2014–15 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 Basketball 2014–15 Miami Hurricanes Miami Hurricanes logo.svg 150 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 25–13 10–8 Jim Larrañaga 4th Eric Konkol Michael Huger Chris Caputo BankUnited Center Charleston Classic champions NIT Runners Up The 2014–15 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hurricanes, led by fourth-year head coach Jim Larrañaga, played their home games at the BankUnited Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team had wins at Duke, Syracuse and Florida, all on the road. They finished the season 25–13, 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, where they lost to Notre Dame.https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article13966733.html Miami Hurricanes fall to Notre Dame in ACC tournament Michelle Kaufman Miami Herald March 13, 2015 February 7, 2024 They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated North Carolina Central, Alabama, Richmond and Temple to advance to the NIT championship game, where they lost to Stanford. As of 2024, this was the last season the Hurricanes made the NIT. Previous season 2013–14 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team The Hurricanes finished the season 17–16, 7–11 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC tournament, where they lost to NC State. They were not invited to either the NCAA tournament or NIT. Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Raphael Akpejiori 4 F 6'9" 241 RS senior Lagos, Nigeria Graduated Rion Brown 15 G 6'6" 211 Senior Hinesville, GA Graduated Erik Swoope 21 F 6'5 220 Senior Lake Elsinore, CA Graduated Donnavan Kirk 22 F 6'9" 228 RS senior Pontiac, MI Graduated Garrius Adams 25 G 6'6" 200 Senior Apex, NC Graduated James Kelly 35 F 6'7" 246 Junior Ann Arbor, MI Transferred to Marshall Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Joe Thomas 2 F 6'7" 220 Graduate Miami, FL Niagara Kamari Murphy 21 F/C 6'8" 220 Junior Brooklyn, NY Oklahoma State Ivan Uceda 33 C 6'10" 240 Junior Madrid, Spain Harcum College 2014 recruiting class 2013 Ja'Quan Newton G Philadelphia, PA Neumann-Goretti High School 6 2 180 2013-08-07 4 4 4 4 James Palmer Jr. G Washington, D.C. Saint John's College High School 6 4 170 2013-08-05 4 4 4 3 Omar Sherman C Duncanville, TX Duncanville High School 6 9 250 2013-11-03 4 3 3 3 2014 Miami (FL) 2014 Basketball Commitments 2014 Miami (FL) Commits 2014 Player Commitments – Miami (FL) 2014-07-08 yes Roster 2014 Miami Hurricanes y Ja'Quan Newton 0 G 6 2 180 FR Philadelphia, PA Deandre Burnett y 1 G 6 2 191 FR y Miami, FL Joe Thomas 2 F 6 7 235 GS y Miami, FL Davon Reed 5 G 6 6 208 SO Ewing, NJ y Sheldon McClellan y 10 G 6 5 206 JR y Houston, TX Mike Fernandez 11 G 6 1 189 SO Coral Gables, FL W James Palmer Jr. y 12 G 6 4 180 FR Washington, D.C. Angel Rodríguez y basketball 13 G 5 11 181 JR y Cupey, Puerto Rico Manu Lecomte y 20 G 5 9 159 SO Brussels, Belgium Kamari Murphy y 21 F 6 9 220 JR Brooklyn, NY yes I Omar Sherman 22 F 6 8 220 FR Duncanville, TX Tonye Jekiri y 23 C 7 0 235 JR Hialeah, FL Ivan Uceda 33 F 6 10 240 JR Madrid, Spain Chris Stowell 35 F 6 7 190 FR Exeter, NH W Jim Larrañaga (Providence) Eric Konkol (Wisconsin–Eau Claire) Michael Huger (Bowling Green) Chris Caputo (Westfield State) Schedule and results yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style=Miami Hurricanes| Exhibition Nov 6, 2014 7:00 pm yes Eckerd BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL McClellan 24 Tied 8 Rodriguez 6 74–58   |- !colspan=12 style=Miami Hurricanes| Non-conference regular season Nov 14, 2014 7:00 pm yes Howard BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL McClellan 19 Jekiri 11 Tied 3 84–49 4,544 1–0 Nov 17, 2014 7:00 pm yes yes Florida 8 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPNU Rodriguez 24 Jekiri 8 McClellan 5 69–67 11,156 2–0 Nov 20, 2014 3:00 pm yes yes Drexel TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic First Round ESPNU Tied 15 Jekiri 13 Tied 4 66–46 1,131 3–0 Nov 21, 2014 2:30 pm yes yes Akron TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic Semifinals ESPNU McClellan 17 Jekiri 16 Rodriguez 9 79–51 855 4–0 Nov 23, 2014 9:10 pm yes yes Charlotte TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic Championship ESPN2 McClellan 19 McClellan 9 Rodriguez 5 77–58 1,532 5–0 Nov 25, 2014 9:00 pm yes yes 17 Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC FSN McClellan 31 Jekiri 13 Rodriguez 6 77–74 7,163 6–0 Nov 28, 2014 7:00 pm yes 17 South Alabama BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN3 McClellan 17 Jekiri 8 Jekiri 8 87–75 4,267 7–0 Dec 2, 2014 9:00 pm yes 15 Illinois 24 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN2 Burnett 19 Tied 9 Rodriguez 5 70–61 6,086 8–0 Dec 6, 2014 2:00 pm yes 15 Green