| 2014–15Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball | |
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NIT, Quarterfinals | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 21–14 (9–9 SEC) |
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| Home arena | Memorial Gymnasium |
Seasons | |
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| No. 1Kentucky † | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 38 | – | 1 | .974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21Arkansas | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 20 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team representedVanderbilt University in the2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team'shead coach wasKevin Stallings, in his sixteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team played their home games atMemorial Gymnasium inNashville, Tennessee, as a member of theSoutheastern Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 9–9 in SEC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of theSEC tournament where they lost to Tennessee. They were invited to theNational Invitation Tournament where they defeated Saint Mary's in the first round and South Dakota State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Stanford.
Coach Kevin Stallings completed his fifteenth season by posting a 15–16 record during the2013-14 season, where the Commodores finished tenth in the SEC. The Commodores lost toMississippi State in the 1st round of theSEC tournament.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Rod Odom | 0 | F | 6'9" | 215 | Senior | Central Islip, NY | Graduated |
| Eric McClellan | 1 | G | 6'4" | 180 | RS Sophomore | Austin, TX | Suspended |
| Kedren Johnson | 2 | G | 6'4" | 215 | Junior | Lewisburg, TN | Suspended |
| Kyle Fuller | 11 | G | 6'1" | 200 | Senior | Moreno Valley, CA | Graduated |
| Rob Cross | 12 | G | 6'0" | 195 | Senior | Chappaqua, NY | Graduated |
| Dai-Jon Parker | 24 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Senior | Baton Rouge, LA | Suspended |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Nolan Cressler | 42 | G | 6'4" | 198 | Junior | Pittsburgh, PA | Transferred fromCornell. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cressler will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Riley LaChance PG | Brookfield, Wisconsin | Brookfield Central | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Sep 30, 2013 | |
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| Wade Baldwin PG | Hillsborough, New Jersey | St. Joseph | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Nov 13, 2013 | |
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| Shelton Mitchell PG | Waxhaw, North Carolina | Oak Hill Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | May 23, 2014 | |
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| Matthew Fisher-Davis SG | Charlotte, North Carolina | Charlotte Christian School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Sep 15, 2013 | |
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| Jeff Roberson SF | Houston, Texas | The Kinkaid School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Mar 11, 2014 | |
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| Overall recruit ranking: Scout: 23 Rivals: 30 | ||||||
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 11/06/2014* 7:00 pm | Illinois–Springfield | W 82–63 | Memorial Gymnasium (7,407) Nashville, TN | ||||||||
| 11/11/2014* 7:00 pm | Sewanee | W 67–38 | Memorial Gymnasium (7,871) Nashville, TN | ||||||||
| Non-Conference Regular Season | |||||||||||
| 11/16/2014* 2:00 pm | Trevecca Nazarene | W 83–56 | 1–0 | Memorial Gymnasium (7,581) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 11/20/2014* 8:00 pm, FSN | Lipscomb | W 72–62 | 2–0 | Memorial Gymnasium (8,415) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 11/23/2014* 6:00 pm, FSN | Tennessee State Barclays Center Classic | W 78–46 | 3–0 | Memorial Gymnasium (7,446) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 11/25/2014* 7:00 pm | Norfolk State Barclays Center Classic | W 63–53 | 4–0 | Memorial Gymnasium (7,504) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 11/28/2014* 6:00 pm, NBCSN | vs. Rutgers Barclays Center Classic semifinals | L 65–68 | 4–1 | Barclays Center (4,118) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
| 11/29/2014* 6:00 pm, NBCSN | vs. La Salle Barclays Center Classic 3rd place game | W 68–55 | 5–1 | Barclays Center (4,105) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
| 12/04/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPNU | Baylor Big 12/SEC Challenge | L 63–66 | 5–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (7,740) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 12/13/2014* 8:00 pm, SECN | Purdue | W 81–71 | 6–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (9,565) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 12/16/2014* 8:00 pm, SECN | Western Carolina | W 99–79 | 7–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (7,504) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 12/20/2014* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Georgia Tech | L 60–65 | 7–3 | Hank McCamish Pavilion (6,081) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
| 12/22/2014* 7:00 pm | Penn | W 79–50 | 8–3 | Memorial Gymnasium (8,084) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 12/31/2014* 1:00 pm, FSMW | at Saint Louis | W 70–55 | 9–3 | Chaifetz Arena (8,194) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
| 01/03/2015* 1:00 pm | Yale | W 79–74 2OT | 10–3 | Memorial Gymnasium (10,103) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| SEC Conference Season | |||||||||||
| 01/06/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU | Auburn | W 64–52 | 11–3 (1–0) | Memorial Gymnasium (10,502) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 01/10/2015 3:30 pm, SECN | at No. 23 Arkansas | L 70–82 | 11–4 (1–1) | Bud Walton Arena (17,238) Fayetteville, AR | |||||||
| 01/14/2015 8:00 pm, SECN | Georgia | L 67–70 | 11–5 (1–2) | Memorial Gymnasium (9,203) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 01/17/2015 3:00 pm, FSN | at Mississippi State | L 54–57 | 11–6 (1–3) | Humphrey Coliseum (6,568) Starkville, MS | |||||||
| 01/20/2015 8:00 pm, SECN | at No. 1 Kentucky | L 57–65 | 11–7 (1–4) | Rupp Arena (24,249) Lexington, KY | |||||||
| 01/24/2015 5:00 pm, ESPNU | LSU | L 75–79 OT | 11–8 (1–5) | Memorial Gymnasium (9,392) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 01/27/2015 6:00 pm, SECN | at Georgia | L 62–70 | 11–9 (1–6) | Stegeman Coliseum (7,091) Athens, GA | |||||||
| 01/31/2015 3:30 pm, SECN | at Texas A&M | L 58–69 | 11–10 (1–7) | Reed Arena (12,722) College Station, TX | |||||||
| 02/03/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN | Florida | W 67–61 | 12–10 (2–7) | Memorial Gymnasium (9,815) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 02/07/2015 3:00 pm, FSN | South Carolina | W 65–50 | 13–10 (3–7) | Memorial Gymnasium (9,259) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 02/11/2015 8:00 pm, SECN | Tennessee | L 73–76 OT | 13–11 (3–8) | Memorial Gymnasium (11,892) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 02/14/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Alabama | W 76–68 | 14–11 (4–8) | Coleman Coliseum (11,501) Tuscaloosa, AL | |||||||
| 02/18/2015 6:00 pm, SECN | at Florida | L 47–50 | 14–12 (4–9) | O'Connell Center (9,417) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 02/21/2015 1:30 pm, SECN | Missouri | W 76–51 | 15–12 (5–9) | Memorial Gymnasium (10,154) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 02/26/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Tennessee | W 73–65 | 16–12 (6–9) | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,536) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
| 02/28/2015 3:30 pm, FSN | Alabama | W 73–66 | 17–12 (7–9) | Memorial Gymnasium (9,928) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 03/04/2015 8:00 pm, SECN | Mississippi State | W 66–56 | 18–12 (8–9) | Memorial Gymnasium (8,685) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| 03/07/2015 8:00 pm, SECN | at Ole Miss | W 86–77 | 19–12 (9–9) | Tad Smith Coliseum (8,862) Oxford, MS | |||||||
| SEC tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/12/2015 6:00 p.m., SECN | vs. Tennessee Second round | L 61–67 | 19–13 | Bridgestone Arena (15,032) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| NIT | |||||||||||
| 03/18/2015* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. (5) | at (4)Saint Mary's First round | W 75–64 | 20–13 | McKeon Pavilion (1,322) Moraga, CA | ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 8:30 p.m., ESPNU | No. (5) | (8)South Dakota State Second round | W 92–77 | 21–13 | Memorial Gymnasium (5,605) Nashville, TN | ||||||
| 03/24/2015* 8:00 p.m., ESPN | No. (5) | at (2)Stanford Quarterfinals | L 75–78 | 21–14 | Maples Pavilion (1,546) Stanford, CA | ||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inCentral Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region. | |||||||||||
2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team