2014–15 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
2014–15 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | CBS, ESPN, FSN |
NBA Draft | |
Regular Season | |
2015 Big 12 Champions | Kansas |
Runners-up | Iowa State |
Season MVP | Buddy Hield |
Top scorer | Buddy Hield |
Tournament | |
Champions | Iowa State |
Runners-up | Kansas |
Tournament MVP | Georges Niang |
2014–15 Big 12 men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#10 Kansas | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#9 Iowa State † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#13 Oklahoma | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#16 Baylor | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#20 West Virginia | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2015 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2014–15 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the regular-season on November 14. Conference play is scheduled to begin in January 6, 2015, and conclude with the 2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, beginning March 11, 2015 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
Preseason
Big 12 Coaches[1] | |
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1. | Kansas (6) |
2. | Texas (3) |
3. | Oklahoma (1) |
4. | Kansas State |
5. | Iowa State |
6. | Baylor |
6. | West Virginia |
8. | Oklahoma State |
9. | TCU |
10. | Texas Tech |
() first place votes
Pre-Season All-Big 12 Teams
Big 12 Coaches[2] |
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Georges Niang, F Iowa State Perry Ellis, F Kansas Marcus Foster, G Kansas State Buddy Hield, G Oklahoma Juwan Staten,G West Virginia |
- Player of the Year: Juwan Staten, West Virginia
- Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Dejean-Jones, Iowa State
- Freshman of the Year: Cliff Alexander, Kansas & Myles Turner, Texas
Rankings
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week |
Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final | |
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Baylor | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 17 | |
Iowa State | AP | 14 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 9 |
C | 14 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 10 | |
Kansas | AP | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
C | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
Kansas State | AP | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | AP | 19 | 18 | RV | 22 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
C | 19 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 | RV | 21 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | |
Oklahoma State | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | 21 | 22 | RV | |||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | 24 | 24 | RV | ||||||||
TCU | AP | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||
Texas | AP | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | |||
C | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||
Texas Tech | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
C | ||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | AP | RV | 21 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | |
C | 24 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 21 |
Conference Schedules
Baylor | Iowa State | Kansas | Kansas State | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | TCU | Texas | Texas Tech | West Virginia | |
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vs. Baylor | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
vs. Iowa State | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
vs. Kansas | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
vs. Kansas State | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
vs. Oklahoma | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
vs. Oklahoma State | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
vs. TCU | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
vs. Texas | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 |
vs. Texas Tech | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 |
vs. West Virginia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |
Total | 11–7 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 8–10 | 3–15 | 11–7 |
Honors and Awards
All-Americans
Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
All-Big 12 awards and teams
Coaches
2014 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards[3] | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Player of the Year | Buddy Hield, G., Oklahoma | |||||
Coach of the Year | Bob Huggins, West Virginia | |||||
Defensive Player of the Year | Jameel McKay, F., Iowa State | |||||
Sixth Man Award | Taurean Prince, F., Baylor | |||||
Newcomer of the Year | TaShawn Thomas, F., Oklahoma | |||||
Freshman of the Year | Myles Turner, F., Texas |
2014 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[4] | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Defensive Team | |||
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Juwan Staten, Sr., G., West Virginia Buddy Hield, Jr., G., Oklahoma Georges Niang, Jr., F., Iowa State Rico Gathers, Jr., F., Baylor Perry Ellis, Jr., F., Kansas |
Kenny Chery, Sr., G., Baylor Monte Morris, So., G., Iowa State Frank Mason III, So., G., Kansas Taurean Prince, Jr., F., Baylor Le'Bryan Nash, Sr., F., Oklahoma State |
Isaiah Taylor, So., G., Texas Phil Forte, Jr., G., Oklahoma State Jameel McKay, Jr., F., Iowa State TaShawn Thomas, Sr., F., Oklahoma Myles Turner, Fr., F., Texas |
Anthony Hickey, Sr., G., Oklahoma State Jevon Carter, Fr., G., West Virginia Rico Gathers, Jr., F., Baylor Jameel McKay, Jr., F., Iowa State Michael Cobbins, Sr., F., Oklahoma State | |||
† - denotes unanimous selection |
Postseason
Big 12 Tournament
Main article: 2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
- March 11–14, 2015–Big 12 Conference Basketball Tournament, Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO.
