2014–15 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team

2014–15 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball

CBI, First round
Conference	Mid-American Conference West Division
2014–15 record	21–14 (8–10 MAC)
Head coach	Rob Murphy (4th year)
Assistant coach	Mike Brown
Assistant coach	Kevin Mondro
Assistant coach	Benny White
Home arena	Convocation Center

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Buffalo †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Kent State	12	–	6	.667	23	–	12	.657
Bowling Green	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Akron	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Miami	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
Ohio	5	–	13	.278	10	–	20	.333
West
Central Michigan	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Toledo	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Western Michigan	10	–	8	.556	20	–	14	.588
Eastern Michigan	8	–	10	.444	21	–	14	.600
Northern Illinois	8	–	10	.444	14	–	16	.467
Ball State	2	–	16	.111	7	–	23	.233

† 2015 MAC Tournament winner

The 2014–15 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourth year head coach Rob Murphy, played their home games at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the West Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament where they lost to Toledo. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Louisiana–Monroe.

Addition

SF Brandon Nazione transferred from Des Moines Area Community College to EMU where he was a Division II Second-Team All-American.^[1] Also transferring to Eastern is Jerome Hunter from Alabama A&M & Anali Okoloji from George Mason both will be eligible immediately. Commits for the 2014 season includes PF Jordan Nobles (Canton HS), PG Ethan Alvano (Corona HS), SG Tim Bond (Baltimore City College HS) and PF Tristan Wilson (Skyline HS). Matt Cline joined the EMU basketball staff as the Director of Men's Basketball Operations in 2014.^[2] Two players transferred away from EMU after the 2013/14 season, Jalen Ross will be going to Hartford & Darrell Combs to IUPUI. Former EMU standout and NBA player Carl Thomas was hired by Jackson College as Head Coach of the men's basketball team.^[3]

Pre Season Awards

Senior forward Karrington Ward was named the 15th-best defensive player in the country according to BleacherReport.com.^[4]

Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Raven Lee	G	6–3	180	R–SO	Detroit, MI
1	Mike Talley	G	6–0	176	R–SR	Detroit, MI
3	Anali Okoloji	F	6–8	232	R–SR	Brooklyn, NY
4	Brandon Nazione	F	6–8	215	JR	Howell, MI
5	Jodan Price	G/F	6–7	180	R–SO	Indianapolis, IN
10	Tim Bond	G	6–6	170	FR	Baltimore, MD
12	Olalekan Ajayi	F/C	6–11	245	JR	Winston-Salem, NC
13	Trent Perry	G	6–4	175	R–FR	Franklin, TN
14	Karrington Ward	F	6–7	186	SR	Lockport, IL
15	Jordan Nobles	F	6–9	190	FR	Canton, MI
20	Ali Farhat	G	6–0	160	SO	Dearborn, MI
21	Jerome Hunter	F	6–9	250	GR	Buffalo, NY
22	Jordan Martin	G	6–3	195	R–JR	Detroit, MI
25	Ethan Alvano	G	6–1	170	FR	Corona, CA
30	Mike Samuels	C	6–11	285	R–JR	Bushkill, Pennsylvania

^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular season
11/14/2014*	St. Francis (IL) (EMU Showcase)	W 64–52	1–0	Convocation Center (2,859)
11/17/2014*	Oakland	W 89–77	2–0	Convocation Center (863)
11/21/2014*	Youngstown State (EMU Showcase)	W 71–62	3–0	Convocation Center (680)
11/22/2014*	UNC Greensboro (EMU Showcase)	W 70–62	4–0	Convocation Center (624)
11/23/2014*	Longwood (EMU Showcase)	W 79–48	5–0	Convocation Center (395)
11/26/2014*	Rochester (MI)	W 68–35	6–0	Convocation Center (192)
12/01/2014*	Marygrove	W 83–52	7–0	Convocation Center (272)
12/06/2014*	at Dayton	L 64–73	7–1	UD Arena (12,243)
12/09/2014*	at Michigan	W 45–42	8–1	Crisler Center (11,926)
12/17/2014*	at #25 Michigan State	L 46–66	8–2	Breslin Center (14,797)
12/20/2014*	at Missouri State	W 77–65	9–2	JQH Arena (5,013)
12/23/2014*	Coppin State	W 87–64	10–2	Convocation Center (827)
12/28/2014*	Concordia (MI)	W 100–42	11–2	Convocation Center (564)
01/07/2015	Ball State	L 59–60 ^OT	11–3 (0–1)	Convocation Center (1,036)
01/10/2015	at Miami (OH)	L 81–82 ^OT	11–4 (0–2)	Millett Hall (987)
01/14/2015	at Kent State	L 59–65	11–5 (0–3)	MAC Center (2,892)
01/17/2015	Northern Illinois	W 54–46	12–5 (1–3)	Convocation Center (786)
01/21/2015	at Bowling Green	L 58–74	12–6 (1–4)	Stroh Center (2,314)
01/24/2015	at Central Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy)	L 51–65	12–7 (1–5)	McGuirk Arena (4,041)
01/27/2015	Ohio	W 76–40	13–7 (2–5)	Convocation Center (837)
01/31/2015	Western Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy)	W 69–63	14–7 (3–5)	Convocation Center (1,018)
02/04/2015	at Toledo	L 60–84	14–8 (3–6)	Savage Arena (4,532)
02/07/2015	at Ohio	L 73–76	14–9 (3–7)	Convocation Center (9,586)
02/10/2015	Miami (OH)	W 83–69	15–9 (4–7)	Convocation Center (460)
02/14/2015	Akron	W 78–75	16–9 (5–7)	Convocation Center (1,101)
02/18/2015	Buffalo	L 63–78	16–10 (5–8)	Convocation Center (739)
02/21/2015	at Northern Illinois	W 73–65	17–10 (6–8)	Convocation Center (2,302)
02/24/2015	Central Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy)	L 56–72	17–11 (6–9)	Convocation Center (731)
02/28/2015	at Western Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy)	L 72–80	17–12 (6–10)	University Arena (3,188)
03/03/2015	at Ball State	W 67–60	18–12 (7–10)	John E. Worthen Arena (2,295)
03/06/2015	Toledo	W 85–59	19–12 (8–10)	Convocation Center (1,494)
MAC Tournament
03/09/2015	Miami (OH) (First round)	W 62–61 ^OT	20–12	Convocation Center (827)
03/11/2015	vs. Bowling Green (Second round)	W 73–67	21–12	Quicken Loans Arena (2,411)
03/12/2015	vs. Toledo (Quarterfinals)	L 67–78	21–13	Quicken Loans Arena (4,502)
College Basketball Invitational
03/18/2015*	at Louisiana–Monroe (First round)	L 67–71	21–14	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (3,003)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball

Venues	Bowen Field House (1955–1998) Convocation Center (1998–present)

Rivalries	In-state MAC schools

Culture & lore	Swoop

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15