2014–15 Murray State Racers men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Racers, led by fourth year head coach Steve Prohm, played their home games at the CFSB Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 29–6, 16–0 in OVC play to win the West Division championship and the overall OVC regular season championship. After a 2–4 start, the Racers won 25 games in a row before losing in the championship game of the OVC tournament to Belmont.^[1] As a regular season champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UTEP in the first round and Tulsa in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Old Dominion.

2014–15 Murray State Racers men's basketball
OVC Regular Season champions OVC West Division champions
NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Division	West Division
Record	29–6 (16–0 OVC)
Head coach	Steve Prohm (4th season)
Assistant coaches	William Small Matt McMahon James Kane
Home arena	CFSB Center
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Belmont †	11	–	5		.688			22	–	11		.667
Eastern Kentucky	11	–	5		.688			21	–	12		.636
Morehead State	10	–	6		.625			17	–	17		.500
Jacksonville State	5	–	11		.313			12	–	19		.387
Tennessee Tech	4	–	12		.250			12	–	18		.400
Tennessee State	2	–	14		.125			5	–	26		.161
West
Murray State	16	–	0		1.000			29	–	6		.829
UT Martin	10	–	6		.625			21	–	13		.618
Eastern Illinois	9	–	7		.563			18	–	15		.545
SIU Edwardsville	8	–	8		.500			12	–	16		.429
Southeast Missouri St.	7	–	9		.438			13	–	17		.433
Austin Peay	3	–	13		.188			8	–	22		.267
† 2015 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

On June 8, head coach Steve Prohm resigned to take the same position at Iowa State.^[2] He finished at Murray State with a record of 104–29 in four seasons.

