2014–15 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team

2014–15 CAA men's basketball standings
	† 2015 CAA Tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll

Northeastern Huskies men's basketball
2014–15 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball
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CAA regular season co–champions; and tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2014–15 record	23–12 (12–6 CAA)
Head coach	Bill Coen (9th year)
Assistant coach	David McLaughlin
Assistant coach	Chris Markwood
Assistant coach	Brian McDonald
Home arena	Matthews Arena
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The 2014–15 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented Northeastern University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by ninth year head coach Bill Coen, played their home games at Matthews Arena and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 23–12, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in a four way tie for the CAA regular season championship. They defeated Delaware, UNC Wilmington, and William & Mary to become champions of the CAA Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, their first NCAA bid since 1991, where they lost in the second round to Notre Dame.

Previous Season

The Huskies finished the season 23–11, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in first place. They advanced to the finals of the CAA Tournament where they defeated William & Mary to win the CAA title.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Chris Avenant	1	G	6'4"	193	RS Senior	Sacramento, CA	Graduated
Demetrius Pollard	2	G	6'2"	192	Senior	Virginia Beach, VA	Left Team
Marcos Benegas-Flores	11	G	6'1"	190	Junior	Boston, MA	Transferred to UMass-Lowell
Derrico Peck	24	F	6'5"	204	Sophomore	Woodstock, GA	Transferred

Recruiting

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Devon Begley SG	Pearland, TX	Pearland High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 20, 2013
Devon Begley SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
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Roster

2014–15 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
G/F	3	Jimmy Marshall	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Douglas S. Freeman	Richmond, VA
G	4	David Walker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	Jr	Stow-Munroe Falls	Stow, OH
G	10	T. J. Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	So	Pflugerville	Pflugerville, TX
G/F	12	Quincy Ford	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	Gibbs	St. Petersburg, FL
G	15	Caleb Donnelly	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Alvirne	Hudson, NH
G	20	Devon Begley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Pearland	Pearland, TX
G	22	C. J. Hill	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	RS Fr	Westfield	Centreville, VA
G	33	Zach Stahl	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Hopkins	Chanhassen, MN
F	34	Kwesi Abakah	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	RS So	North Gwinnett	Suwanee, GA
F	43	Scott Eatherton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	RS Sr	Saint Francis (PA) Hershey	Hershey, PA
F	44	Reggie Spencer	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	Sr	Hillcrest	Tuscaloosa, AL

Head coach

Bill Coen (Hamilton College)

Assistant coach(es)

