2014–15 Mercer Bears men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Mercer Bears Mercer Bears wordmark.svg 200 Southern Conference SoCon 19–16 12–6 Bob Hoffman 7th Spencer Wright Doug Esleeck Jake Nelp Hawkins Arena CBI Quarterfinals The 2014–15 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by seventh year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were first year members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 19–16, 12–6 in SoCon play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SoCon tournament where they lost to Furman. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Stony Brook in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Louisiana–Monroe. Roster 2014 Mercer Bears y Desmond Ringer 0 F 6 9 255 SO McDonough, Georgia Phillip Leonard 1 G 6 2 200 JR Tulsa, Oklahoma Matt Panaggio 2 G 6 3 185 FR yes Daytona Beach, Florida Tyre Moore 3 G 6 4 180 FR Charleston, South Carolina Jestin Lewis 5 F 6 1 170 JR Richmond, Virginia Ike Nwamu y 10 G 6 5 205 JR Greensboro, North Carolina Jordan Strawberry 11 G 6 1 175 FR Santa Ana, California John Mosser 12 G 6 5 210 SO Cary, North Carolina T.J. Hallice 14 F 6 10 220 SR Weddington, North Carolina Stephon Jelks 15 F 6 6 225 FR Marietta, Georgia Thomas Massey 20 F 6 8 215 FR Snellville, Georgia Darious Moten 22 F 6 6 215 SR Bowdon, Georgia Demetre Rivers 23 F 6 8 180 FR Goose Creek, South Carolina Lawrence Brown 25 G 6 5 210 SO Kansas City, Missouri James Bento 32 F 6 6 195 SO Houston, Texas Jibri Bryan 34 G 6 3 185 JR Savannah, Georgia Niklas Ney 52 F 6 10 260 FR Berlin, Germany Andrew Fishler 55 C 7 1 218 JR Cumming, Georgia Bob Hoffman (Oklahoma Baptist) Spencer Wright (Central Oklahoma) Doug Esleeck (North Carolina) Jake Nelp (Colorado State) Schedule http://mercerbears.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/schedule 2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule - Mercer 2014-10-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141007235047/http://www.mercerbears.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/schedule 2014-10-07 no 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E87511; color:#000000;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 7:00 pm yes no Piedmont Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,500 ESPN3 88–48 1–0 11/16/2014 12:00 pm yes yes no Seton Hall Prudential Center Newark, NJ 7,075 47–63 1–1 11/19/2014 7:00 pm yes no Kennesaw State Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,647 ESPN3 74–66 2–1 11/23/2014 6:00 pm yes yes no Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO Great Alaska Shootout 2,675 62–75 2–2 11/27/2014 9:30 pm yes yes no Rice Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout quarterfinals 2,366 CBSSN 77–71 OT 3–2 11/28/2014 11:59 pm yes yes no UC Santa Barbara Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout semifinals 3,224 CBSSN 60–66 OT 3–3 11/29/2014 9:00 pm yes yes no Pacific Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout 3rd place game 3,110 CBSSN 48–55 3–4 12/02/2014 7:00 pm yes no St. Andrews Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 1,527 ESPN3 62–33 4–4 12/06/2014 4:00 pm no VMI Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,327 ESPN3 90–81 5–4 (1–0) 12/16/2014 7:00 pm yes no Dartmouth Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,430 ESPN3 51–67 5–5 12/19/2014 7:00 pm yes no Bethune-Cookman Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,487 ESPN3 67–46 6–5 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 13,093 SECN 54–64 6–6 12/27/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA 8,047 SECN 77–86 3OT 6–7 12/30/2014 8:00 pm yes yes no Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX 7,052 SECN 50–65 6–8 01/03/2015 5:00 pm yes no UNC Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 1,943 76–55 7–8 (2–0) 01/05/2015 7:00 pm yes no VMI Cameron Hall Lexington, VA 977 85–75 8–8 (3–0) 01/08/2015 7:00 pm yes no East Tennessee State Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,621 70–71 8–9 (3–1) 01/10/2015 4:00 pm no The Citadel Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 4,027The attendance of 4,027 at Hawkins Arena set a new record at the facility, eclipsing the previous mark of 3,500 set twice in 2013–14.http://mercerbears.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20150110jby6as Mercer Bears Record Crowd on Hand as Men's Basketball Downs The Citadel, 74-51 January 10, 2015 January 11, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150123045339/http://mercerbears.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20150110jby6as 2015-01-23 dead ESPN3 74–51 9–9 (4–1) 01/15/2015 7:00 pm no Furman Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,718 ESPN3 67–64 10–9 (5–1) 01/17/2015 7:00 pm no Samford Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,672 ESPN3 80–56 11–9 (6–1) 01/22/2015 7:00 pm yes no Western Carolina Ramsey Center Cullowhee, NC 1,839 52–60 11–10 (6–2) 01/29/2015 7:00 pm no Chattanooga Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,585 ESPN3 75–72 OT 12–10 (7–2) 01/31/2015 7:00 pm yes no Wofford Benjamin Johnson Arena Spartanburg, SC 3,036 ESPN3 46–49 12–11 (7–3) 02/05/2015 6:00 pm yes no The Citadel McAlister Field House Charleston, SC 1,946 76–53 13–11 (8–3) 02/07/2015 4:00 pm yes no Furman Timmons Arena Greenville, SC 1,877 ESPN3 74–68 14–11 (9–3) 02/12/2015 7:00 pm no Western Carolina Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,501 ESPN3 54–58 14–12 (9–4) 02/14/2015 4:00 pm no UNC Greensboro Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,541 ESPN3 55–50 15–12 (10–4) 02/19/2015 7:00 pm yes no Chattanooga McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 4,043 61–74 15–13 (10–5) 02/21/2015 7:00 pm yes no Samford Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL 1,683 62–61 16–13 (11–5) 02/26/2015 7:00 pm no Wofford Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,870 ESPN3 72–76 16–14 (11–6) 02/28/2015 4:00 pm no East Tennessee State Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,817 ESPN3 69–64 17–14 (12–6) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E87511; color:#000000;"| SoCon tournament 03/07/2015 8:30 pm yes no VMI U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC Quarterfinals ESPN3 89–61 3,544 18–14 03/08/2015 8:30 pm yes no Furman U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC Quarterfinals ESPN3 49–52 5,545 18–15 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E87511; color:#000000;"| College Basketball Invitational 03/18/2015 7:00 pm yes no Stony Brook Hawkins Arena Macon, GA First round 72–70 2,432 19–15 03/23/2015 7:00 pm yes no Louisiana–Monroe Hawkins Arena Macon, GA Quarterfinals ESPN3 69–71 2,677 19–16 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Mercer Bears men's basketball seasons Mercer Mercer Mercer Bears Mercer Bears