2014–15 Baylor Bears basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Baylor Bears Baylor_University_Athletics_(logo).svg 100 Big 12 Conference Big 12 21 16 24–10 11–7 Scott Drew 12th Jerome Tang Grant McCasland Paul Mills Ferrell Center NCAA tournament Round of 64 The 2014–15 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's twelfth season at Baylor. The Bears competed in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center. They finished the season 24–10, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were upset in the first round by Georgia State. Pre-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Gary Franklin 4 PG 6'2" 190 Senior (RS) Santa Ana, California Graduated Brady Heslip 5 SG 6'2" 180 Senior (RS) Montreal Graduated; Entered 2014 NBA Development League Draft; Selected 1st Round, Pick #11 by the Reno Bighorns Isaiah Austin 21 C 7'1" 225 Sophomore Arlington, Texas Entered 2014 NBA draft; Withdrew after being diagnosed with Marfan syndrome forcing him to retire from basketball; Returned to school as a Student Assistant Coach Cory Jefferson 34 PF 6'9" 220 Senior Killeen, Texas Graduated; Entered 2014 NBA Draft; Selected 2nd Round, Pick #60 by the San Antonio Spurs Recruits https://rivals.yahoo.com/baylor/basketball/recruiting/commitments/2014 2014 Baylor Basketball Commitment List Rivals 2014-06-03 no no 2014 Damiyne Durham SG Oakword, Texas Oakwood High School 6 5 190 2013-8-24 3 3 3 3 T.J. Maston PF Desoto, TX Desoto High School 6 7 215 2013-9-8 3 3 3 2 Deng Deng PF Melbourne, Australia Lee College 6 8 215 2014-5-4 N/A 3 N/A N/A Lester Medford PG Tucson, AZ Indian Hills Community College 6 1 170 2013-11-20 N/A 3 3 N/A 2014 Baylor 2014 Basketball Commitments 2014 Baylor Basketball Commits ESPN June 1, 2013 yes Roster http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bay-m-baskbl-mtt.html#coaches https://web.archive.org/web/20150712005349/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bay-m-baskbl-mtt.html#coaches 2015-07-12 > 2014 Baylor Bears y yes Royce O'Neale y 00 F 6 6 215 sr Killeen, TX Harker Heights / Denver Kenny Chery y 1 G 5 11 180 sr Montreal, QE Archbishop Carroll / State Fair CC Rico Gathers y 2 F 6 8 280 jr LaPlace, LA Riverside Academy Lester Medford y 11 G 5 10 175 jr Tucson, AZ Amphitheater / Indian Hills CC John Heard 13 F 6 5 200 jr Houston, TX Episcopal Taurean Prince y 21 F 6 7 215 jr San Antonio, TX Earl Warren Damiyne Durham 23 G 6 4 175 fr Oakwood, TX Oakwood Ish Wainright y 24 G/F 6 5 250 so Kansas City, MO Montrose Christian Al Freeman 25 F 6 3 200 fr yes Charlotte, NC Findlay Prep T. 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Maston 31 F 6 7 220 fr DeSoto, TX DeSoto Austin Mills 33 G 6 1 175 jr Beverly Hills, CA Beverly Hills / Pepperdine Johnathan Motley y 35 F 6 9 230 fr yes Houston, TX North Shore Deng Deng y 45 F 6 8 205 jr Melbourne, Australia Granger / Lee College Scott Drew (Butler) Jerome Tang (Charter Oak State) Grant McCasland (Baylor) Paul Mills (Texas A&M) 2013-09-27 Schedule and results http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/bay-m-baskbl-sched.html 2014-15 Baylor Bears Baylor Bears men's basketball schedule 2014-09-27 2010-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20101224222632/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/bay-m-baskbl-sched.html dead yes |- ! colspan=9 style="background:#004834; color:#FDBB2F;" |Regular season 11/14/2014 8:30 pm yes McNeese State Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW+ 80–39 1–0 6,158 11/18/2014 11:00 am yes yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon ESPN 69–65 2–0 13,291 11/21/2014 6:30 pm yes Prairie View A&M Ferrell Center Waco, TX Las Vegas Invitational Opening Round FSSW 60–45 3–0 5,208 11/24/2014 7:00 pm yes Stephen F. Austin Ferrell Center Waco, TX Las Vegas Invitational Opening Round