2014–15 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by fourth year head coach Rob Senderoff, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, colloquially known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–6 in MAC play to finish in a share for the East Division championship as well as a share of the MAC overall regular season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament to Akron.^[1] They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Middle Tennessee in the first round and Texas A&M Corpus–Christi in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Northern Arizona.

2014–15 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball
MAC regular season co–champions MAC East Division co–champions
CIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	23–12 (12–6 MAC)
Head coach	Rob Senderoff (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Eric Haut Bobby Steinburg DeAndre Haynes
Home arena	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Buffalo †	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
Kent State	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Bowling Green	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Akron	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Miami	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Ohio	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
West
Central Michigan	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Toledo	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Western Michigan	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
Eastern Michigan	8	–	10		.444			21	–	14		.600
Northern Illinois	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Ball State	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2015 MAC tournament winner

Roster

2014–15 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Devareaux Manley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Castlemont HS Oakland, CA G 1 Kris Brewer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Brehm Prep Memphis, TN G 2 Kellon Thomas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Southport HS Indianapolis, IN F/C 3 Marvin Jones 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Thornton HS Highland CC Chicago, IL F 4 Chris Ortiz 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr South Kent School Brooklyn, NY G 5 Xavier Pollard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Suffield Academy Maine Bronx, NY G 11 Jon Fleming 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Fishers HS Fishers, IN G/F 13 Gary Akbar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Dunbar HS San Jacinto CC Dayton, OH G/F 15 Craig Brown 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr North Miami Beach HS Rutgers Miami, FL F 20 Marquiez Lawrence 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Marion-Franklin HS Columbus, OH F 21 Khalig Spicer 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Robichaud HS Detroit, MI G 23 Derek Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Sr Benedictine HS Central Michigan Cleveland, OH F 32 Raasean Davis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Fr Paulding County HS Chicago, IL F 35 Jimmy Hall 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS So St. Anthony HS Hofstra Brooklyn, NY C 41 Blake Vedder 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr West Geauga HS Indiana (PA) Chesterland, OH	Head coach Rob Senderoff (Albany) Assistant coach(es) Eric Haut (Kent State) Bobby Steinberg (Middle Tennessee) DeAndre Haynes (Kent State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Source: [1]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Games
11/15/2014* 7:00 pm	at Youngstown State	W 69–61	1–0	Beeghly Center (2,840) Youngstown, OH
11/18/2014* 8:00 pm	Malone Men Against Breast Cancer Classic	W 62–52	2–0	MAC Center (2,247) Kent, OH
11/21/2014* 8:00 pm	Southern Illinois Men Against Breast Cancer Classic	W 74–51	3–0	MAC Center (855) Kent, OH
11/22/2014* 7:30 pm	UIC Men Against Breast Cancer Classic	W 78–60	4–0	MAC Center (2,816) Kent, OH
11/23/2014* 3:30 pm	Yale Men Against Breast Cancer Classic	L 59–66	4–1	MAC Center (2,183) Kent, OH
11/29/2014* 7:00 pm	Loyola–Chicago	L 61–69	4–2	MAC Center (1,937) Kent, OH
12/06/2014* 12:00 pm, ESPN3	at Kennesaw State	W 58–46	5–2	KSU Convocation Center (927) Kennesaw, GA
12/14/2014* 3:00 pm	at Arkansas–Little Rock	W 60–55 ^OT	6–2	Jack Stephens Center (1,018) Little Rock, AR
12/19/2014* 7:00 pm	North Carolina A&T	W 71–57	7–2	MAC Center (1,817) Kent, OH
12/21/2014* 5:00 pm	vs. North Dakota State Sun Bowl Invitational	W 53–52	8–2	Don Haskins Center (5,790) El Paso, TX
12/22/2014* 9:00 pm	at UTEP Sun Bowl Invitational	L 75–78	8–3	Don Haskins Center (6,290) El Paso, TX
12/30/2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at No. 13 Kansas	L 62–78	8–4	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
01/02/2015* 7:00 pm	Texas–Pan American	W 74–54	9–4	MAC Center (1,732) Kent, OH
Conference Games
01/07/2015 7:00 pm	Bowling Green	L 64–66	9–5 (0–1)	MAC Center (2,094) Kent, OH
01/10/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Illinois	W 67–65	10–5 (1–1)	Convocation Center (1,058) DeKalb, IL
01/14/2015 7:00 pm	Eastern Michigan	W 65–59	11–5 (2–1)	MAC Center (2,892) Kent, OH
01/17/2015 7:00 pm	Ohio	W 69–59	12–5 (3–1)	MAC Center (5,084) Kent, OH
01/21/2015 7:00 pm	Toledo	W 67–60	13–5 (4–1)	MAC Center (3,374) Kent, OH
01/24/2015 2:00 pm	at Ball State	W 63–52	14–5 (5–1)	John E. Worthen Arena (3,425) Muncie, IN
01/27/2015 7:00 pm	Central Michigan	W 63–53	15–5 (6–1)	MAC Center (3,522) Kent, OH
01/30/2015 10:00 pm, ESPNU	at Buffalo	L 55–80	15–6 (6–2)	Alumni Arena (5,797) Amherst, NY
02/04/2015 7:00 pm	at Western Michigan	L 66–67	15–7 (6–3)	University Arena (2,433) Kalamazoo, MI
02/07/2015 7:00 pm	Miami (OH)	W 61–60	16–7 (7–3)	MAC Center (3,510) Kent, OH
02/10/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Akron	L 52–61	16–8 (7–4)	James A. Rhodes Arena (4,836) Akron, OH
02/13/2015 6:00 pm, ESPNU	at Toledo	W 76–75 ^OT	17–8 (8–4)	Savage Arena (5,481) Toledo, OH
02/18/2015 7:00 pm	Ball State	W 58–53	18–8 (9–4)	MAC Center (3,084) Kent, OH
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, TWCSC	at Ohio	W 64–51	19–8 (10–4)	Convocation Center (5,790) Athens, OH
02/24/2015 7:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	L 81–86 ^OT	19–9 (10–5)	Millett Hall (920) Oxford, OH
02/28/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Buffalo	L 65–71	19–10 (10–6)	MAC Center (5,587) Kent, OH
03/03/2015 7:00 pm, TWCSC	at Bowling Green	W 81–80	20–10 (11–6)	Stroh Center (2,322) Bowling Green, OH
03/06/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2	Akron	W 79–77	21–10 (12–6)	MAC Center (6,327) Kent, OH
MAC tournament
03/12/2015 9:00 pm, TWCSC	vs. Akron Quarterfinals	L 51–53	21–11	Quicken Loans Arena (4,502) Cleveland, OH
CIT
03/18/2015* 7:00 pm	at Middle Tennessee First round	W 68–56	22–11	Murphy Center (2,782) Murfreesboro, TN
03/23/2015* 7:00 pm	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Second round	W 69–65	23–11	American Bank Center (2,015) Corpus Christi, TX
03/27/2015* 10:00 pm, STO	at Northern Arizona Quarterfinals	L 73–74 ^OT	23–12	Walkup Skydome (3,653) Flagstaff, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

See also

• List of Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball seasons

References

1. Alexander, Elton (March 13, 2015). "Kent State falls to Akron late, 53-51: MAC Tournament 2015 (photos)". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 6, 2024.