2014–15 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

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

Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
2014–15 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
Charleston Classic champions
NIT, Runners Up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2014–15 record	25–13 (10–8 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Larrañaga (5th year)
Assistant coach	Eric Konkol
Assistant coach	Michael Huger
Assistant coach	Chris Caputo
Home arena	BankUnited Center
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The 2014–15 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represents the University of Miami during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hurricanes, led by fourth year head coach Jim Larrañaga, play their home games at the BankUnited Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team has had signature wins at Duke Syracuse and Florida with all of the wins coming on the road. They finished the season 25–13, 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated North Carolina Central, Alabama, Richmond and Clemson to advanced to the NIT championship game where they lost to Stanford.

Previous season

The Hurricanes finished the season 17–16, 7–11 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC Tournament where they lost to NC State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Raphael Akpejiori	4	F	6'9"	241	RS Senior	Lagos, Nigeria	Graduated
Rion Brown	15	G	6'6"	211	Senior	Hinesville, GA	Graduated
Erik Swoope	21	F	6'5	220	Senior	Lake Elsinore, CA	Graduated
Donnavan Kirk	22	F	6'9"	228	Senior	Pontiac, MI	Graduated
Garrius Adams	25	G	6'6"	200	Senior	Apex, NC	Graduated
James Kelly	35	F	6'7"	246	Junior	Ann Arbor, MI	Transferred to Marshall

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Joe Thomas	2	F	6'7"	220	RS Senior	Miami, FL	Transferred from Niagara. Will be eligible to play immediately since Thomas graduated from Niagara.
Kamari Murphy	21	F/C	6'8"	220	Junior	Brooklyn, NY	Transferred from Oklahoma State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Murphy will have to redshirt from the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Ivan Uceda	33	C	6'10"	240	Junior	Madrid, Spain	Junior college transfer from Harcum College.

Class of 2014 signees

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ja'Quan Newton PG	Philadelphia, PA	Neumann-Goretti High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Aug 7, 2013
Ja'Quan Newton PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
James Palmer SG	Washington, D.C.	Saint John's College High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 5, 2013
James Palmer SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Omar Sherman C	Duncanville, TX	Duncanville High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	Nov 3, 2013
Omar Sherman C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
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Roster

2014–15 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
G	0	Ja'Quan Newton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Philadelphia, PA
G	1	Deandre Burnett	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	RS Fr	Miami Gardens, FL
F	2	Joe Thomas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Sr	Miami, FL
G	5	Davon Reed	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	So	Ewing, NJ
G	10	Sheldon McClellan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	RS Jr	Houston, TX
G	11	Mike Fernandez	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	So	Coral Gables, FL
G	12	James Palmer	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Washington, D.C.
G	13	Angel Rodríguez	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	RS Jr	Cuprey, PR
G	20	Manu Lecomte	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	So	Brussels, Belgium
F	21	Kamari Murphy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Brooklyn, NY
F	22	Omar Sherman	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Duncanville, TX
C	23	Tonye Jekiri	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Hialeah, FL
F	33	Ivan Uceda	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Madrid, Spain
F	35	Chris Stowell (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Exeter, NH

