2014–15 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team

2014–15 Memphis Tigers men's basketball

Conference	American Athletic Conference
2014–15 record	18–14 (10–8 The American)
Head coach	Josh Pastner (6th year)
Assistant coach	Robert Kirby
Assistant coach	Aki Collins
Assistant coach	Keelon Lawson
Home arena	FedExForum

2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#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
Connecticut	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

The 2014–15 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, the 94th season of Tiger basketball. The Tigers, led by sixth year head coach Josh Pastner, played their home games at the FedExForum. The 2014–15 season was the second season the Tigers participated in the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers didn't play in a postseason tournament, the first time in 15 years.

Previous season

The 2013–14 Memphis Tigers finished the season with an overall record of 24–10 and 12–6 in AAC play to finish in a three way tie for third place in conference. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament to eventual national champion Connecticut. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament's East Region as an 8 seed where they defeated 9 seed George Washington in the second round before losing in the third round to 1 seed Virginia.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Crawford, ChrisChris Crawford	G	3 !6' 3"	222	4 !Senior	Memphis, TN	Graduated
Dixon, MichaelMichael Dixon	G	73 !6' 1"	190	4 !Senior	Kansas City, MO	Graduated
Jackson, JoeJoe Jackson	G	1 !6' 0"	174	4 !Senior	Memphis, TN	Graduated
Johnson, GeronGeron Johnson	G	55 !6' 3"	203	4 !Senior	Dayton, OH	Graduated
Pellom, DavidDavid Pellom	F	80 !6' 8"	220	4 !Senior	Wilmington, NC	Graduated
Wilson, DamienDamien Wilson	G/F	45 !6' 5"	195	3 !Junior	Atlanta, GA	Transfer to Kennesaw State
Woodson, DominicDominic Woodson	C	15 !6' 10"	300	2 !Sophomore	Round Rock, TX	Transfer to Tennessee

Transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Godfrey, CalvinCalvin Godfrey	F	## !6' 8"	233	4 !Senior	Milwaukee, WI	Transfer from Southern University
Johnson, KedrenKedren Johnson	G	## !6' 4"	229	3 !Junior	Lewisburg, TN	Transfer from Vanderbilt University

Recruiting

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Dominic Magee point guard	Gretna, LA	Helen Cox High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 8, 2013
Dominic Magee point guard	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 84
Chris Hawkins Small forward	Memphis, TN	Southwest Tennessee Community College	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Nov 13, 2013
Chris Hawkins Small forward	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: JC
Trahson Burrell Small forward	Albany, NY	Lee College	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Nov 13, 2013
Trahson Burrell Small forward	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: JC
Avery Woodson Shooting guard	Waynesboro, MS	East Mississippi Community College	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Nov 13, 2013
Avery Woodson Shooting guard	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: JC
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 2012-11-09.

Season summary

The Tigers entered the 2014-15 season with only one senior, incoming transfer Calvin Godfrey. The young Tigers toured Canada in August 2014 and were thus permitted extra practice time. The Tigers faced teams from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, and McGill University on the trip in exhibition matches. Immediately before the Canadian tour, guard/forward Damien Wilson then center Dominic Woodson successively announced that they were transferring away from Memphis. However, upon the team's return from Canada, former Vanderbilt point guard Kedren Johnson announced his intention to transfer to Memphis.

At the AAC media day on October 29, Memphis was picked to finish third in the league behind Connecticut and SMU. Shaq Goodwin and Austin Nichols were both named to the preseason all-AAC first team.^[1]

The Tigers lost their sole exhibition game against Division 2 Christian Brothers, marking the first exhibition game loss for the team since 1996.^[2] On November 24, after the team's second game of the season, true freshman point guard Dominic Magee announced his intent to transfer.^[3] Magee did not any playing time for the Tigers before his transfer. The Tigers dropped 4 of their first 7 games of the year, starting the year with their worst record since 2000.

On January 6, sophomore Kuran Iverson was suspended for the team's next two games against SMU and Houston, marking Iverson's second suspension of the season.^[4] After his suspension and subsequent actions, including using Twitter to make negative statements about Coach Pastner, it was reported that Iverson was not expected to return to the team and the University subsequently announced Iverson's dismissal from the basketball program.^[5] Junior forward Trahson Burrell was suspended for the team's January 8 game against SMU, reportedly in part for supporting Iverson's actions prior to his suspension.

On February 7 against Temple, Austin Nichols injured his ankle and had to be helped off the floor. The Tigers went on to lose the game without Nichols, who was later diagnosed with a moderately sprained ankle which was expected to prevent him from playing for the next two weeks. However, Nichols was able to return on February 19 at home against UConn before injuring the ankle again on February 28 early in the second half against Tulsa. The second ankle injury caused Nichols to miss the remainder of the season. Despite his injury and subsequent absence, Nichols finished the season with 93 blocks, the 5th highest single season block total all time for a Tiger.

The Tigers finished the regular season in 5th place in the American. Austin Nichols was named to the All-AAC first team. In the AAC tournament, the Tigers lost their opening matchup to 4 seed Temple.

Roster

2014–15 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
3.5 !F	11	Hawkins, ChrisChris Hawkins	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Chicago, Illinois
3.5 !F	0	Burrell, TrahsonTrahson Burrell	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Albany, New York
1.5 !G	20	Woodson, AveryAvery Woodson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2.0 !So	Waynesboro, Mississippi
3.5 !F	2	Goodwin, ShaqShaq Goodwin	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Atlanta, Georgia
3.5 !F	4	Nichols, AustinAustin Nichols	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	2.0 !So	Eads, Tennessee
3.5 !F	5	King, NickNick King	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	2.0 !So	Memphis, Tennessee
1.5 !G	1	Crawford, MarkelMarkel Crawford	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Memphis, Tennessee
1.5 !G	3	Powell, PookiePookie Powell	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Orlando, Florida
3.5 !F	23	Iverson, KuranKuran Iverson (S)	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Windsor, Connecticut
3.5 !F	40	Godfrey, CalvinCalvin Godfrey	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1.5 !G	15	Johnson, KedrenKedren Johnson	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Lewisburg, Tennessee
2.5 !G/F	42	McDowell, JakeJake McDowell (W)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	2.0 !So	Memphis, Tennessee
1.5 !G	14	Manse, JordanJordan Manse (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Austin, Texas
1.5 !G	12	Cunningham, D'MarnierD'Marnier Cunningham (W)	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Josh Pastner (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Robert Kirby (University of Texas–Pan American)
David "Aki" Collins (Clark Atlanta University)
Keelon Lawson (Union University)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 08/14/2014

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/12/2014* 7:00 PM	Christian Brothers	L 70–74 ^OT		FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
Regular season
11/18/2014* 1:00 PM, ESPN	vs. No. 11 Wichita State ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon	L 56–71	0–1	Sanford Pentagon (3,250) Sioux Falls, SD
11/24/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Prairie View A&M Las Vegas Invitational	W 77–49	1–1	Fedex Forum (14,412) Memphis, TN
11/27/2014* 11:00 PM, FS1	vs. Baylor Las Vegas Invitational semifinals	L 47–71	1–2	Orleans Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV
11/28/2014* 7:00 PM, FS1	vs. Indiana State Las Vegas Invitational 3rd Place Game	W 72–62	2–2	Orleans Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV
12/02/2014* 6:00 PM, ESPNews	Stephen F. Austin Las Vegas Invitational	L 52–64	2–3	Fedex Forum (13,201) Memphis, TN
12/06/2014* 8:30 PM, ESPNU	Bradley	W 73–45	3–3	Fedex Forum (13,807) Memphis, TN
12/13/2014* 5:00 PM, ESPN2	Oklahoma State	L 55–73	3–4	FedEx Forum (14,501) Memphis, TN
12/15/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	NC Central	W 81–47	4–4	Fedex Forum (13,126) Memphis, TN
12/17/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	USC Upstate	W 83–73	5–4	FedEx Forum (13,020) Memphis, TN
12/20/2014* 2:00 PM, CBSSN	Oral Roberts	W 78–63	6–4	FedEx Forum (13,084) Memphis, TN
12/23/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Western Illinois	W 78–51	7–4	FedEx Forum (12,995) Memphis, TN
12/31/2014 1:00 PM, ESPNU	Houston	W 73–54	8–4 (1–0)	FedEx Forum (13,415) Memphis, TN
01/03/2015 5:00 PM, ESPNU	Tulane	L 66–74	8–5 (1–1)	FedEx Forum (13,914) Memphis, TN
01/08/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN2	at SMU	L 59–73	8–6 (1–2)	Moody Coliseum (6,807) Dallas, TX
01/11/2015 3:00 PM, CBSSN	at Houston	W 62–44	9–6 (2–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,697) Houston, TX
01/15/2015 6:00 PM, ESPN	Cincinnati	W 63–50	10–6 (3–2)	FedEx Forum (14,916) Memphis, TN
01/17/2015 1:00 PM, ESPNews	UCF	W 99–79	11–6 (4–2)	FedEx Forum (14,027) Memphis, TN
01/21/2015 6:00 PM, ESPNU	at Tulsa	L 55–73	11–7 (4–3)	Reynolds Center (5,303) Tulsa, OK
01/24/2015 7:00 PM, ESPNU	Tulane	W 57–55	12–7 (5–3)	Smoothie King Center (3,109) New Orleans, LA
01/28/2015 8:00 PM, CBSSN	East Carolina	W 70–58	13–7 (6–3)	FedEx Forum (13,335) Memphis, TN
01/31/2015* 9:00 PM, ESPN2	at No. 3 Gonzaga	L 64–82	13–8	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/04/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Jacksonville State	W 74–48	14–8	FedEx Forum (13,385) Memphis, TN
02/07/2015 12:00 PM, ESPNews	Temple	L 60–61	14–9 (6–4)	FedEx Forum (14,381) Memphis, TN
02/10/2015 6:00 PM, ESPNU	at East Carolina	L 53–64	14–10 (6–5)	Williams Arena (4,519) Greenville, NC
02/14/2015 11:00 AM, ESPNU	at South Florida	W 75–48	15–10 (7–5)	USF Sun Dome (3,288) Tampa, FL
02/19/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN/ESPN2	Connecticut	W 75–72	16–10 (8–5)	FedEx Forum (14,652) Memphis, TN
02/22/2015 1:00 PM, CBSSN	at UCF	W 75–65 ^OT	17–10 (9–5)	CFE Arena (4,543) Orlando, FL
02/26/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 21 SMU	L 57–66	17–11 (9–6)	FedEx Forum (14,523) Memphis, TN
02/28/2015 7:00 PM, ESPNU	Tulsa	L 72–74 ^OT	17–12 (9–7)	FedEx Forum (15,784) Memphis, TN
03/05/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN2	at Connecticut	W 54–53	18–12 (10–7)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
03/08/2015 11:00 AM, CBS	at Cincinnati	L 65–77	18–13 (10–8)	Fifth Third Arena (12,358) Cincinnati, OH
American Athletic Conference Tournament
03/13/2015 1:00 PM, ESPN2	vs. Temple AAC Quarterfinal	L 75–80	18–14	XL Center Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

Memphis Tigers men's basketball

Venues	Various locations (1920–1929) Memorial Fieldhouse (1929–1966) Mid-South Coliseum (1966–1991) Pyramid Arena (1991–2004) FedExForum (2004–present)

Rivalries	Louisville

Culture & lore	Pouncer Newby's TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South

People	Head coaches All-Americans NBA players Retired jerseys

Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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