2014–15 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech Athletics wordmark.svg 200 Conference USA C-USA 27–9 15–3 Michael White 4th Dusty May Jordan Mincy Darris Nichols Thomas Assembly Center Conference USA regular season champions NIT Quarterfinals The 2014–15 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth year head coach Michael White, played their home games at the Thomas Assembly Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–9, 15–3 in C-USA play to finish as regular season C-USA champions. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to UAB. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Central Michigan in the first round and Texas A&M in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Temple. Previous season The Bulldogs finished the season 29–8, 13–3 in C-USA play to finish in a four way tie for the C-USA regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Tulsa. After tiebreakers, they were the #1 seed in the C-USA Tournament, and as a regular season conference champion and overall #1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received at automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona and Georgia to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Florida State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Chris Anderson 5 F 6'6" 220 Senior Muskegon, MI Graduated Isaiah Massey 10 F 6'8" 225 RS Junior McDonough, GA Transferred to Dalton State College Stojan Gjuroski 11 F 6'8" 205 RS Junior Gostivar, Macedonia Play professionally overseasThree front court reserves to leave Louisiana Tech program http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/28/reserve-front-court-players-isaiah-massey-gilbert-talbot-decide-to-leave-louisiana-tech/ NBC College Basketball Talk May 28, 2014 Cordarius Johnson 15 G 6'6" 220 Senior Coushatta, LA Graduated Kenyon McNeail 21 G 6'1" 190 Senior Conway, AR Graduated Josh Butler 22 F 6'6" 225 Freshman Los Angeles, CA Walk-on didn't return Jaron Johnson 23 G 6'6" 205 Senior Tyler, TX Graduated Gilbert Talbot 40 F/C 6'10" 290 Sophomore Houma, LA Transferred to New Orleans Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Merrill Holden 21 F 6'8" 215 Sophomore Lincoln, NE Junior college transfer from Pratt Community College Qiydar Davis 25 F 6'6" 200 Junior Atlanta, GA Junior college transfer from Indian Hills Community College Recruiting class of 2014 no no 2014 Joniah White C Grenada, MS Grenada High School 6 11 220 October 29, 2013 3 3 71 Dayon Griffin SF Saint Petersburg, FL Saint Petersburg High School 6 5 185 October 18, 2013 NR NR NR Jacobi Boykins SG Lakeland, FL Lakeland High School 6 5 160 September 9, 2013 NR 3 NR Xavian Stapleton SF Madison, MS Madison Central High School 6 6 190 August 29, 2013 NR 3 NR Branden Sheppard PF Shreveport, LA Huntington High School 6 8 220 February 3, 2013 NR 2 NR 2014 2014 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits 2014 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits 2014 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits September 9, 2014 yes Recruiting class of 2015 no no 2015 Dominic Jackson SG Arnaudville, LA Olney Central College 6 3 165 June 29, 2014 3 46 JC 2015 2015 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits 2015 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits 2015 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits September 9, 2014 yes Roster 2014 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs #002F8B #FF0000 white white Alex Hamilton y basketball 0 G 6 4 190 JR Chipley, FL Michale Kyser y 1 F 6 10 205 SR Lancaster, TX Erik McCree y 2 F 6 8 220 SO y Orlando, FL Raheem Appleby y 3 G 6 4 160 SR Jacksonville, AR Speedy Smith y 4 G 6 3 180 SR St. Petersburg, FL Joniah White 5 C 7 0 210 FR Duck Hill, MS Dayon Griffin 10 G 6 5 188 FR St. Petersburg, FL Xavian Stapleton y 11 G 6 6 190 FR Flora, MS Jacobi Boykins y 13 G 6 6 160 FR St. Petersburg, FL Branden Sheppard 15 F 6 7 225 FR Shreveport, LA Merrill Holden 21 F 6 8 215 SO Lincoln, NE Qiydar Davis 25 G 6 6 200 JR Atlanta, GA Leo Edwards 33 F 6 8 225 FR y Detroit, MI Michael White (Ole Miss) Dusty May (Indiana) Jordan Mincy (Kent State) Darris Nichols (West Virginia) http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/latc-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/latc-m-baskbl-sched.html 2014-2015 Schedule