2014–15 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by fifth year head coach Ed Conroy, played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse and were first years members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the American Athletic tournament to Houston.^[1]

2014–15 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	15–16 (6–12 The American)
Head coach	Ed Conroy (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Shammond Williams Quannas White Anthony Wilkins
Home arena	Devlin Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 SMU †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
Tulsa	14	–	4		.778			23	–	11		.676
Temple	13	–	5		.722			26	–	11		.703
Cincinnati	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
UConn	10	–	8		.556			20	–	15		.571
Memphis	10	–	8		.556			18	–	14		.563
Tulane	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
East Carolina	6	–	12		.333			14	–	19		.424
UCF	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Houston	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
South Florida	3	–	15		.167			9	–	23		.281
† The American Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Green Wave finished the season 17–17, 8–8 in C-USA play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Tulsa. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where the lost in the first round to Princeton.^[2]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mikael Herbert	4	F	6'9"	210	Freshman	Uusikaupunki, Finland	Transferred
Cole Currie	10	G	6'3"	185	Freshman	La Crescenta, CA	Transferred to Pacific
Max Keenan	12	G	6'2"	185	Senior	Washington, D.C.	Graduated
Kevin Thomas	20	F	6'9"	225	Senior	Waco, TX	Graduated
Ray Barreno	32	C	6'11"	260	Freshman	Ascension Chihuahua, Mexico	Transferred to New Mexico Junior College
Tomas Bruha	41	C	7'0"	235	RS Senior	Prague, Czech Republic	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Malik Morgan	13	G	6'4"	199	Junior	River Ridge, LA	Transferred from LSU. Under NCAA transfer rules, Morgan will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Aaron Liberman	31	C/F	6'10"	215	RS Sophomore	Los Angeles, CA	Transferred from Northwestern. Under NCAA transfer rules, Liberman will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Keith Pinckney PG	Lithonia, GA	Miller Grove High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Nov 3, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 75
Dylan Osetkowski C	San Juan Capistrano, CA	JSerra Catholic High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 67
Stanley Roberts, Jr. PF	Palos Verdes, CA	Peninsula High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 65
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
} Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Louis Dabney 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Riverside Academy New Orleans, LA G 1 Keith Pinckney 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Miller Grove HS Lithonia, GA G 2 Jonathan Stark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Munford HS Munford, TN G 3 Kajon Stark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Juniper Serra HS Los Angeles, CA G 4 Riley Conroy (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Jesuit HS New Orleans, LA G 5 Cameron Reynolds 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Pearland HS Perland, TX G/F 11 Josh Hearlihy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So JSerra Catholic HS Los Angeles, CA G 13 Malik Morgan  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr LSU John Curtis HS River Ridge, LA C 15 Ryan Smith 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Lutheran HS Wildomar, CA C 21 Dylan Osetkowski 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Fr JSerra Catholic HS San Juan Capistrano, CA C 23 Aaron Liberman  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) So Northwestern Valley Torah HS North Hollywood, CA G 24 Jay Hook 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Midway HS Waco, TX F 25 Payton Henson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Siloam Springs HS Siloam Springs, AR F 32 Stanley Roberts, Jr. 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr Palos Verdes Peninsula HS Rolling Hills Estates, CA F 34 Tre Drye 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Glen Oaks HS Baton Rouge, LA	Head coach Ed Conroy (The Citadel) Assistant coach(es) Quannas White (Oklahoma) Shammond Williams (North Carolina) Anthony Wilkins (Kent State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/12/2014* 7:00 pm		Loyola (New Orleans)	W 87–43		Devlin Fieldhouse (812) New Orleans, LA
