2014–15 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 February 2024 Basketball 2014–15 William & Mary Tribe William & Mary Tribe logo.svg Colonial Athletic Association CAA 20–13 12–6 Tony Shaver 12th Jonathan Holmes Kotie Kimble Austin Shaver Kaplan Arena CAA regular season co-champions NIT First round The 2014–15 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tribe were led by twelfth year head coach Tony Shaver. The team played its home games at Kaplan Arena and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). This was the 110th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary. They finished the season 20–13, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in a four way tie for the CAA regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the CAA tournament where they lost to Northeastern.https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2015/03/09/northeastern-beats-william-mary-72-61-to-win-caa-title/ Northeastern beats William & Mary 72-61 to win CAA title The Oakland Press March 9, 2015 February 20, 2024 As a regular season champion, and #1 seed in their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Tulsa. Previous season The team will look to improve upon their 20–12 (10–6 CAA) record from the 2013–14 season that saw the team fall just short of a conference championship in a 75–74 loss to Delaware in the championship game of the 2014 CAA men's basketball tournament. William & Mary will look to earn their first postseason bid since 2010. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Julian Boatner 2 G 6'2" 185 Senior Bloomington, Indiana Graduated Ben Whitlatch 5 G 6'1" 180 Senior Bloomington, Indiana Graduated Brandon Britt 12 G 6'2" 200 Senior Chesapeake, Virginia Graduated Tim Rusthoven 22 F 6'9" 235 Senior Winfield, Illinois Graduated Kyle Gaillard 23 F 6'8" 220 Senior Huntersville, North Carolina Graduated Fred Heldring 24 F 6'9" 245 Senior Winnetka, Illinois Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes David Cohn 34 G 6'2" 170 Sophomore Elmhurst, Illinois Transferred from Colorado State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cohn will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Recruiting Class of 2014 no 2014 Oliver Tot SF Meriden, New Hampshire Kimball Union Academy 6 6 190 February 14, 2014 NR NR 65 Connor Burchfield SG Concord, North Carolina Concord High School 6 4 170 May 17, 2013 NR NR NR Greg Malinowski SG Alexandria, Virginia Episcopal High School 6 5 195 August 12, 2013 NR NR NR Paul Rowley SF Purcellville, Virginia Loudoun Valley High School 6 7 190 July 24, 2013 NR 3 NR 2014 William & Mary Commit List for 2014 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – William & Mary Tribe Basketball Recruiting 2014 2014-09-02 yes Recruiting Class of 2015 no 2015 Hunter Seacat SF Mooresville, North Carolina Lake Norman High School 6 9 220 September 8, 2014 NR NR NR 2015 William & Mary Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – William & Mary Tribe Basketball Recruiting 2014 2014-09-02 yes Roster 2014 William & Mary Tribe y y Daniel Dixon y basketball 0 G 6 5 200 SO Great Falls, Virginia Langley/Fishburne Marcus Thornton basketball, born 1993 y 3 G 6 4 185 SR Upper Marlboro, Maryland Bishop McNamara Omar Prewitt y 4 G/F 6 6 180 SO Mount Sterling, Kentucky Montgomery County Greg Malinowski 5 G 6 5 195 FR Chantilly, Virginia Episcopal Connor Burchfield 10 G 6 4 175 FR Concord, North Carolina Concord Michael Schlotman 11 G 6 4 190 FR y Munster, Indiana Munster Oliver Tot 21 G 6 6 198 FR Bratislava, Slovakia Kimball Union Academy Paul Rowley 22 F 6 8 190 FR Purcellville, Virginia Loudoun Valley yes Terry Tarpey y 25 G 6 5 200 JR Stamford, Connecticut Fairfield Prep Sean Shelton 31 F 6 9 245 JR Traverse City, Michigan Saint Francis Catholic David Cohn 34 G 6 4 170 SO Elmhurst, Illinois YorkColorado State yes Jack Whitman 41 F 6 9 225 FR y Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Catholic Tom Schalk 43 F 6 8 200 SR Burnsville, Minnesota Apple Valley Tony Shaver (North Carolina) Jonathan Holmes (North Carolina) Kotie Kimble (Coastal Carolina) Austin Shaver (Virginia) http://www.tribeathletics.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=25100&SPID=80825&SPSID=606379 Program notes On December 19, 2014, head coach Tony Shaver won his 500th career NCAA game after the Tribe defeated Washington College, 86–46. On January 10, 2015, junior guard Terry Tarpey recorded the first triple double in program history (in its 110th season) during William & Mary's 81–73 win against James Madison. Tarpey had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. On January 14, 2015, William & Mary recorded the largest comeback win in program history against UNC Wilmington, winning 76–72, after trailing by 22 points earlier in the game. On February 25, 2015, Marcus Thornton scored his 2,053rd career point in a 65–50 win against Towson, thus breaking the previous record (2,052) set by Chet Giermak during the 1949–50 season. It was the longest-standing career points record (65 years) for any NCAA program at the time. On June 25, 2015, Thornton was selected in the 2015 NBA draft, taken in the second round (45th overall) to the Boston Celtics. He was the first William & Mary player drafted since Keith Cieplicki in 1985 (7th round, 161st overall), but the first to do so in the NBA's modern draft format (only two rounds). Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#115740; color:#B9975B;"| Non-conference regular season November 14 6:00 pm yes yes Florida 7 O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida SECN 45–68 10,861 0–1 November 18 7:00 pm yes Howard Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 56–49 2,312 1–1 November 20 7:00 pm yes Bluefield Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 100–57 1,380 2–1 November 22 8:00 pm yes yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas 69–65 1,195 3–1 November 25 4:30 pm yes Western Illinois Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 83–49 1,913 4–1 November 29 7:00 pm yes Wofford Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 66–62 2,689 5–1 December 3 7:00 pm yes yes Richmond Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 67–68 4,684 5–2 December 6 7:00 pm yes yes High Point Millis Athletic Convocation Center High Point, North Carolina 63–66 1,750 5–3 December 19 7:00 pm yes Washington College Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 86–46 1,452 6–3 December 22 7:00 pm yes yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Virginia Rivalry 62–69 7,796 6–4 December 30 7:00 pm yes yes North Carolina 19 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina RSN 64–86 20,053 6–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#115740; color:#B9975B;"| Conference regular season January 3 2:00 pm College of Charleston Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia CSN 75–45  2,291 7–5 1–0 January 5 7:00 pm yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia 73–47 1,051 8–5 2–0 January 8 8:00 pm yes Elon Alumni Gym Elon, North Carolina ASN 79–85 1,384 8–6 2–1 January 10 4:00 pm James Madison Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 81–73 3,446 9–6 3–1 January 14 7:00 pm UNC Wilmington Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 76–72 1,873 10–6 4–1 January 17 12:00 pm yes Towson SECU Arena Towson, Maryland CSN 85–72 1,889 11–6 5–1 January 21 7:00 pm yes Delaware Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 80–84 1,819 11–7 5–2 January 24 2:00 pm Northeastern Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia NBCSN 78–62 5,053 12–7 6–2 January 28 7:00 pm Hofstra Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 100–79 2,919 13–7 7–2 January 31 4:00 pm yes James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, Virginia CSN 84–65 4,133 14–7 8–2 February 5 7:30 pm yes College of Charleston TD Arena Charleston, South Carolina 72–80 3,305 14–8 8–3 February 7 8:00 pm yes UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, North Carolina ASN 56–53 5,088 15–8 9–3 February 11 7:00 pm Elon Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 77–58 2,735 16–8 10–3 February 14 2:30 pm Delaware Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia NBCSN 70–73 4,185 16–9 10–4 February 18 7:00 pm yes Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston 64–75 927 16–10 10–5 February 22 4:30 pm yes Hofstra Mack Sports Complex Hempstead, New York NBCSN 80–78 3,148 17–10 11–5 February 25 7:00 pm Towson Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 65–50 3,227 18–10 12–5 February 28 2:00 pm Drexel Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia CSN 66–80 5,312 18–11 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#115740; color:#B9975B;"| CAA Tournament March 7 12:00 pm yes Elon Royal Farms Arena Baltimore Quarterfinals CSN 72–59 3,762 19–11 March 8 2:30 pm yes Hofstra Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, Maryland Semifinals NBCSN 92–91 2OT 3,703 20–11 March 9 7:00 pm yes Northeastern Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, Maryland Championship game NBCSN 61–72 5,721 20–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#115740; color:#B9975B;"| NIT March 17 8:15 pm (7) yes yes (2) Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, Oklahoma First round ESPN3 67–70 2,547 20–13 AP Poll Eastern Time. 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