LATechSports.com Louisiana Tech University dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150502142120/http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/latc-m-baskbl-sched.html 2015-05-02 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2014 8:00 pm yes yes Southern F. G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, LA 1,104 85–76 1–0 11/17/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 4,237 ESPN3 75–82 1–1 11/21/2014 7:00 pm yes Morehead State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2,937 ASN 73–64 2–1 11/22/2014 6:00 pm yes American Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2,868 63–44 3–1 11/23/2014 4:00 pm yes Presbyterian Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 2,854 ASN 78–46 4–1 11/28/2014 7:00 pm yes Samford Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,214 ASN 77–64 5–1 12/02/2014 6:30 pm yes yes Northwestern State Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA 2,812 99–88 6–1 12/06/2014 6:00 pm yes Jackson State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,038 65–52 7–1 12/10/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Louisiana–Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, IN 3,786 86–94 7–2 12/14/2014 3:00 pm yes yes Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 19,156 ESPNU 69–71 7–3 12/18/2014 6:30 pm yes Nicholls State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,918 79–54 8–3 12/23/2014 6:00 pm yes yes NC State PNC Arena Raleigh, NC 15,739 ESPN3 65–73 8–4 12/29/2014 6:30 pm yes Southern Arkansas Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 2,629 74–52 9–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Conference USA regular season 01/03/2015 7:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 3,187 83–70 10–4 (1–0) 01/08/2015 8:00 pm yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 8,653 58–45 11–4 (2–0) 01/10/2015 2:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 1,084 84–72 12–4 (3–0) 01/15/2015 7:00 pm UAB Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,815 ASN 74–71 13–4 (4–0) 01/17/2015 3:00 pm Middle Tennessee Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 6,214 FSN 75–68 14–4 (5–0) 01/22/2015 7:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 3,293 66–73 14–5 (5–1) 01/24/2015 7:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 2,613 58–45 15–5 (6–1) 01/29/2015 6:00 pm WKU Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,029 CBSSN 69–56 16–5 (7–1) 01/31/2015 4:30 pm Marshall Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,731 ASN 81–57 17–5 (8–1) 02/05/2015 8:00 pm UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,068 CBSSN 60–80 17–6 (8–2) 02/07/2015 7:00 pm yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,986 ASN 73–62 18–6 (9–2) 02/12/2015 6:30 pm Florida Atlantic Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,412 65–54 19–6 (10–2) 02/14/2015 6:00 pm FIU Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,314 75–42 20–6 (11–2) 02/19/2015 6:00 pm yes Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC 4,078 CBSSN 83–82 OT 21–6 (12–2) 02/21/2015 2:00 pm yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA 8,019 ASN 53–72 21–7 (12–3) 02/26/2015 7:00 pm UTEP Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,126 FS1 77–60 22–7 (13–3) 02/28/2015 6:00 pm UTSA Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,328 FS1 76–66 23–7 (14–3) 03/05/2015 7:00 pm Southern Miss Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,805 CBSSN 72–61 24–7 (15–3) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Conference USA tournament 03/12/2015 8:30 pm yes Rice Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 6,922 ASN 70–64 25–7 03/13/2015 5:30 pm yes UAB Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Semifinals 6,429 CBSSN 62–72 OT 25–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| National Invitation tournament 03/17/2015 6:30 pm yes (3) (6) Central Michigan Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA First round 6,904 ESPN3 89–79 26–8 03/23/2015 6:00 pm yes yes (3) (2) Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX Second round 3,859 ESPN 84–72 27–8 03/25/2015 9:00 pm yes yes (3) (1) Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA Quarterfinals 3,906 ESPN2 59–77 27–9 AP Poll Central Time. 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