2014–15 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Missouri Tigers Mizzou Athletics wordmark.svg 250 Southeastern Conference SEC 9–23 3–15 Kim Anderson (1st Year) Tim Fuller (4th Year) Brad Loos (1st Year) Rob Fulford (1st Year) Mizzou Arena The 2014–15 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Kim Anderson, who was in his first year as the head coach at Missouri. The team played its home games at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, and played its third season in the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 3–15 in SEC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to South Carolina. Preseason Coming off an inconsistent 2013–14 season that saw Missouri finish with a 23-12 (9-9) record and a trip to the NITMatter Dave 16 March 2014 Mizzou face Davidson in NIT http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/mizzou-left-off-ncaa-bracket-faces-davidson-in-nit/article_490283d0-2913-5c1c-8b8a-d080a23d81e3.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140820035313/https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/mizzou-left-off-ncaa-bracket-faces-davidson-in-nit/article_490283d0-2913-5c1c-8b8a-d080a23d81e3.html 20 August 2014 May 9, 2014 stltoday.com there were many changes that took place in the off/preseason. The team lost the likes of Jabari Brown and Jordan Clarkson to the NBA draft and lost Criswell and Ross to graduation. On April 10, 2014, then head coach Frank Haith kicked Zach Price off the team for legal reasons.Frank Haith kicks Zach Price off team http://msn.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/ex-mizzou-player-seeks-protection-from-teammate-zach-price-earnest-ross-041014 msn.foxsports.com May 9, 2014 The following week on April 18 it was announced that Haith was leaving Missouri and had taken the opening as the head coach of Tulsa.Tulsa Hires Frank Haith https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10803958/tulsa-golden-hurricane-hire-frank-haith-coach espn.com May 9, 2014 Aften ten days of speculation it was announced that Kim Anderson would be returning to his alma mater and become the next head coach at Missouri.Missouri Tigers hire Kim Anderson https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10853001/missouri-tigers-tab-kim-anderson-coach espn.com May 9, 2014 The team returned two starters (Ryan Rosburg, Johnathan Williams III), five incoming freshmen (Gant, Wright, Allen, Isabell, Gill-Caesar), and one transfer (Shamburger) making this Missouri Tiger team one of the youngest in the Nation. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Tony Criswell 2 F 6'9" 240 Sr. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Graduated Jordan Clarkson 5 G 6'5" 180 RS Jr. San Antonio, Texas Entered 2014 NBA draft Shane Rector 11 G 6'1" 171 Fr. Bronx, New York TransferredShane Rector to transfer from Missouri http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/16/shane-rector-to-transfer-from-missouri/#comments nbcsports.com May 17, 2014 Torren Jones 24 F 6'8" 218 So. Chandler, Arizona Dismissed From TeamJones dismissed from MU basketball program http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu_basketball/jones-dismissed-from-mu-basketball-program/article_49e98936-7fa4-5786-88a1-2f64b6ba9408.html columbiatribune.com August 9, 2014 Zach Price 25 C 6'10" 250 Jr. Cleveland, Ohio Kicked Off TeamZach Price kicked off Mizzou basketball team http://www.kmbc.com/sports/zach-price-kicked-off-mizzou-basketball-team-after-arrests/25418108 kmbc.com May 8, 2014 Jabari Brown 32 G 6'5" 205 Jr. Oakland, California Entered 2014 NBA draft Earnest Ross 33 G 6'5" 222 RS Sr. Cary, North Carolina Graduated 2014 Recruits no no 2014 JaKeenan Gant PF Springfield, GA Effingham County 6 8 210 8/18/13 4 4 4 4 Namon Wright SG Los Angeles, CA Pacific Hills 6 4 175 9/28/13 4 4 4 3 D'Angelo Allen SF Dallas, TX Kimball 6 6 185 5/4/14 3 3 3 3 Tramaine Isabell PG Seattle, WA Garfield 6 1 170 6/26/14 3 3 3 3 Montaque Gill-Caesar SF Huntington, West Virginia Huntington Prep 6 6 195 8/02/14 4 4 4 4 2015 Recruits no yes 2015 Kevin Puryear PF Blue Springs, MO Blue Springs South 6 7 225 8/21/14 2 3 3 Cullen VanLeer SG Pacific, MO Pacific 6 4 195 9/05/14 3 3 3 Terrance Phillips PG Mouth of Wilson, VA Oak Hill Academy 5 10 170 1/03/15 3 3 3 3 Roster 2014 Missouri Tigers y yes Deuce Bello 2 G 6 4 177 JR yes Greensboro, North Carolina Westchester Country DayBaylor Johnathan Williams y 3 F 6 9 208 SO Memphis, Tennessee Southwind Tramaine Isabell y 4 G 6 1 185 FR Seattle, Washington Garfield D'Angelo Allen 5 F 6 6 185 FR Dallas, Texas Kimball Jimmy Barton 11 G 5 9 160 SO St. Louis, MO Houston Baptist W Namon Wright 12 G 6 4 175 FR Los Angeles, California Pacific Hills Montaque Gill-Caesar 13 G 6 6 215 FR Vaughan, Ontario Huntington Prep Keith Shamburger 14 G 5 11 170 SR yes Gardena, California Hawaii Wes Clark basketball y 15 G 6 0 171 SO Detroit, Michigan Romulus y JaKeenan Gant y 23 F 6 8 200 FR Osage Beach, Missouri Osage Hayden Barnard 42 F 6 10 215 FR yes Aurora, Illinois Metea Valley H.S. W Ryan Rosburg 44 C 6 11 245 JR Chesterfield, MO Marquette Keanau Post y 45 F 6 11 268 SR Victoria, British Columbia Southwestern Illinois College Kim Anderson (Missouri) Tim Fuller (Wake Forest) Brad Loos (Austin Peay) Rob Fulford (Marshall) http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/miss-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2015-02-17 Schedule and results yes yes no |- !colspan=12 style="background:#F1B82D; color:#000000;"| Exhibition Oct. 29 7:00 pm yes no William Jewell Hearnes Center Columbia, MO Clark 14 Rosburg 8 Shamburger 4 72–31   Nov. 8 2:00 pm yes no Missouri–St. Louis Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Gill-Caesar 19 Williams III 12 Shamburger 6 77–56   |- !colspan=12 style="background:#F1B82D; color:#000000;"| Non-conference regular season Nov. 14 8:00 pm yes no UMKC Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Maui Invitational Opening Round Gill-Caesar 21 Gill-Caesar 7 Clark 5 61–69 7,014 0–1 Nov. 16 5:00 pm yes no Valparaiso Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Clark 16 Rosburg 8 Shamburger 4 56–41 5,369 1–1 Nov. 19 7:00 pm yes no Oral Roberts Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Gill-Caesar 19 Rosburg 6 Clark 9 78–64 5,563 2–1 Nov. 24 4:00 pm yes yes no Arizona 3 Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Quarterfinals ESPN2 Gill-Caesar 13 Post 7 Shamburger 3 53–72 2,400 2–2 Nov. 25 1:30 pm yes yes no Purdue Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Consolation 2nd Round ESPN2 Williams III 14 Willlams III 5 Isabell, Shamburger 2 61–82 2,400 2–3 Nov. 26 1:30 pm yes yes no Chaminade Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational 7th Place Game ESPNU Wright 21 Clark 9 Shamburger 5 74–60 2,400 3–3 Dec. 2 7:00 pm yes no Southeast Missouri State Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Williams III 18 Williams III 11 Allen, Shamburger 3 65–61 5,506 4–3 Dec. 5 8:30 pm yes yes no Oklahoma 22 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK Big 12/SEC Challenge ESPNU Williams III 16 Williams III 8 Clark, Shamburger 3 63–82 11,652 4–4 Dec. 11 6:00 pm yes no Elon Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Williams III, Shamburger 16 Williams III 8 Shamburger 5 78–73 4,514 5–4 Dec. 13 3:00 pm yes no Xavier Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPN2 Williams III 17 Williams III 9 Shamburger 3 58–74 7,854 5–5 Dec. 20 1:00 pm yes yes no Illinois Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights ESPN2 Williams III 15 Williams III 8 Clark 3 59–62 20,079 5–6 Dec. 30 8:00 pm yes yes no Oklahoma State Sprint Center Kansas City, MO ESPN2 Williams III 22 Williams III 9 Shamburger 5 72–74 OT 11,376 5–7 Jan. 3 4:00 pm yes no Lipscomb Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Williams III 16 Williams III, Post 10 Clark 6 72–60 7,415 6–7 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#F1B82D; color:#000000;"| SEC regular season Jan. 8 6:00 pm no LSU Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPN2 Williams III 21 Williams III 10 Shamburger, Isabell 5 74–67 OT 7,509 7–7 (1–0) Jan. 10 6:00 pm yes no Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL SECN Shamburger 21 Williams III 8 Isabell 4 79–85 8,365 7–8 (1–1) Jan. 13 8:00 pm yes no Kentucky 1 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY ESPN Clark, Post 10 Clark 5 Shamburger 4 37–86 24,248 7–9 (1–2) Jan. 17 5:00 pm no Tennessee Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Wright 13 Williams III, Shamburger 6 Shamburger 5 51–59 10,359 7–10 (1–3) Jan. 21 6:00 pm yes no Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX SECN Clark 18 Williams III 10 Clark 6 50–62 6,849 7–11 (1–4) Jan. 24 1:00 pm no Arkansas Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPN2 Gill-Caesar 16 Williams III 10 Clark 6 60–61 11,022 7–12 (1–5) Jan. 29 8:00 pm no Kentucky 1 Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPN Clark 19 Williams II 5 Clark, Shamburger 4 53–69 13,034 7–13 (1–6) Jan. 31 3:00 pm no Ole Miss Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO FSN Williams III 14 Williams III 7 Shamburger 6 47–67 9,053 7–14 (1–7) Feb. 4 8:00 pm yes no Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Post 11 Williams III 6 Shamburger 11 49–62 9,343 7–15 (1–8) Feb. 7 5:00 pm no Texas A&M Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPNU Clark 15 Williams III, Post, Shamburger 5 Clark 6 61–83 8,970 7–16 (1–9) Feb. 10 6:00 pm yes no South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC SECN Shamburger 13 Williams III 9 Shamburger 5 60–65 8,840 7–17 (1–10) Feb. 14 3:00 pm no Mississippi State Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPNU Williams III 27 Williams III, Allen 7 Shamburger 6 74–77 8,278 7–18 (1–11) Feb. 18 8:00 pm yes no Arkansas 18 Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR SECN Williams III, Isabell 13 Williams III 10 Shamburger 4 69–84 12,693 7–19 (1–12) Feb. 21 1:30 pm yes no Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN Gill-Caesar 11 Williams III 5 Shamburger 8 53–76 10,154 7–20 (1–13) Feb. 24 8:00 pm no Florida Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPN Wright 28 Williams III 7 Shamburger 5 64–52 7,631 8–20 (2–13) Feb. 28 11:00 am yes no Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA ESPNU Williams III, Wright 10 Williams III 6 Shamburger 3 44–68 9,389 8–21 (2–14) Mar. 3 8:00 pm no Auburn Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Shamburger 21 Shamburger 6 Shamburger 4 63–61 9,121 9–21 (3–14) Mar. 7 5:30 pm yes no Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN Shamburger, Wright 12 Williams III 10 Gill-Caesar 4 43–52 5,897 9–22 (3–15) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#F1B82D;"| SEC Tournament Mar. 11, 2015 8:00 pm yes no South Carolina Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN SECN Gill-Caesar 10 Williams III 11 Shamburger 4 54–63 10,039 9–23 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Missouri Tigers men's basketball seasons Missouri Tiger Tiger