2014–15 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2014–15
Team:North Texas Mean Green
Conference:Conference USA
Short Conf:C-USA
Record:14–17
Conf Record:8–10
Hc Year:3rd
Asst Coach2:David Anwar
Asst Coach3:Scott Monarch
Stadium:The Super Pit
(Capacity: 10,040)

The 2014–15 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mean Green, led by third year head coach Tony Benford, played their home games at UNT Coliseum, nicknamed The Super Pit, and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 14–17, 8–10 in C-USA play in a 4-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to Rice.

Previous season

The Mean Green the season 16–16, 6–10 in C-USA play to finish 11th place. They advanced to the second round of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Tulane.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Vertrail Vaughns 0 G 6'2" 184 RS Senior Graduated
Brandan Walton 2 G 6'2" 195 RS Senior Graduated
Alzee Williams 3 G 6'4" 175 RS Senior Graduated
Chris Jones 5 G 6'2" 200 Junior Transferred to Angelo State
Austin Mitchell 10 G 6'1" 180 Sophomore Injured[1]
Kelvin Gaines 24 F/C 6'10" 227 RS Junior Graduated
Keith Coleman 44 F 6'10" 250 Junior Transferred to LSU–Shreveport

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Carrington Ward 0 G 6'3" 175 Junior Junior college transfer from San Jacinto College
DeAndre Harris 3 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Junior college transfer from Tyler Junior College
J-Mychal Reese 4 G 6'1" 187 Junior Transferred from Texas A&M. Under NCAA transfer rules, Reese will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Muhammed Ahmed 20 F 6'7" 210 Junior Junior college transfer from Gillette College

Recruiting class of 2014

Recruiting class of 2015

Schedule

[2] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#059033; color:#000000;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#059033; color:#000000;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#059033; color:#000000;"| Conference USA tournament

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: UNT notebook: Overlander out with possible knee injury. https://web.archive.org/web/20130119211709/http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/colleges/north-texas-headlines/20130109-unt-notebook-overlander-out-with-possible-knee-injury.ece. dead. 2013-01-19. DRC Sports. 2014-01-09.
  2. Web site: MEANGREENSPORTS.COM - University of North Texas Official Athletic Site University of North Texas Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball. www.meangreensports.com.