2014–15 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Rick Barnes, who was in his 17th year as head coach. The team played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Butler.

2014–15 Texas Longhorns men's basketball
2K Sports Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Big 12
Record	20–14 (8–10 Big 12)
Head coach	Rick Barnes (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Rob Lanier Russell Springmann Chris Ogden
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center

2014–15 Big 12 men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Kansas	13	–	5		.722			27	–	9		.750
No. 9 Iowa State †	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
No. 13 Oklahoma	12	–	6		.667			24	–	11		.686
No. 16 Baylor	11	–	7		.611			24	–	10		.706
No. 20 West Virginia	11	–	7		.611			25	–	10		.714
Oklahoma State	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Texas	8	–	10		.444			20	–	14		.588
Kansas State	8	–	10		.444			15	–	17		.469
TCU	4	–	14		.222			18	–	15		.545
Texas Tech	3	–	15		.167			13	–	19		.406
† 2015 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Arizona State in the second round before losing in the third round to Michigan.

Before the season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Martez Walker	24	G	6'4"	185	Freshman	Detroit, MI	Suspended indefinitely

Recruiting

Myles Turner in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Obinna Oleka PF	Washington, D.C.	State College of Florida	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Nov 4, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Jordan Barnett SF	Saint Louis, MO	Christian Brothers College High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 1, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Myles Turner C	Bedford, TX	Trinity High School	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Apr 30, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR   Rivals: NR  ESPN: 19
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: "Texas 2014 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014. "2014 Texas Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014. "2014 Texas Basketball Commitments". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
= Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Kendall Yancy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Berkner Richardson, TX G 1 Isaiah Taylor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So The Village School Hayward, CA G 2 Demarcus Holland 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Naaman Forest Garland, TX G 3 Javan Felix 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr St. Augustine New Orleans, LA F 4 Danny Newsome (W) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Langham Creek Houston, TX G 5 Damarcus Croaker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Jones Orlando, FL F 10 Jonathan Holmes 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Antonian College Prep San Antonio, TX F 21 Connor Lammert 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Churchill San Antonio, TX G 22 Brandon Allums (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 241 lb (109 kg) Jr Plano West Plano, TX G 30 Ryan McClurg (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Fr Seven Lakes Katy, TX F 33 Jordan Barnett 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Christian Brothers College High School Saint Louis, MO G 40 Tarale Murry (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Sr Lehman San Antonio, TX C 44 Prince Ibeh 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Naaman Forest Garland, TX C 52 Myles Turner 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Trinity High School Bedford, TX C 55 Cameron Ridley 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Jr Bush Richmond, TX	Head coach Rick Barnes (Lenoir–Rhyne) Assistant coach(es) Rob Lanier (St. Bonaventure) Russell Springmann (Salisbury) Christopher Ogden (Texas) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-02-17

Schedule

Source:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 10	North Dakota State 2K Sports Classic	W 85–50	1–0	Frank Erwin Center (11,232) Austin, TX
11/16/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 10	Alcorn State 2K Sports Classic	W 85–53	2–0	Frank Erwin Center (8,463) Austin, TX
11/20/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 10	vs. Iowa 2K Sports Classic Semifinals	W 71–57	3–0	Madison Square Garden (11,541) New York City, NY
11/21/2014* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 10	vs. California 2K Sports Classic Championship	W 71–55	4–0	Madison Square Garden (11,255) New York City, NY
11/25/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 7	Saint Francis (PA)	W 78–46	5–0	Frank Erwin Center (9,356) Austin, TX
11/30/2014* 11:00 am, ESPN2	No. 7	at No. 24 UConn	W 55–54	6–0	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
12/02/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 6	UT Arlington	W 63–53	7–0	Frank Erwin Center (8,632) Austin, TX
12/05/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN	No. 6	at No. 1 Kentucky Big 12/SEC Challenge	L 51–63	7–1	Rupp Arena (24,340) Lexington, KY
12/13/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 8	Texas State	W 59–27	8–1	Frank Erwin Center (10,452) Austin, TX
12/16/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 9	Lipscomb	W 106–61	9–1	Frank Erwin Center (8,653) Austin, TX
12/20/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 9	Long Beach State	W 78–68	10–1	Frank Erwin Center (9,179) Austin, TX
12/23/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	Stanford	L 71–74	10–2	Frank Erwin Center (13,661) Austin, TX
12/29/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 11	Rice	W 66–55	11–2	Frank Erwin Center (9,373) Austin, TX
Big 12 Conference season
01/03/2015 1:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 11	at Texas Tech	W 70–61	12–2 (1–0)	United Supermarkets Arena (9,936) Lubbock, TX
01/05/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 10	No. 16 Oklahoma	L 49–70	12–3 (1–1)	Frank Erwin Center (12,625) Austin, TX
01/10/2015 4:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 10	at Oklahoma State	L 58–69	12–4 (1–2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,592) Stillwater, OK
01/17/2015 5:15 pm, ESPN	No. 20	No. 16 West Virginia	W 77–50	13–4 (2–2)	Frank Erwin Center (13,204) Austin, TX
01/19/2015 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 17	at TCU	W 66–48	14–4 (3–2)	Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center (5,153) Fort Worth, TX
01/24/2015 1:00 pm, CBS	No. 17	No. 11 Kansas	L 62–75	14–5 (3–3)	Frank Erwin Center (16,540) Austin, TX
01/26/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 19	at No. 15 Iowa State	L 86–89	14–6 (3–4)	Hilton Coliseum (14,384) Ames, IA
01/31/2015 5:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 19	at No. 20 Baylor	L 60–83	14–7 (3–5)	Ferrell Center (9,680) Waco, TX
02/04/2015 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 25	Oklahoma State	L 63–65	14–8 (3–6)	Frank Erwin Center (11,954) Austin, TX
02/07/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN	No. 25	at Kansas State	W 61–57	15–8 (4–6)	Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) Manhattan, KS
02/11/2015 7:00 pm, LHN		TCU	W 66–43	16–8 (5–6)	Frank Erwin Center (8,634) Austin, TX
02/14/2015 7:00 pm, LHN		Texas Tech	W 56–41	17–8 (6–6)	Frank Erwin Center (13,178) Austin, TX
02/17/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 17 Oklahoma	L 69–71	17–9 (6–7)	Lloyd Noble Center (11,413) Norman OK
02/21/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 14 Iowa State	L 77–85	17–10 (6–8)	Frank Erwin Center (13,161) Austin, TX
02/24/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 20 West Virginia	L 64–71	17–11 (6–9)	WVU Coliseum (12,048) Morgantown, WV
02/28/2015 4:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 8 Kansas ESPN College GameDay	L 64–69	17–12 (6–10)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
03/02/2015 6:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 14 Baylor	W 61–59	18–12 (7–10)	Frank Erwin Center (12,139) Austin, TX
03/07/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN2		Kansas State	W 62–49	19–12 (8–10)	Frank Erwin Center (12,053) Austin, TX
Big 12 tournament
03/11/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Texas Tech First round	W 65–53	20–12	Sprint Center (18,972) Kansas City, MO
03/12/2015 6:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. No. 13 Iowa State Quarterfinals	L 67–69	20–13	Sprint Center (18,972) Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
03/19/2015* 1:45 pm, CBS	No. (11 MW)	vs. No. 24 (6 MW) Butler Second round	L 48–56	20–14	Consol Energy Center (15,818) Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest.

Rankings

See also: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.

Poll	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
AP	10	10	7	6	8	9	9	11	10	20	17	19	25	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	10	10	20	18	20	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR

See also

• 2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team