2014–15 Bradley Braves men's basketball team

2014–15 Bradley Braves men's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2014–15 record	9–24 (3–15 The Valley)
Head coach	Geno Ford (4th year)
Assistant coach	Ronald Coleman
Assistant coach	Jaden Uken
Assistant coach	Cole Pitts
Home arena	Carver Arena Renaissance Coliseum

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#14 Wichita State	17	–	1	.944	30	–	5	.857
#11 Northern Iowa †	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
Illinois State	11	–	7	.611	22	–	13	.629
Indiana State	11	–	7	.611	15	–	16	.484
Evansville	9	–	9	.500	24	–	12	.667
Loyola Chicago	8	–	10	.444	24	–	13	.649
Drake	6	–	12	.333	9	–	22	.290
Missouri State	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Southern Illinois	4	–	14	.222	12	–	21	.364
Bradley	3	–	15	.167	9	–	24	.273


† 2015 MVC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves were led by fourth year head coach Geno Ford, and played their home games at Carver Arena, with one home game at Renaissance Coliseum. They were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 9–24, 3–15 in MVC play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa.

On March 22, head coach Geno Ford was fired.^[1] He finished with a four year record of 46–86.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Ka'Darryl Bell	Guard	6–1	195	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
1	Donte Thomas	Forward	6-6	205	Freshman	Calumet City, Illinois
2	Warren Jones	Guard	6-3	190	Junior	Centralia, Illinois
3	Anthony Fields	Guard	6–0	160	Junior	Detroit, Michigan
4	Auston Barnes	Forward	6–8	215	Senior	Lansing, Michigan
5	Tramique Sutherland	Guard	5-11	175	Junior	Toronto, Ontario
12	Darrion Harris	Guard	5–10	155	Junior	St. Louis, Missouri
13	Kendahl Amerson	Guard	6-3	180	Junior	Detroit, Michigan
21	Josh Cunningham	Forward	6–7	180	Freshman	Chicago, Illinois
22	Xzavier Taylor	Forward/Center	6–9	225	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
24	Omari Grier	Guard	6–4	180	Junior	Erial, New Jersey
32	Mike Shaw	Forward	6–8	230	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
52	Nate Wells	Center	7–1	260	Junior	Davenport, Iowa

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
10/29/2014*	Augustana	L 56–58		Carver Arena (5,406)
Regular season
11/14/2014*	UT Arlington	L 75–86	0–1	Carver Arena (5,469)
11/19/2014*	Robert Morris	L 61–68	0–2	Carver Arena (5,086)
11/23/2014*	North Carolina A&T (Corpus Christi Coastal Classic)	W 58–50	1–2	Carver Arena (6,039)
11/25/2014*	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi Coastal Classic)	W 52–38	2–2	Carver Arena (5,507)
11/28/2014*	vs. TCU (Corpus Christi Coastal Classic)	L 57–49	2–3	American Bank Center (N/A)
11/29/2014*	vs. Saint Louis (Corpus Christi Coastal Classic)	L 57–60	2–4	American Bank Center (2,867)
12/02/2014*	Central Michigan	W 84–73	3–4	Renaissance Coliseum (4,204)
12/06/2014*	at Memphis	L 45–73	3–5	FedExForum (13,807)
12/09/2014*	at Kansas State	L 47–50	3–6	Bramlage Coliseum (12,238)
12/18/2014*	Eureka	W 80–38	4–6	Carver Arena (5,325)
12/21/2014*	vs. UC Irvine (South Point Holiday Hoops Classic)	L 47–55	4–7	South Point Arena (N/A)
12/22/2014*	vs. Arkansas–Little Rock (South Point Holiday Hoops Classic)	L 54–64	4–8	South Point Arena (N/A)
12/28/2014*	UIC	W 68–60	5–8	Carver Arena (5,343)
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
12/31/2014	at Loyola–Chicago	L 49–64	5–9 (0–1)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (ESPN3)
01/03/2015	Southern Illinois	W 63–44	6–9 (1–1)	Carver Arena (6,035)
01/07/2015	at #15 Wichita State	L 43–63	6–10 (1–2)	Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
01/10/2015	Evansville	L 56–66	6–11 (1–3)	Carver Arena (5,614)
01/13/2015	#23 Northern Iowa	L 52–63	6–12 (1–4)	Carver Arena (5,129)
01/17/2015	at Illinois State (I-74 Rivalry)	L 72–82	6–13 (1–5)	Redbird Arena (9,627)
01/21/2015	at Southern Illinois	L 59–70	6–14 (1–6)	SIU Arena (4,792)
01/24/2015	Missouri State	W 61–59	7–14 (2–6)	Carver Arena (6,059)
01/28/2015	Drake	L 57–69	7–15 (2–7)	Carver Arena (5,431)
01/31/2015	at Indiana State	L 58–64	7–16 (2–8)	Hulman Center (4,389)
02/04/2015	#16 Wichita State	L 59–62	7–17 (2–9)	Carver Arena (6,707)
02/07/2015	at Evansville	W 56–53	8–17 (3–9)	Ford Center (4,106)
02/11/2015	at Drake	L 54–60	8–18 (3–10)	Knapp Center (3,146)
02/15/2015	Loyola–Chicago	L 53–58	8–19 (3–11)	Carver Arena (5,825)
02/18/2015	Illinois State (I-74 Rivalry)	L 47–60	8–20 (3–12)	Carver Arena (7,349)
02/21/2015	at #11 Northern Iowa	L 39–56	8–21 (3–13)	McLeod Center (6,650)
02/25/2015	at Missouri State	L 77–80 ^3OT	8–22 (3–14)	JQH Arena (4,454)
02/28/2015	Indiana State	L 52–60	8–23 (3–15)	Carver Arena (6,492)
Missouri Valley Tournament
03/05/2015	vs. Drake (First round)	W 52–50 ^OT	9–23	Scottrade Center (5,608)
03/06/2015	vs. #11 Northern Iowa (Quarterfinals)	L 46–71	9–24	Scottrade Center (N/A)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

Bradley Braves men's basketball

Venues	Robertson Memorial Field House (1949–1982) Carver Arena (1982–present)

Culture & lore	Longest game in Division I history

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics