2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's College Gaels logo.svg 200px West Coast Conference WCC 21–10 13–5 Randy Bennett 14th Marty Clarke Eran Ganot Jim Shaw McKeon Pavilion NIT First Round The 2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's fourteenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 21–10, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament to Portland. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt. Previous season The Gaels finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semi-finals of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Utah in the first round before losing in the second round to Minnesota. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Paul McCoy 2 G 5'11" 175 RS Senior Portland, OR Graduated Jordan Giusti 12 G 6'2" 185 RS Sophomore San Ramon, CA Transferredhttp://westcoastconvo.com/2014/07/16/smc-summer-news-update-jordan-giusti-transferring SMC Summer News Update: Jordan Giusti Transferring 2014-07-16 Eividas Petrulis 13 F 6'7" 210 RS Sophomore Vilnius, Lithuania Left the team Stephen Holt 14 G 6'4" 195 Senior Portland, OR Graduated Beau Levesque 15 F 6'6" 220 Senior Lafayette, CA Graduated Matt Hodgson 33 C 6'11" 255 Senior Booval, Queensland, Australia Graduated James Walker III 35 F 6'3" 185 Senior Glendora, CA Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Aaron Bright 20 G 5'11" 178 Senior Bellevue, WA Transferred from Stanford. Will be eligible to play immediately since Bright graduated from Stanford. Desmond Simmons 30 F 6'7" 225 RS Senior Vallejo, CA Transferred from Washington. Will be eligible to play immediately since Simmons graduated from Washington. Recruiting no no 2014 Evan Fitzner C San Diego, California Francis W. Parker 6 10 215 October 8, 2013 3 3 71 Jock Landale C Melbourne, Australia Geelong Grammar 6 11 255 nr nr nr Tanner Krebs PG Hobart, Australia Australian Institute of Sport 6 4 nr nr nr 2014 Saint Mary's 2014 Basketball Commitments 2012 Saint Mary's Basketball Commits ESPN nr nr nr nr yes Roster 2014 Saint Mary's Gaels y yes Brad Waldow y 00 F 6 9 260 sr yes Shingle Springs, CA Ponderosa Kerry Carter 3 G 6 2 205 sr West Covina, CA West CovinaCitrus College Jack Biebel 5 G 5 11 185 so San Jose, CA Archbishop MittyFoothill College Joe Coleman basketball y 10 G 6 4 210 jr yes Minneapolis, MN HopkinsMinnesota Dane Pineau y 11 F 6 9 225 so Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Grammar Tyler Harville 12 G 5 11 170 fr Lexington, KY Vermont Academy Jock Landale y 13 C 6 11 255 fr Malvern East, Victoria, Australia Geelong Grammar Aaron Bright 20 G 5 11 175 sr Bellevue, WA BellevueStanford Evan Fitzner 21 C 6 10 215 fr San Diego, CA Francis Parker School Garrett Jackson y 22 F 6 6 225 sr y Portland, OR Westview Calvin Hermanson 24 F 6 6 200 fr y Lake Oswego, OR Lake Oswego Treaven Duffy 25 G 6 2 190 so y Walnut Creek, CA Cushing Academy Desmond Simmons 30 F 6 7 225 sr y Vallejo, CA SalesianWashington Emmett Naar y 41 G 6 1 195 fr yes Sydney, Australia Sydney Boys Randy Bennett (UC San Diego) Marty Clarke (Victoria University of Technology) Eran Ganot (Swarthmore College) Jim Shaw (Western Oregon State) http://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21400&SPID=12536&SPSID=101618 2014-09-24 Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 7:00 pm yes Cal State Los Angeles McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 77–67 1–0 2,710 11/18/2014 12:00 am yes New Mexico State McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN College Basketball Tip-Off Marathon ESPN2 83–71 2–0 2,225 11/20/2014 7:00 pm yes Denver McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CHN 78–62 3–0 2,178 11/23/2014 6:00 pm yes UC Irvine McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CHN 72–69 4–0 2,685 11/29/2014 7:00 pm yes Cal Poly McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CHN 82–56 5–0 2,703 12/06/2014 8:30 pm yes Boise State McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPNU 71–82 5–1 3,008 12/13/2014 11:00 am yes yes Creighton CenturyLink Center Omaha, NE FS1 71–67 OT 6–1 16,435 12/16/2014 7:00 pm yes Northern Arizona McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 71–73 6–2 2,402 12/19/2014 4:00 pm yes yes St. John's 20 Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY FS1 47–53 6–3 4,645 12/22/2014 6:00 pm yes Northeastern McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 72–68 OT 7–3 2,621 12/27/2014 1:00 pm Santa Clara McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNCA 73–60 8–3 (1–0) 3,256 12/29/2014 6:00 pm San Francisco McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPNU 69–56 9–3 (2–0) 3,126 01/01/2015 5:00 pm yes Pepperdine Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA TheW.tv 68–59 10–3 (3–0) 1,030 01/03/2015 1:00 pm yes Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA CSNCA 72–63 11–3 (4–0) 1,109 01/06/2015 7:00 pm yes Morgan State McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 78–52 12–3 2,278 01/10/2015 8:00 pm yes Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA CSN BAY 54–47 13–3 (5–0) 2,677 01/15/2015 8:00 pm San Diego McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSN BAY 70–58 14–3 (6–0) 3,163 01/17/2015 8:00 pm BYU McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN2 82–77 15–3 (7–0) 3,500 01/22/2015 8:00 pm yes Gonzaga 3 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPNU 47–68 15–4 (7–1) 6,000 01/24/2015 7:00 pm yes Portland Chiles Center Portland, OR TheW.tv 74–64 16–4 (8–1) 2,883 01/29/2015 7:30 pm Loyola Marymount McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNCA 68–54 17–4 (9–1) 2,971 01/31/2015 3:00 pm Pepperdine McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSN BAY 62–67 17–5 (9–2) 3,381 02/07/2015 7:00 pm Pacific McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 73–58 18–5 (10–2) 3,081 02/12/2015 6:00 pm yes BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT ESPN2 60–82 18–6 (10–3) 14,317 02/14/2015 1:00 pm yes San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA CSNCA 69–62 2OT 19–6 (11–3) 2,104 01/19/2015 8:00 pm Portland McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 68–51 20–6 (12–3) 2,855 02/21/2015 7:00 pm Gonzaga 3 McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN2 60–70 20–7 (12–4) 3,500 02/26/2014 8:00 pm yes San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA CSN BAY 84–53 21–7 (13–4) 2,081 02/28/2015 5:00 pm yes Santa Clara Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA CSN BAY 70–71 21–8 (13–5) 2,750 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| WCC tournament 03/07/2015 12:00 pm yes Portland Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Quarterfinals CSNCA/RTNW/BYUtv 52–69 21–9 8,064 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| NIT 03/18/2015 6:00 pm yes (4) (5) Vanderbilt McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA First round ESPN2 64–75 21–10 1,322 AP Poll Pacific Time. 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