2014–15 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 16–16 7–11 Donnie Tyndall 1st Al Pinkins Chris Shumate Beau Braden Thompson–Boling Arena The 2014–15 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Donnie Tyndall, who was in his first season at Tennessee. The team played their home games at the Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in SEC play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament where they lost to Arkansas. On March 27, head coach Donnie Tyndall, due to an investigation of violations committed when he was the head coach at Southern Miss, was fired after only one season.https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2015/3/27/8299661/donnie-tyndall-leaves-tennessee-basketball-coach-investigations Tennessee basketball coach fired amid NCAA review 27 March 2015 Previous season The Vols posted a record of 24–13 (11–7 SEC) in the 2012–13 season and finished in 4th place. They advance to the semifinals which they lost to Florida in the 2014 SEC men's basketball tournament. They received at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament which they lost to Michigan in the sweet 16. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Antonio Barton 2 G 6'1" 172 Senior Baltimore Graduated Jarnell Stokes 5 F 6'8" 250 Junior Memphis, Tennessee Enter 2014 NBA draft Rawane Ndiaye 10 C 6'10" 280 Junior Raleigh, North Carolina InjuredTennessee senior center Rawane Ndiaye suffers torn ACL http://www.chatsports.com/ncaa/a/Tennessee-senior-center-Rawane-Ndiaye-suffers-torn-ACL-1-9964648 NBC Sports 2014-06-13 Darius Thompson 15 G 6'5" 181 Freshman Murfreesboro, Tennessee Transferred to Virginia A. J. Davis 21 F 6'9" 208 RS Freshman Buford, Georgia Transferred to Central Florida Quinton Chievous 31 G 6'6" 214 RS Sophomore Chicago Transferred to Hampton D'Montre Edwards 32 G 6'6" 203 Senior Charleston, South Carolina Graduated Jeronne Maymon 34 F 6'8" 260 RS Senior Madison, Wisconsin Graduated Jordan McRae 52 G 6'6" 185 Senior Midway, Georgia Graduated/2014 NBA draft Dominic Woodson 55 F 6'10" 270 Sophomore Dallas Transferred at the end of fall semester Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Ian Chiles 5 G 6'1" 188 Senior Louisville, Kentucky Transferred from IUPUI. Will be eligible to play immediately since Chiles graduated from IUPUI. Braxton Bonds 32 G 6'1" 170 Freshman Nashville, Tennessee Walk-on transfer from Liberty University. Recruiting no yes 2014 Detrick Mostella SG Decatur, Alabama Notre Dame Prep 6 3 170 2014-05-07 4 5 4 4 Kevin Punter SG Bronx, New York State Fair C.C. 6 4 170 2014-05-05 3 NR 3 NR Tariq Owens PF Baltimore, Maryland Mount Zion Baptist Christian School 6 9 190 2014-05-21 3 3 3 3 Willie Carmichael PF Apopka, Florida Wekiva High School 6 7 195 2014-05-13 3 NR 3 2 Jabari McGhee SF Albany, Georgia Hargrave Military Academy 6 7 190 2014-05-02 3 3 3 2 Devon Baulkman SG Bainbridge, Georgia Gulf Coast C.C. 6 5 205 2014-5-13 NR NR 247 stars NR 2014 Tennessee 2014 Basketball Commitments 2014 Tennessee Basketball Commits Tennessee Volunteers 2014 Player Commits Tennessee 2014 Basketball Commitments NR NR NR 2013-08-04 yes Roster 2014 Tennessee Volunteers y Kevin Punter y 0 G 6 4 180 JR Bronx, New York Josh Richardson y 1 G 6 6 200 SR Edmond, Oklahoma Robert Hubbs III y 3 G 6 6 206 SO Newbern, Tennessee Armani Moore y 4 G 6 5 215 JR Kennesaw, Georgia Ian Chiles 5 G 6 1 200 SR y Louisville, Kentucky y Tariq Owens y 11 F 6 10 205 FR Odenton, Maryland Detrick Mostella 15 G 6 3 170 FR Decatur, Alabama Jabari McGhee 21 F 6 8 210 FR Albany, Georgia y Derek Reese 23 G 6 8 220 JR Orlando, Florida Willie Carmichael III 24 F 6 8 210 FR Apopka, Florida Galen Campbell 25 G 6 2 190 JR y Knoxville, Tennessee Braxton Bonds (W) (I) 32 G 6 1 170 FR Nashville, Tennessee Brandon Lopez (W) 33 G 6 1 180 SR Knoxville, Tennessee y Devon Baulkman 34 G 6 5 200 JR Bainbridge, Georgia Donnie Tyndall (Morehead State) Al Pinkins (North Carolina State) Chris Shumate (Murray State) Beau Braden (Centre College) http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/roster/14-15-roster.html Schedule and results http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/tenn-m-baskbl-sched.html UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics - Men's Basketball utsports.com 2014-08-04 2013-09-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921075839/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/tenn-m-baskbl-sched.html dead no no no yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF8200; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/03/2014 7:00 pm yes no Pikeville Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SECN+ Moore 17 Moore, Reese 7 Richardson 5 80–62 13,135 11/08/2014 7:00 pm yes no Lenoir–Rhyne Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SECN+ Reese, Richardson 14 Hubbs III, Moore 7 Moore 3 77–49 13,838 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2014 6:30 pm yes yes no VCU 15 Alumni Hall Annapolis, Maryland Veterans Classic CBSSN Richardson 17 McGhee 5 Punter 7 69–85 5,699 0–1 11/20/2014 7:00 pm yes no Texas Southern Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee FSN Richardson 19 Richardson, Moore 8 Richardson, Punter 2 70–58 13,236 1–1 11/27/2014 12:00 pm yes yes no Santa Clara HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, Florida Orlando Classic Quarterfinals ESPN2 Richardson, Moore 18 McGhee 9 Moore 3 64–57 3,915 2–1 11/28/2014 12:00 pm yes yes no Kansas 11 HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, Florida Orlando Classic Semifinals ESPN Richardson 16 Richardson 5 Richardson, Punter, Hubbs III 2 67–82 4,383 2–2 11/30/2014 4:00 pm yes yes no Marquette HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, Florida Orlando Classic 3rd Place Game ESPN2 Moore 18 Moore 13 Baulkman 4 59–67 4,847 2–3 12/06/2014 3:15 pm yes no Kansas State Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee Big 12/SEC Challenge ESPN2 Richardson 17 Carmichael 6 Moore 5 65–64 14,111 3–3 12/14/2014 2:00 pm yes no Butler 15 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPNU Richardson 20 Moore 8 Richardson 3 67–55 14,058 4–3 12/17/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no NC State PNC Arena Raleigh, North Carolina ESPN2 Richardson 17 Moore 5 Richardson 5 72–83 15,281 4–4 12/19/2014 7:00 pm yes no Tennessee Tech Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee FSN Richardson 19 Moore 5 Moore, Richardson 3 61–58 13,201 5–4 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes no Mercer Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SECN Baulkman 22 Reese 7 Richardson 6 64–54 13,093 6–4 12/27/2014 8:30 pm yes no Tennessee State Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SECN Punter 18 Moore 11 Richardson 8 67–46 13,459 7–4 12/31/2014 1:00 pm yes no East Tennessee State Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SECN Richardson 19 Moore 12 Moore 7 71–61 14,245 8–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| SEC regular season 01/07/2015 9:00 pm yes no Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi SECN Punter 15 Reese 10 Richardson 5 61–47 5,704 9–4 (1–0) 01/10/2015 2:00 pm no Alabama Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SECN Richardson 17 Moore 9 Punter 3 38–56 16,695 9–5 (1–1) 01/13/2015 7:00 pm no Arkansas 19 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPNU Richardson 20 Moore 8 Richardson 4 74–69 13,366 10–5 (2–1) 01/17/2015 6:00 pm yes no Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri SECN Moore 15 Moore 11 Richardson 8 59–51 10,359 11–5 (3–1) 01/20/2015 9:00 pm yes no South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, South Carolina ESPNU Richardson, Punter 13 Reese 9 Punter 3 66–62 12,032 12–5 (4–1) 01/24/2015 1:00 pm no Texas A&M Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee FSN Punter 17 Reese 6 Reese 4 61–67 16,547 12–6 (4–2) 01/27/2015 9:00 pm yes no Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas ESPNU Richardson 17 Moore, Reese 6 Richardson 6 64–69 12,753 12–7 (4–3) 01/31/2015 12:00 pm no Auburn Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 Moore 19 Moore 13 Richardson 6 71–63 18,439 13–7 (5–3) 02/03/2015 7:00 pm no Mississippi State Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SECN Richardson 30 Moore 10 Richardson 5 66–71 13,268 13–8 (5–4) 02/07/2015 12:00 pm yes no Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia ESPN2 Hubbs 15 Hubbs 6 Richardson 4 53–56 9,730 13–9 (5–5) 02/11/2015 9:00 pm yes no Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee SECN Richardson 27 Reese 8 Richardson 4 76–73 OT 11,892 14–9 (6–5) 02/14/2015 4:00 pm no LSU Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SECN Moore 16 Moore 8 Richardson, Punter, Moore 2 55–73 16,051 14–10 (6–6) 02/17/2015 7:00 pm no Kentucky 1 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee Rivalry ESPN Punter 14 Moore 8 Reese 2 48–66 21,678 14–11 (6–7) 02/21/2015 7:30 pm yes no Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi ESPNU Moore 15 Moore 9 Moore 5 57–59 8,630 14–12 (6–8) 02/26/2015 7:00 pm no Vanderbilt Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 Richardson 20 Richardson, Moore 6 Richardson 5 65–73 13,536 14–13 (6–9) 02/28/2015 6:00 pm yes no Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPN2 Moore 18 Moore 5 Richardson, Punter 3 49–66 11,970 14–14 (6–10) 03/04/2015 7:00 pm yes no LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana SECN Richardson 20 Reese 9 Moore 4 78–63 8,736 15–14 (7–10) 03/07/2015 4:00 pm no South Carolina Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee FSN Richardson, Hubbs 14 Richardson, Moore 6 Richardson 6 49–60 16,049 15–15 (7–11) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| SEC Tournament 03/12/2015 7:00 pm yes no Vanderbilt Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Second round SECN Richardson 22 Reese 7 Punter 4 67–61 15,032 16–15 03/13/2015 7:00 pm yes no Arkansas 21 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Quarterfinals SECN Richardson 22 Richardson 10 Richardson 3 72–80 13,135 16–16 AP Poll See also 2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team References Tennessee Category:Tennessee Volunteers basketball seasons Volunteers Volunteers