2014–15 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Bulldogs logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 13–19 6–12 Rick Ray 3rd George Brooks Wes Flanigan Chris Hollender Humphrey Coliseum The 2014–15 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Rick Ray, in his third season at Mississippi State. The team played their home games at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 6–12 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to Auburn. On March 21, head coach Rick Ray was fired.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12530618/rick-ray-fired-mississippi-state-bulldogs-basketball-coach Mississippi State fires basketball coach Ray 21 March 2015 He had a three-year record of 37–60. Before the season Departures The Bulldogs lost eight players from the 2013–14 team. Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Colin Borchert 3 F 6'8" 231 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated Andre Applewhite 2 G 6'5" 217 RS Freshman Memphis, TN Transferred to Toledo during 2013–14 season Jacoby Davis 11 G 6'1" 191 RS Freshman Charlotte, NC Transferred De'Runnya Wilson 12 F 6'5" 215 Freshman Birmingham, AL Concentrating on footballWilson was listed on the 2014–15 roster, but never appeared in any games or even suited up. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/mississippistatesports/2015/01/05/msu-rick-ray-derunnya-wilson-plan-nfl-wr/21301989/ Rick Ray's plan for De'Runnya Wilson: to play in the NFL 2015-01-05 2015-05-16 ClarionLedger.com The Clarion-Ledger Bonner Michael Dallas Prater 10 G 6'3" 170 Freshman Jackson, MS Left team (Walk-on) Tevin Moore 13 G 6'3" 185 Junior Olive Branch, MS Left team (Walk-on) Tyson Cunningham 24 G 6'3" 197 RS Senior Columbus, MS Graduated (Walk-on) Kyle Dobbs 33 G 6'6" 160 Freshman Grayson, GA Left team (Walk-on) Recruits no no 2013 Demetrius Houston SF Montgomery, AL Carver 6 6 185 7/8/2013 3 3 3 3 Oliver Black PF Jackson, MS Wingfield 6 9 215 7/2/2013 3 3 3 3 Elijah Staley SF Marietta, GA Wheeler 6 6 208 6/15/2013 NR 3 NR 3 Maurice Dunlap SG Greenwood, MS Amanda Elzy 6 2 170 6/27/2012 3 3 3 3 Johnny Zuppardo PF Bay St. Louis, MS Jones County JC 6 9 235 4/15/2014 0 3 3 0 2014 Mississippi State 2014 Basketball Commitments 2014 Mississippi State Basketball Commits ESPN mississippistate 136 344 Not Ranked Not Ranked Not Ranked August 3, 2014 yes The Bulldogs also added two walk-ons, Isaiah Butler and Jeffery Johnson, who will be classified as seniors for the season. Roster 2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs y yes Maurice Dunlap 0 G 6 2 170 fr y yes Greenville, MS Amanda Elzy Fred Thomas 1 G 6 5 206 jr Jackson, MS Jim Hill HS Demetrius Houston 2 F 6 7 205 fr Montgomery, AL G. W. Carver HS Trivante Bloodman 3 G 6 0 198 sr Bronx, NY Olney Central College Johnny Zuppardo 4 F 6 9 235 jr Bay St. Louis, MS Jones County JC Isaiah Butler 5 G 6 2 214 sr Brandon, MS Brandon HS W Jeffery Johnson 10 G 6 2 172 sr Memphis, TN Germantown HS W Elijah Staley 14 G 6 6 220 fr y yes Marietta, GA Wheeler I.J. Ready 15 G 5 11 170 so Little Rock, AR Parkview Magnet HS Gavin Ware 20 F 6 9 260 jr Starkville, MS Starkville HS y Fallou Ndoye 22 C 6 11 220 fr y Senegal Findlay Prep Travis Daniels 23 F 6 8 215 jr y Russellville, AL Shelton State CC Roquez Johnson 25 F 6 7 210 sr Montgomery, AL G. W. Carver HS Craig Sword 32 G 6 3 194 jr Montgomery, AL G. W. Carver HS y Oliver Black 33 F 6 9 215 fr Jackson, MS Wingfield Rick Ray (Grand View) George Brooks (Mississippi State) Wes Flanigan (Auburn) Chris Hollender (Evansville) http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10994&SPSID=90867 Schedule and results http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10994&SPSID=90866 Men's Basketball yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#762123; color:#D1D5D8;"| Exhibition 11/06/2014 7:00 pm yes no Delta State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 72–51   – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#762123; color:#D1D5D8;"| Non-Conference games 11/14/2014 5:30 pm yes no Western Carolina Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 66–56 6,261 1–0 11/17/2014 7:00 pm yes no Mississippi Valley State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 89–68 6,065 2–0 11/22/2014 2:00 pm yes no Utah State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 71–63 7,240 3–0 11/24/2014 7:00 pm yes no Clayton State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 59–46 6,030 4–0 11/28/2014 8:30 pm yes yes no Saint Louis American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi Coastal Classic CBSSN 75–50 2,867 5–0 11/29/2014 5:30 pm yes yes no TCU American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi Coastal Classic CBSSN 52–61 2,867 5–1 12/06/2014 1:00 pm yes yes no Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA ESPN3 54–59 1,483 5–2 12/13/2014 3:00 pm yes yes no Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR P12N 49–59 4,211 5–3 12/17/2014 6:00 pm yes no Arkansas State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 55–69 5,390 5–4 12/20/2014 3:00 pm yes yes no USC Upstate Mississippi Coliseum Jackson, MS Jackson Showcase 51–53 1,102 5–5 12/23/2014 7:00 pm yes no Jacksonville Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 70–47 5,366 6–5 12/30/2014 7:00 pm yes no McNeese State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 47–66 5,155 6–6 01/02/2015 7:00 pm yes no Florida State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS ESPNU 62–55 5,756 7–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#762123; color:#D1D5D8;"| Conference games 01/07/2015 8:00 pm no Tennessee Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 47–61 5,704 7–7 (0–1) 01/10/2015 6:00 pm yes no Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL FSN 47–72 11,966 7–8 (0–2) 01/13/2015 8:00 pm yes no Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX SECN 70–74 4,804 7–9 (0–3) 01/17/2015 3:00 pm no Vanderbilt Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS FSN 57–54 6,568 8–9 (1–3) 01/21/2015 8:00 pm yes no Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL SECN 78–71 8,083 9–9 (2–3) 01/24/2015 2:00 pm no Georgia Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS FSN 66–72 7,549 9–10 (2–4) 01/28/2015 8:00 pm yes no Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS SECN 73–79 8,959 9–11 (2–5) 01/31/2015 1:00 pm no LSU Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 73–67 6,657 10–11 (3–5) 02/03/2015 6:00 pm yes no Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SECN 71–66 13,268 11–11 (4–5) 02/07/2015 3:00 pm yes no Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR SECN 41–61 17,404 11–12 (4–6) 02/10/2015 8:00 pm no Alabama Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 51–55 6,386 11–13 (4–7) 02/14/2015 3:00 pm yes no Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPNU 77–74 8,278 12–13 (5–7) 02/19/2015 8:00 pm no Ole Miss Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS ESPN2 65–71 7,873 12–14 (5–8) 02/21/2015 3:00 pm no Arkansas 18 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS FSN 61–65 6,254 12–15 (5–9) 02/25/2015 6:00 pm no Kentucky 1 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 56–74 6,795 12–16 (5–10) 02/28/2015 5:00 pm yes no South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC SECN 68–81 14,022 12–17 (5–11) 03/04/2015 8:00 pm yes no Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN 56–66 8,685 12–18 (5–12) 03/07/2015 5:30 pm no Missouri Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 52–43 5,897 13–18 (6–12) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#762123; color:#D1D5D8;"| SEC tournament 03/11/2015 6:00 pm yes no Auburn Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN SEC tournament first round SECN 68–74 10,039 13–19 AP Poll Central Time See also 2014–15 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball team References Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Mississippi State Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball