The 2014–15 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Sean Miller and played home games at the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 34–4, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win their second straight Pac-12 regular season championship title for 14th time. In the Pac-12 Tournament, the Wildcats defeated 8-seed California; 73–51 in the quarterfinal game, 4-seed UCLA; 70–64 in the semifinal game, and 2-seed Oregon; 80–52 in the championship game. The Wildcats won their first Pac-12 Tournament title for the fifth time since 2002. As the #2 seed in the West Region NCAA tournament, The Arizona Wildcats defeated the #15 seed Texas Southern; 93–72 in the round of 64, #10 seed Ohio State; 73–58 in the round of 32, 6-seed Xavier; 68–60 in the Sweet 16, advancing to the Elite 8 for second straight year, losing to 1-seed Wisconsin (the rematch from the NCAA tournament's Elite 8 loss in 1-point overtime last season); 85–78.
Previous season
The 2013–14 Arizona Wildcats team finished the season with an overall record of 33–5, and 15–3 in the Pac-12 to win their 13th Pac-12 regular season championship. In the Pac-12 tournament the Wildcats defeated Utah and Colorado to advanced to the Pac-12 Championship Game, where they lost to UCLA. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a 1–seed in the West Region, where they defeated 16-seed Weber State, 8-seed Gonzaga, and 4-seed San Diego State to advance to the Elite Eight, where they lost to 2-seed Wisconsin in overtime.
Off Season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown NotesJordin Mayes 20 G 6’3” 190 Senior Los Angeles, California GraduatedNick Johnson 13 G 6'3" 200 Junior Gilbert, Arizona Declared for 2014 NBA draft.Zach Peters 33 PF 6'10" 240 RS Freshman Plano, Texas Retired from playing basketball due to concussion issues.Aaron Gordon 11 F 6'9" 225 Freshman San Jose, California Declared for 2014 NBA draft.Eric Conklin 54 PF 6'6" 235 Freshman Scottsdale, Arizona Elected to transfer.
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown NotesRyan Anderson 12 PF 6’9” 216 Senior Lakewood, CA Elected to forgo playing his senior season at Boston College to transfer to Arizona.Anderson will redshirt for the 2014–15 season, under NCAA transfer rules. Will have one year of eligibility for the 2015–16 season.Kadeem Allen 20 G 6'3" 180 Junior Wilmington, NC National JC Player of the Year, at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas.Allen will redshirt for the 2014–15 season, and will have two years of eligibility starting for the 2015–16 season.
2014 Recruiting Class
Personnel
Roster
On January 6, 2015, Freshman forward Craig Victor II announced he would be transferring. Three days later, it was announced Victor would be transferring to LSU.
Depth chart
Coaching staff Name Position Year at Arizona Alma Mater (year)Sean MillerHead Coach 6th Pittsburgh (1992)Joe Pasternack Associate head coach 4th Indiana (1999)Emanuel Richardson Assistant Coach 6th Pittsburgh-Johnstown (1998)Damon Stoudamire Assistant Coach 2nd Arizona (1995)Ryan Reynolds Director of Basketball Operations 6th Xavier (2007)Ben Tucker Assistant Director of Basketball Operations 1st Arizona (2010)
Schedule The team's non-conference schedule will include road games at UNLV and UTEP, home games against Mount St. Mary's, UC Irvine, Oakland, Gardner-Webb, Michigan, Gonzaga, Utah Valley and Cal State Northridge (Maui Invitational opening game) and three neutral-site games as part of the 2014 Maui Invitational Tournament. In conference play, the team will face neither the Washington teams at home nor the Los Angeles teams on the road.
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Ranking movement
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Player statistics As of March 28, 2015
Player GP GS MPG FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Brandon Ashley 38 38 27.8 166–323 12–36 121–172 5.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 12.2 Jacob Hazzard 17 0 1.6 1–10 0–6 0–0 0 0.05 0 0 0.1 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 38 25 28.7 138–275 6–29 145–205 6.8 1.5 1.1 0.8 11.2 Parker Jackson–Cartwright 34 0 9.6 34–75 9–23 22–34 1.4 1.8 0.3 0.0 2.9 Stanley Johnson 38 37 28.4 174–390 43–116 132–178 6.5 1.6 1.5 0.4 13.8 Matt Korcheck 21 1 3.7 10–14 0–0 6–6 0.8 0.1 0.05 0.3 1.2 Trey Mason 9 0 1.3 1–3 1–1 0–0 0.1 0 0 0 0.3 T. J. McConnell 38 38 30.5 156–313 25–78 58–70 3.8 6.3 2.2 0.07 10.4 Drew Mellon 12 0 1.9 0–7 0–3 0–0 0.3 0.2 0 0 0 Elliott Pitts 38 1 14.9 43–109 27–74 19–24 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.05 3.5 Dušan Ristić 36 0 8.6 48–78 4–5 21–41 2.1 0.05 0.05 0.2 3.4 Kaleb Tarczewski 38 37 26.0 123–215 0–0 107–153 5.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 9.3 Gabe York 37 13 23.1 107–243 66–165 60–74 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.3 9.2
Awards Stanley Johnson All-Freshman Team USBWA (2015) District IX All-District Team USBWA (2015) Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Year (2015) Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2015) Pac-12 Tournament All-Tournament Team (2015) First-team All-Pac-12 (2015) 2014 Maui Invitational MVP, All-Tournament Team 2x Pac-12 Player of the Week (December 1, 2014, January 19, 2015) NCAA National Player of the Week (January 19, 2015) Wayman Tisdale National Freshmen of the Week (January 18, 2015) Wayman Tisdale National Freshmen of the Year Award Finalist Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award Finalist Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year (2015) Third-team USA Today All-American Rondae Hollis-Jefferson NCAA Tournament West Regional All-Tournament Team (2015) Pac-12 Tournament All-Tournament Team (2015) 2014 Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team Pac-12 Player of the Week (February 16, 2015) Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2015) First-team All-Pac-12 (2015) T. J. McConnell NCAA Tournament West Region All-Tournament Team (2015) Pac-12 Tournament All-Tournament Team (2015) District IX All-District Team USBWA (2015) NCAA National Player of the Week (March 9, 2015) First-team All-Pac-12 (2015) Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2015) Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Finalist Brandon Ashley Pac-12 Tournament MVP (2015) All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2015)
See also 2014–15 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team
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