2014–15 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 East Tennessee State Buccaneers ETSU Buccaneers Wordmark.png 300 Southern Conference SoCon 16–14 8–10 Murry Bartow 12th Bob Bolen Jason Slay Bill McCammon Freedom Hall Civic Center The 2014–15 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team represented East Tennessee State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by 12th year head coach Murry Bartow, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center and returned as members of the Southern Conference, a conference they left in 2005. They finished the season 16–14, 8–10 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament to Western Carolina. On March 12, head coach Murry Bartow was fired.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25102102/hirings-and-firings-2015-college-basketball-coaching-changes Archived copy 2015-04-06 2015-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20150317145149/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25102102/hirings-and-firings-2015-college-basketball-coaching-changes dead He had a record of 224–169 in 12 seasons. Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Ron Giplaye Forward 6–6 250 Senior Lowell, Massachusetts 1 Petey McClain Guard 6–0 185 Junior Mobile, Alabama 2 Devin Harris Guard 6–4 200 Sophomore Tampa, Florida 3 Peter Jurkin Center 7–0 230 Junior Juba, South Sudan 4 Rashawn Rembert Guard 6–3 195 Senior Tampa, Florida 5 Jalen Riley Guard 6–0 150 Senior Racine, Wisconsin 10 Isaac Banks Forward 6–7 215 Sophomore New Orleans, Louisiana 11 Desonta Bradford Guard 6–4 185 Freshman Humboldt, Tennessee 12 Tommy Williams Forward 6–5 220 Junior Augusta, Georgia 13 A.J. Merriweather Guard 6–2 185 Sophomore Jackson, Mississippi 15 Lester Wilson Forward 6–4 215 Junior Knoxville, Tennessee 20 Alex Bates Forward 6–9 235 Senior Greenbelt, Maryland 21 Tyler Ailshie Guard 6–1 195 Senior Kingsport, Tennessee 44 Karl Overstreet Center 6–10 225 Freshman Lynchburg, Virginia Schedule http://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketball/schedule/ Men's Basketball | Schedule | Official Site of East Tennessee State Athletics no 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| Exhibition |- 11/03/2014 7:00 pm yes no Milligan Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,334 94–77 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| Regular season |- 11/14/2014 8:30 pm yes yes no Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, Indiana 2,912 76–90 0–1 11/18/2014 7:00 pm yes no Virginia–Wise Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,229 111–66 1–1 11/22/2014 7:00 pm yes no UNC Asheville Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,517 98–87 2–1 11/24/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Winthrop Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, South Carolina 1,498 69–64 3–1 12/01/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Morehead State Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, Kentucky 2,132 63–59 4–1 12/03/2014 8:00 pm no Western Carolina Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 4,287 ASN 96–89 5–1 (1–0) 12/13/2014 4:00 pm no UNC Greensboro Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,375 79–80 5–2 (1–1) 12/16/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Eastern Kentucky McBrayer Arena Richmond, Kentucky 1,300 63–60 6–2 12/22/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no VCU Siegel Center Richmond, Virginia 7,637 60–84 6–3 12/31/2014 1:00 pm yes yes no Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee 14,245 SECN 61–71 6–4 01/02/2015 7:00 pm no VMI Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,373 98–88 7–4 (2–1) 01/05/2015 7:00 pm yes no Samford Pete Hanna Center Homewood, Alabama 624 76–74 8–4 (3–1) 01/08/2015 7:00 pm no Mercer Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,621 71–70 9–4 (4–1) 01/10/2015 4:00 pm no Chattanooga Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 3,605 71–74 OT 9–5 (4–2) 01/15/2015 7:00 pm yes no Western Carolina Ramsey Center Cullowhee, North Carolina 1,794 83–76 10–5 (5–2) 01/17/2015 1:00 pm yes no VMI Cameron Hall Lexington, Virginia   79–85 10–6 (5–3) 01/19/2015 7:00 pm yes no Tusculum Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,380 90–52 11–6 01/22/2015 7:00 pm no The Citadel Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,710 70–59 12–6 (6–3) 01/24/2015 7:00 pm yes no Wofford Benjamin Johnson Arena Spartanburg, South Carolina 1,907 64–72 12–7 (6–4) 01/29/2015 7:00 pm yes no Furman Timmons Arena Greenville, South Carolina 1,005 55–59 12–8 (6–5) 01/31/2015 7:00 pm yes no North Carolina Central Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,957 61–59 13–8 02/05/2015 7:00 pm no Wofford Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 3,517 64–74 13–9 (6–6) 02/07/2015 4:00 pm no Samford Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,715 68–71 13–10 (6–7) 02/12/2015 7:00 pm yes no UNC Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 2,035 65–62 14–10 (7–7) 02/14/2015 4:00 pm no Furman Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,658 ESPN3 66–59 15–10 (8–7) 02/16/2015 7:00 pm yes no Tennessee Tech Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee 2,072 87–79 16–10 02/21/2015 7:00 pm yes no Chattanooga McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee 5,179 ASN 59–67 16–11 (8–8) 02/26/2015 6:00 pm yes no The Citadel McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina 1,358 73–74 16–12 (8–9) 02/28/2015 4:00 pm yes no Mercer Hawkins Arena Macon, Georgia 3,817 ESPN3 64–69 16–13 (8–10) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| SoCon tournament 3/07/2015 2:30 pm yes no Western Carolina U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina Quarterfinals ESPN3 61–67 OT 6,051 16–14 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball seasons East Tennessee State East Tennessee East Tennessee