-back outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championships.
March 5 – Delaware State center Kendall Gray recorded 33 points and 30 rebounds against Coppin State , becoming the first NCAA Division I player to grab 30 rebounds in a game since December 14, 2005, and only the seventh overall in the past 40 seasons.[ 21] [ 22]
March 9 – Collinsworth's 13 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists in BYU's 84–70 win over Portland in the West Coast Conference tournament semifinals gave him six triple-doubles for both this season and his career, tying him with Michael Anderson of Drexel and Shaquille O'Neal of LSU for the Division I career record.[ 23]
The following players surpassed 2,000 points in their career: BYU guard Tyler Haws ,[ 24] Auburn guard Antoine Mason ,[ 25] Stanford guard Chasson Randle ,[ 26] St. John's guard D'Angelo Harrison ,[ 27] Oregon guard Joe Young ,[ 28] San Diego guard Johnny Dee ,[ 29] William & Mary guard Marcus Thornton,[ 30] Marist forward Chauvaughn Lewis ,[ 31] Green Bay guard Keifer Sykes ,[ 32] Penn State guard D. J. Newbill [ 33] and Providence forward LaDontae Henton .[ 34]
Conference membership changes
The 2014–15 season saw the final wave of membership changes resulting from a major realignment of NCAA Division I conferences. The cycle began in 2010 with the Big Ten and the then-Pac-10 publicly announcing their intentions to expand. The fallout from these conferences' moves later affected a majority of NCAA Division I conferences.
This was also the final season for Texas–Pan American (UTPA) under that name. At the start of the 2015–16 school year, UTPA merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to form the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). UTPA's athletic program and WAC membership were inherited by UTRGV.
It was also the final season for Northern Kentucky in the Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun) and the final season for NJIT as an independent . On May 11, 2015, it was announced that Northern Kentucky would join the Horizon League effective July 1.[ 35] The A-Sun soon filled the place left by Northern Kentucky, announcing on June 12 that NJIT would become a member effective on July 1.[ 36]
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll .
Regular season
Early-season tournaments
Name
Dates
Location
No. teams
Champion
2K Sports Classic
November 20–21
Madison Square Garden (New York City)
4*
Texas
Puerto Rico Tip-Off
November 20–21, 23
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (San Juan, Puerto Rico )
8
West Virginia
Charleston Classic
November 20–21, 23
TD Arena (Charleston, South Carolina )
8
Miami (FL)
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
November 21–22
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York )
4*
Duke
Paradise Jam tournament
November 21–24
Sports and Fitness Center (Saint Thomas, VI )
8
Seton Hall
Hall of Fame Tip Off
November 22–23
Mohegan Sun (Uncasville, Connecticut )
4
Providence (Naismith)
Northeastern (Springfield)
MGM Grand Main Event
November 24, 26
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Las Vegas )
4*
Oklahoma State
Corpus Christi Coastal Classic
November 28–29
American Bank Center (Corpus Christi, Texas )
4*
TCU
CBE Hall of Fame Classic
November 24–25
Sprint Center (Kansas City, Missouri )
4*
Maryland
Legends Classic
November 24–25
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York )
4*
Villanova
Gulf Coast Showcase
November 24–26
Germain Arena (Estero, Florida )
8
Green Bay
Maui Invitational tournament
November 24–26
Lahaina Civic Center (Lahaina, HI )
8*
Arizona
Cancún Challenge
November 25–26
Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (Cancún, MX )
8
Northern Iowa (Riviera Division) North Florida (Mayan Division)
NIT Season Tip-Off
November 26–28
Madison Square Garden (New York City)
4
Gonzaga
Battle 4 Atlantis
November 26–28
Imperial Arena (Nassau, BAH )
8
Wisconsin
Great Alaska Shootout
November 26–29
Sullivan Arena (Anchorage, AK )
8
Colorado State
Old Spice Classic
November 27–28, 30
HP Field House (Lake Buena Vista, Florida )
8
Kansas
Wooden Legacy
November 27–28, 30
Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California )
8
Washington
Las Vegas Invitational
November 27–28
Orleans Arena (Las Vegas )
4*
Illinois
Emerald Coast Classic
November 28–29
Emerald Coast Classic Arena (Niceville, Florida )
4*
Ole Miss
Barclays Center Classic
November 28–29
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York )
4*
Virginia
Las Vegas Classic
December 22–23
Orleans Arena (Las Vegas )
4*
Loyola–Chicago
Diamond Head Classic
December 22–23, 25
Stan Sheriff Center (Honolulu, HI )
8
George Washington
* Although these tournaments included more teams, only the number listed played for the championship.
Conferences
Conference winners and tournaments
Thirty-one conference seasons concluded with a single-elimination tournament . The teams in each conference that won their regular-season titles were given the number one seed in their respective conference tournaments. Conference tournament winners received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament . The Ivy League was the only NCAA Division I conference that did not hold a conference tournament, instead sending its regular-season champion to the NCAA tournament.
Conference
Regular season first place
Conference player of the year
Conference Coach of the Year
Conference tournament
Tournament venue (city)
Tournament winner
America East Conference
Albany
Jameel Warney , Stony Brook [ 38]
Will Brown , Albany[ 38]
2015 America East men's basketball tournament
Campus sites
Albany
American Athletic Conference
SMU
Nic Moore , SMU[ 39]
Fran Dunphy , Temple [ 39]
2015 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
XL Center (Hartford, Connecticut )
SMU
Atlantic 10 Conference
Davidson
Tyler Kalinoski , Davidson[ 40]
Bob McKillop , Davidson[ 40]
2015 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York )
VCU
Atlantic Coast Conference
Virginia
Jahlil Okafor , Duke [ 41] [ 42]
Tony Bennett , Virginia[ 41] [ 43]
2015 ACC men's basketball tournament
Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina )
Notre Dame
Atlantic Sun Conference
North Florida
Ty Greene , USC Upstate [ 44]
Matthew Driscoll , North Florida[ 44]
2015 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
Campus sites
North Florida
Big 12 Conference
Kansas
Buddy Hield , Oklahoma [ 45]
Bob Huggins , West Virginia [ 45]
2015 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Sprint Center (Kansas City, Missouri )
Iowa State
Big East Conference
Villanova
Ryan Arcidiacono , Villanova & Kris Dunn , Providence [ 46]
Jay Wright , Villanova[ 46]
2015 Big East men's basketball tournament
Madison Square Garden (New York City)
Villanova
Big Sky Conference
Eastern Washington & Montana [ n 1]
Mikh McKinney , Sacramento State [ 47]
Jim Hayford , Eastern WashingtonBrian Katz , Sacramento State[ 48]
2015 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
At regular-season champion[ c 1]
Eastern Washington
Big South Conference
Charleston Southern [ n 1] & High Point
Saah Nimley , Charleston Southern[ 49]
Barclay Radebaugh , Charleston Southern[ 49]
2015 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
HTC Center (Conway, South Carolina )
Coastal Carolina
Big Ten Conference
Wisconsin
Frank Kaminsky , Wisconsin[ 50]
Bo Ryan , Wisconsin (coaches)Mark Turgeon , Maryland (media)[ 50]
2015 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
United Center (Chicago )
Wisconsin
Big West Conference
UC Davis
Corey Hawkins , UC Davis[ 51]
Jim Les , UC Davis[ 51]
2015 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Honda Center (Anaheim, California )
UC Irvine
Colonial Athletic Association
James Madison , Northeastern , UNC Wilmington & William & Mary [ n 1]
Marcus Thornton , William & Mary[ 52]
Kevin Keatts , UNC Wilmington[ 52]
2015 CAA men's basketball tournament
Royal Farms Arena (Baltimore )
Northeastern
Conference USA
Louisiana Tech
Speedy Smith , Louisiana Tech[ 53]
Michael White , Louisiana Tech[ 53]
2015 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (Birmingham, Alabama )
UAB
Horizon League
Valparaiso
Keifer Sykes , Green Bay [ 54]
Bryce Drew , Valparaiso[ 54]
2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
First round at campus sites Quarterfinals and semifinals at top seed[ c 2] Final at top remaining seed[ c 3]
Valparaiso
Ivy League
Harvard
Justin Sears , Yale [ 55]
James Jones , Yale[ 55]
No tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Iona
David Laury , Iona[ 56]