2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | First Round March 11 |
Quarterfinals March 12 |
Semifinals March 13 |
Championship March 14 | |
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1. | ‡† Kansas | 13–5 | 26–8 | Bye | #9 TCU | #4 Baylor | #2 Iowa State | ||
2. | † Iowa State | 12–6 | 25–8 | 5–1 vs OSU, UT, & KSU | Bye | #7 Texas | #3 Oklahoma | #1 Kansas | |
3. | † Oklahoma | 12–6 | 22–10 | 4–2 vs OSU, UT, & KSU | Bye | #6 Oklahoma State | #2 Iowa State | ||
4. | † Baylor | 11–7 | 24–9 | 2–0 vs WVU | Bye | #5 West Virginia | #1 Kansas | ||
5. | † West Virginia | 11–7 | 23–9 | 0–2 vs BU | Bye | #4 Baylor | |||
6. | † Oklahoma State | 8–10 | 18–13 | 3–1 vs UT & KSU | Bye | #3 Oklahoma | |||
7. | Texas | 8–10 | 20–13 | 2–2 vs OSU & KSU | #10 Texas Tech | #2 Iowa State | |||
8. | Kansas State | 8–10 | 15–17 | 1–3 vs OSU & UT | #9 TCU | ||||
9. | TCU | 4–14 | 18–15 | #8 Kansas State | #1 Kansas | ||||
10. | Texas Tech | 3–15 | 13–19 | #7 Texas | |||||
‡ – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Tournament. | |||||||||
Bracket
First Round Wednesday, March 11 |
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 |
Semifinals Friday, March 13 |
Championship Saturday, March 14 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Kansas | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Kansas State | 65 | 9 | TCU | 59 | |||||||||||||
1 | Kansas | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | TCU | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Baylor | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Baylor | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | West Virginia | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Kansas | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Iowa State | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Oklahoma | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Oklahoma State | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Oklahoma | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Texas | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Iowa State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Texas Tech | 53 | 2 | Iowa State | 69 | |||||||||||||
7 | Texas | 67 |
* denotes overtime game
NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Seed | Region | School | Second Round | Third Round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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2 | Midwest | Kansas | #15 New Mexico State - March 20, Omaha - W, 75–56 | #7 Wichita State - March 22, Omaha - L, 65–78 | ||||
3 | West | Baylor | #14 Georgia State - March 19, Jacksonville - L, 56–57 | |||||
3 | South | Iowa State | #14 UAB - March 19, Louisville - L, 59–60 | |||||
3 | East | Oklahoma | #14 Albany - March 20, Colombus - W, 69–60 | #11 Dayton - March 22, Colombus - W, 72–66 | #7 Michigan State - March 27, Syracuse | |||
5 | Midwest | West Virginia | #12 Buffalo - March 20, Colombus - W, 68–62 | #4 Maryland - March 22, Colombus - W, 69–59 | #1 Kentucky - March 26, Cleveland - L, 39–78 | |||
9 | West | Oklahoma State | #8 Oregon - March 20, Omaha - L, 73–79 | |||||
11 | Midwest | Texas | #6 Butler - March 19, Pittsburgh - L, 48–56 | |||||
7 Bids | W-L (%): | 3–4 .429 | 2–1 .667 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 5–6 .455 |
See also
References
- ↑ "KU Narrow Choice To Win Men’s Basketball Title". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Staten Leads Preseason Men’s Basketball Honors". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ↑ 2014 ACC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 12, 2014
- ↑ 2014 ACC Men’s Basketball Awards Announced, accessed March 12, 2014
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