The 2014–15 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks were led by their fifth year head coach Dana Altman. They played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 tournament where they lost to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Oklahoma State in the second round before losing in the third round to Wisconsin.
Previous season The 2013–14 Oregon Ducks finished the season with a record of 24–10 after advancing to the 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The team went 10–8 in the Pac-12 regular season. In the 2014 Pac-12 tournament, the team defeated Oregon State 88–74, before losing to UCLA, 82–63 in the quarterfinals. The Ducks were a #7-seed in the West Region of the NCAA tournament. Oregon won its first tournament game, defeating #10-seed BYU 87–68. Oregon eventually lost to #2-seed Wisconsin 85–77, in the Round of 32.
Off-season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Richard Amardi 13 F 6’8” 224 RS Senior Toronto, ON Graduated. Jason Calliste 12 G 6’1” 171 RS Senior Scarborough, ON Graduated. Mike Moser 0 F 6’8” 211 RS Senior Portland, OR Graduated. Waverly Austin 20 C 6’11” 257 Senior Fredericksburg, VA Graduated. Johnathan Loyd 10 G 5’8” 163 Senior Las Vegas, NV Graduated. Nicholas Lucenti 4 G 6’2” 205 Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated. Brian Crow 35 F 6’6” 220 Senior Novato, CA Graduated. Dominic Artis 1 G 6’1” 186 Junior Oakland, CA Dismissed from the team due to sexual assault allegations. Damyean Dotson 21 G 6’5” 209 Junior Houston, TX Dismissed from the team due to sexual assault allegations. Ben Carter 32 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore Las Vegas, NV Elected to transfer to UNLV. A.J. Lapray 24 G 6'5" 187 Freshman Salem, OR Elected to transfer to Pepperdine.
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Dwayne Benjamin 0 SF 6’6” 190 Junior Lafayette, Louisiana Junior College transfer from San Jacinto College. Michael Chandler 25 C 6’10” 245 Junior Indianapolis, Indiana Junior College transfer from Northwest Florida State College.
2014 recruiting class
2015 recruiting class
Roster
Roster notes On January 6, 2015, Oregon added Freshman forward Roman Sorkin from the Israeli Junior National Team. He is eligible to play immediately.
Schedule
!colspan=12 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#004F27; color:yellow;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#004F27;"| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#004F27;"| Pac-12 tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#004F27;"| NCAA tournament
Ranking movement
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