David McLaughlin (Colby College)
Chris Markwood (Notre Dame)
Brian McDonald (Northeastern)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
11/16/2014* 12:30 PM, NESN		vs. Boston University Coaches vs. Cancer Boston Tip-Off	W 71–65	1–0	TD Garden (5,112) Boston, MA
11/18/2014* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Florida State CBE Hall of Fame Classic	W 76–73	2–0	Donald L. Tucker Center (5,587) Tallahassee, FL
11/22/2014* 8:00 PM, ESPN3		vs. Navy CBE Hall of Fame Classic	W 68–44	3–0	Mohegan Sun Arena (1,121) Uncasville, CT
11/23/2014* 8:00 PM, ESPN3		vs. Manhattan CBE Hall of Fame Classic	W 65–51	4–0	Mohegan Sun Arena (717) Uncasville, CT
11/26/2014* 2:00 PM		at Massachusetts CBE Hall of Fame Classic	L 54–79	4–1	Mullins Center (2,918) Amherst, MA
11/29/2014* 3:00 PM		Fairfield	W 57–48	5–1	Cabot Center (1,125) Boston, MA
12/03/2014* 7:00 PM, NESN		at Harvard	L 42–60	5–2	Lavietes Pavilion (1,553) Cambridge, MA
12/06/2014* 4:00 PM		Western Michigan	W 81–69	6–2	Matthews Arena (1,116) Boston, MA
12/17/2014* 10:00 PM		vs. Cal Poly Cable Car Classic	L 58–60	6–3	Leavey Center (965) Santa Clara, CA
12/20/2014* 5:00 PM		at Santa Clara Cable Car Classic	W 78–72	7–3	Leavey Center (1,168) Santa Clara, CA
12/22/2014* 9:00 PM		at Saint Mary's	L 68–72 ^OT	7–4	McKeon Pavilion (2,621) Moraga, CA
12/31/2014* 4:00 PM		at Richmond	W 58–57	8–4	Robins Center (4,179) Richmond, VA
01/03/2015 2:00 PM		at Delaware	W 72–53	9–4 (1–0)	Bob Carpenter Center (2,202) Newark, DE
01/05/2015 7:00 PM		UNC Wilmington	L 68–75	9–5 (1–1)	Matthews Arena (573) Boston, MA
01/08/2015 7:00 PM		at James Madison	W 65–59	10–5 (2–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,589) Harrisburg, VA
01/10/2015 2:00 PM, CSN		at Towson	W 52–49	11–5 (3–1)	SECU Arena (1,507) Towson, MD
01/14/2015 7:00 PM		Hofstra	W 91–83	12–5 (4–1)	Matthews Arena (1,493) Boston, MA
01/17/2015 7:00 PM		College of Charleston	W 69–67	13–5 (5–1)	Matthews Arena (1,624) Boston, MA
01/19/2015* 2:00 PM		Detroit	L 69–81 ^OT	13–6	Matthews Arena (1,032) Boston, MA
01/22/2015 7:00 PM		James Madison	W 82–59	14–6 (6–1)	Matthews Arena (1,680) Boston, MA
01/24/2015 2:00 PM, NBCSN		at William & Mary	L 62–78	14–7 (6–2)	Kaplan Arena (5,053) Williamsburg, VA
01/28/2015 7:00 PM		at Drexel	L 60–65	14–8 (6–3)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,011) Philadelphia, PA
01/31/2015 7:00 PM		Elon	W 80–61	15–8 (7–3)	Matthews Arena (1,171) Boston, MA
02/04/2015 7:00 PM		Towson	W 69–62	16–8 (8–3)	Matthews Arena (955) Boston, MA
02/07/2015 12:00 PM, CSN		Delaware	L 68–73	16–9 (8–4)	Matthews Arena (1,423) Boston, MA
02/12/2015 7:00 PM, NBCSN		at Hofstra	W 79–68	17–9 (9–4)	Hofstra Arena (2,352) Hempstead, NY
02/14/2015 8:00 PM, ASN		at UNC Wilmington	L 61–66	17–10 (9–5)	Trask Coliseum (4,619) Wilmington, NC
02/18/2015 7:00 PM		William & Mary	W 75–64	18–10 (10–5)	Matthews Arena (927) Boston, MA
02/21/2015 4:00 PM, NBCSN		Drexel	W 83–73 ^OT	19–10 (11–5)	Matthews Arena (1,925) Boston, MA
02/26/2015 7:00 PM		at Elon	L 65–72	19–11 (11–6)	Alumni Gym (1,016) Elon, NC
02/28/2015 8:00 PM		at College of Charleston	W 65–56	20–11 (12–6)	TD Arena (2,603) Charleston, SC
CAA Tournament
03/07/2015 8:30 PM, CSN		vs. Delaware Quarterfinals	W 67–64	21–11	Royal Farms Arena (3,016) Baltimore, MD
03/08/2015 8:30 PM, NBCSN		vs. UNC Wilmington Semifinals	W 78–71	22–11	Royal Farms Arena (3,703) Baltimore, MD
03/09/2015 8:30 PM, NBCSN		vs. William & Mary Championship game	W 72–61	23–11	Royal Farms Arena (5,721) Baltimore, MD
NCAA Tournament
03/18/2015* 12:15 PM, CBS	(14 MW)	vs. (3 MW) #8 Notre Dame Second round	L 65–69	23–12	Consol Energy Center (15,818) Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest.

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2014–15 CAA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
William & Mary	12	–	6	.667	20	–	13	.606
UNC Wilmington	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Northeastern †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	12	.657
James Madison	12	–	6	.667	19	–	14	.576
Hofstra	10	–	8	.556	20	–	14	.588
Delaware	9	–	9	.500	10	–	20	.333
Drexel	9	–	9	.500	11	–	19	.367
Elon	6	–	12	.333	15	–	18	.455
Towson	5	–	13	.278	12	–	20	.375
College of Charleston	3	–	15	.167	9	–	24	.273

† 2015 CAA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll