The 2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.
Preseason Preseason Polls C-USA Coaches 1. Louisiana Tech 2. UTEP 3. Charlotte 4. Old Dominion
Preseason All-Conference Team C-USA CoachesPierriá Henry, G CharlotteRaheem Appleby, G Louisiana TechAlex Hamilton, G Louisiana TechSpeedy Smith, G Louisiana TechAaron Bacote, G Old DominionC.J. Washington, F UABVince Hunter, F UTEPJulian Washburn, F/G UTEPGeorge Fant, F WKUT.J. Price, G WKU
Rankings
+ Legend Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Conference schedules Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. CharlotteFIUFAULaTechMarshallMTSUUNTODURiceUSMUABUTEPUTSAWKUvs. Charlotte – – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. FIU 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. Florida Atlantic 1–0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. Louisiana Tech 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. Marshall 2–0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. Middle Tennessee 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. North Texas 1–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. Old Dominion 0–2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. Rice 1–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. Southern Miss 1–0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. UAB 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. UTEP 0–1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. UTSA 1–0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – vs. WKU 0–2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – Total 7–11 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Player of the week Players of the week Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday. Week Player of the week Freshman of the week November 17, 2014 Vince Hunter, UTEP Jeremy Combs, North Texas November 24, 2014 Mike Thorne Jr., Charlotte Bishop Mency, Rice December 1, 2014 Vince Hunter (2), UTEP Torin Dorn, Charlotte December 8, 2014 Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech Justin Massey, Florida Atlantic December 15, 2014 Alex Hamilton (2), Louisiana Tech Justin Johnson, WKU T. J. Price, WKU Edward Simpson Jr., Middle Tennessee December 22, 2014 Vince Hunter (3), UTEP Keyshawn Woods, Charlotte December 29, 2014 Vince Hunter (4), UTEP Bishop Mency (2), Rice January 5, 2015 Chip Armelin, Southern Miss Xavian Stapleton, Louisiana Tech January 12, 2015 Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech Torin Dorn (2), Charlotte George Fant, WKU January 19, 2015 Alex Hamilton (3), Louisiana Tech Chris Cokley, UAB January 26, 2015 Jeromie Hill, UTSA Nick Norton, UAB February 2, 2015 Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Torin Dorn (3), Charlotte Jeremy Combs (2), North Texas February 9, 2015 Kaj-Björn Sherman, UTSA Nick Norton (2), UAB February 16, 2015 Seth Gearhart, Rice William Lee, UAB Keon Lewis, UTSA February 23, 2015 Trey Freeman, Old Dominion Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee March 2, 2015 Trey Freeman (2), Old Dominion William Lee (2), UAB March 9, 2015 Adrian Diaz, FIU Keyshawn Woods (2), Charlotte
Honors and awards All-Conference USA Awards and Teams Honor Recipient Player of the Year Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Coach of the Year Michael White, Louisiana Tech Freshman of the Year Torin Dorn, Charlotte Defensive Player of the Year Julian Washburn, UTEP Newcomer of the Year Trey Freeman, Old Dominion Sixth Man of the Year Chris Cokley, UAB All-Conference USA First Team Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Trey Freeman, Old Dominion Vince Hunter, UTEP Jeromie Hill, UTSA T. J. Price, WKU All-Conference USA Second Team Dennis Mavin, FIU Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech Seth Gearhart, Rice George Fant, WKU All-Conference USA Third Team Pierriá Henry, Charlotte Ryan Taylor, Marshall Jordan Williams, North Texas Chip Armelin, Southern Miss Robert Brown, UAB All-Freshman Team Torin Dorn, Charlotte Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee Jeremy Combs, North Texas Nick Norton, UAB William Lee, UAB All-Defensive Team Pierriá Henry, Charlotte Adrian Diaz, FIU Michale Kyser, Louisiana Tech Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Julian Washburn, UTEP All-Academic Team Kris Gulley, FIU Austin Loop, Marshall Trey Freeman, Old Dominion Seth Gearhart, Rice Marcus Jackson, Rice Jeromie Hill, UTSA
Postseason Conference USA Tournament
March 11–14, Conference USA Basketball Tournament, Legacy Arena, Birmingham
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship14 South UAB W, 60–59 vs. #3 Iowa State – (Louisville) L, 75–92 vs. #11 UCLA – (Louisville) W–L (%):0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Total: 1–1
National Invitation Tournament
Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals1 Old Dominion Old Dominion W, 65–56 vs. #8 Charleston Southern W, 50–49 vs. #4 Illinois State W, 72–69 vs. #3 Murray State W, 60–67 vs. #2 Stanford – (New York City) 3 Temple Louisiana Tech W, 89–79 vs. #6 Central Michigan W, 84–72 vs. #2 Texas A&M L, 59–77 vs. #1 Temple 6 Old Dominion UTEP L, 66–81 vs. #3 Murray State W–L (%):2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 Total: 5–3
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Middle Tennessee L, 56–68 vs. Kent State W–L (%):0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Total: 0–1
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