The 2014–15 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team represented East Tennessee State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by 12th year head coach Murry Bartow, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center and returned as members of the Southern Conference, a conference they left in 2005. They finished the season 16–14, 8–10 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament to Western Carolina.
On March 12, head coach Murry Bartow was fired. He had a record of 224–169 in 12 seasons.
Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Ron Giplaye Forward 6–6 250 Senior Lowell, Massachusetts 1 Petey McClain Guard 6–0 185 Junior Mobile, Alabama 2 Devin Harris Guard 6–4 200 Sophomore Tampa, Florida 3 Peter Jurkin Center 7–0 230 Junior Juba, South Sudan 4 Rashawn Rembert Guard 6–3 195 Senior Tampa, Florida 5 Jalen Riley Guard 6–0 150 Senior Racine, Wisconsin 10 Isaac Banks Forward 6–7 215 Sophomore New Orleans, Louisiana 11 Desonta Bradford Guard 6–4 185 Freshman Humboldt, Tennessee 12 Tommy Williams Forward 6–5 220 Junior Augusta, Georgia 13 A.J. Merriweather Guard 6–2 185 Sophomore Jackson, Mississippi 15 Lester Wilson Forward 6–4 215 Junior Knoxville, Tennessee 20 Alex Bates Forward 6–9 235 Senior Greenbelt, Maryland 21 Tyler Ailshie Guard 6–1 195 Senior Kingsport, Tennessee 44 Karl Overstreet Center 6–10 225 Freshman Lynchburg, Virginia
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| SoCon tournament
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