2014–15 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2014–15
Team:Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Conference:Conference USA
Short Conf:C-USA
Record:3–20
Wins Vacated:6
Conf Record:3–14
Conf Wins Vacated:1
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Jeremy Cox
Asst Coach2:Jareem Dowling

The 2014–15 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by first year head coach Doc Sadler, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–20, 4–14 in C-USA play to finish in 13th place. Due to violations committed under the previous coaching regime, the team were ineligible for postseason play https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12201722/southern-miss-golden-eagles-self-impose-postseason-ban including the C-USA tournament.

In 2016, the NCAA vacated six wins due to participation of two ineligible players, who were suspended effective January 29, 2015.[1]

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the season 29–7, 13–3 in C-USA play to finish in a four-way tie for the C-USA regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Louisiana Tech. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Toledo and Missouri to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Minnesota.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
5 G 5'11" 170 Senior Graduated
Daveon Boardingham 11 F 6'7" 225 Senior Graduated
Aaron Brown 22 F 6'5" 210 RS Junior Graduate transfer to Boston College
Michael Craig 24 G/F 6'5" 230 Senior Graduated
Ude Ifeanyichukwa 32 F 6'10" 235 Junior Transferred to Kentucky Wesleyan

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
sortnameDallas Anglin 4 G 6'2" 175 Junior Junior college transfer from College of Southern Idaho.
sortnameRasham Suarez 11 G 6'2 185 Junior Junior college transfer from Central Florida Community College.
sortnameKhari Price 12 G 5'11" 170 Junior Transferred from Dayton. Under NCAA transfer rules, Price will have to redshirt from the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

Schedule

[2] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#F1C500; color:#000000;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F1C500; color:#000000;"| Regular season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Southern Miss' players Rasham Suarez and Jeremiah Eason ineligible. Vecencie, Sam. CBS Sports. January 29, 2015. February 2, 2017.
  2. Web site: SOUTHERNMISS.COM - The Southern Miss Golden Eagles Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball . 2014-11-01 . 2014-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141101234803/http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/smis-m-baskbl-sched.html . dead .