Roster

2014–15 Murray State Racers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Wayne Langston 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Dr. Henry A. Wise McLennan CC Upper Marlboro, MD G 1 Cameron Payne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Lausanne Collegiate Memphis, TN F 2 Jonathan Fairell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Sr Carol City Indian River JC Miami, FL F 4 Jarvis Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Wilkinson County Gordon State JC Macon, GA F 12 Tyler Rambo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Christian Life Academy Grandview, MO G 12 Jeff Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Seven Lakes Katy, TX G 22 T. J. Sapp 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Northeast Clemson Fort Lauderdale, FL G 23 Justin Seymour 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS So Wheeler Utah Atlanta, GA G 24 Kedrick Flomo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr North Forsyth Winston-Salem, NC F 31 Jeffery Moss 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Bob Jones Madison, AL F 33 Gee McGhee 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Redemptorist Chattanooga Baton Rouge, LA F 34 Terron Gilmore 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Callaway Jackson, MS G – Damarcus Croaker  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Jones Texas Orlando, FL	Head coach Steve Prohm (Alabama) Assistant coach(es) William Small (Belhaven) Matt McMahon (Appalachian State) James Kane (Florida) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2014* 7:00 pm		Freed–Hardeman	W 74–42		CFSB Center (2,462) Murray, KY
Regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm		Houston	L 74–77	0–1	CFSB Center (5,056) Murray, KY
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm		at Middle Tennessee	W 68–49	1–1	Murphy Center (4,024) Murfreesboro, TN
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm		Brescia	W 89–56	2–1	CFSB Center (3,497) Murray, KY
11/24/2014* 6:00 pm, FS1		at Xavier	L 62–89	2–2	Cintas Center (9,446) Cincinnati, OH
11/28/2014* 7:30 pm		vs. Portland Challenge in Music City	L 61–64	2–3	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (N/A) Nashville, TN
11/29/2014* 7:30 pm		vs. Valparaiso Challenge in Music City	L 58–93	2–4	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (N/A) Nashville, TN
11/30/2014* 3:30 pm		vs. Drake Challenge in Music City	W 68–59	3–4	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (504) Nashville, TN
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		Bethel (TN)	W 102–66	4–4	CFSB Center (3,283) Murray, KY
12/06/2014* 7:00 pm		WKU	W 93–81	5–4	CFSB Center (5,312) Murray, KY
12/13/2014* 1:00 pm		at Evansville	W 81–79	6–4	Ford Center (5,083) Evansville, IN
12/17/2014* 7:00 pm		Alcorn State	W 94–56	7–4	CFSB Center (2,717) Murray, KY
12/20/2014* 3:00 pm		Illinois State	W 89–77	8–4	CFSB Center (2,979) Murray, KY
12/22/2014* 7:00 pm		at Southern Illinois	W 83–71	9–4	SIU Arena (5,511) Carbondale, IL
12/30/2014* 7:00 pm		Alabama A&M	W 76–39	10–4	CFSB Center (3,039) Murray, KY
01/03/2015 6:30 pm		at Morehead State	W 66–57	11–4 (1–0)	Ellis Johnson Arena (4,247) Morehead, KY
01/08/2015 7:30 pm		at Tennessee Tech	W 83–67	12–4 (2–0)	Eblen Center (1,683) Cookeville, TN
01/11/2015 5:00 pm		at Jacksonville State	W 84–57	13–4 (3–0)	Pete Mathews Coliseum (3,196) Jacksonville, AL
01/15/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU		Belmont	W 92–77	14–4 (4–0)	CFSB Center (5,960) Murray, KY
01/17/2015 7:00 pm		Tennessee State	W 91–72	15–4 (5–0)	CFSB Center (5,484) Murray, KY
01/22/2015 8:00 pm, CBSSN		at Eastern Illinois	W 77–62	16–4 (6–0)	Lantz Arena (4,542) Charleston, IL
01/24/2015 7:00 pm		at SIU Edwardsville	W 60–54	17–4 (7–0)	Vadalabene Center (3,145) Edwardsville, IL
01/29/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU		Eastern Kentucky	W 85–78 OT	18–4 (8–0)	CFSB Center (5,295) Murray, KY
01/31/2015 7:00 pm		UT Martin	W 65–62	19–4 (9–0)	CFSB Center (6,302) Murray, KY
02/05/2015 7:00 pm		Southeast Missouri State	W 82–72	20–4 (10–0)	CFSB Center (4,184) Murray, KY
02/07/2015 7:00 pm		at Austin Peay	W 82–72	21–4 (11–0)	Dunn Center (6,131) Clarksville, TN
02/12/2015 7:00 pm		SIU Edwardsville	W 78–46	22–4 (12–0)	CFSB Center (5,914) Murray, KY
02/14/2015 6:00 pm		at Southeast Missouri State	W 94–92 OT	23–4 (13–0)	Show Me Center (3,218) Cape Girardeau, MO
02/21/2015 1:00 pm, CBSSN		Austin Peay	W 89–54	24–4 (14–0)	CFSB Center (5,952) Murray, KY
02/26/2015 7:00 pm		Eastern Illinois	W 65–57	25–4 (15–0)	CFSB Center (5,961) Murray, KY
02/28/2015 6:00 pm		at UT Martin	W 73–67	26–4 (16–0)	Skyhawk Arena (5,000) Martin, TN
Ohio Valley tournament
03/06/2015 6:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 25	vs. Morehead State Semifinals	W 80–77	27–4	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (3,753) Nashville, TN
03/07/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 25	vs. Belmont Championship game	L 87–88	27–5	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (5,293) Nashville, TN
NIT
03/17/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. (3)	(6) UTEP First round	W 81–66	28–5	CFSB Center (3,376) Murray, KY
03/23/2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. (3)	at (2) Tulsa Second round	W 83–62	29–5	Reynolds Center (3,440) Tulsa, OK
03/25/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. (3)	at (1) Old Dominion Quarterfinals	L 69–72	29–6	Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,161) Norfolk, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region.

References

1. Kyle Ringo (March 7, 2015). "Ticket Punched: Murray State miscue allows Belmont to hit winner". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
2. "Prohm takes Iowa State job, leaves Murray St". June 8, 2015.
3. "2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule".