2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg 150px Southeastern Conference SEC 21–14 9–9 Kevin Stallings 16th Adam Cohen Derrick Jones Tom Richardson Memorial Gymnasium NIT Quarterfinals The 2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Kevin Stallings, in his sixteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 9–9 in SEC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the SEC tournament where they lost to Tennessee. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Saint Mary's in the first round and South Dakota State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Stanford. Previous season Coach Kevin Stallings completed his fifteenth season by posting a 15–16 record during the 2013-14 season, where the Commodores finished tenth in the SEC. The Commodores lost to Mississippi State in the 1st round of the SEC tournament. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Rod Odom 0 F 6'9" 215 Senior Central Islip, NY Graduated Eric McClellan 1 G 6'4" 180 RS Sophomore Austin, TX Suspended Kedren Johnson 2 G 6'4" 215 Junior Lewisburg, TN Suspended Kyle Fuller 11 G 6'1" 200 Senior Moreno Valley, CA Graduated Rob Cross 12 G 6'0" 195 Senior Chappaqua, NY Graduated Dai-Jon Parker 24 G 6'3" 190 Senior Baton Rouge, LA Suspended Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Nolan Cressler 42 G 6'4" 198 Junior Pittsburgh, PA Transferred from Cornell. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cressler will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Class of 2014 signees no no 2014 Riley LaChance PG Brookfield, Wisconsin Brookfield Central 6 2 175 2013-09-30 3 3 4 4 Wade Baldwin PG Hillsborough, New Jersey St. Joseph 6 2 180 2013-11-13 4 3 3 4 Shelton Mitchell PG Waxhaw, North Carolina Oak Hill Academy 6 3 185 2014-05-23 4 4 4 3 Matthew Fisher-Davis SG Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Christian School 6 5 175 2013-09-15 3 4 4 3 Jeff Roberson SF Houston, Texas The Kinkaid School 6 6 195 2014-03-11 3 4 3 3 2014 Vanderbilt 2014 Basketball Commitments 2014 Vanderbilt Basketball Commits ESPN vanderbilt 189 238 23 30 2014-08-10 yes Roster 2014 Vanderbilt Commodores y Shelton Mitchell 0 G 6 3 186 FR Waxhaw, North Carolina Luke Kornet y 3 C 7 0 235 SO Lantana, Texas Wade Baldwin IV y 4 G 6 2 195 FR Belle Mead, New Jersey Matthew Fisher-Davis 5 G/F 6 5 173 FR Charlotte, North Carolina Nathan Watkins 10 G 6 5 195 JR Brentwood, Tennessee Jeff Roberson 11 F 6 6 206 FR Houston, Texas Riley LaChance 13 G 6 2 194 FR Brookfield, Wisconsin Carter Josephs 14 G 6 0 180 JR San Antonio, Texas Damian Jones y basketball 30 C 6 10 240 SO Baton Rouge, Louisiana Shelby Moats 34 F 6 8 225 JR Waconia, Minnesota James Siakam 35 F 6 7 225 SR y Douala, Cameroon Josh Henderson 40 C 6 11 240 SR y Roanoke, Virginia Nolan Cressler 42 G 6 4 204 JR Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania yes Kevin Stallings (Purdue) Adam Cohen (Arizona) Derrick Jones (New Orleans) Tom Richardson (St. Xavier (IL)) http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/vand-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2014-08-10 Schedule 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| Exhibition 11/06/2014 7:00 pm yes Illinois–Springfield Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 7,407 82–63 11/11/2014 7:00 pm yes Sewanee Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 7,871 67–38 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| Non-conference regular season 11/16/2014 2:00 pm yes Trevecca Nazarene Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 7,581 83–56 1–0 11/20/2014 8:00 pm yes Lipscomb Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 8,415 FSN 72–62 2–0 11/23/2014 6:00 pm yes Tennessee State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Barclays Center Classic 7,446 FSN 78–46 3–0 11/25/2014 7:00 pm yes Norfolk State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Barclays Center Classic 7,504 63–53 4–0 11/28/2014 6:00 pm yes yes Rutgers Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center Classic semifinals 4,118 NBCSN 65–68 4–1 11/29/2014 6:00 pm yes yes La Salle Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center Classic 3rd place game 4,105 NBCSN 68–55 5–1 12/04/2014 6:00 pm yes Baylor Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Big 12/SEC Challenge 7,740 ESPNU 63–66 5–2 12/13/2014 8:00 pm yes Purdue Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 9,565 SECN 81–71 6–2 12/16/2014 8:00 pm yes Western Carolina Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 7,504 SECN 99–79 7–2 12/20/2014 1:00 pm yes yes Georgia Tech Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA 6,081 ESPN3 60–65 7–3 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes Penn Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 8,084 79–50 8–3 12/31/2014 1:00 pm yes yes Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO 8,194 FSMW 70–55 9–3 01/03/2015 1:00 pm yes Yale Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 10,103 79–74 2OT 10–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| SEC Conference Season 01/06/2015 8:00 pm Auburn Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 10,502 ESPNU 64–52 11–3 (1–0) 01/10/2015 3:30 pm yes Arkansas 23 Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR 17,238 SECN 70–82 11–4 (1–1) 01/14/2015 8:00 pm Georgia Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 9,203 SECN 67–70 11–5 (1–2) 01/17/2015 3:00 pm yes Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 6,568 FSN 54–57 11–6 (1–3) 01/20/2015 8:00 pm yes Kentucky 1 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY 24,249 SECN 57–65 11–7 (1–4) 01/24/2015 5:00 pm LSU Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 9,392 ESPNU 75–79 OT 11–8 (1–5) 01/27/2015 6:00 pm yes Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA 7,091 SECN 62–70 11–9 (1–6) 01/31/2015 3:30 pm yes Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX 12,722 SECN 58–69 11–10 (1–7) 02/03/2015 8:00 pm Florida Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 9,815 ESPN 67–61 12–10 (2–7) 02/07/2015 3:00 pm South Carolina Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 9,259 FSN 65–50 13–10 (3–7) 02/11/2015 8:00 pm Tennessee Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 11,892 SECN 73–76 OT 13–11 (3–8) 02/14/2015 7:00 pm yes Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL 11,501 ESPNU 76–68 14–11 (4–8) 02/18/2015 6:00 pm yes Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 9,417 SECN 47–50 14–12 (4–9) 02/21/2015 1:30 pm Missouri Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 10,154 SECN 76–51 15–12 (5–9) 02/26/2015 6:00 pm yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 13,536 ESPN2 73–65 16–12 (6–9) 02/28/2015 3:30 pm Alabama Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 9,928 FSN 73–66 17–12 (7–9) 03/04/2015 8:00 pm Mississippi State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 8,685 SECN 66–56 18–12 (8–9) 03/07/2015 8:00 pm yes Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS 8,862 SECN 86–77 19–12 (9–9) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| SEC tournament 03/12/2015 6:00 p.m. yes Tennessee Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Second round 15,032 SECN 61–67 19–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| NIT 03/18/2015 8:00 p.m. yes yes (5) (4) Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA First round 1,322 ESPN2 75–64 20–13 03/20/2015 8:30 p.m. yes (5) (8) South Dakota State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Second round 5,605 ESPNU 92–77 21–13 03/24/2015 8:00 p.m. yes yes (5) (2) Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Quarterfinals ESPN 75–78 21–14 1,546 AP Poll Central Time. 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