2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

The 2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by fifth year head coach Jeff Lebo, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were first year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–19, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic tournament where they lost to SMU.

2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	14–19 (6–12 The American)
Head coach	Jeff Lebo (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Netti Michael Perry Ken Potosnak
Home arena	Williams Arena
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 SMU †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
Tulsa	14	–	4		.778			23	–	11		.676
Temple	13	–	5		.722			26	–	11		.703
Cincinnati	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
UConn	10	–	8		.556			20	–	15		.571
Memphis	10	–	8		.556			18	–	14		.563
Tulane	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
East Carolina	6	–	12		.333			14	–	19		.424
UCF	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Houston	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
South Florida	3	–	15		.167			9	–	23		.281
† The American Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Pirates finished the season 17–17, 5–11 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 12th place. They advanced to the second round of the C-USA tournament where they lost to UTEP. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Wright State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Akeem Richmond	1	G	6'0"	180	Senior	Sanford, NC	Graduated
Petar Torlak	3	G	6'1"	185	Senior	Belgrade, Serbia	Graduated
Brandan Stith	25	F	6'7"	215	Freshman	Lawrenceville, VA	Transferred to Old Dominion

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Kanu Aja	44	F	6'10"	255	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Junior college transferred from City College of San Francisco.

Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Lance Tejada PG	Hollywood, CA	Blanche Ely High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 31, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Grant Bryant SF	Marietta, GA	Kell High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 1, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Bunyon Tyson PG	Wadesboro, NC	Anson High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jun 13, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

Recruiting Class of 2015

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kentrell Barkley SF	Durham, NC	Northern High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sep 1, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 7, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Terry Whisnant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Jr Florida State Cherryville, NC F 1 Grant Bryant 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Kell Kennesaw, GA G 2 Caleb White 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Virginia Episcopal Buckingham, VA G 4 Prince Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Broughton Raleigh, NC G 5 Lance Tejada 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Blanche Ely Pompano Beach, FL G 10 Francis Edosomwan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Charlotte Christian Charlotte, NC G 11 Antonio Robinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Louisburg College Winston-Salem, NC F 13 Michel-Ofik Nzege 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS So Winston-Salem State Geneva, Switzerland G 15 Peyton Robbins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr St. David's Raleigh, NC G 21 B. J. Tyson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Anson Wadesboro, NC G 22 Paris Roberts-Campbell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr United Faith Christian Academy Charlotte, NC F 24 Keith Armstrong 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Robert Morris Raleigh, NC G 31 Greg Alexander 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Kecoughtan Hampton, VA F 34 Michael Zangari 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Red Land Etters, PA F 41 Marshall Guimette 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) RS So Harrison Kennesaw, GA F 44 Kanu Aja 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr City College of San Francisco Baltimore, MD	Head coach Jeff Lebo (North Carolina) Assistant coach(es) Mike Netti (Syracuse) Michael Perry (Richmond) Ken Potosnak (Randolph–Macon) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm		North Carolina Wesleyan Gulf Coast Showcase Opening Round	W 99–81	1–0	Williams Arena (5,096) Greenville, NC
11/16/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPN3		UNC Asheville	L 79–83	1–1	Williams Arena (4,149) Greenville, NC
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm		Virginia Lynchburg	W 92–51	2–1	Williams Arena (3,966) Greenville, NC
11/24/2014* 12:00 pm		vs. Green Bay Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	L 49–66	2–2	Germain Arena (2,118) Estero, FL
11/25/2014* 12:00 pm		vs. Fresno State Gulf Coast Showcase consolation round	W 58–52	3–2	Germain Arena (240) Estero, FL
11/26/2014* 2:30 pm		vs. Hawaiʻi Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game	L 73–75	3–3	Germain Arena (271) Estero, FL
11/30/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Central Connecticut	W 74–59	4–3	Williams Arena (3,705) Greenville, NC
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		at Florida Atlantic	L 63–72	4–4	FAU Arena (1,219) Boca Raton, FL
12/07/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 12 North Carolina	L 64–108	4–5	Dean Smith Center (18,741) Chapel Hill, NC
12/13/2014* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		James Madison	W 70–58	5–5	Williams Arena (4,759) Greenville, NC
12/20/2014* 7:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	L 54–66	5–6	Trask Coliseum (4,388) Wilmington, NC
12/22/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Florida A&M	W 75–57	6–6	Williams Arena (4,234) Greenville, NC
12/28/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		UNC Greensboro	W 71–50	7–6	Williams Arena (4,418) Greenville, NC
12/31/2014 12:00 pm, ESPNews		Tulane	L 59–67	7–7 (0–1)	Williams Arena (4,358) Greenville, NC
01/03/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at South Florida	L 50–58	7–8 (0–2)	USF Sun Dome (3,184) Tampa, FL
01/06/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Cincinnati	L 48–69	7–9 (0–3)	Fifth Third Arena (7,516) Cincinnati, OH
01/14/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Houston	W 66–61	8–9 (1–3)	Williams Arena (4,368) Greenville, NC
01/17/2015 4:00 pm, CBSSN		at SMU	L 54–77	8–10 (1–4)	Moody Coliseum (7,001) Dallas, TX
01/24/2015 12:00 pm, ESPNews		Tulsa	L 64–66	8–11 (1–5)	Williams Arena (4,968) Greenville, NC
01/28/2015 9:00 pm, CBSSN		at Memphis	L 58–70	8–12 (1–6)	FedEx Forum (13,335) Memphis, TN
02/01/2015 1:00 pm, CBSSN		Cincinnati	W 50–46	9–12 (2–6)	Williams Arena (4,574) Greenville, NC
02/04/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at UConn	L 52–65	9–13 (2–7)	Gampel Pavilion (8,985) Storrs, CT
02/07/2015 5:00 pm, ESPN3		UCF	W 67–49	10–13 (3–7)	Williams Arena (5,305) Greenville, NC
02/10/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Memphis	W 64–53	11–13 (4–7)	Williams Arena (4,519) Greenville, NC
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at Temple	L 53–66	11–14 (4–8)	Liacouras Center (8,121) Philadelphia, PA
02/18/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Tulsa	L 58–69	11–15 (4–9)	Reynolds Center (4,263) Tulsa, OK
02/21/2015 11:00 am, ESPNU		South Florida	W 73–60	12–15 (5–9)	Williams Arena (5,073) Greenville, NC
02/25/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU		UConn	L 49–60	12–16 (5–10)	Williams Arena (6,856) Greenville, NC
02/28/2015 12:00 pm, ESPNews		at UCF	W 71–66	13–16 (6–10)	CFE Arena (3,740) Orlando, FL
03/05/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Temple	L 56–70	13–17 (6–11)	Williams Arena (4,790) Greenville, NC
03/08/2015 2:00 pm, ESPNews		at Houston	L 52-74	13–18 (6–12)	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,879) Houston, TX
American Athletic Conference tournament
03/12/2015 3:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. UCF First Round	W 81–80 ^OT	14–18	XL Center  Hartford, CT
03/13/2015 12:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 20 SMU Quarterfinals	L 68–74	14–19	XL Center  Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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