2014–15 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters logo.svg 125 Big West Conference Big West 21–13 11–5 Russell Turner 5th Ali Ton Ryan Badrtalei Nick Booker Bren Events Center South Point Holiday Hoops Classic championsBig West tournament champions NCAA tournament round of 64 The 2014–15 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fifth-year head coach Russell Turner and played their home games at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. They were members of the Big West Conference and finished the season 21–13, 11–5 in Big West play, to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated UC Riverside,2015-03-12 Men's Basketball Season Ends With 63-54 Loss To UC Irvine https://gohighlanders.com/news/2015/3/12/MBB_0312150303.aspx 2024-10-07 UC Riverside Athletics en UC Santa BarbaraMarch 12, 2015 'Eaters Open Big West Tourney with Win https://ucirvinesports.com/news/2015/3/12/3_12_2015_919.aspx 2024-10-07 UCI Athletics en and HawaiiMarch 13, 2015 UC Irvine Takes Down UCSB in Big West Semifinal https://ucirvinesports.com/news/2015/3/13/3_13_2015_920.aspx 2024-10-07 UCI Athletics en to become champions of the Big West tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first tournament bid in school history, where they lost in the second round to Louisville.March 20, 2015 'Eaters Come Up Short Against Louisville At NCAA Tournament https://ucirvinesports.com/news/2015/3/20/3_20_2015_926.aspx 2024-10-07 UCI Athletics en Off-season 2014 recruiting class no no 2011 Jonathan Galloway C Richmond, CA Salesian High School 6 9 215 10/27/2013 2 66 2014 ESPN - UC Irvine Basketball Recruiting 2014 300 n/a n/a n/a 2017-10-20 yes Roster 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters y Mike Best 33 C 6 10 205 Jr San Rafael, CA Will II Davis 3 F 6 8 210 Sr Sacramento, CA Ioannis Dimakopoulos basketball y 12 F/C 7 2 255 So Patras, Greece Dominique Dunning 24 G 6 3 213 Jr Corona, CA Jonathan Galloway 5 F 6 10 215 Fr Brentwood, CA Jaron Martin 0 G 5 10 160 So Sunland, CA Reed McConnell 4 F 6 5 190 Jr Atherton, CA Mamadou N'Diaye basketball, born 1993 y 34 C 7 6 290 So Dakar, Senegal Luke Nelson basketball y 10 G 6 3 182 So Worthing, England Shawn Ray 20 F 6 8 232 Jr y Torrance, CA Spencer Rivers 31 G 6 2 190 Fr Winter Park, FL John Ryan 25 C 6 10 247 Sr El Segundo, CA Haroldas Saprykinas 11 G 6 3 170 Fr Klaipėda, Lithuania Travis Souza 2 F 6 4 222 Sr Turlock, CA Aaron Wright 32 G 6 3 188 Jr Cerritos, CA Alex Young 1 G 6 1 176 Jr Phoenix, OR Russell Turner (Hampden–Sydney) Ali Ton (Davidson) Ryan Badtalei (UCLA) Nick Booker (Davidson) https://ucirvinesports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2014-15 October 7, 2024 Schedule yes 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="UC Irvine Anteaters"| Exhibition November 8, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes Simon Fraser Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,844 128–92 |- !colspan=12 style="UC Irvine Anteaters"| Non-conference regular season November 14, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes Chapman Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,854 87–36 1–0 November 16, 2014 3:00 p.m. yes Pacific Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,783 68–50 2–0 November 19, 2014 6:00 p.m. yes yes Arizona 2 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,655 P12N 54–71 2–1 November 23, 2014 6:00 p.m. yes yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 2,685 CSN Hometown TheW.tv 69–72 2–2 November 29, 2014 8:00 p.m. yes yes Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,568 TheW.tv 80–72 3–2 December 3, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes yes Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 5,210 63–72 3–3 December 6, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes Sacramento State Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,259 74–62 4–3 December 13, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes UT Arlington Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,067 62–70 4–4 December 16, 2014 4:00 p.m. yes yes Morgan State Talmadge L. Hill Field House Baltimore, MD 895 62–63 4–5 December 21, 2014 1:30 p.m. yes yes Bradley South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Holiday Hoops Classic semifinals N/A 55–47 5–5 December 22, 2014 1:30 p.m. yes yes Green Bay South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Holiday Hoops Classic championship game N/A 72–70 6–5 December 29, 2014 8:00 p.m. yes yes Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR 5,421 P12N 67–69 OT 6–6 December 31, 2014 2:00 p.m. yes Hampden–Sydney Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,366 82–53 7–6 January 3, 2015 6:00 p.m. yes yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,903 Aggievision/FCS Pacific 67–70 7–7 |- !colspan=12 style="UC Irvine Anteaters"| Big West regular season January 8, 2015 7:30 p.m. Long Beach State Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,963 Prime Ticket 82–88 7–8 0–1 January 10, 2015 7:00 p.m. UC Riverside Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,047 ESPN3 69–55 8–8 1–1 January 15, 2015 7:30 p.m. yes Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 995 Prime Ticket 63–58 9–8 2–1 January 22, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes Cal State Northridge Matadome Northridge, CA 1,311 ESPN3 80–49 10–8 3–1 January 24, 2015 9:00 p.m. yes Hawaii Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI 8,761 OC Sports 78–72 11–8 4–1 January 29, 2014 7:00 p.m. Cal Poly Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,588 ESPN3 67–57 12–8 5–1 January 31, 2015 7:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Bren Events Center Irvine, CA Homecoming 3,773 77–55 13–8 6–1 February 5, 2015 7:00 p.m. UC Davis Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,094 ESPN3 56–75 13–9 6–2 February 7, 2015 4:00 p.m. yes Long Beach State Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA 3,834 ESPN3 56–55 14–9 7–2 February 14, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes UC Riverside The SRC Riverside, CA 592 ESPN3 63–70 14–10 7–3 February 19, 2015 7:30 p.m. Hawaii Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,810 Prime Ticket 75-60 15–10 8–3 February 21, 2015 7:00 p.m. Cal State Northridge Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 3,070 67–58 16–10 9–3 February 26, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes Cal Poly Mott Gym San Luis Obispo, CA 2,163 63–56 17–10 10–3 February 28, 2015 9:00 p.m. yes UC Santa Barbara The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 4,716 ESPN2 51–54 17–11 10–4 March 5, 2015 7:00 p.m. Cal State Fullerton Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,853 68-62 18–11 11–4 March 7, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes UC Davis The Pavilion Davis, CA 4,345 61–80 18–12 11–5 |- !colspan=12 style="UC Irvine Anteaters"|UC Irvine Anteaters 2015 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Big West tournament March 12, 2015 6:00 p.m. yes 3 UC Riverside 6 Honda Center Anaheim, CA Quarterfinals 3,867 Prime Ticket 63–54 19–12 March 13, 2015 9:00 p.m. yes 3 UC Santa Barbara 2 Honda Center Anaheim, CA Semifinals 4,322 ESPNU 72–63 OT 20–12 March 14, 2015 8:30 p.m. yes 3 Hawaii 5 Honda Center Anaheim, CA Championship game 5,463 ESPN2 67–58 21–12 |- !colspan=12 style="UC Irvine Anteaters"|UC Irvine Anteaters 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NCAA Tournament March 20, 2015 1:10 p.m. yes yes 13 E Louisville 17 4 E KeyArena Seattle, WA Second round 14,509 TBS 55–57 21–13 AP poll Pacific Sources:2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule https://ucirvinesports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2014-15 2024-10-07 UCI AthleticsJuly 23, 2014 2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule Released http://www.ucirvinesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2014-15/releases/20140723padcu4 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140912092636/http://www.ucirvinesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2014-15/releases/20140723padcu4 2014-09-12 October 7, 2024 UC Irvine AthleticsSeptember 19, 2014 Big West Announces 2014-15 ESPN Men's Basketball Television Schedule https://bigwest.org/news/2014/9/17/IMPORTED_STORY_17943_17943.aspx live https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232356/http://www.bigwest.org//story.asp?story_id=15959 2016-03-03 2014-09-17 Big West ConferenceSeptember 25, 2014 'Big West Releases Basketball Schedule on ESPN3 https://bigwest.org/news/2014/9/25/IMPORTED_STORY_17965_17965.aspx live https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232356/http://www.bigwest.org//story.asp?story_id=15959 2016-03-03 October 7, 2024 Big West Conference References UC Irvine Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:2010s in sports in Orange County, California UC Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters