2014–15 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 19–15 8–10 Anthony Grant (6th season) John Brannen (interim) Antoine Pettway 3rd Reggie Witherspoon 1st Coleman Coliseum(Capacity: 15,316) NIT Second round The 2014–15 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson Tide, led by 6th year head coach Anthony Grant played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 8–10 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC tournament to Florida. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Illinois in the first found before losing in the second round to Miami (FL). On March 15, after losing in the SEC Tournament, head coach Anthony Grant was fired.http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/03/alabama_fires_anthony_grant.html Anthony Grant fired by Alabama after 6 seasons 16 March 2015 He compiled a record of 117–85 in six seasons. Associate head coach John Brannen served as interim head coach during the Tide's two NIT games. Off-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Algie Key 0 G 6'4" 175 Junior Decatur, GA Transferred Carl Engström 4 C 7'1" 285 RS Junior Ystad, Sweden Play professionally in Europe Trevor Releford 12 G 6'0" 195 Senior Shawnee Mission, KS Graduated/Undrafted in 2014 NBA draft Julian Goode 13 F 6'7" 225 Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Nick Jacobs 15 F 6'8" 265 Junior Atlanta, GA Transferred to Georgia Tech Isiah Wilson 33 G 6'3" 175 Senior Troy, AL Graduated Incoming transfer Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School John Gibson 41 F 6'7" 215 Sophomore Marietta, GA Transfer from Xavier University of Louisiana. Note: Redshirt senior Christophe Varidel transferred to Alabama from Chaminade during the 2014 offseason and would have been eligible to play immediately at the beginning of the 2014–15 season because he had already graduated school and had one year of athletic eligibility remaining, but due to lingering injuries from his time at Chaminade, Varidel made a joint decision with head coach Anthony Grant to end his college basketball career before the start of the season. Class of 2014 signees no no 2014 Justin Coleman PG Birmingham, AL Wenonah High School 5 10 155 2013-07-31 4 4 4 4 Riley Norris SF Albertville, AL Albertville High School 6 7 190 2013-08-05 3 3 4 4 Devin Mitchell SG Suwanee, GA Collins Hill High School 6 4 173 2013-08-07 3 4 4 3 Jeff Garrett SF Gadsden, AL Oldsmar Christian High School 6 7 210 2014-04-19 3 3 3 NR 2014 Alabama Basketball Commitments 2014 Alabama Basketball Commits ESPN alabama 567 333 2013-08-09 yes Roster 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide y Riley Norris 1 G/F 6 7 190 FR Albertville, Alabama Ricky Tarrant 2 G 6 2 190 JR Pleasant Grove, Alabama y Michael Kessens 3 F 6 9 215 SO Nyon, Switzerland Jeff Garrett 4 F 6 7 210 FR Gadsden, Alabama yes Jason Williamson (W) 28 G 5 10 175 FR Chicago, Illinois Jimmie Taylor y basketball 10 F 6 10 240 SO Greensboro, Alabama Shannon Hale 11 F 6 8 220 SO Johnson City, Tennessee y Levi Randolph 20 G 6 5 205 SR y Madison, Alabama C Rodney Cooper y 21 F 6 6 215 SR Hurtsboro, Alabama Devin Mitchell 23 G 6 4 175 FR Suwanee, Georgia Retin Obasohan y 32 G 6 1 210 JR yes Antwerp, Belgium Dakota Slaughter 35 F 6 6 215 SR Fishers, Indiana John Gibson i 41 F 6 7 215 SO Marietta, Georgia Anthony Grant (Dayton) John Brannen (Marshall) Antoine Pettway (Alabama) Reggie Witherspoon (Wheeling Jesuit) http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/alab-m-baskbl-mtt.html April 25, 2015 Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/10/2014 7:00 pm yes Montevallo Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Randolph 22 Taylor 8 Coleman 6 81–67 9,583 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2014 8:00 pm yes Towson Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL CBE Hall of Fame Classic Tied 15 Randolph 10 Randolph 5 82–54 10,345 1–0 11/17/2014 8:00 pm yes Western Carolina Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL CBE Hall of Fame Classic SECN Randolph 19 Taylor 10 Tied 2 80–74 8,830 2–0 11/20/2014 8:00 pm yes Southern Miss Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Randolph 23 Hale 11 Coleman 3 81–67 9,260 3–0 11/24/2014 8:30 pm yes yes Iowa State 13 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO CBE Hall of Fame ClassicSemifinals ESPN2 Cooper 27 Norris 6 Tied 4 74–84 8,321 3–1 11/25/2014 6:00 pm yes yes Arizona State Sprint Center Kansas City, MO CBE Hall of Fame ClassicThird place game ESPN3 Randolph 28 Blakes 9 Justice 4 76–71 9,034 4–1 12/02/2014 8:00 pm yes South Florida Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Cooper 20 Taylor 11 Tarrant 8 82–71 9,342 5–1 12/06/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH CBSSN Tarrant 23 Kessens 5 Tied 4 84–97 10,250 5–2 12/13/2014 8:00 pm yes Tennessee Tech Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Cooper 23 Taylor 6 Randolph 5 65–53 9,526 6–2 12/16/2014 8:00 pm yes yes Wichita State 11 Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS ESPN2 Tied 13 Tied 5 Tarrant 3 52–53 10,506 6–3 12/19/2014 6:00 pm yes Stillman Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Coleman 14 Taylor 9 Randolph 3 69–49 9,097 7–3 12/21/2014 5:30 pm yes Appalachian State Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Kessens 17 Kessens 10 Randolph 5 60–59 9,515 8–3 12/28/2014 5:30 pm yes UCLA Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPNU Tarrant 24 Taylor 7 Tied 2 56–50 13,472 9–3 01/02/2015 6:00 pm yes North Florida Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Kessens 18 Kessens 12 Tarrant 6 76–61 8,821 10–3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC regular season 01/06/2015 8:00 pm Texas A&M Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Tarrant 15 Tied 9 Randolph 3 65–44 10,264 11–3 1–0 01/10/2015 1:00 pm yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SECN Cooper 17 Tied 5 Copper 5 56–38 16,695 12–3 2–0 01/13/2015 6:00 pm yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena South Carolina, SC SECN Tarrant 15 Taylor 5 Cooper 4 66–68 11,085 12–4 2–1 01/17/2015 3:00 pm Kentucky 1 Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN Randolph 15 Tied 4 Tied 1 48–70 15,383 12–5 2–2 01/22/2015 6:00 pm yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR ESPN2 Tarrant 21 Randolph 8 Hale 3 91–93 OT 11,528 12–6 2–3 01/24/2015 7:30 pm Auburn Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Iron Bowl of Basketball SECN Randolph 18 Tied 7 Coleman 3 57–55 15,383 13–6 3–3 01/27/2015 8:00 pm Florida Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN Cooper 14 Kessens 8 Tied 2 50–52 10,759 13–7 3–4 01/31/2015 6:00 pm yes Kentucky 1 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY SECN Hale 13 Kessens 5 Tied 3 55–70 24,351 13–8 3–5 02/04/2015 8:00 pm Missouri Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Randolph 20 Obasohan 8 Kessens 2 62–49 9,343 14–8 4–5 02/07/2015 5:00 pm yes LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA ESPN2 Randolph 17 Norris 12 Randolph 2 60–71 10,355 14–9 4–6 02/10/2015 8:00 pm yes Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN Hale 14 Randolph 7 Randolph 3 55–51 6,386 15–9 5–6 02/14/2015 7:00 pm Vanderbilt Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPNU Randolph 15 Norris 8 Tied 2 68–76 11,501 15–10 5–7 02/17/2015 8:00 pm yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL Iron Bowl of Basketball ESPNU Randolph 19 Taylor 8 Cooper 4 79–68 9,121 16–10 6–7 02/21/2015 7:00 pm Georgia Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN2 Obasohan 16 Obasohan 12 Obasohan 3 65–66 OT 12,141 16–11 6–8 02/24/2015 6:00 pm South Carolina Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Randolph 17 Norris 7 Randolph 5 59–51 8,848 17–11 7–8 02/28/2015 3:00 pm yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN FSN Obasohan 16 Norris 10 Randolph 3 66–73 9,928 17–12 7–9 03/03/2015 6:00 pm Ole Miss Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Randolph 32 Taylor 11 Taylor 3 74–82 9,184 17–13 7–10 03/07/2015 1:00 pm yes Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX FSN Obasohan 12 Randolph 9 Tied 2 61–60 9,064 18–13 8–10 |- !colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#990000"|SEC Tournament 03/12/2015 Noon yes 9 Florida 8 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Second round SECN Tied 15 Norris 7 Randolph 4 61–69 10,563 18–14 |- !colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#990000"|NIT 03/17/2015 9:00 pm yes 6 3 Illinois Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL First round ESPN Randolph 20 Tied 7 Randolph 5 79–58 2,348 19–14 03/21/2015 11:00 am yes yes 6 2 Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL Second round ESPN Cooper 20 Taylor 8 Coleman 3 66–73 1,979 19–15 |- | colspan="12" | *Non-conference game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region. |} Source: 2014–15 Schedule. Rolltide.com See also Iron Bowl of Basketball 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014–15 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team References Alabama Category:Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball seasons Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide