2014–15 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2014–15
Team:Maryland Terrapins
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Coachrank:16
Aprank:12
Record:28–7
Conf Record:14–4
Head Coach:Mark Turgeon
Hc Year:4th
Asst Coach1:Dustin Clark
Ac1 Year:4th
Asst Coach2:Bino Ranson
Ac2 Year:5th
Asst Coach3:Cliff Warren
Ac3 Year:1st
Stadium:Xfinity Center
Champion:CBE Hall of Fame Classic champions
Bowl:NCAA tournament
Bowl Result:Round of 32

The 2014–15 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth year head coach Mark Turgeon and played their home games at the Xfinity Center. They were first-year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Valparaiso in the second round before losing in the third round to West Virginia.

Previous season

The Terrapins finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to Florida State.

Pre-season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
0 F 6'7" 260 Sophomore Transferred to Georgia Tech
Roddy Peters 2 G 6'4" 195 Freshman Transferred to South Florida
Seth Allen 4 G 6'1" 190 Sophomore Transferred to Virginia Tech
5 G 6'6" 175 Junior Transferred to Long Beach State
John Auslander 23 F 6'7" 225 Senior Graduated
A. J. Metz 33 F 6'7" 215 Freshman Transferred to Guilford
Shaquille Cleare 44 C 6'9" 270 Sophomore Transferred to Texas
Conner Lipinski 12 G 5'10" 155 Sophomore Transferred to Lenoir-Rhyne

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
sortname4 F 6'8" 247 Junior Transferred from Georgia Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Carter, Jr. will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility thereafter.
sortnameRichaud Pack 20 G 6'3" 183 Senior Transferred from North Carolina A&T. Will be eligible to play immediately because Pack graduated from North Carolina A&T.

Class of 2014 signees

Roster

Depth chart

Accolades

Jake Layman

Varun Ram

Melo Trimble

Dez Wells

Mark Turgeon

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten tournament|-!colspan=12 style="background:#cc1122; color:#ffffff;"| NCAA tournament

Rankings

See also: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final
AP RVRVRV2119171512111413 161719161410812N/A
CoachesNRNRNR22201815119118 1316191514981216

See also

References