2014–15 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team

2014–15 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball

Conference	Southern Conference
2014–15 record	16–14 (8–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Murry Bartow (12th year)
Assistant coach	Bob Bolen
Assistant coach	Jason Slay
Assistant coach	Bill McCammon
Home arena	Freedom Hall Civic Center

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wofford †	16	–	2	.889	28	–	7	.800
Chattanooga	15	–	3	.833	22	–	10	.688
Mercer	12	–	6	.667	19	–	16	.543
Western Carolina	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
East Tennessee State	8	–	10	.444	16	–	14	.533
VMI	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Samford	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
The Citadel	6	–	12	.333	11	–	19	.367
UNC Greensboro	6	–	12	.333	11	–	22	.333
Furman	5	–	13	.278	11	–	22	.333

† 2015 SoCon Tournament winner

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.^[1] He had a record of 224–169 in 12 seasons.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
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

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Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/03/2014*	Milligan	W 94–77		Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,334)
Regular Season
11/14/2014*	at Valparaiso	L 76–90	0–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,912)
11/18/2014*	Virginia–Wise	W 111–66	1–1	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,229)
11/22/2014*	UNC Asheville	W 98–87	2–1	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,517)
11/24/2014*	at Winthrop	W 69–64	3–1	Winthrop Coliseum (1,498)
12/01/2014*	at Morehead State	W 63–59	4–1	Ellis Johnson Arena (2,132)
12/03/2014	Western Carolina	W 96–89	5–1 (1–0)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (4,287)
12/13/2014	UNC Greensboro	L 79–80	5–2 (1–1)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,375)
12/16/2014*	at Eastern Kentucky	W 63–60	6–2	McBrayer Arena (1,300)
12/22/2014*	at VCU	L 60–84	6–3	Siegel Center (7,637)
12/31/2014*	at Tennessee	L 61–71	6–4	Thompson–Boling Arena (14,245)
01/02/2015	VMI	W 98–88	7–4 (2–1)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,373)
01/05/2015	at Samford	W 76–74	8–4 (3–1)	Pete Hanna Center (624)
01/08/2015	Mercer	W 71–70	9–4 (4–1)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,621)
01/10/2015	Chattanooga	L 71–74 ^OT	9–5 (4–2)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,605)
01/15/2015	at Western Carolina	W 83–76	10–5 (5–2)	Ramsey Center (1,794)
01/17/2015	at VMI	L 79–85	10–6 (5–3)	Cameron Hall
01/19/2015*	Tusculum	W 90–52	11–6	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,380)
01/22/2015	The Citadel	W 70–59	12–6 (6–3)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,710)
01/24/2015	at Wofford	L 64–72	12–7 (6–4)	Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,907)
01/29/2015	at Furman	L 55–59	12–8 (6–5)	Timmons Arena (1,005)
01/31/2015*	North Carolina Central	W 61–59	13–8	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,957)
02/05/2015	Wofford	L 64–74	13–9 (6–6)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,517)
02/07/2015	Samford	L 68–71	13–10 (6–7)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,715)
02/12/2015	at UNC Greensboro	W 65–62	14–10 (7–7)	Greensboro Coliseum (2,035)
02/14/2015	Furman	W 66–59	15–10 (8–7)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,658)
02/16/2015*	Tennessee Tech	W 87–79	16–10	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,072)
02/21/2015	at Chattanooga	L 59–67	16–11 (8–8)	McKenzie Arena (5,179)
02/26/2015	at The Citadel	L 73–74	16–12 (8–9)	McAlister Field House (1,358)
02/28/2015	at Mercer	L 64–69	16–13 (8–10)	Hawkins Arena (3,817)
SoCon Tournament
3/07/2015	vs. Western Carolina (Quarterfinals)	L 61–67 ^OT	16–14	U.S. Cellular Center (6,051)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball

Venues	ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center (1977–2014) Freedom Hall Civic Center (2014–present)

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches Record holders

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