FSSW 67–51 4–0 5,503 11/27/2014 10:59 pm yes yes Memphis Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational Semifinals FS1 71–47 5–0 N/A 11/28/2014 9:30 pm yes yes Illinois Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational Championship FS1 54–62 5–1 N/A 12/01/2014 8:00 pm yes Texas Southern Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 75–49 6–1 4,286 12/04/2014 6:00 pm yes yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Big 12/SEC Challenge ESPNU 66–63 7–1 7,740 12/09/2014 8:00 pm yes Texas A&M Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN2 77–63 8–1 7,265 12/17/2014 8:00 pm yes New Mexico State Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 66–55 9–1 4,787 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes 22 Southern Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW 70–66 10–1 5,379 12/30/2014 7:00 pm yes 22 Norfolk State Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW 92–51 11–1 5,138 01/03/2015 3:00 pm yes 22 Oklahoma 18 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK ESPNU 63–73 11–2 (0–1) 12,322 01/07/2015 8:00 pm 21 Kansas 12 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 55–56 11–3 (0–2) 7,088 01/10/2015 3:00 pm yes 21 TCU Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center Fort Worth, TX ESPN2 66–59 OT 12–3 (1–2) 5,388 01/14/2015 8:00 pm 22 Iowa State 11 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 74–73 13–3 (2–2) 6,576 01/17/2015 2:00 pm yes 22 Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS ESPNU 61–63 13–4 (2–3) 12,528 01/21/2015 7:00 pm yes 21 Huston–Tillotson Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW 81–61 14–4 4,760 01/24/2015 5:00 pm 21 Oklahoma 19 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN2 69–58 15–4 (3–3) 8,753 01/27/2015 8:00 pm yes 20 Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK ESPNews 53–64 15–5 (3–4) 7,364 01/31/2015 5:00 pm 20 Texas 19 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN2 83–60 16–5 (4–4) 9,680 02/04/2015 8:00 pm 19 TCU Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNews 77–57 17–5 (5–4) 5,405 02/07/2015 11:00 am yes 19 West Virginia 15 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV ESPNU 87–69 18–5 (6–4) 12,783 02/09/2015 6:00 pm 16 Oklahoma State 21 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 65–74 18–6 (6–5) 6,720 02/14/2015 12:00 pm yes 16 Kansas 8 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS CBS 64–74 18–7 (6–6) 16,300 02/17/2015 6:00 pm yes 20 Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX ESPN2 54–49 19–7 (7–6) 6,572 02/21/2015 12:00 pm 20 Kansas State Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 69–42 20–7 (8–6) 8,046 02/25/2015 8:00 pm yes 19 Iowa State 12 Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA ESPNU 79–70 21–7 (9–6) 14,384 02/28/2015 3:00 pm 19 West Virginia 20 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 78–66 22–7 (10–6) 9,385 03/02/2015 6:00 pm yes 14 Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN 59–61 22–8 (10–7) 12,139 03/06/2015 8:00 pm 14 Texas Tech Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN2 77–74 23–8 (11–7) 9,554 |- ! colspan=9 style="background:#004834; color:#FDBB2F;" | Big 12 tournament 03/12/2015 11:30 am yes 16 4 West Virginia 5 18 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Quarterfinals ESPN2 80–70 24–8 18,972 03/13/2015 6:00 pm yes 16 4 Kansas 1 9 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Semifinals ESPN2 52–62 24–9 18,972 |- ! colspan=9 style="background:#004834; color:#FDBB2F;" | NCAA tournament 03/19/2015 12:40 pm yes yes 16 3 W Georgia State 14 W Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL First round TBS 56–57 24–10 N/A AP Poll Central Time W West Region Rankings 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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