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2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
NCAA Division I
Basketball
November 2014through March 2015
11
ESPN, CBS
Nic Moore

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.

Tulsa Hired Frank Haith, after Former Coach Danny Manning took the Wake Forest job
Kelvin Sampson was hired at Houston after former coach James Dickey resigned for Personal reasons
Orlando Antigua was hired at USF, after USF rescinded their offer to Steve Masiello after it was reported that he had not graduated from the University of Kentucky, as his resume had stated. Masiello was originally hired to replace Stan Heath, who was fired

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

Coaches
Connecticut (6)
SMU (5)
Memphis
Cincinnati
Tulsa
Temple
Houston
USF
UCF
East Carolina
Tulane

() first place votes

First Team	Second Team
Ryan Boatright, G, UCONN Shaq Goodwin, F, MEMAustin Nichols, F, MEMNic Moore, G, SMUMarkus Kennedy, F, SMU James Woodard, G, TULSA	Amida Brimah, C, UCONNAnthony Collins, G, USFChris Perry, F, USFWill Cummings, G, TEMQuenton DeCosey, G, TEM

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

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

Naismith	John Wooden Award
Ryan Boatright, G, UConnNic Moore, G, SMU	Nic Moore, G, SMU

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

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

March 12–15, 2015 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7	Column 8	Column 9
2015 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament seeds and results
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.

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

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals
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

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

Column 1	Column 2
2015 American Athletic Conference Basketball Individual Awards
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

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
2015 American Athletic Conference All-Conference Teams\|
Ryan Boatright †, G., CONNAustin Nichols, F., MEMPHNic Moore †, G., SMUWill Cummings, G., TEMPJames Woodard, G., TULSA	Octavius Ellis, F., CINMarkus Kennedy, F., SMUYanick Moreira, C., SMULouis Dabney, G., TULNShaquille Harrison, G., TULSA	Troy Caupain, G., CINAmida Brimah, C., CONNDaniel Hamilton, G/F., CONNJaylen Bond, F., TEMP	Adonys Henriquez, G., UCFB. J. Taylor, G., UCFGary Clark, F., CINDaniel Hamilton †, G/F., CONNB. J. Tyson †, G., ECU
† - denotes unanimous selection

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