Bay BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN3 Burnett 20 Thomas 13 Rodriguez 3 55–68 4,735 8–1 Dec 8, 2014 7:00 pm yes 20 Savannah State BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN3 Rodriquez 17 Jekiri 9 Rodriquez 4 70–39 4,274 9–1 Dec 19, 2014 7:00 pm yes 18 Eastern Kentucky BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN3 Burnett 9 Jekiri 12 Tied 3 44–72 4,467 9–2 Dec 22, 2014 9:00 pm yes yes Providence Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational FS1 Rodriguez 19 Jekiri 10 Rodriguez 4 62–76 6,519 9–3 Dec 30, 2014 7:00 pm yes College of Charleston BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL Rodriguez 15 Jekiri 8 Tied 4 67–40 4,705 10–3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#005030; color:white;"| ACC regular season Jan 3, 2015 5:30 pm no Virginia 3 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN2 Rodriguez 25 Jekiri 12 Rodriguez 7 80–89 2OT 5,377 10–4 (0–1) Jan 10, 2015 4:00 pm Boston College BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL RSN Rodriquez 17 Jekiri 15 Rodriquez 8 60–56 6,608 11–4 (1–1) Jan 13, 2015 9:00 pm yes Duke 4 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU Rodriguez 24 Jekiri 10 Rodriguez 5 90–74 9,314 12–4 (2–1) Jan 17, 2015 2:00 pm yes Notre Dame 12 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN ESPN2 McClellan 17 Jekiri 13 Newton 5 70–75 9,149 12–5 (2–2) Jan 22, 2015 8:00 pm NC State BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ACCN McLellan 16 Tied 10 Rodriguez 6 65–60 6,556 13–5 (3–2) Jan 24, 2015 4:00 pm yes Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN2 Jekiri 13 Jekiri 15 Rodriquez 8 66–62 30,677 14–5 (4–2) Jan 28, 2015 9:00 pm 23 Georgia Tech BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL RSN Jekiri 13 Jekiri 9 Rodriquez 5 50–70 5,031 14–6 (4–3) Feb 1, 2015 12:30 pm yes 23 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, FL ESPNU McClellan 13 Reed 6 Lecomte 4 54–55 7,282 14–7 (4–4) Feb 3, 2015 8:00 pm Louisville 9 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ACCN Reed 19 Jekiri 10 Lecomte 3 55–63 6,563 14–8 (4–5) Feb 8, 2015 6:30 pm Clemson BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPNU McClellan 19 Jekiri 16 Rodriquez 5 56–45 6,351 15–8 (5–5) Feb 11, 2015 7:00 pm yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC RSN Reed 17 McClellan 8 McClellan 5 70–72 9,918 15–9 (5–6) Feb 16, 2015 3:00 pm yes Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA ESPNU McClellan 24 Jekiri 15 Rodriquez 6 89–86 2OT 3,813 16–9 (6–6) Feb 18, 2015 7:00 pm Virginia Tech BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL RSN McClellan 21 Jekiri 15 Reed 5 76–52 5,007 17–9 (7–6) Feb 21, 2015 2:00 pm yes Louisville 12 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN McClellan 17 Jekiri 15 Rodriguez 4 53–55 21,345 17–10 (7–7) Feb 25, 2015 9:00 pm Florida State BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL RSN Rodriquez 25 Jekiri 11 Rodriquez 5 81–77 5,857 18–10 (8–7) Feb 28, 2015 2:00 pm North Carolina 15 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL CBS McClellan 11 Jekiri 7 Lecomte 4 64–73 7,972 18–11 (8–8) Mar 4, 2015 8:00 pm yes Pittsburgh Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA RSN McClellan 20 Jekiri 11 McClellan 4 67–63 10,549 19–11 (9–8) Mar 7, 2015 12:00 pm yes Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA RSN Lecomte 20 Tied 5 McClellan 5 82–61 5,421 20–11 (10–8) |- !colspan=12 style=Miami Hurricanes| ACC tournament Mar 11, 2015 9:30 pm yes 6 Virginia Tech 14 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Second Round ESPN2 McClellan 16 Jekiri 7 Lecomte 5 59–49 22,026 21–11 Mar 12, 2015 9:30 pm yes 6 Notre Dame 11 3 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Quarterfinals ESPN Rodriguez 15 Jekiri 11 Tied 1 63–70 22,026 21–12 |- !colspan=12 style=Miami Hurricanes| National Invitation Tournament Mar 17, 2015 7:00 pm yes 2 North Carolina Central 7 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL First Round ESPN2 Lecomte 18 Jekiri 6 Reed 6 75–71 1,612 22–12 Mar 21, 2015 11:00 am yes 2 Alabama 6 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL Second Round ESPN Lecomte 17 Jekiri 12 McClellan 4 73–66 1,979 23–12 Mar 24, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes 2 Richmond 1 Robins Center Richmond, VA Quarterfinals ESPN McClellen 16 Reed 12 Tied 2 63–61 6,126 24–12 Mar 31, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes 2 Temple 1 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semifinals ESPN McClellan 16 McClellan 11 Reed 4 60–57 7,185 25–12 Apr 2, 2015 9:00 pm yes yes 2 Stanford 2 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Championship ESPN McClellan 17 Tied 5 Reed 4 64–66 OT 6,600 25–13 AP Poll Eastern Time. 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