2014–15 UMass Minutemen basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2014–15
Team:UMass Minutemen
Conference:Atlantic 10 Conference
Short Conf:A-10
Record:17–15
Conf Record:10–8
Hc Year:7th
Asst Coach1:Shyrone Chatman
Asst Coach2:Adam Ginsburg
Asst Coach3:Andy Allison

The 2014–15 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by seventh year head coach Derek Kellogg, played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 10–8 in A-10 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They lost in the second round of the A-10 tournament to La Salle.

During this season, in 2014, Derrick Gordon became the first openly gay player in Division I to play in a men's basketball game.[1]

Previous season

The Minutemen finished the season with an overall record of 24–9, with a record of 10–6 in the Atlantic 10 regular season for a tie for a fifth-place finish. In the 2014 Atlantic 10 tournament, the Minutemen were defeated by George Washington, 85–77 in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament which is their first time since 1998. They lost in the second round to Tennessee.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
sortname3 5'9" 175 RS Senior Graduated
sortnameClyde Santee 5 6'7" 180 Freshman Transferred to Southeast Missouri State
sortname22 6'8" 220 RS Senior Graduated
sortname34 6'9" 185 RS Senior Graduated

Schedule

[2] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#881c1c; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#881C1C; color:white;"| Non-conference regular Season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#881C1C; color:white;"| Atlantic 10 regular Season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#881c1c; color:#FFFFFF;"| Atlantic 10 tournament

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moment Resonates, Quietly, at UMass. November 15, 2014. The New York Times.
  2. Web site: University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball . 2014-09-01 . 2013-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006063919/http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/umas-m-baskbl-sched.html . dead .