Английская Википедия:2014–15 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

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The 2014–15 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Chris Holtmann, who took over as interim head coach after Brandon Miller requested and was granted a medical leave of absence from the university. Holtmann was then named the permanent head coach on January 2, 2015, becoming the 23rd head coach of Butler's men's basketball team. The Bulldogs played their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse, which has a capacity of approximately 9,100. This was Butler's second season in the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Xavier. The Bulldogs received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a #6 seed and defeated Texas in the second round before losing in the Third Round to Notre Dame.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2013–14 season with a record of 14–17, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Seton Hall.

Off season

2014 recruiting class

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2014 marked the return of Roosevelt Jones, who sat out the entire 2013-14 season with a wrist injury.

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Austin Etherington, completing a layup in a game vs. Maine, transferred from IU to Butler in the offseason.

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The opening tip off of the exhibition game between Butler and Chicago.

Butler's 2014 spring recruiting run was able to stymie some of the postseason woes of 2013–14, with the entire freshman class save Andrew Chrabascz and walk-on Steven Bennett electing to transfer from the program along with Devontae Morgan from the sophomore class. The Bulldogs gained some considerable size in the front court this season, bringing in three freshman power forwards ranging from 6'6" to 6'8" and a small forward in Austin Etherington, a red-shirt junior transfer from Indiana who is immediately eligible to play. Another highlight of Butler's spring recruiting run was the addition of McDonald's All-American point guard Tyler Lewis, who elected to transfer from NC State and will sit out a year and start playing in the 2015–16 season per NCAA regulations.

Departures

After the previous season ended, four players announced that they would transfer. Sophomore guard Devontae Morgan, freshman forward Nolan Berry, freshman guard Elijah Brown, and freshman walk-on guard Michael Volovic announced their transfers at various times in the postseason.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Khyle Marshall	23	F	6'6"	216	Senior	Davie, FL	Graduated
Erik Fromm	4	F	6'8"	223	Senior	Bloomington, IN	Graduated
Devontae Morgan	2	G	6'3"	176	Sophomore	Tampa, FL	Transferred
Nolan Berry	22	F/C	6'10"	200	Freshman	St. Louis, MO	Transferred
Michael Volovic	10	G	5'9"	165	Freshman	Carmel, IN	Transferred
Elijah Brown	5	G	6'4"	185	Freshman	Santa Ana, CA	Transferred

Regular season

Schedule

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Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	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	Post	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	15	23	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	22	18	19	23	21	22	24	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	19	25	RV	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	22	18	19	23	21	22	23	23

Awards

Name	Award(s)
Alex Barlow	Academic All-District Academic All-American Big East Sportsmanship Award Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year Lowe's Senior Class Award
Kellen Dunham	Preseason All-Big East First Team Battle 4 Atlantis All-tournament Team Big East Player of the Week - February 9 All-Big East First Team
Roosevelt Jones	Preseason All-Big East Honorable Mention All-Big East Second Team

2014–15 Postseason

As part of the Final Four weekend, on April 2 Alex Barlow represented Butler in the State Farm 2015 College Slam Dunk and 3-pt contest. After advancing past the first two rounds, Barlow met Kevin Pangos in the final round, just barely getting edged, 22-21. A sold out Hinkle Fieldhouse erupted in cheers for the graduating senior, a fan favorite. Another Butler senior, Kameron Woods, participated in the Reese's College All-Star Game on the East Team, joining five other Big East players on the roster. Although the East lost to the West 109-87, Woods dominated the glass, pulling down 14 rebounds - six more than any other player in the game.