2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Wildcats logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 15–17 6–12 Chris Collins Brian James Patrick Baldwin Armon Gates Welsh-Ryan Arena The 2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. Led by second year head coach Chris Collins. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season 15–17, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten tournament to Indiana. Previous season The Wildcats finished the season 14–19, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament where they lost to Michigan State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Drew Crawford 1 G/F 6'5" 215 RS Senior Naperville, IL Graduated Mike Turner 10 F 6'8" 222 RS Sophomore Chicago, IL Transferred Kale Abrahamson 13 G 6'7" 210 Junior West Des Moines, IA Transferred to Drake James Montgomery III 15 G 6'4" 202 Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated Aaron Liberman 31 C/F 6'10" 215 RS Freshman Los Angeles, CA Transferred to Tulane Chier Ajou 42 C 7'2" 245 Sophomore Aweil, South Sudan Transferred to Seton Hall Nikola Cerina 45 F 6'9" 235 Senior Topola, Serbia Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jeremiah Kreisberg 50 C/F 6'10" 240 Senior Berkeley, CA Elected to transfer from Yale. Will be eligible to play immediately since Kreisberg graduated from Yale. Incoming recruits Class of 2014 recruits no no 2014 Vic Law SF South Holland, IL St. Rita of Cascia High School 6 6 185 July 4, 2013 4 4 4 4 Bryant McIntosh PG Greensburg, IN Greensburg 6 3 180 September 9, 2013 3 3 3 3 Gavin Skelly PF Westlake, OH Westlake 6 8 225 July 29, 2013 3 3 3 3 Johnnie Vassar PG San Juan Capistrano, CA JSerra 6 0 160 December 20, 2013 3 3 3 3 Scott Lindsey SG Oak Park, IL Fenwick 6 5 180 September 22, 2013 N/A 3 3 3 2014 2014 Northwestern Signees 2014 Northwestern Signees 2014 Northwestern Signees June 9, 2014 yes Class of 2015 recruits no no 2015 Aaron Falzon PF Newton, MA Northfield Mount Hermon 6 8 210 October 13, 2014 3 4 83 Dererk Pardon PF Cleveland, OH Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School 6 8 215 June 7, 2014 3 3 79 Jordan Ash SG Westchester, IL Saint Joseph High School 6 2 185 March 19, 2014 3 3 77 2015 2015 Northwestern Signees 2015 Northwestern Signees 2015 Northwestern Signees June 9, 2014 yes Roster 2014 Northwestern Wildcats y yes Johnnie Vassar 0 G 6 0 185 FR Chicago, IL JSerra Catholic HS Dave Sobolewski 3 G 6 1 180 SR Naperville, IL Benet Academy Vic Law y 4 F 6 7 185 FR South Holland, IL Saint Rita HS Tre Demps 14 G 6 2 198 JR y San Antonio, TX Ronald Reagan HS y Scottie Lindsey 20 G 6 5 175 FR Hillsdale, IL Fenwick HS y Nick Segura 21 F 6 6 183 FR McLean, VA The Heights School W Alex Olah 22 C 7 0 270 JR Timișoara, Romania Traders Point Christian Acad. JerShon Cobb 23 G 6 5 208 SR y Decatur, GA Columbia HS Bryant McIntosh y 30 G 6 3 177 FR New Castle, IN Greensburg Community HS Nathan Taphorn 32 F 6 7 215 SO Pekin, IL Pekin Community HS Sanjay Lumpkin 34 G/F 6 6 220 SO y Wayzata, MN Benilde-St. Margaret's Gavin Skelly 44 F 6 8 219 FR Westlake, OH Westlake HS Jeremiah Kreisberg 50 C 6 10 235 SR Berkeley, CA YaleHead-Royce School Chris Collins (Duke) Brian James (Illinois State) Patrick Baldwin (Northwestern) Armon Gates (Kent State) http://www.nusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/nw-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2013-07-20 Schedule and results Sourcehttp://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/nw-m-baskbl-sched.html 2014-15 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule 2013-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20111002221812/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/nw-m-baskbl-sched.html 2011-10-02 dead yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition Nov 7 7:00 pm yes McKendree Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 102–52 N/A – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 14 7:00 pm yes Houston Baptist Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 65–58 6,372 1–0 Nov 17 6:00 pm yes yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 69–56 1,503 2–0 Nov 20 7:00 pm yes North Florida Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Cancún Challenge 69–67 5,783 3–0 Nov 22 3:00 pm yes Elon Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Cancún Challenge 68–67 OT 6,315 4-0 Nov 25 8:30 pm yes yes Miami (OH) Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, MX Cancún Challenge semifinals CBSSN 55–46 650 5–0 Nov 26 8:30 pm yes yes Northern Iowa Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, MX Cancún Challenge championship CBSSN 42–61 650 5–1 Dec 3 8:15 pm yes Georgia Tech Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPNU 58–66 6,133 5–2 Dec 6 3:30 pm yes yes Butler 23 Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN FOX 56–65 7,920 5–3 Dec 14 5:00 pm yes Mississippi Valley State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 101–49 6,277 6–3 Dec 17 7:00 pm yes Central Michigan Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 67–80 5,820 6–4 Dec 20 2:00 pm yes Western Michigan Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 67–61 6,612 7–4 Dec 22 1:00 pm yes UIC Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPN3 63–46 6,503 8–4 Dec 27 2:00 pm yes Northern Kentucky Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 76–55 6,650 9–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season Dec 30 11:00 am yes Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNU 51–47 5,651 10–4 (1–0) Jan 4 7:30 pm Wisconsin 4 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 58–81 8,117 10–5 (1–1) Jan 11 11:00 am yes Michigan State Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 77–84 OT 14,797 10–6 (1–2) Jan 14 8:00 pm Illinois Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 67–72 7,652 10–7 (1–3) Jan 17 7:15 pm yes Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI BTN 54–56 12,707 10–8 (1–4) Jan 22 6:00 pm Ohio State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPN 67–69 7,117 10–9 (1–5) Jan 25 6:30 pm yes Maryland 13 Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 67–68 14,113 10–10 (1–6) Jan 31 5:30 pm Purdue Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPNU 60–68 8,117 10–11 (1–7) Feb 3 6:30 pm yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 60–76 15,482 10–12 (1–8) Feb 7 4:30 pm yes Wisconsin 5 Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 50–65 17,279 10–13 (1–9) Feb 10 6:00 pm Michigan State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 44–68 7,265 10–14 (1–10) Feb 15 2:00 pm Iowa Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 66–61 OT 7,714 11–14 (2–10) Feb 18 8:00 pm yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 72–66 12,361 12–14 (3–10) Feb 21 2:00 pm Penn State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPNU 60–39 7,317 13–14 (4–10) Feb 25 6:00 pm Indiana Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 72–65 7,014 14–14 (5–10) Feb 28 6:00 pm yes Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL BTN 60–86 15,471 14–15 (5–11) Mar 3 8:00 pm Michigan Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 82–78 2OT 7,673 15–15 (6–11) Mar 7 11:00 am yes Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 52–69 15,400 15–16 (6–12) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten tournament Mar 12 5:30 pm yes Indiana United Center Chicago, IL Second round ESPN2 56–71   15–17 AP Poll timezoneCentral References Northwestern Wildcats Category:Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball seasons Northwestern Wild Northwestern Wild