Head coach

Jim Larrañaga (Providence)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/06/2014* 7:00 pm		Eckerd	W 74–58		24 – McClellan	8 – Cruz Uceda	6 – Rodriguez	BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm		Howard	W 84–49	1–0	19 – McClellan	11 – Jekiri	3 – Rodriguez/Lecomte	BankUnited Center (4,544) Coral Gables, FL
11/17/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at #8 Florida	W 69–67	2–0	24 – Rodriguez	8 – Jekiri	5 – McClellan	O'Connell Center (11,156) Gainesville, FL
11/20/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Drexel Charleston Classic Quarterfinals	W 66–46	3–0	15 – Lecomte/Rodriguez	13 – Jekiri	4 – Jekiri/Rodriguez	TD Arena (1,131) Charleston, SC
11/21/2014* 2:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Akron Charleston Classic Semifinals	W 79–51	4–0	17 – McClellan	16 – Jekiri	9 – Rodriguez	TD Arena (855) Charleston, SC
11/23/2014* 9:10 pm, ESPN2		vs. Charlotte Charleston Classic Championship	W 77–58	5–0	19 – McClellan	9 – McClellan	5 – Rodriguez	TD Arena (1,532) Charleston, SC
11/25/2014* 9:00 pm, FSFL	#17	at Charlotte	W 77–74	6–0	31 – McClellan	13 – Jekiri	6 – Rodriguez	Dale F. Halton Arena (7,163) Charlotte, NC
11/28/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	#17	South Alabama	W 87–75	7–0	17 – McClellan	8 – Jekiri	8 – Jekiri	BankUnited Center (4,267) Coral Gables, FL
12/02/2014* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	#15	#24 Illinois ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 70–61	8–0	19 – Burnett	9 – Jekiri/McClellan	5 – Rodriguez	BankUnited Center (6,086) Coral Gables, FL
12/06/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	#15	Green Bay	L 55–68	8–1	20 – Burnett	13 – Thomas	3 – Rodriguez	BankUnited Center (4,735) Coral Gables, FL
12/08/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	#20	Savannah State	W 70–39	9–1	17 – Rodriquez	9 – Jekiri	4 – Rodriquez	BankUnited Center (4,274) Coral Gables, FL
12/19/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	#18	Eastern Kentucky	L 44–72	9–2	9 – Burnett	12 – Jekiri	3 – Lecomte/Newton	BankUnited Center (4,467) Coral Gables, FL
12/22/2014* 9:00 pm, FS1		vs. Providence Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational	L 62–76	9–3	19 – Rodriguez	10 – Jekiri	4 – Rodriguez	Barclays Center (6,519) Brooklyn, NY
12/30/2014* 7:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 67–40	10–3	15 – Rodriguez	8 – Jekiri	4 – Burnett/Reed	BankUnited Center (4,705) Coral Gables, FL
01/03/2015 5:30 pm, ESPN2		#3 Virginia	L 80–89 ^2OT	10–4 (0–1)	25 – Rodriguez	12 – Jekiri	7 – Rodriguez	BankUnited Center (5,377) Coral Gables, FL
01/10/2015 4:00 pm, RSN		Boston College	W 60–56	11–4 (1–1)	17 – Rodriquez	15 – Jekiri	8 – Rodriquez	BankUnited Center (6,608) Coral Gables, FL
01/13/2015 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at #4 Duke	W 90–74	12–4 (2–1)	24 – Rodriguez	10 – Jekiri	5 – Rodriguez	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
01/17/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN2		at #12 Notre Dame	L 70–75	12–5 (2–2)	17 – McClellan	13 – Jekiri	5 – Newton	Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN
01/22/2015 8:00 pm, ACCN		NC State	W 65–60	13–5 (3–2)	16 – McLellan	10 – Jekiri, McLellan	6 – Rodriguez	BankUnited Center (6,556) Coral Gables, FL
01/24/2015 4:00 pm, ESPN2		at Syracuse	W 66–62	14–5 (4–2)	13 – Jekiri	15 – Jekiri	8 – Rodriquez	Carrier Dome (30,677) Syracuse, NY
01/28/2015 9:00 pm, RSN	#23	Georgia Tech	L 50–70	14–6 (4–3)	13 – Jekiri	9 – Jekiri	5 – Rodriquez	BankUnited Center (5,031) Coral Gables, FL
02/01/2015 12:30 pm, ESPNU	#23	at Florida State	L 54–55	14–7 (4–4)	13 – McClellan	6 – Reed	4 – Lecomte	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (7,282) Tallahassee, FL
02/03/2015 8:00 pm, ACCN		#9 Louisville	L 55–63	14–8 (4–5)	19 – Reed	10 – Jekiri	3 – Lecomte	BankUnited Center (6,563) Coral Gables, FL
02/08/2015 6:30 pm, ESPNU		Clemson	W 56–45	15–8 (5–5)	19 – McClellan	16 – Jekiri	5 – Rodriquez	BankUnited Center (6,351) Coral Gables, FL
02/11/2015 7:00 pm, RSN		at Wake Forest	L 70–72	15–9 (5–6)	17 – Reed	8 – McClellan	5 – McClellan	LJVM Coliseum (9,918) Winston-Salem, NC
02/16/2015 3:00 pm, ESPNU		at Boston College	W 89–86 ^2OT	16–9 (6–6)	24 – McClellan	15 – Jekiri	6 – Rodriquez	Conte Forum (3,813) Chestnut Hill, MA
02/18/2015 7:00 pm, RSN		Virginia Tech	W 76–52	17–9 (7–6)	21 – McClellan	15 – Jekiri	5 – Reed	BankUnited Center (5,007) Coral Gables, FL
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN		at #12 Louisville	L 53–55	17–10 (7–7)	17 – McClellan	15 – Jekiri	4 – Rodriguez	KFC Yum! Center (21,345) Louisville, KY
02/25/2015 9:00 pm, RSN		Florida State	W 81–77	18–10 (8–7)	25 – Rodriquez	11 – Jekiri	5 – Rodriquez	BankUnited Center (5,857) Coral Gables, FL
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, CBS		#15 North Carolina	L 73–64	18–11 (8–8)	11 – McClellan	7 – Jekiri	4 – Lecomte	BankUnited Center (7,972) Coral Gables, FL
03/04/2015 8:00 pm, RSN		at Pittsburgh	W 67–63	19–11 (9–8)	20 – McClellan	11 – Jekiri	4 – McClellan	Peterson Events Center (10,549) Pittsburgh, PA
03/07/2015 12:00 pm, RSN		at Virginia Tech	W 82–61	20–11 (10–8)	20 – Lecomte	5 – Reed/Cruz Uceda	5 – McClellan	Cassell Coliseum (5,421) Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
03/11/2015 9:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. Virginia Tech Second round	W 59–49	21–11	16 – McClellan	7 – Jekiri	5 – Lecomte	Greensboro Coliseum (22,026) Greensboro, NC
03/12/2015 9:30 pm, ESPN		vs. #11 Notre Dame Quarterfinals	L 63–70	21–12	15 – Rodriguez	11 – Jekiri	1 – 5 Tied	Greensboro Coliseum (22,026) Greensboro, NC
NIT
03/17/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	#(2)	(7) North Carolina Central First round	W 75–71	22–12	18 – Lecomte	6 – Jekiri	6 – Reed	BankUnited Center (1,612) Coral Gables, FL
03/21/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN	#(2)	(6) Alabama Second round	W 73–66	23–12	17 – Lecomte	12 – Jekiri	4 – McClellan	BankUnited Center (1,979) Coral Gables, FL
03/24/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN	#(2)	at (1) Richmond Quarterfinals	W 63–61	24–12	16 – McClellen	12 – Reed	2 – Burnett/Jekiri	Robins Center (6,126) Richmond, VA
03/31/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN	#(2)	vs. (1) Temple Semifinals	W 60–57	25–12	16 – McClellan	11 – McClellan	4 – Reed	Madison Square Garden (7,185) New York, NY
04/02/2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN	#(2)	vs. (2) Stanford Championship game	L 64–66 ^OT	25–13	25 – Randle	12 – Brown	3 – Randle	Madison Square Garden (6,600) New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region.

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	NR	NR	17	15	20	18	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	20	15	21т	19	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

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2014–15 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

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2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Virginia	16	–	2	.889	30	–	4	.882
#4 Duke	15	–	3	.833	35	–	4	.897
#8 Notre Dame †	14	–	4	.778	32	–	6	.842
#17 Louisville	12	–	6	.667	27	–	9	.750
#15 North Carolina	11	–	7	.611	26	–	12	.684
Miami (FL)	10	–	8	.556	25	–	13	.658
NC State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	14	.611
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Clemson	8	–	10	.444	16	–	15	.516
Florida State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Pittsburgh	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Wake Forest	5	–	13	.278	13	–	19	.406
Boston College	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
Georgia Tech	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387
Virginia Tech	2	–	16	.111	11	–	22	.333


† ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll