2014–15 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2014–15
Team:Central Michigan Chippewas
Conference:Mid-American Conference
Division:West Division
Short Conf:MAC
Record:23–9
Conf Record:12–6
Head Coach:Keno Davis
Hc Year:3rd
Asst Coach1:Kevin Gamble
Asst Coach2:Jeff Smith
Asst Coach3:Kyle Gerdeman
Stadium:McGuirk Arena
Champion:MAC regular season co–champions
MAC West Division champions
Bowl:NIT
Bowl Result:First round

The 2014–15 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by third year head coach Keno Davis, played their home games at McGuirk Arena, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 23–9, 12–6 in MAC play to be champions of the West Division and share the overall MAC regular season championship with Buffalo. They advanced to the championship game of the MAC tournament where they lost to Buffalo. As a conference champion, and #1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisiana Tech.

Previous season

The Chippewas finished the season 10–21, 3–15 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to Eastern Michigan.

Off season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
sortnameDeAndray Buckley 2 G/F 6'4" 209 Senior Graduated
sortnameSheldon Lowman 5 G 6'1" 177 Junior Suspended for a warrant[1]
sortnameNick Carols 35 G/F 6'7" 191 Freshman Transferred to Lindenwood
sortnameZach Saylor 41 F 6'8" 235 Senior Graduated

Recruiting class of 2014

Recruiting class of 2015

Schedule and results

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20131017195450/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10500&SPID=4210&SPSID=46437|-!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| Non-conference games|-!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| Conference games|-!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| MAC tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| NIT

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Warrant issued for former basketball player Sheldon Lowman. Central Michigan Life. March 27, 2014.