2014–15 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 NJIT Highlanders NJIT Highlanders wordmark.svg 150 Independent Independent 21–12 Jim Engles 7th Brian Kennedy Jesse Agel Dino Presley Fleisher Center CIT Semifinals The 2014–15 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by seventh-year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at the Fleisher Center and were in their second year as an Independent. On December 6, 2014, NJIT defeated then-#17 Michigan in the program's first game against a top 25 team.How does NJIT beat Michigan? After starting the season with 5 wins and 9 losses in their first 14 games, the Highlanders won 13 of their next 15 games to improve to 18–11 and earn an invitation to the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT), the first Division I postseason berth in school history. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/03/04/njit-highlanders-basketball-collegeinsider-postseason-tournament-cit/24376889/ Conference-less NJIT Earns Invitation to CIT Nicole Auerbach March 4, 2015 March 16, 2015 USA Today In the CIT, they defeated New Hampshire, Cleveland State, and Canisius to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to Northern Arizona. They finished with a record of 21–12. This was the Highlanders' final season as a Division I independent; as on July 1, 2015, NJIT joined the Atlantic Sun Conference. Roster NJIT Highlanders 2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster http://www.njithighlanders.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball&roster=183& njithighlanders.com 31 July 2014 Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Ky Howard Guard 6–4 185 Junior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 Tim Coleman Guard 6–5 210 Sophomore Union, New Jersey 3 Chris Jenkins Guard/Forward 6–4 215 Sophomore Hillside, New Jersey 5 Damon Lynn Guard 5–11 165 Sophomore Hillside, New Jersey 10 Daquan Holiday Forward 6–8 205 Senior Allentown, Pennsylvania 11 Winfield Willis Guard 6–0 180 Junior Baltimore, Maryland 15 Terrence Smith Forward 6–6 195 Junior Fort Lauderdale, Florida 22 Odera Nweke Forward 6–5 220 Senior Richmond, Texas 23 Osa Izevbuwa Guard 6–3 230 Sophomore Staten Island, New York 24 Emmanuel Tselentakis Guard 6–5 205 Junior Thessaloniki, Greece 25 Rob Ukawuba Guard 6–3 210 Sophomore East Brunswick, New Jersey 33 Vlad Shustov Forward 6–10 225 RS Freshman Tomsk, Russia Schedule http://www.njithighlanders.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=180&path=mbball 2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule no 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#000080;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no St. John's Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 4,703 FSN 58–77 0–1 11/17/2014 7:00 pm yes no Maine Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 775 90–86 1–1 11/19/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Albany SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 2,583 48–65 1–2 11/22/2014 2:00 pm yes no UMass Lowell Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 500 61–63 1–3 11/24/2014 9:00 pm yes yes no Marquette BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 11,966 FS1 57–62 1–4 11/29/2014 2:00 pm yes yes no Duquesne Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA 1,563 84–81 2–4 12/03/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no UMass Lowell Costello Athletic Center Lowell, MA 387 67–71 2–5 12/06/2014 12:00 pm yes yes no Michigan 17 Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI 12,226 BTN 72–70 3–5 12/09/2014 7:30 pm yes no St. Francis Brooklyn Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 1,372 68–66 4–5 12/12/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Holy Cross Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,674 66–76 4–6 12/14/2014 3:30 pm yes yes no LIU Brooklyn Steinberg Wellness Center Brooklyn, NY 1,419 49–65 4–7 12/20/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Central Connecticut William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT 1,117 84–76 5–7 12/23/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Villanova 7 The Pavilion Villanova, PA 6,500 FS1 67–92 5–8 12/28/2014 2:00 pm yes yes no Lafayette Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA 1,732 71–76 5–9 12/30/2014 7:00 pm yes no Saint Francis (PA) Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 704 77–65 6–9 01/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no UMBC Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 713 70–55 7–9 01/07/2015 7:00 pm yes no Maryland Eastern Shore Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 776 69–60 8–9 01/09/2015 7:00 pm yes no Yale Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 780 78–71 9–9 01/14/2015 7:00 pm yes no St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 411 79–60 10–9 01/17/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 775 53–62 10–10 01/19/2015 1:00 pm yes yes no Maine Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME 2,417 65–55 11–10 01/25/2015 3:00 pm yes yes no South Alabama Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 1,909 72–55 12–10 02/02/2015 7:00 pm yes no Hampton Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 511 86–67 13–10 02/03/2015 7:30 pm yes no Delaware State Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 937 69–51 14–10 02/07/2015 4:00 pm yes no Fisher Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 600 96–70 15–10 02/13/2015 7:00 pm yes no Albany Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 1,500 59–65 15–11 02/16/2015 7:00 pm yes no Maine–Fort Kent Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 516 89–55 16–11 02/28/2015 2:00 pm yes no Sarah Lawrence Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 505 90–55 17–11 03/04/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Howard Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 705 71–62 18–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#000080;"| CIT 03/16/2015 7:00 pm yes no New Hampshire Fleisher Center Newark, NJ First round 1,303 84–77 19–11 03/23/2015 7:00 pm yes no Cleveland State Fleisher Center Newark, NJ Second round 1,404 80–77 20–11 03/28/2015 7:30 pm yes no Canisius Fleisher Center Newark, NJ Quarterfinals 1,505 78–73 21–11 03/31/2015 9:00 pm yes yes no Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ Semifinals 5,583 CBSSN 61–68 21–12 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:NJIT Highlanders men's basketball seasons Njit Njit NJIT Highlanders men's basketball NJIT Highlanders men's basketball