2014–15 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State Aggies wordmark.svg 250 Western Athletic Conference WAC 23–11 13–1 Marvin Menzies 8th Paul Weir Keith Brown Aerick Sanders Pan American Center WAC Regular Season & Tournament champions NCAA tournament round of 64 The 2014–15 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by eighth year head coach Marvin Menzies, played their home games at the Pan American Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 13–1 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Cal State Bakersfield and Seattle to be champions of the WAC tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Kansas. Previous season The Aggies finished the season 26–10, 12–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. They were champions of the WAC tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In their 21st NCAA Tournament appearance, they lost in the second round to San Diego State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Sim Bhullar 2 C 7'5" 360 Sophomore Toronto, ON Left for professional basketball Kevin Aronis 5 G 6'3" 185 Senior Sebastopol, California Graduated K.C. Ross-Miller 12 G 6'1" 175 Junior Grand Prairie, Texas Graduate transferred to Auburn Matej Buovac 20 F 6'7" 220 Sophomore Zagreb, Croatia Transferred to Sacred Heart Renaldo Dixon 25 F 6'10" 210 Senior Toronto, ON Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Anthony January 44 F 6'8" 200 Sophomore Compton, CA Junior college transfer from Cerritos College 2014 Recruiting Class no no 2015 Anthony January F Compton, CA Taft High School 6 8 200 3 4 4 89 Rashawn Brown G Toronto, Canada Bill Crothers Secondary 6 1 170 Braxton Huggins G Bakersfield, CA Mira Monte High School 6 5 180 5/22/2014 70 Harold Givens G Norcross, GA Faith Baptist Christian School 6 7 200 3 3 69 Jose Campo F Riohacha, Colombia West Oaks Academy 6 11 207 69 Sidy N'Dir G Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France West Oaks Academy 6 2 180 70 Eli Chuha F Redlands, CA Redlands East Valley 6 8 217 2015 New Mexico State Basketball Commits 167 yes Roster 2014 New Mexico State Aggies y yes Travon Landry 0 G 6 1 176 SO San Antonio, TX Huntington Prep DK Eldridge 1 G 6 2 180 SR Dallas, TX New Mexico JCLincoln High School y Braxton Huggins 2 G 6 5 180 FR Bakersfield, CA Mira Monte HS Remi Barry 3 F 6 8 225 SR Paris, France Del Oro High School y Ian Baker 4 G 6 0 180 SO Washington, D.C. Arlington Country Day HS y basketball Matt Taylor 5 G 6 5 180 FR y Toronto, ON Future College Prep Johnathon Wilkins 11 F 6 10 225 FR y Lille, France La Lumiere HS Tshilidzi Nephawe 15 C 6 10 268 SR y Johannesburg, South Africa Stoneridge Prep Tanveer Bhullar 21 C 7 3 335 FR y Toronto, ON Father Henry Carr Secondary Daniel Mullings 23 G 6 2 170 SR Toronto, ON Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute y Aaron Kubinski 34 F 6 5 195 SO y Albuquerque, NM La Cueva High School Jalyn Pennie 35 G 6 7 180 FR y Toronto, ON Christian Faith Center Academy Pascal Siakam 43 F 6 9 230 FR y Douala, Cameroon God's Academy y Anthony January 44 F 6 8 200 SO Compton, CA Taft High School Rashawn Browne G 6 1 170 FR Toronto, ON Bill Crothers Secondary yes Harold Givens F 6 7 200 FR Norcross, GA Faith Baptist Christian yes Jose Campo F 6 11 207 FR Riohacha, Colombia West Oaks Academy yes Sidy Ndir G 6 2 180 FR Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France West Oaks Academy yes Eli Chuha F 6 8 217 FR Redlands, CA Redlands East Valley yes Marvin Menzies (UCLA) Paul Weir (York) Keith Brown (Pacific) Aerick Sanders (San Diego State) http://www.nmstatesports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule http://www.nmstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=1900&SPID=585&SPSID=9578 Men's Basketball - Schedule/Results - NMStateSports.com - The Official Website of New Mexico State Athletics 2014-10-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141009161227/http://www.nmstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=1900&SPID=585&SPSID=9578 2014-10-09 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| Exhibition 11/10/2014 7:00 pm yes Western New Mexico Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 2,210 Siakam 20 Siakam 11   102–39 |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Wichita State 11 Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 Mullings 14 Mullings 6 Baker 3 54–71 0–1 11/18/2014 1:00 am yes yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon 2,225 ESPN2 Barry 17 Mullings 6 Eldridge 3 71–83 0–2 11/19/2014 7:00 pm yes Northern Colorado Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Wyoming Tournament 5,690 AggieVision Mullings 20 Mullings 8 Mullings 6 86–65 1–2 11/22/2014 7:00 pm yes yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX The Battle of I-10 11,127 Eldridge 17 Barry 9 Baker/Mullings 4 76–77 1–3 11/24/2014 7:00 pm yes Stetson Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Wyoming Tournament 4,884 Eldridge 17 Siakam 17 4 Tied 2 88–68 2–3 11/26/2014 7:00 pm yes Florida A&M Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Wyoming Tournament 4,958 Eldridge/Huggins 13 Nephawe 9 Baker 5 78–33 3–3 11/29/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Wyoming Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY Wyoming Tournament 5,474 RTRM/AggieVision Mullings 21 Siakam 9 Eldridge 4 75–78 3–4 12/03/2014 7:00 pm yes yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, MN Rio Grande Rivalry 15,335 ESPN3 Barry 13 Mullings 9 Eldridge 2 47–62 3–5 12/06/2014 7:00 pm yes UTEP Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM The Battle of I-10 8,789 ASN Barry 15 Barry/Siakam 6 Baker 6 71–64 4–5 12/13/2014 6:00 pm yes yes Oral Roberts Mabee Center Tulsa, OK 3,494 ESPN3 Baker 15 Pennie 8 Eldridge 4 83–86 4–6 12/17/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Baylor Ferrell Center Waco, TX 4,787 ESPNU Barry 14 Wilkins/Barry 5 Baker 5 55–66 4–7 12/20/2014 7:00 pm yes New Mexico Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Rio Grande Rivalry 8,148 RTRM Baker 21 Siakam 6 Landry 4 67–69 4–8 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes Northern New Mexico Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,816 Barry 15 Siakam 8 Baker 4 78–39 5–8 12/27/2014 7:00 pm yes Colorado State 24 Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,589 RTRM Barry 14 Siakam 13 Baker 4 57–58 OT 5–9 12/30/2014 7:00 pm yes Texas Southern Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,981 Siakam 21 Pennie 9 Baker 2 54–52 6–9 01/03/2015 7:00 pm yes UC Irvine Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,903 Barry 23 Pennie 9 Eldridge 3 70–67 7–9 01/06/2015 7:00 pm yes New Mexico Highlands Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,749 AggieVision Barry 16 Pennie 8 Eldridge 9 75–67 8–9 |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| WAC Regular season 01/10/2015 7:00 pm UMKC Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,707 AggieVision Barry 15 Siakam 12 Baker 3 63–45 9–9 1–0 01/15/2015 8:00 pm yes Cal State Bakersfield Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,402 Barry 20 3 Tied 6 Baker/Landry 3 70–54 10–9 2–0 01/17/2015 8:00 pm yes Seattle KeyArena Seattle, WA 2,128 ASN Siakam 17 Nephawe 10 Eldridge 5 52–58 10–10 2–1 01/22/2015 7:00 pm Grand Canyon Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,577 AggieVision Siakam 18 Siakam 11 Mullings 5 85–63 11–10 3–1 01/24/2015 7:00 pm Utah Valley Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,878 ASN Nephawe 14 Siakam 11 Barry/Eldridge 3 69–44 12–10 4–1 01/31/2015 7:00 pm Texas–Pan American Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,892 AggieVision Mullings 14 Nephawe 10 Eldridge 4 53–48 13–10 5–1 02/05/2015 6:05 pm yes Chicago State Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center Chicago, IL 528 Barry 16 Nephawe 11 Baker 5 69–61 OT 14–10 6–1 02/07/2015 5:05 pm yes UMKC Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO 2,937 ESPN3 Nephawe 20 Nephawe 12 Mullings 6 77–63 15–10 7–1 02/12/2015 7:00 pm Seattle Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,544 AggieVision Siakam 24 Barry 8 Nephawe 3 73–47 16–10 8–1 02/14/2015 7:00 pm Cal State Bakersfield Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,881 AggieVision Siakam 20 Siakam 7 Mullings 5 74–58 17–10 9–1 02/19/2015 7:05 pm yes Utah Valley UCCU Center Orem, UT 2,749 Siakam 14 Barry 11 Mullings/Eldridge 2 51–38 18–10 10–1 02/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Grand Canyon GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ 7,050 ASN Barry 18 Siakam 8 Mullings 5 72–55 19–10 11–1 03/04/2015 6:00 pm yes Texas–Pan American UTPA Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX Postponed from 2/28/15http://www.nmstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=9576&SPID=585&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209915401&DB_OEM_ID=1900 Archived copy March 1, 2015 March 19, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150319103342/http://www.nmstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=9576&SPID=585&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=1900&ATCLID=209915401 dead 787 Nephawe 19 Nephawe 14 3 Tied 3 69–48 20–10 12–1 03/07/2015 7:00 pm Chicago State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 12,572 AggieVision Nephawe 13 Siakam 10 Mullings 4 61–57 21–10 13–1 |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| WAC tournament 03/13/2015 7:00 pm yes Cal State Bakersfield Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Semifinals 1,723 Nephawe 19 Nephawe 14 Baker/Wilkins 3 57–53 22–10 03/14/2015 9:00 pm yes Seattle Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Championship game 1,763 ESPNU Barry 21 Nephawe 10 Mullings 7 80–61 23–10 |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| NCAA tournament 03/20/2015 10:15 am yes yes (15 MW) Kansas 10 (2 MW) CenturyLink Center Omaha, NE Second round 16,907 CBS Eldridge 11 Siakam/Nephawe 8 Siakam/Nephawe 3 56–75 23–11 AP Poll Mountain Time. 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