Kevin Baggett , Rider [ 57]
2015 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Times Union Center (Albany, New York )
Manhattan
Mid-American Conference
Central Michigan [ n 1] (West) Buffalo & Kent State (East)
Justin Moss , Buffalo[ 58]
Keno Davis , Central Michigan[ 58]
2015 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament
First round at campus sites Remainder at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio )
Buffalo
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
North Carolina Central
Kendall Gray , Delaware State [ 59]
Bobby Collins , Maryland Eastern Shore [ 59]
2015 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, Virginia )
Hampton
Missouri Valley Conference
Wichita State
Seth Tuttle , Northern Iowa [ 60]
Ben Jacobson , Northern Iowa[ 61]
2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri )
Northern Iowa
Mountain West Conference
Boise State [ n 1] & San Diego State
Derrick Marks , Boise State[ 62]
Leon Rice , Boise State[ 62]
2015 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada )
Wyoming
Northeast Conference
St. Francis Brooklyn
Jalen Cannon , St. Francis Brooklyn[ 63]
Glenn Braica , St. Francis Brooklyn[ 63]
2015 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Campus sites
Robert Morris
Ohio Valley Conference
Murray State [ n 1] (West) Belmont & Eastern Kentucky (East)
Cameron Payne , Murray State[ 64]
Steve Prohm , Murray State[ 64]
2015 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Nashville, Tennessee )
Belmont
Pac-12 Conference
Arizona
Joe Young , Oregon [ 65]
Dana Altman , Oregon[ 65]
2015 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Paradise, Nevada )
Arizona
Patriot League
Bucknell
Tim Kempton Jr. , Lehigh [ 66]
Dave Paulsen , Bucknell[ 66]
2015 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Campus sites
Lafayette
Southeastern Conference
Kentucky
Bobby Portis , Arkansas [ 67] [ 68]
John Calipari , Kentucky[ 67] [ 68]
2015 SEC men's basketball tournament
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee )
Kentucky
Southern Conference
Wofford
Karl Cochran , Wofford[ 69]
Mike Young , Wofford[ 69]
2015 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
U.S. Cellular Center (Asheville, North Carolina )
Wofford
Southland Conference
Stephen F. Austin
Thomas Walkup , Stephen F. Austin[ 70]
Brad Underwood , Stephen F. Austin[ 70]
2015 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Leonard E. Merrell Center (Katy, Texas )
Stephen F. Austin
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Texas Southern
Madarious Gibbs , Texas Southern[ 71]
Mike Davis , Texas Southern[ 71]
2015 SWAC men's basketball tournament
Toyota Center (Houston, Texas )
Texas Southern
The Summit League
North Dakota State & South Dakota State [ n 1]
Lawrence Alexander , North Dakota State[ 72]
David Richman , North Dakota State[ 72]
2015 The Summit League men's basketball tournament
Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (Sioux Falls, South Dakota )
North Dakota State
Sun Belt Conference
Georgia State
R. J. Hunter , Georgia State[ 73]
Keith Richard , Louisiana–Monroe [ 73]
2015 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans )
Georgia State
West Coast Conference
Gonzaga
Kevin Pangos , Gonzaga[ 74]
Mark Few , Gonzaga[ 74]
2015 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Orleans Arena (Paradise, Nevada )
Gonzaga
Western Athletic Conference
New Mexico State
Martez Harrison , UMKC [ 75]
Marvin Menzies , New Mexico State[ 75]
2015 WAC men's basketball tournament
Orleans Arena (Paradise, Nevada )
New Mexico State
^ Montana won a tiebreaker with Eastern Washington for the top seed in the conference tournament and hosting rights. The tournament was thus held at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana .
^ As Valparaiso won the regular-season league title outright, it hosted the semifinals and finals at the Athletics–Recreation Center in Valparaiso, Indiana .
^ Since Valparaiso won its conference tournament semifinal, it also hosted the final at the same venue.
Conference standings
Division I independents
One school played as a Division I independent .[ 77]
2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
NJIT
–
–
21
–
12
.636
Villanova finished with a 4–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
Statistical leaders
Source for additional stats categories
Postseason tournaments
NCAA tournament
Final Four – Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana
Tournament upsets
For this list, a "major upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.
National Invitation tournament
After the NCAA tournament field is announced, the NCAA invited 32 teams to participate in the National Invitation Tournament . The tournament began on March 17, 2015 with all games prior to the semifinals played on campus sites. The semifinals and final were held on March 31 and April 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
College Basketball Invitational
The sixth College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament began on March 17, 2015 and ended with Loyola-Chicago's two-game sweep of Louisiana-Monroe. This tournament featured 16 teams who were left out of the NCAA tournament and NIT.
CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament
The fifth CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament began on March 16 and ended with that championship game on April 2. The Evansville Purple Aces won their first postseason tournament, defeating Northern Arizona in the final. This tournament places an emphasis on selecting successful teams from "mid-major " conferences who were left out of the NCAA tournament and NIT. 32 teams participated in this tournament.
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
The following players are recognized as the 2015 Consensus All-Americans:
Major player of the year awards
Major freshman of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
Other major awards
Bob Cousy Award (Best point guard): Delon Wright , Utah [ 84]
Jerry West Award (Best shooting guard): D'Angelo Russell , Ohio State [ 85]
Julius Erving Award (Best small forward): Stanley Johnson , Arizona
Karl Malone Award (Best power forward): Montrezl Harrell , Louisville [ 86]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Best center): Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin[ 87]
Pete Newell Big Man Award (Best big man): Jahlil Okafor, Duke
NABC Defensive Player of the Year : Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky[ 88]
Senior CLASS Award (top senior): Alex Barlow , Butler
Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5 ): Darrun Hilliard , Villanova
Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Sir'Dominic Pointer , St. John's
Ben Jobe Award (Top minority coach): Bobby Collins , Maryland Eastern Shore
Hugh Durham Award (Top mid-major coach): Brian Katz , Sacramento State
Jim Phelan Award (Top head coach): Bob Huggins , West Virginia
Lefty Driesell Award (Top defensive player): Darion Atkins, Virginia
Lou Henson Award (Top mid-major player): Ty Greene , USC Upstate
Lute Olson Award (Top non-freshman or transfer player): Cameron Payne , Murray State
Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Coach with moral character): Keno Davis , Central Michigan
Academic All-American of the Year (Top scholar-athlete): Matt Townsend, Yale [ 89]
Elite 89 Award (Top GPA among upperclass players at Final Four): Colby Wollenman, Michigan State
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during and after the season.
Team
Former coach
Interim coach
New coach
Reason
Alabama
Anthony Grant
John Brannen
Avery Johnson
After an 18–14 season, Grant, who led the Crimson Tide to just one NCAA tournament appearance in six seasons, was fired.[ 90]
Alcorn State
Luther Riley
Montez Robinson
With Riley's teams posting a record of 38-91 over four seasons, include winning just six games the past year, the university decided not to renew his contract. The former coach took a brief leave of absence of January to deal with personal matters. Under Riley's watch, the Braves never finished higher than fifth in the SWAC .
Arizona State
Herb Sendek
Bobby Hurley
Sendek was fired on March 24 after nine seasons. He had signed a three-year contract extension before this season, but went 18–16 and 9–9 in Pac-12 play.[ 91] [ 92]
Arkansas-Little Rock
Steve Shields
Chris Beard
On March 18, 2015, Shields was let go by the Arkansas–Little Rock administration after 12 seasons. He left as the winningest coach in the Trojans' history with a career record of 192-178. However, despite winning five regular-season Sun Belt titles, Shield's team only won one tournament championship.
Bowling Green
Chris Jans
Michael Huger
Jans was fired on April 2 despite a 21–12 record in his first season in charge. Media reports indicated that the firing was due to alleged inappropriate behavior at a Bowling Green, Ohio bar after the Falcons' final game of the season.[ 93]
Bradley
Geno Ford
Brian Wardle
Ford was fired after posting a 46–86 record in four seasons at Bradley.[ 94]
Bucknell
Dave Paulsen
Nathan Davis
Paulsen left to take the George Mason job.[ 95]
Buffalo
Bobby Hurley
Nate Oats
Hurley left to take the Arizona State job.[ 96] Assistant coach Nate Oats was promoted to head coach on April 11.[ 97]
Butler
Brandon Miller
Chris Holtmann
On October 1, 2014, Miller abruptly went on a leave of absence to deal with an unspecified medical issue.[ 98] After one year as an assistant coach, Holtmann was named interim head coach on October 2, 2014. As interim coach, he guided Butler to a 10–4 start including a third-place finish in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. On January 2, 2015, the interim tag was removed and Holtmann became the 23rd head coach of the Butler University men's basketball team.[ 99]
Charlotte
Alan Major
Ryan Odom
Mark Price
After Major took a medical on January 6 to deal with chronic health issues, Odom was relieved of his coaching duties on March 16 when Major and the university mutually agreed to part ways, and his staff was not retained.
Chattanooga
Will Wade
Matt McCall
Wade, who was the first assistant Shaka Smart hired upon taking over the VCU program in 2009, returned to VCU after Smart's departure for Texas.[ 100]
The Citadel
Chuck Driesell
Duggar Baucom
Driesell's contract was not renewed following the season.[ 101]
DePaul
Oliver Purnell
Dave Leitao
Purnell resigned after posting an overall record of 54–105 (15-75 in Big East play) in five seasons.[ 102] The Blue Demons brought back Dave Leitao, who had been head coach from 2002 to 2005, a stint that included the team's last NCAA tournament appearance (2004).[ 103]
Eastern Kentucky
Jeff Neubauer
Dan McHale
East Tennessee State
Murry Bartow
Steve Forbes
After 12 years, an overall record of 224-169 (with a record of 16-14, 8-10 in SoCon play in the 2014–15 season), and three NCAA appearances at East Tennessee State, Bartow was fired due a five-season tournament drought with declining team performance, increasing fan apathy after the 2014–15 season, and the decision to head a new way with the program.[ 104]
Florida
Billy Donovan
Michael White
Donovan left on April 30 to fill the head coaching vacancy at the Oklahoma City Thunder . In Donovan's 19 seasons at Florida, the Gators had an overall record of 467–186, 14 NCAA tournament appearances, and national championships in 2006 and 2007.[ 105]
Fordham
Tom Pecora
Jeff Neubauer
Fordham hired Eastern Kentucky coach Jeff Neubauer to fill their vacant spot.[ 106]
George Mason
Paul Hewitt
Dave Paulsen
Hewitt, formerly head coach of Georgia Tech from 2000–2011, was fired after posting a 66–67 record in four seasons with George Mason.[ 107]
Green Bay
Brian Wardle
Linc Darner
Wardle left Green Bay after five seasons to accept the head coaching job with Bradley on March 27.[ 108]
Hawaii
Benjy Taylor
Eran Ganot
Holy Cross
Milan Brown
Bill Carmody
Brown was relieved of his duties following the Crusaders' season ending loss to Bucknell in the Patriot League tournament on March 5. Brown had a 56–67 record over five seasons, with just one postseason appearance.[ 109]
Iowa State
Fred Hoiberg
Steve Prohm
Hoiberg, long rumored as an NBA coaching prospect, left for the head coaching vacancy with the Chicago Bulls .[ 110]
Kennesaw State
Jimmy Lallathin
Al Skinner
Lallathin was fired on March 23 after only one season as the full-time head coach. He had received the job on an interim basis in January 2014 when previous head coach Lewis Preston took a leave of absence, and was given the full-time job after Preston was dismissed at the end of that season, but went 10–22 in his first full season in charge.[ 111]
