The 2014–15 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth year head coach Michael White, played their home games at the Thomas Assembly Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–9, 15–3 in C-USA play to finish as regular season C-USA champions. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to UAB. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Central Michigan in the first round and Texas A&M in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Temple.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the season 29–8, 13–3 in C-USA play to finish in a four way tie for the C-USA regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Tulsa. After tiebreakers, they were the #1 seed in the C-USA Tournament, and as a regular season conference champion and overall #1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received at automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona and Georgia to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Florida State.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Chris Anderson 5 F 6'6" 220 Senior Muskegon, MI Graduated Isaiah Massey 10 F 6'8" 225 RS Junior McDonough, GA Transferred to Dalton State College Stojan Gjuroski 11 F 6'8" 205 RS Junior Gostivar, Macedonia Play professionally overseas Cordarius Johnson 15 G 6'6" 220 Senior Coushatta, LA Graduated Kenyon McNeail 21 G 6'1" 190 Senior Conway, AR Graduated Josh Butler 22 F 6'6" 225 Freshman Los Angeles, CA Walk-on didn't return Jaron Johnson 23 G 6'6" 205 Senior Tyler, TX Graduated Gilbert Talbot 40 F/C 6'10" 290 Sophomore Houma, LA Transferred to New Orleans
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Merrill Holden 21 F 6'8" 215 Sophomore Lincoln, NE Junior college transfer from Pratt Community College Qiydar Davis 25 F 6'6" 200 Junior Atlanta, GA Junior college transfer from Indian Hills Community College
Recruiting class of 2014
Recruiting class of 2015
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Conference USA regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Conference USA tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| National Invitation tournament
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