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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox sports season Шаблон:2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

The 2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2014 and March 2015. Practices began in October 2014, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the 2015 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament. The season was the second since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues.

This was the first season for East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa in American Athletic competition.

Preseason

Coaching changes

Predicted American Athletic results

At American Athletic Conference media day on October 29, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Conference teams.[1]

Coaches
1. Connecticut (6)
2. SMU (5)
3. Memphis
4. Cincinnati
5. Tulsa
6. Temple
7. Houston
8. USF
9. UCF
10. East Carolina
11. Tulane

() first place votes

Preseason All-AAC Teams

First Team Second Team
Ryan Boatright, G, UCONN
Shaq Goodwin, F, MEM
Austin Nichols, F, MEM
Nic Moore, G, SMU
Markus Kennedy, F, SMU
James Woodard, G, TULSA
Amida Brimah, C, UCONN
Anthony Collins, G, USF
Chris Perry, F, USF
Will Cummings, G, TEM
Quenton DeCosey, G, TEM

American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Ryan Boatright, Connecticut
American Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year: Daniel Hamilton, Connecticut

Preseason Watchlists

Naismith[2] John Wooden Award[3]
Ryan Boatright, G, UConn
Nic Moore, G, SMU
Nic Moore, G, SMU

Rankings

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week

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  Pre Wk
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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11
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12
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14
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15
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17
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19
Final
Cincinnati AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
Connecticut AP 17 17 24 RV
C 15 17 22 23 RV
East Carolina AP
C
Houston AP
C
Memphis AP RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
SMU AP 22 23 RV RV RV 22 25 21 21 22 20
C 22 22 RV RV RV RV RV 22 25 22 21 22 21
South Florida AP
C
Temple AP RV RV
C RV
Tulane AP
C
Tulsa AP RV RV
C RV RV RV
UCF AP
C

AAC regular season

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Cincinnati Connecticut East Carolina Houston Memphis SMU South Florida Temple Tulane Tulsa UCF
vs. Cincinnati 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-2 0–1 1-1 1–1 0–1 0–2
vs. Connecticut 1-1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0-2 2-0 0–2 1-1 0-1
vs. East Carolina 1-1 2–0 1-1 1–1 1-0 1-1 2–0 1-0 2–0 0–2
vs. Houston 2-0 0–1 1-1 2-0 2–0 1-1 1–0 1-1 2-0 2-0
vs. Memphis 1-1 0–2 1–1 0-2 2-0 0–1 1–0 1-1 2-0 0-2
vs. SMU 2-0 1–1 0-1 0–2 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-1 0–2 0–2
vs. South Florida 1–0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1–0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1–1
vs. Temple 1-1 0-2 0–2 0–1 0–1 2-0 0-2 0-2 2–0 0-2
vs. Tulane 1–1 2–0 0-1 1–1 1-1 1-0 0-2 2-0 2–0 2-0
vs. Tulsa 1–0 1-1 0–2 0-2 0-2 2–0 0-2 0–2 0-2 0-1
vs. UCF 2–0 1-0 2-0 0-2 2-0 2–0 1–1 2-0 0-2 1-0
Total 13–5 10–8 6–12 4-14 10–8 15–3 3–15 13–5 6–12 14–4 5–13

Postseason

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2015 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First round
March 12
Quarterfinals
March 13
Semifinals
March 14
Championship
March 15
1. SMU ‡† 15-3 24-6 Bye vs. #8 East Carolina - W, 74-68 vs. #4 Temple - W, 69-56 vs. #6 Connecticut - W, 62-54
2. Tulsa † 14-4 21-9 Bye vs. #10 Houston - W, 59-51 vs. #6 Connecticut - L, 42–47
3. Cincinnati † 13-5 22-9 2-0 vs. SMU Bye vs. #6 Connecticut - L, 54–57
4. Temple† 13-5 22-9 0-2 vs. SMU Bye vs. #5 Memphis - W, 80-75 vs. #1 SMU - L, 56–69
5. Memphis† 10-8 18-13 2-0 vs. CONN Bye vs. #4 Temple - L, 75–80
6. Connecticut 10-8 17-13 0-2 vs. MEM vs. #11 South Florida - W, 69-43 vs. #3 Cincinnati - W, 47-44 vs. #2 Tulsa - W, 47-42 vs. #1 SMU - L, 54–62
7. Tulane 6-12 15-15 1-0 vs. ECU vs. #10 Houston - L, 60–66
8. East Carolina 6-12 13-18 0-1 vs. TULN vs. #9 UCF - W, 81-80 OT vs. #1 SMU - L, 68–74
9. UCF 5-13 12-17 vs. #8 East Carolina - L, 80–81 OT
10. Houston 4-14 12-18 vs. #7 Tulane - W, 66-60 vs. #2 Tulsa - L, 51-59
11. South Florida 3-15 9-22 vs. #6 Connecticut - L, 43-69
‡ – American regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

NCAA tournament

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Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
6 South SMU Bye vs. #11 UCLA - L, 59-60
8 Midwest Cincinnati Bye vs. #9 Purdue - W, 66-55 OT vs. #1 Kentucky - L, 64-51
W–L (%): 0–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 1–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 0–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 0–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 0–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 0–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage Total: 1–2 Шаблон:Winning percentage

National Invitation tournament

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Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Temple Temple vs. #8 Bucknell - W, 73-67 vs. #5 George Washington - W, 90-77 vs. #3 Louisiana Tech - W, 77-59 vs. #2 Miami (FL) - L, 57-60
2 Old Dominion Tulsa vs. #7 William & Mary - W, 70-67 vs. #3 Murray State - L, 62-83
4 Richmond Connecticut vs. #5 Arizona State - L, 61-68
W–L (%): 2–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 1–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 0–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage Total: 4–3 Шаблон:Winning percentage

Awards and honors

Conference awards and teams

All Conference and All Rookie teams were announced on March 10, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man Award, Most Improved Player, and Sportsmanship Award were announced on March 11. Player of the Year and Coach of the year were announced on March 12

2015 American Athletic Conference Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Nic Moore G., SMU
Coach of the Year Fran Dunphy , TEMP
Rookie of the Year Daniel Hamilton G/F., CONN
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Pat Lenehan G., CONN
Most Improved Player Yanick Moreira C., SMU
Sixth Man Award Markus Kennedy F., SMU
Sportsmanship Award Shaq Goodwin F., MEMPHIS
2015 American Athletic Conference All-Conference Teams|[4]
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention All-Rookie Team
Ryan Boatright , G., CONN
Austin Nichols, F., MEMPH
Nic Moore , G., SMU
Will Cummings, G., TEMP
James Woodard, G., TULSA
Octavius Ellis, F., CIN
Markus Kennedy, F., SMU
Yanick Moreira, C., SMU
Louis Dabney, G., TULN
Shaquille Harrison, G., TULSA
Troy Caupain, G., CIN
Amida Brimah, C., CONN
Daniel Hamilton, G/F., CONN
Jaylen Bond, F., TEMP
Adonys Henriquez, G., UCF
B. J. Taylor, G., UCF
Gary Clark, F., CIN
Daniel Hamilton , G/F., CONN
B. J. Tyson , G., ECU
- denotes unanimous selection

References

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