2014–15 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2014–15
Team:Tennessee Volunteers
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:16–16
Conf Record:7–11
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Al Pinkins
Asst Coach2:Chris Shumate
Asst Coach3:Beau Braden

The 2014–15 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Donnie Tyndall, who was in his first season at Tennessee. The team played their home games at the Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in SEC play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament where they lost to Arkansas.

On March 27, head coach Donnie Tyndall, due to an investigation of violations committed when he was the head coach at Southern Miss, was fired after only one season.[1]

Previous season

The Vols posted a record of 24–13 (11–7 SEC) in the 2012–13 season and finished in 4th place. They advance to the semifinals which they lost to Florida in the 2014 SEC men's basketball tournament. They received at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament which they lost to Michigan in the sweet 16.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Antonio Barton 2 G 6'1" 172 Senior Graduated
5 F 6'8" 250 Junior Enter 2014 NBA draft
Rawane Ndiaye 10 C 6'10" 280 Junior Injured[2]
15 G 6'5" 181 Freshman Transferred to Virginia
A. J. Davis 21 F 6'9" 208 RS Freshman Transferred to Central Florida
Quinton Chievous 31 G 6'6" 214 RS Sophomore Transferred to Hampton
D'Montre Edwards 32 G 6'6" 203 Senior Graduated
Jeronne Maymon 34 F 6'8" 260 RS Senior Graduated
52 G 6'6" 185 Senior Graduated/2014 NBA draft
Dominic Woodson 55 F 6'10" 270 Sophomore Transferred at the end of fall semester

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
sortnameIan Chiles 5 G 6'1" 188 Senior Transferred from IUPUI. Will be eligible to play immediately since Chiles graduated from IUPUI.
sortnameBraxton Bonds 32 G 6'1" 170 Freshman Walk-on transfer from Liberty University.

Schedule and results

[3] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF8200; color:white;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| SEC regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| SEC Tournament

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tennessee basketball coach fired amid NCAA review . 27 March 2015 .
  2. News: Tennessee senior center Rawane Ndiaye suffers torn ACL. NBC Sports. 2014-06-13.
  3. Web site: UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics - Men's Basketball. utsports.com. 2014-08-04. 2013-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921075839/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/tenn-m-baskbl-sched.html. dead.