2014–15 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 Basketball 2014–15 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa Golden Hurricane wordmark.svg 175 American Athletic Conference The American 23–11 14–4 Frank Haith 1st Tom Abatemarco Dennis Felton Dave Leitao Reynolds Center NIT Second round The 2014–15 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by first year head coach Frank Haith, played their home games at the Reynolds Center and were members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 14–4 in American Athletic play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic tournament where they lost to UConn. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated William & Mary in the first round before losing in the second round to Murray State. Previous season The Golden Hurricane finished the season 21–13, 13–3 in C-USA play, to finish in a four-way tie for the C-USA regular-season championship. They were champions of the C-USA tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the second round to UCLA.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/400546616 Tulsa earns NCAA tournament berth with Conference USA title ESPN March 16, 2014 February 19, 2024https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-ucla-tulsa-ncaa-20140322-story.html UCLA puts the ‘dog out with 76-59 NCAA tournament victory over Tulsa Chris Foster Los Angeles Times March 21, 2014 February 19, 2024 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Barrett Hunter 0 G 6'0" 178 Senior McLean, VA Graduated Pat Swilling, Jr. 2 G 6'3" 225 Senior New Orleans, LA Graduated Riley Kemmer 4 F 6'7" 207 Freshman Wichita, KS No longer on team roster Time Peete 5 G 6'4" 205 Senior Memphis, TN Graduated Lew Evans 12 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Salt Lake City, UT Transferred to Utah State Recruiting Class of 2014 commitments no y 2014 Keondre Dew SF San Bernardino, California Elev8 Basketball Academy 6 8 200 2014-07-13 3 NA 69 Micah Littlejohn SF Mansfield, Texas Mansfield 6 5 180 2013-09-28 3 3 NR Petar Rusic SG Oakville, Ontario 22 Feet Academy 6 3 190 2014-05-01 NR NR NR 2014 Tulsa 2014 Basketball Commitments 2014 Tulsa Basketball Commits ESPN tulsa 2014-07-08 yes Roster 2014 Tulsa Golden Hurricane y yes Rashad Smith 1 G 6 7 205 JR Plano, TX Plano HS Cory Haith 2 G 5 11 175 JR Miami, FL University of Missouri Shaquille Harrison y 3 G 6 4 180 JR Kansas City, MO Lee's Summit Rashad Ray 5 G 5 10 170 JR New Orleans, LA O. Perry Walker HS James Woodard y 10 G 6 3 183 JR Arcadia, OK Edmond Memorial HS Micah Littlejohn 11 G/F 6 6 191 FR Mansfield, TX Mansfield HS TK Edogi 14 F 6 8 215 SO Surprise, AZ Westwind Prep Marquel Curtis 15 G/F 6 3 210 JR y Plymouth, MN Williston State College Nick Wood 22 G 6 1 170 JR Tulsa, OK Cascia Hall Prep Stevie Repichowski 23 G 6 5 193 SO Lansing, MI Kingdom Prep Academy D'Andre Wright 40 F 6 9 248 JR Lawton, OK Eisenhower HS Brandon Swannegan 44 F 6 9 207 JR Houston, TX Cypress Ridge HS Emmanuel Ezechinonso 55 F 6 11 278 SO y Lagos, Nigeria Covenant Christian Ministries Academy Frank Haith (Elon College) Tom Abatemarco (Dowling College) Dennis Felton (Howard) Dave Leitao (Northeastern) http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tuls-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule yes 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#084c9e; color:#CFB53B;"| Exhibition November 8, 2014 4:00 pm yes Southwestern Oklahoma State Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 3,378 74–50 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#084c9e; color:#CFB53B;"| Non-conference regular season November 15, 2014 7:00 pm yes yes Oral Roberts Mabee Center Tulsa, OK MGM Grand Main Event Opening Round/Rivalry 6,534 68–77 0–1 November 17, 2014 8:30 pm yes Louisiana–Lafayette Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK MGM Grand Main Event Opening Round 3,889 ESPN3 64–53 1–1 November 19, 2014 7:05 pm yes Abilene Christian Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 3,829 ESPN3 