Liberty
Dale Layer
Ritchie McKay
Layer had led the Flames to the Big South Conference championship in 2013, but had only one winning season in five years. He was fired following Liberty's loss to UNC Asheville in the Big South tournament .[ 112]
Louisiana Tech
Michael White
Eric Konkol
White left for the Florida job. He was replaced by Miami assistant Konkol.[ 113]
Mississippi State
Rick Ray
Ben Howland
Ray was fired on March 21, 2015 after going 37–60 in three seasons, ending with a 13–19 overall record and 6–12 in SEC play this season.[ 114] The Bulldogs hired TV analyst Howland, a veteran coach best known for leading UCLA to three straight Final Fours from 2006 to 2008.[ 115]
Murray State
Steve Prohm
Matt McMahon
Prohm left for the Iowa State job.[ 116]
Nevada
David Carter
Eric Musselman
Carter was fired on March 11, 2015 after going 9–22 overall and 5–13 in Mountain West play this season, and failing to make the NCAA tournament in his six seasons at head coach.[ 117] [ 118]
Northern Kentucky
Dave Bezold
John Brannen
Bezold was fired on March 17 after 11 seasons. Although he went 194–133 overall, he was 33–54 in the first three years of NKU's four-year transition from Division II to Division I.[ 119]
Penn
Jerome Allen
Steve Donahue
On March 8, Allen announced his resignation to follow the Quakers' last game on March 10.[ 120]
St. John's
Steve Lavin
Chris Mullin
Lavin and St. John's mutually agreed to part ways on March 28.[ 121] The Red Storm hired arguably their greatest player ever, Hall of Famer Mullin, who since retiring as a player has been in the front offices of the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings .[ 122]
San Diego
Bill Grier
Lamont Smith
Grier was fired on March 16 after eight seasons. He was unable to duplicate the success of his first season in 2007–08, when he led the Toreros to the first NCAA tournament win by either of San Diego 's Division I programs. The Toreros only made one postseason appearance after that (last season's CIT ), and finished 15–16 this season and 8–10 in the West Coast Conference.[ 123]
SIU Edwardsville
Lennox Forrester
Jon Harris
Forrester, who oversaw the Cougars' transition from Division II to Division I, was fired after eight seasons and an 82–146 overall record.[ 124]
Southeast Missouri State
Dickey Nutt
Rick Ray
Nutt was fired on March 23 after six seasons. He was coming off back-to-back winning records, but the Redhawks went 13–17 this season, leaving him at 90–108 overall at SEMO.[ 125]
Tennessee
Donnie Tyndall
Rick Barnes
Tyndall was fired on March 28 after the school was briefed by the NCAA on accusations it was about to level against him stemming from his actions at his previous coaching stop at Southern Miss .[ 126] The Volunteers hired Rick Barnes fresh off his firing from Texas.[ 127]
Texas
Rick Barnes
Shaka Smart
Barnes was notified on March 28 that he had been fired. Despite a 402–180 record in 17 seasons at Texas, this season's Longhorns, widely touted as a Big 12 contender and ranked in the preseason top 10, finished 20–14 overall and 8–10 in the Big 12, ending in defeat in their NCAA tournament opener.-[ 128]
UIC
Howard Moore
Steve McClain
Moore was fired after four seasons in which the Flames went 33–62 overall and 12–40 in the Horizon League.[ 129]
Utah State
Stew Morrill
Tim Duryea [ 130]
Morrill, head coach for the Aggies since 1998, announced his retirement effective at the end of the season.[ 131]
Utah Valley
Dick Hunsaker
Mark Pope
Hunsaker announced he would step down from his position effective June 30, 2015.[ 132] The Wolverines, based in Orem, Utah , went next door to Provo for their new coach, hiring BYU assistant Pope.[ 133]
VCU
Shaka Smart
Will Wade
Smart left for the Texas job.[ 134]
VMI
Duggar Baucom
Dan Earl
Baucom left for the Southern Conference's other military school, The Citadel.[ 135]
See also
Notes
^ a b c d e f g Top seed in conference tournament
References
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