2014–15 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso Crusaders wordmark.svg 175 Horizon League Horizon 28–6 13–3 Bryce Drew 4th Roger Powell Luke Gore Matt Lottich Athletics–Recreation Center Horizon League Regular Season & Tournament Champions NCAA tournament round of 64 The 2014–15 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represented Valparaiso University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by fourth year head coach Bryce Drew, played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center and were members of the Horizon League. Valpo finished the season 28–6, 13–3 in Horizon League play to win the Horizon League regular season championship. The Crusaders defeated Cleveland State and Green Bay to win the Horizon League tournament championship. Valpo received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a #13 seed and lost in the second round to Maryland. Senior center Vashil Fernandez was the league's Defensive Player of the Year, and sophomore forward Jubril Adekoya was the Sixth Man of the Year. Bryce Drew was named the league's Coach of the Year. http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/2015-mens-basketball-award-winners-announced Horizon League March 2, 2015 Hammel Craig Men's Basketball Award Winners Announced dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150304042015/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/2015-mens-basketball-award-winners-announced March 4, 2015 Previous season The Crusaders finished the 2013–14 season with an overall record of 18–16, 9–7 in Horizon League play to finish in fourth place. Valpo advanced to the second round of the Horizon League tournament where they lost to Milwaukee. The Crusaders were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Columbia. Roster 2014 Valparaiso Crusaders y 0 Keith Carter G 6 1 185 JR Maywood, Illinois 1 E. Victor Nickerson G/F 6 8 185 JR Atlanta, GA 2 Tevonn Walker G 6 1 195 FR Montreal, Quebec, Canada 3 Max Joseph G 6 1 205 FR Montreal, Quebec, Canada 5 Darien Walker F 6 3 215 JR Chicago, IL 10 David Skara F 6 8 215 FR Zadar, Croatia 11 Shane Hammink G 6 7 210 JR Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands y 14 Vashil Fernandez F 6 10 245 y SR Kingston, Jamaica 15 Lexus Williams G 6 0 160 FR Chicago, IL 22 Nick Davidson G 6 4 195 SO Munster, Indiana 23 Jubril Adekoya F 6 7 230 SO Tinley Park, Illinois 25 Alec Peters F 6 9 225 SO Washington, Illinois y 32 David Chadwick F 6 9 220 SR Charlotte, North Carolina Chandler Levingston Simon F 6 7 220 SO Vernon Hills, Illinois Bryce Drew (Valparaiso) Roger Powell, Jr. (Illinois) Luke Gore (Bethel (IN)) Matt Lottich (Stanford) http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/roster/#.VFp0FfnF9rD 2014–11–05 Schedule The 2014–2015 Valparaiso University men's basketball schedule is:http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/schedule/ 2014-15 Men's Basketball Valparaiso Crusaders 16 February 2015 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#613318; color:#FFCC00;"| Exhibition 11/06/2014 7:00 pm yes Grand Valley State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 2,087 60–52 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#613318; color:#FFCC00;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 7:30 pm yes East Tennessee State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaíso, Indiana 2,912 90–76 1–0 11/16/2014 5:00 pm yes yes Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri 5,369 SECN 41–56 1–1 11/19/2014 7:00 pm yes IU South Bend Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 2,051 91–55 2–1 11/21/2014 3:30 pm yes yes Arkansas–Pine Bluff McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan Central Michigan Tournament 2,115 62–43 3–1 11/23/2014 8:45 am yes yes Maine McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan Central Michigan Tournament 1,556 93–70 4–1 11/28/2014 5:00 pm yes yes Drake Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Challenge in Music City N/A 66–46 5–1 11/29/2014 7:30 pm yes yes Murray State Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Challenge in Music City N/A 93–58 6–1 11/30/2014 1:00 pm yes yes Portland Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Challenge in Music City 239 70–55 7–1 12/03/2014 6:00 pm yes yes Eastern Kentucky McBrayer Arena Richmond, Kentucky 2,600 72–66 8–1 12/06/2014 7:00 pm yes New Mexico Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 4,227 ESPN3 46–63 8–2 12/10/2014 7:00 pm yes Trinity International Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 1,044 79–54 9–2 12/13/2014 7:00 pm yes Ball State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 3,752 ESPN3 65–62 10–2 12/20/2014 6:00 pm yes yes IPFW Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, Indiana 1,249 75–72 11–2 12/21/2014 1:30 pm yes Goshen Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 1,014 82–55 12–2 12/29/2014 6:00 pm yes yes James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, Virginia 2,757 79–52 13–2 01/02/2015 6:00 pm yes Oakland Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, Michigan 2,873 75–89 OT 13–3 (0–1) 01/04/2015 1:30 pm Youngstown State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 1,988 79–64 14–3 (1–1) 01/08/2015 7:00 pm UIC Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 1,863 ESPN3 85–56 15–3 (2–1) 01/10/2015 7:00 pm Cleveland State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 4,155 ESPN3 58–56 16–3 (3–1) 01/17/2015 6:00 pm yes Wright State Nutter Center Fairborn, Ohio 7,664 ESPN3 66–56 17–3 (4–1) 01/20/2015 6:00 pm yes Youngstown State Beeghly Center Youngstown, Ohio 1,719 77–62 18–3 (5–1) 01/23/2015 8:00 pm yes Green Bay Resch Center Green Bay, Wisconsin 4,916 ESPNU 50–51 18–4 (5–2) 01/26/2015 7:00 pm Milwaukee Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 2,137 ESPN3 73–48 19–4 (6–2) 01/31/2015 2:00 pm yes UIC UIC Pavilion Chicago 5,731 ASN 70–65 20–4 (7–2) 02/04/2015 7:00 pm Detroit Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 1,905 78–70 21–4 (8–2) 02/08/2015 2:00 pm Oakland Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 4,267 ASN 82–76 22–4 (9–2) 02/13/2015 6:00 pm Green Bay Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 4,920 ESPN2 63–59 23–4 10–2 02/15/2015 1:00 pm yes Milwaukee UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee 3,375 ESPN3 62–55 24–4 11–2 02/21/2015 7:00 pm Wright State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 5,050 ESPN3 55–48 25–4 (12–2) 02/25/2015 6:00 pm yes Detroit Calihan Hall Detroit 1,855 ESPN3 60–63 25–5 (12–3) 02/27/2015 9:00 pm yes Cleveland State Wolstein Center Cleveland, Ohio 4,133 ESPNU 56–53 26–5 (13–3) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#613318; color:#FFCC00;"|Horizon League tournament 03/07/2015 8:30 pm Cleveland State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN Semifinals 3,629 ESPNU 60–55 27–5 03/10/2015 6:00 pm Green Bay Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN Championship game 4,713 ESPN 54–44 28–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#613318; color:#FFCC00;"|NCAA tournament 03/20/2015 3:40 pm yes yes (13 MW) Maryland 12 (4 MW) Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Second round 18,417 TNT 62–65 28–6 AP Poll Central Time. 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