65–39 2–1 November 24, 2014 10:00 pm yes yes Auburn MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV MGM Grand Main Event heavyweight semifinal 1,507 ESPNU 53–35 3–1 November 26, 2014 10:30 pm yes yes Oklahoma State MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV MGM Grand Main Event heavyweight final 1,712 ESPN2 58–73 3–2 November 29, 2014 2:00 pm yes yes Wichita State 9 Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 ESPN3 55–75 3–3 December 3, 2014 7:00 pm yes Creighton Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,383 ESPN3 77–64 4–3 December 7, 2014 2:00 pm yes yes Arkansas–Little Rock Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 794 78–73 5–3 December 10, 2014 7:00 pm yes Southeastern Oklahoma State Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,333 66–69 5–4 December 13, 2014 1:30 pm yes Oklahoma 16 Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 6,885 CBSSN 68–87 5–5 December 17, 2014 7:00 pm yes Missouri State Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,245 ESPN3 74–70 6–5 December 22, 2014 7:00 pm yes Incarnate Word Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,209 ESPN3 76–47 7–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#084c9e; color:#CFB53B;"| Conference regular season December 31, 2014 11:00 am yes UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL 3,440 ESPNU 56–54 8–5 (1–0) January 4, 2015 1:00 pm Houston Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,171 ESPNews 72–54 9–5 (2–0) January 10, 2015 2:00 pm yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA 6,012 ESPNews 63–56 10–5 (3–0) January 13, 2015 8:30 pm UConn Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 6,092 CBSSN 66–58 11–5 (4–0) January 17, 2015 10:00 am yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 3,165 ESPNU 75–58 12–5 (5–0) January 21, 2015 6:00 pm Memphis Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 5,003 ESPNU 73–55 13–5 (6–0) January 24, 2015 11:00 am yes East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,968 ESPNews 66–64 14–5 (7–0) January 27, 2015 6:00 pm yes Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA 2,365 ESPNews 62–55 15–5 (8–0) January 31, 2015 12:00 pm South Florida Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,939 ESPNews 78–71 OT 16–5 (9–0) February 5, 2015 6:00 pm yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX 2,847 ESPNews 57–44 17–5 (10–0) February 7, 2015 7:00 pm SMU 23 Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 7,677 ESPNU 57–68 17–6 (10–1) February 12, 2015 6:00 pm yes UConn XL Center Hartford, CT 11,506 ESPN2 45–70 17–7 (10–2) February 18, 2015 6:00 pm East Carolina Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,263 ESPNU 69–58 18–7 (11–2) February 22, 2015 5:00 pm Temple Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 5,130 ESPNU 55–39 19–7 (12–2) February 25, 2015 7:00 pm Tulane Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,603 ESPNews 76–55 20–7 (13–2) February 28, 2015 7:00 pm yes Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 15,784 ESPNU 74–72 OT 21–7 (14–2) March 4, 2015 8:00 pm Cincinnati Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 5,840 CBSSN 47-56 21–8 (14–3) March 7, 2015 2:00 pm yes SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX 7,314 ESPNU 62-67 21–9 (14–4) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#084c9e; color:#CFB53B;"| American Athletic Conference tournament March 13, 2015 6:00 pm yes Houston XL Center Hartford, CT Quarterfinals 9,514 ESPNU 59–51 22–9 March 14, 2015 6:00 pm yes UConn XL Center Hartford, CT Semifinals 10,114 ESPN2 42–47 22–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#084c9e; color:#CFB53B;"| NIT March 17, 2015 7:15 pm yes (2) (7) William & Mary Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK First round 2,547 ESPN3 70–67 23–10 March 23, 2015 9:00 pm yes (2) (3) Murray State Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK Second round 3,440 ESPN 62–83 23–11 AP Poll Central Time. 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