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- Preseason Coaching changes Predicted American Athletic results Preseason All-AAC Teams Preseason Watchlists
- Rankings
- AAC Regular Season
- Postseason NCAA Tournament National Invitation Tournament
- Awards and honors Conference awards and teams
- References
{{Infobox sports season | title = 2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season | color = #081549 | color text = #FFFFFF | league = NCAA Division I | sport = Basketball | logo = | pixels = 125px | caption = | duration = November 2014 through March 2015 | no_of_teams = 11 | attendance = | average_attendance = | TV = ESPN, CBS | draft = | draft_link = | top_pick = | picked_by = | season = Regular Season | season_champs = | season_champ_name = Co-Champions | league_champs = | league_champ_name = | second_place = | MVP = Nic Moore | MVP_link = American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year | top_scorer = | finals = Tournament | finals_link = American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | finals_champ = | finals_runner-up = | finals_MVP = | finals_MVP_link = American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament#Champions | seasonslist = | seasonslistnames = American Athletic Conference men's basketball | prevseason_link = 2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season | prevseason_year =2013–14 | nextseason_link = 2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season | nextseason_year = 2015–16 }}{{2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings}}The 2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2014 and March 2015. Practices began in October 2014, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. The season was the second since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues. This was the first season for East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa in American Athletic competition. PreseasonCoaching changes- Tulsa Hired Frank Haith, after Former Coach Danny Manning took the Wake Forest job
- Kelvin Sampson was hired at Houston after former coach James Dickey resigned for Personal reasons
- Orlando Antigua was hired at USF, after USF rescinded their offer to Steve Masiello after it was reported that he had not graduated from the University of Kentucky, as his resume had stated. Masiello was originally hired to replace Stan Heath, who was fired
Predicted American Athletic resultsAt American Athletic Conference media day on October 29, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Conference teams.[1] | Coaches | 1. | Connecticut (6) |
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2. | SMU (5) |
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3. | Memphis |
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4. | Cincinnati |
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5. | Tulsa |
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6. | Temple |
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7. | Houston |
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8. | USF |
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9. | UCF |
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10. | East Carolina |
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11. | Tulane |
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() first place votesPreseason All-AAC Teams First Team | Second Team | Ryan Boatright, G, UCONN Shaq Goodwin, F, MEM Austin Nichols, F, MEM Nic Moore, G, SMU Markus Kennedy, F, SMU James Woodard, G, TULSA | Amida Brimah, C, UCONN Anthony Collins, G, USF Chris Perry, F, USF Will Cummings, G, TEM Quenton DeCosey, G, TEM | American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Ryan Boatright, Connecticut
American Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year: Daniel Hamilton, Connecticut Preseason Watchlists Naismith[2] | John Wooden Award[3] | Ryan Boatright, G, UConn Nic Moore, G, SMU | Nic Moore, G, SMU
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Rankings Legend | | Increase in ranking | | | Decrease in ranking | | | Not ranked previous week | {{main|2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings}} | 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 |
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AAC Regular SeasonThis table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. | Cincinnati | Connecticut | East Carolina | Houston | Memphis | SMU | South Florida | Temple | Tulane | Tulsa | UCF |
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vs. Cincinnati | – | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0–1 | 1-1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
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vs. Connecticut | 1-1 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0–2 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
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vs. East Carolina | 1-1 | 2–0 | – | 1-1 | 1–1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2–0 | 1-0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
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vs. Houston | 2-0 | 0–1 | 1-1 | – | 2-0 | 2–0 | 1-1 | 1–0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
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vs. Memphis | 1-1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0-2 | – | 2-0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 |
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vs. SMU | 2-0 | 1–1 | 0-1 | 0–2 | 0-2 | – | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
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vs. South Florida | 1–0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1–0 | 2-0 | – | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1–1 |
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vs. Temple | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | – | 0-2 | 2–0 | 0-2 |
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vs. Tulane | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0-1 | 1–1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | – | 2–0 | 2-0 |
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vs. Tulsa | 1–0 | 1-1 | 0–2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2–0 | 0-2 | 0–2 | 0-2 | – | 0-1 |
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vs. UCF | 2–0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | – |
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Total | 13–5 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 4-14 | 10–8 | 15–3 | 3–15 | 13–5 | 6–12 | 14–4 | 5–13 |
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Postseason{{main|2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament}}- March 12–15, 2015 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT
2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament seeds and results | Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | First Round March 12 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 |
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1. | SMU ‡† | 15-3 | 24-6 | Bye | vs. #8 East Carolina - W, 74-68 | vs. #4 Temple - W, 69-56 | vs. #6 Connecticut - W, 62-54 | 2. | Tulsa † | 14-4 | 21-9 | Bye | vs. #10 Houston - W, 59-51 | vs. #6 Connecticut - L, 42–47 | | 3. | Cincinnati † | 13-5 | 22-9 | 2-0 vs. SMU | Bye | vs. #6 Connecticut - L, 54–57 | | | 4. | Temple† | 13-5 | 22-9 | 0-2 vs. SMU | Bye | vs. #5 Memphis - W, 80-75 | vs. #1 SMU - L, 56–69 | | 5. | Memphis† | 10-8 | 18-13 | 2-0 vs. CONN | Bye | vs. #4 Temple - L, 75–80 | | | 6. | Connecticut | 10-8 | 17-13 | 0-2 vs. MEM | vs. #11 South Florida - W, 69-43 | vs. #3 Cincinnati - W, 47-44 | vs. #2 Tulsa - W, 47-42 | vs. #1 SMU - L, 54–62 | 7. | Tulane | 6-12 | 15-15 | 1-0 vs. ECU | vs. #10 Houston - L, 60–66 | | | | 8. | East Carolina | 6-12 | 13-18 | 0-1 vs. TULN | vs. #9 UCF - W, 81-80 OT | vs. #1 SMU - L, 68–74 | | | 9. | UCF | 5-13 | 12-17 | vs. #8 East Carolina - L, 80–81 OT | | | | 10. | Houston | 4-14 | 12-18 | vs. #7 Tulane - W, 66-60 | vs. #2 Tulsa - L, 51-59 | | | 11. | South Florida | 3-15 | 9-22 | vs. #6 Connecticut - L, 43-69 | | | | ‡ – American regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. | |
{{clear}} NCAA Tournament {{Main|2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament}} Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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6 | South | SMU | Bye | vs. #11 UCLA - L, 59-60 | 8 | Midwest | Cincinnati | Bye | vs. #9 Purdue - W, 66-55 OT | vs. #1 Kentucky - L, 64-51 | W–L (%): | 0|0 | 1|1 | 0|1 | 0|0 | 0|0 | 0|0 | 0|0 Total: 1–2 {{Winning percentage|1|2 |
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National Invitation Tournament {{Main|2015 National Invitation Tournament}} Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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1 | Temple | Temple | vs. #8 Bucknell - W, 73-67 | vs. #5 George Washington - W, 90-77 | vs. #3 Louisiana Tech - W, 77-59 | vs. #2 Miami (FL) - L, 57-60 | 2 | Old Dominion | Tulsa | vs. #7 William & Mary - W, 70-67 | vs. #3 Murray State - L, 62-83 | 4 | Richmond | Connecticut | vs. #5 Arizona State - L, 61-68 | W–L (%): | 2|1 | 1|1 | 1|0 | 0|1 | 0|0 Total: 4–3 {{Winning percentage|4|3 |
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Awards and honors Conference awards and teams All Conference and All Rookie teams were announced on March 10, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man Award, Most Improved Player, and Sportsmanship Award were announced on March 11. Player of the Year and Coach of the year were announced on March 12 2015 American Athletic Conference Basketball Individual Awards | Award | Recipient(s) |
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American Athletic Conference Player of the Year | Nic Moore G., SMU | Coach of the Year | Fran Dunphy , TEMP | Rookie of the Year | Daniel Hamilton G/F., CONN | Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Pat Lenehan G., CONN | Most Improved Player | Yanick Moreira C., SMU | Sixth Man Award | Markus Kennedy F., SMU | Sportsmanship Award | Shaq Goodwin F., MEMPHIS |
2015 American Athletic Conference All-Conference Teams|[4] | First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | All-Rookie Team |
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Ryan Boatright †, G., CONN Austin Nichols, F., MEMPH Nic Moore †, G., SMU Will Cummings, G., TEMP James Woodard, G., TULSA | Octavius Ellis, F., CIN Markus Kennedy, F., SMU Yanick Moreira, C., SMU Louis Dabney, G., TULN Shaquille Harrison, G., TULSA | Troy Caupain, G., CIN Amida Brimah, C., CONN Daniel Hamilton, G/F., CONN Jaylen Bond, F., TEMP | Adonys Henriquez, G., UCF B. J. Taylor, G., UCF Gary Clark, F., CIN Daniel Hamilton †, G/F., CONN B. J. Tyson †, G., ECU | † - denotes unanimous selection |
References1. ^{{cite web|title=UConn Chosen as Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2014/10/28/MBB_1028144822.aspx?path=mbball|accessdate=17 November 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Naismith Trophy Men’s 50 Watch List|url=http://www.naismithtrophy.com/2014-watch-list/naismith-trophy-mens-50-watch-list/|website=Naismith Trophy|accessdate=3 December 2014|archive-url=https://archive.is/20141203215948/http://www.naismithtrophy.com/2014-watch-list/naismith-trophy-mens-50-watch-list/|archive-date=2014-12-03|dead-url=yes|df=}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Medcalf|first1=Myron|title=Wooden Top 50 watch list unveiled|url=http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11891338/jahlil-okafor-frank-kaminsky-anchor-wooden-award-preseason-top-50-watch-list|website=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=17 November 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=2015 American Athletic Conference All-Conference Teams|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2015/3/10/MBB_0310150708.aspx|website=theAmerican.org|publisher=Sidearmsports|accessdate=10 March 2015}}
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