2014–15 Rice Owls men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Rice Owls Rice Owls logo.svg 100 Conference USA C-USA 12–20 8–10 Mike Rhoades 1st Carlin Hartman Scott Pera J.D. Byers Tudor Fieldhouse The 2014–15 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by first year head coach Mike Rhoades, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 12–20, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a four way tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Louisiana Tech. Previous season The Owls finished the season 7–23, 2–14 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to North Texas. Departures Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Sean Obi 3 F 6'9" 265 Freshman Kaduna, Nigeria Transferred to Duke Nizar Kapic 4 G/F 6'6" 195 RS Freshman Sankt Pölten, Austria Left Team (Injury) Keith Washington 5 G 6'1" 180 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Left Rice (Personal) Hunter Eggers 15 G 6'0" 200 Freshman Greenwich, CT Left Team (Personal) Drew Bender 21 G 6'5" 195 Freshman Phoenix, AZ Transferred to Northern Colorado Austin Ramljak 42 G 6'3" 200 Senior Thousand Oaks, CA Graduated Bahrom Firozgary 44 F 6'8" 200 Senior Houston, TX Graduated In-Season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Maurice Rivers 12 F 6'6" 190 Freshman Atlanta, Georgia Personal Ross Wilson 11 F 6'6" 215 Junior Gosforth, England Injury Oliver Xu 3 G 6'2" 170 Freshman Hong Kong Personal Joey Burbach 2 G 6'5" 190 Sophomore Port Washington, Wisconsin Personal Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Egor Koulechov 4 F 6'5" 205 Sophomore Volgograd, Russia Transferred from Arizona State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Koulechev will have to sit out for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Van Green 31 G 6'3" 185 Senior Birmingham, Alabama Transferred from Columbia. Transferred under NCAA graduate transfer exception, Green will not have to sit out for the 2014–15 season. Recruiting class of 2014 no no 2014 Bishop Mency SF Chino Hills, CA Chino Hills High School 6 5 185 April 1, 2014 3 NR 65 Jordan Reed SG Lucas, TX Lovejoy High School 5 11 160 September 30, 2013 NR NR NR Maurice Rivers SG Atlanta, GA Columbia High School 6 6 190 November 16, 2013 NR NR NR Nate Pollard C Bountiful, UT Impact Basketball Academy 7 0 205 April 23, 2014 2 NR NR Jeremy Jones SF San Antonio, TX East Central High School 6 5 205 December 1, 2014 NR 2 NR 2014 2014 Rice Basketball Commits 2014 Rice Basketball Commits 2014 Rice Basketball Commits July 16, 2014 yes Recruiting class of 2015 Connor Cashaw helped Stevenson (IL) win the 2015 IHSA Class 4A championship.|thumb|upright no no 2014 Marcus Evans PG Virginia Beach, VA Cape Henry Collegiate School 6 2 185 June 29, 2014 NR 3 3 NR Connor Cashaw SG Lincolnshire, IL Adlai E. Stevenson High School 6 4 185 September 30, 2014 2 3 NR Marquez Letcher-Ellis SF Houston, TX Montverde Academy 6 6 170 October 25, 2014 3 3 3 79 2015 2015 Rice Basketball Commits 2015 Rice Basketball Commits 2015 Rice Basketball Commits July 16, 2014 yes Roster 2014 Rice Owls y Dan Peera 0 n G 6 0 180 SR San Ramon, California Max Guercy 1 n G 5 9 170 JR Arleta, California Egor Koulechov 4 I y G/F 6 5 210 SO Volgograd, Russia Jordan Reed 5 n G 5 11 170 FR Lucas, Texas Denzel Davis 10 n F 6 8 215 FR y y Orlando, Florida Bishop Mency 15 n G 6 5 185 FR Chino Hills, California Jeremy Jones 20 n F 6 7 205 FR San Antonio, Texas Marcus Jackson 22 n G 6 3 175 SO Acton, California J. T. Trauber 24 W n G 5 10 165 FR Houston, Texas Van Green 31 n G 6 3 185 SR Birmingham, Alabama Seth Gearhart 41 C n F 6 7 215 SR Wilsonville, Oregon Nate Pollard 45 n C 7 1 220 FR Bountiful, Utah Andrew Drone 54 n C 6 10 260 SO Junction, Illinois Mike Rhoades Carlin Hartman Scott Pera J.D. Byers http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/rice-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2014-09-05 Schedule http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/rice-m-baskbl-sched.html 2014-2015 Schedule www.riceowls.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150421195414/http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/rice-m-baskbl-sched.html 2015-04-21 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"| Exhibition 11/08/2014 5:00 pm yes LeTourneau Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 712 82–64 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 9:00 pm yes yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 4,759 P12N 54–67 0–1 11/19/2014 7:00 pm yes Prairie View A&M Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,092 68–64 1–1 11/22/2014 7:00 pm yes William & Mary Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,195 65–69 1–2 11/27/2014 8:30 pm yes yes Mercer Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout quarterfinals 2,366 CBSSN 71–77 OT 1–3 11/28/2014 5:00 pm yes yes Washington State Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout consolation round 2,554 74–76 1–4 11/29/2014 3:00 pm yes yes Alaska Anchorage Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout 7th place game 2,398 54–65 1–5 12/03/2014 7:00 pm yes Houston Baptist Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,139 55–58 1–6 12/06/2014 7:00 pm yes St. Edward's Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,613 54–49 2–6 12/18/2014 11:30 am yes St. Thomas Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 4,502 72–61 3–6 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Lamar Montagne Center Beaumont, TX 1,740 72–79 OT 3–7 12/29/2014 12:00 pm yes yes Texas 11 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX 9,373 LHN 55–66 3–8 01/02/2015 7:00 pm UTSA Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,242 67–52 4–8 (1–0) 01/04/2015 2:30 pm UTEP Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,220 ASN 57–66 4–9 (1–1) 01/10/2015 2:00 pm North Texas Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,230 ASN 63–66 4–10 (1–2) 01/15/2015 6:00 pm yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA 7,457 53–63 4–11 (1–3) 01/17/2015 6:00 pm yes Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC 4,318 73–68 OT 5–11 (2–3) 01/22/2015 7:00 pm Southern Miss Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 985 58–56 6–11 (3–3) 01/24/2015 7:00 pm Louisiana Tech Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 2,613 45–58 6–12 (3–4) 01/28/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX Bayou Cup 3,465 ESPN3 48–59 6–13 01/31/2015 7:00 pm yes North Texas UNT Coliseum Denton, TX 4,212 ASN 65–75 6–14 (3–5) 02/05/2015 6:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 4,844 55–69 6–15 (3–6) 02/07/2015 7:00 pm yes WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,071 FCS 72–68 7–15 (4–6) 02/12/2015 7:00 pm Middle Tennessee Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,341 71–68 2OT 8–15 (5–6) 02/14/2015 7:00 pm UAB Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,647 82–73 2OT 9–15 (6–6) 02/19/2015 7:00 pm yes FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 1,051 ASN 56–60 9–16 (6–7) 02/21/2015 6:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 1,481 76–69 10–16 (7–7) 02/26/2015 7:00 pm Old Dominion Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,506 54–63 10–17 (7–8) 02/28/2015 7:00 pm Charlotte Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 4,653 76–77 10–18 (7–9) 03/05/2015 7:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 1,204 76–74 11–18 (8–9) 03/07/2015 3:00 pm yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 8,574 65–68 11–19 (8–10) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"| Conference USA tournament 03/11/2015 8:30 pm yes North Texas Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL First round 4,695 ASN 82–54 12–19 |- 03/12/2015 8:30 pm yes Louisiana Tech Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Quarterfinal 6,922 ASN 64–70 12–20 AP Poll Central Time See also 2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball team References Category:Rice Owls men's basketball seasons Rice Rice Owls men's basketball Rice Owls men's basketball