Non-conference regular season
11/17/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Wake Forest	L 49–71	0–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,922) New Orleans, LA
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Mississippi Valley State	W 100–61	1–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (731) New Orleans, LA
11/22/2014* 7:00 pm		Southern (New Orleans) Tulane Tournament	W 89–45	2–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (463) New Orleans, LA
11/25/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Southern	W 74–59	3–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (556) New Orleans, LA
11/28/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Southeastern Louisiana Tulane Tournament	W 71–61	4–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (983) New Orleans, LA
11/30/2014* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Tennessee Tech Tulane Tournament	W 73–68	5–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (912) New Orleans, LA
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		at Loyola–Chicago	W 83–70	6–1	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,378) Chicago, IL
12/06/2014* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Mississippi State	W 59–54	7–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,483) New Orleans, LA
12/16/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Savannah State	W 75–67	8–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,003) New Orleans, LA
12/19/2014* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Jackson State	W 56–49	9–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,804) New Orleans, LA
12/22/2014* 10:00 pm, P12N		at No. 13 Washington	L 57–66	9–2	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,130) Seattle, WA
12/28/2014* 11:00 am, FS1		vs. No. 17 St. John's Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival	L 57–82	9–3	Barclays Center (6,032) Brooklyn, NY
Conference regular season
12/31/2014 11:00 am, ESPNews		at East Carolina	W 67–59	10–3 (1–0)	Williams Arena (4,358) Greenville, NC
01/03/2015 5:00 pm, ESPNU		at Memphis	W 74–66	11–3 (2–0)	FedEx Forum (13,914) Memphis, TN
01/07/2015 6:00 pm, ESPNews		Temple	L 56–64	11–4 (2–1)	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,875) New Orleans, LA
01/11/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		South Florida	W 56–51 OT	12–4 (3–1)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,977) New Orleans, LA
01/14/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at UCF	L 100–103 3OT	12–5 (3–2)	CFE Arena (4,503) Orlando, FL
01/17/2015 11:00 am, ESPNews		at Houston	W 68–65	13–5 (4–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,547) Houston, TX
01/21/2015 8:00 pm, CBSSN		SMU	L 52–66	13–6 (4–3)	Devlin Fieldhouse (3,115) New Orleans, LA
01/24/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Memphis	L 55–57	13–7 (4–4)	Smoothie King Center (3,109) New Orleans, LA
01/27/2015 6:00 pm, ESPNews		Tulsa	L 55–62	13–8 (4–5)	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,365) New Orleans, LA
01/31/2015 11:00 am, CBSSN		at Temple	W 35–27	13–9 (4–6)	Liacouras Center (7,254) Philadelphia, PA
02/07/2015 5:00 pm, CBSSN		UConn	L 52–63	13–10 (4–7)	Devlin Fieldhouse (3,548) New Orleans, LA
02/14/2015 1:00 pm, ESPNU		at Cincinnati	W 50–49	14–10 (5–7)	Fifth Third Arena (12,041) Cincinnati, OH
02/19/2015 6:00 pm, ESPNews		UCF	L 55–69	14–11 (5–8)	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,021) New Orleans, LA
02/22/2015 3:00 pm, CBSSN		at UConn	W 67–60	14–12 (5–9)	Gampel Pavilion (9,212) Storrs, CT
02/25/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNews		at Tulsa	L 55–76	14–13 (5–10)	Reynolds Center (4,603) Tulsa, OK
02/28/2015 1:00 pm, ESPNews		Cincinnati	L 47–63	14–14 (5–11)	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,430) New Orleans, LA
03/04/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNews		Houston	L 63-68 OT	14–15 (5–12)	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,041) New Orleans, LA
03/07/2015 3:00 pm, ESPNews		at South Florida	W 67-63	15–15 (6–12)	USF Sun Dome (3,163) Tampa, FL
2015 American Athletic Conference tournament
03/12/2015 5:00 pm, ESPNews		vs. Houston First Round	L 60–66	15–16	XL Center  Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

1. "Houston advances past Tulane 66-60 in AAC first round". USA Today. March 12, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
2. Nunez, Tammy (March 20, 2014). "Tulane men's basketball plays without injured Dabney in CBI loss to Princeton". NOLA.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.