2014–15 Murray State Racers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Murray State Racers Murray State M Racers logo.png 200 Ohio Valley Conference West Division OVC 29–6 16–0 Steve Prohm 4th William Small Matt McMahon James Kane CFSB Center OVC Regular Season championsOVC West Division champions NIT Quarterfinals The 2014–15 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Racers, led by fourth year head coach Steve Prohm, played their home games at the CFSB Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 29–6, 16–0 in OVC play to win the West Division championship and the overall OVC regular season championship. After a 2–4 start, the Racers won 25 games in a row before losing in the championship game of the OVC tournament to Belmont.Kyle Ringo Ticket Punched: Murray State miscue allows Belmont to hit winner Yahoo! Sports March 7, 2015 https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/ticket-punched--murray-state-miscue-allows-belmont-to-hit-winner-023051741.html March 8, 2015 As a regular season champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UTEP in the first round and Tulsa in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Old Dominion. On June 8, head coach Steve Prohm resigned to take the same position at Iowa State.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13036396/iowa-state-cyclones-hire-steve-prohm-murray-state-racers-new-coach Prohm takes Iowa State job, leaves Murray St 8 June 2015 He finished at Murray State with a record of 104–29 in four seasons. Roster 2014 Murray State Racers m #000000 #FFcc00 #FFcc00 #000000 yes yes Wayne Langston 0 F 6 7 225 jr Dr. Henry A. WiseMcLennan CC Upper Marlboro, MD Cameron Payne y 1 G 6 2 180 so Lausanne Collegiate Memphis, TN Jonathan Fairell 2 F 6 7 265 sr Carol CityIndian River JC Miami, FL Jarvis Williams 4 F 6 8 215 sr Wilkinson CountyGordon State JC Macon, GA Tyler Rambo 12 F 6 5 220 jr y Christian Life Academy Grandview, MO Jeff Martin 12 G 5 11 155 so Seven Lakes Katy, TX T. J. Sapp 22 G 6 3 190 sr y NortheastClemson Fort Lauderdale, FL Justin Seymour 23 G 6 3 210 so y WheelerUtah Atlanta, GA Kedrick Flomo 24 G 6 1 180 fr North Forsyth Winston-Salem, NC Jeffery Moss 31 F 6 4 188 jr Bob Jones Madison, AL Gee McGhee 33 F 6 4 210 jr y RedemptoristChattanooga Baton Rouge, LA Terron Gilmore 34 F 6 7 230 jr Callaway Jackson, MS Damarcus Croaker – G 6 2 185 jr yes JonesTexas Orlando, FL Steve Prohm (Alabama) William Small (Belhaven) Matt McMahon (App State) James Kane (Florida) http://goracers.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule http://www.goracers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=177&path=mbball 2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000033; color:#ECAC00;"| Exhibition 11/06/2014 7:00 pm yes Freed–Hardeman CFSB Center Murray, KY 2,462 74–42 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000033; color:#ECAC00;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 7:00 pm yes Houston CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,056 74–77 0–1 11/18/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,024 68–49 1–1 11/20/2014 7:00 pm yes Brescia CFSB Center Murray, KY 3,497 89–56 2–1 11/24/2014 6:00 pm yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 9,446 FS1 62–89 2–2 11/28/2014 7:30 pm yes yes Portland Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN Challenge in Music City N/A 61–64 2–3 11/29/2014 7:30 pm yes yes Valparaiso Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN Challenge in Music City N/A 58–93 2–4 11/30/2014 3:30 pm yes yes Drake Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN Challenge in Music City 504 68–59 3–4 12/03/2014 7:00 pm yes Bethel (TN) CFSB Center Murray, KY 3,283 102–66 4–4 12/06/2014 7:00 pm yes WKU CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,312 93–81 5–4 12/13/2014 1:00 pm yes yes Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 5,083 81–79 6–4 12/17/2014 7:00 pm yes Alcorn State CFSB Center Murray, KY 2,717 94–56 7–4 12/20/2014 3:00 pm yes Illinois State CFSB Center Murray, KY 2,979 89–77 8–4 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 5,511 83–71 9–4 12/30/2014 7:00 pm yes Alabama A&M CFSB Center Murray, KY 3,039 76–39 10–4 01/03/2015 6:30 pm yes Morehead State Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, KY 4,247 66–57 11–4 (1–0) 01/08/2015 7:30 pm yes Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, TN 1,683 83–67 12–4 (2–0) 01/11/2015 5:00 pm yes Jacksonville State Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL 3,196 84–57 13–4 (3–0) 01/15/2015 8:00 pm Belmont CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,960 ESPNU 92–77 14–4 (4–0) 01/17/2015 7:00 pm Tennessee State CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,484 91–72 15–4 (5–0) 01/22/2015 8:00 pm yes Eastern Illinois Lantz Arena Charleston, IL 4,542 CBSSN 77–62 16–4 (6–0) 01/24/2015 7:00 pm yes SIU Edwardsville Vadalabene Center Edwardsville, IL 3,145 60–54 17–4 (7–0) 01/29/2015 8:00 pm Eastern Kentucky CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,295 ESPNU 85–78 OT 18–4 (8–0) 01/31/2015 7:00 pm UT Martin CFSB Center Murray, KY 6,302 65–62 19–4 (9–0) 02/05/2015 7:00 pm Southeast Missouri State CFSB Center Murray, KY 4,184 82–72 20–4 (10–0) 02/07/2015 7:00 pm yes Austin Peay Dunn Center Clarksville, TN 6,131 82–72 21–4 (11–0) 02/12/2015 7:00 pm SIU Edwardsville CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,914 78–46 22–4 (12–0) 02/14/2015 6:00 pm yes Southeast Missouri State Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO 3,218 94–92 OT 23–4 (13–0) 02/21/2015 1:00 pm Austin Peay CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,952 CBSSN 89–54 24–4 (14–0) 02/26/2015 7:00 pm Eastern Illinois CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,961 65–57 25–4 (15–0) 02/28/2015 6:00 pm yes UT Martin Skyhawk Arena Martin, TN 5,000 73–67 26–4 (16–0) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000033; color:#ECAC00;"|Ohio Valley tournament 03/06/2015 6:30 pm yes 25 Morehead State Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN Semifinals 3,753 ESPNU 80–77 27–4 03/07/2015 6:00 pm yes 25 Belmont Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN Championship game 5,293 ESPN2 87–88 27–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000033; color:#ECAC00;"|NIT 03/17/2015 8:00 pm yes (3) (6) UTEP CFSB Center Murray, KY First round 3,376 ESPN2 81–66 28–5 03/23/2015 9:00 pm yes yes (3) (2) Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK Second round 3,440 ESPN 83–62 29–5 03/25/2015 7:00 pm yes yes (3) (1) Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA Quarterfinals 8,161 ESPN2 69–72 29–6 no Central Time. 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