# 2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team represented Old Dominion University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Monarchs, led by second year head coach Jeff Jones, played their home games at Ted Constant Convocation Center and were members of the Conference USA. They finished the season 27–8, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Charleston Southern in the first round, Illinois State in the second round, and Murray State in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Stanford.

## Previous season

The Monarchs the season 18–18, 9–7 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated South Dakota State and Radford to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Fresno State.

## Pre-season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Dimitri Batten | 4 | G | 6'3" | 205 | RS Junior | Newport News, VA | Graduate transfer to Boston College |
| Donte Hill | 25 | G | 6'4" | 205 | RS Senior | Virginia Beach, VA | Graduated |
| Sean-Michael King | 25 | G | 6'1" | 182 | Junior | Alexandria, VA | Walk-on didn't return |
| Anton Larsen | 40 | C | 7'0" | 245 | RS Senior | Copenhagen, DK | Graduated |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Javonte Douglas | 10 | F | 6'8" | 195 | Junior | Charlotte, NC | Junior college transfer from Central Florida Community College |
| Stephen Vassor | 12 | G | 6'6" | 237 | Sophomore | Lawrenceville, VA | Transferred from Hampden–Sydney College. Under NCAA transfer rules, Vassor will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. |
| Brandon Stith | 25 | F | 6'7" | 215 | Sophomore | Lawrenceville, VA | Transferred from East Carolina. Under NCAA transfer rules, Stith will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. |
| Jonathan Arledge | 35 | F | 6'9" | 236 | Senior | Silver Spring, MD | Transferred from George Mason. Will be eligible to play immediately since Arledge graduated from George Mason. |

### Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Zoran Talley SF | Merrillville, IN | Midwest Elite Prep Academy | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Mar 15, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014. ||||||

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| F/C | Jonathan Arledge | Denzell Taylor | |
| F | Richard Ross | Nik Biberaj | Joe Ebondo |
| G/F | Jordan Baker | Javonte Douglas | |
| G | Aaron Bacote | Ambrose Mosley | Deion Clark |
| PG | Trey Freeman | Keenan Palmore | |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| 11/10/2014* 7:00 pm | | Mount Olive | W 76–61 | – | 17 – 2 tied | 9 – Ross | 4 – Freeman | Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,376) Norfolk, VA |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| 11/15/2014* 7:00 pm | | UNC Wilmington | W 76–56 | 1–0 | 23 – Freeman (1) | 12 – Taylor (1) | 4 – 2 tied | Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,619) Norfolk, VA |
| 11/18/2014* 8:00 pm, ASN | | Richmond | W 63–57 | 2–0 | 13 – Freeman (2) | 6 – 2 tied | 4 – Freeman (2) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,608) Norfolk, VA |
| 11/21/2014* 6:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. LSU Paradise Jam quarterfinals | W 70–61 | 3–0 | 25 – Freeman (3) | 12 – Arledge (1) | 3 – 2 tied | Sports and Fitness Center (1,910) St. Thomas, VI |
| 11/23/2014* 9:00 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Illinois State Paradise Jam semifinals | L 45–64 | 3–1 | 16 – Freeman (4) | 5 – Ross (1) | 3 – 2 tied | Sports and Fitness Center (2,005) St. Thomas, VI |
| 11/24/2014* 6:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Gardner–Webb Paradise Jam third-place game | W 58–46 | 4–1 | 22 – Freeman (5) | 7 – Ross (2) | 1 – 4 tied | Sports and Fitness Center (2,955) St. Thomas, VI |
| 11/29/2014* 2:00 pm | | No. 14 VCU Rivalry | W 73–67 | 5–1 | 31 – Bacote (1) | 6 – Ross (3) | 3 – 2 tied | Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Norfolk, VA |
| 12/03/2014* 7:30 pm | | at George Mason | W 75–69 | 6–1 | 21 – Mosley (1) | 14 – Ross (4) | 6 – Freeman (6) | Patriot Center (5,022) Fairfax, VA |
| 12/14/2014* 2:00 pm | | North Carolina A&T | W 85–48 | 7–1 | 12 – Ross (1) | 7 – Freeman (1) | 8 – Bacote (3) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,594) Norfolk, VA |
| 12/17/2014* 8:00 pm, ASN | | Georgia State | W 58–54 $^{OT}$ | 8–1 | 21 – Freeman (6) | 11 – Ross (5) | 4 – Bacote (4) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,470) Norfolk, VA |
| 12/19/2014* 7:00 pm | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 60–43 | 9–1 | 12 – 2 tied | 11 – Taylor (2) | 4 – Freeman (7) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,210) Norfolk, VA |
| 12/22/2014* 7:00 pm | | William & Mary Rivalry | W 69–62 | 10–1 | 24 – Freeman (7) | 10 – Taylor (3) | 4 – 2 tied | Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,796) Norfolk, VA |
| 12/29/2014* 8:00 pm, ASN | | Mount St. Mary's | W 69–35 | 11–1 | 16 – Douglas (1) | 9 – Douglas (1) | 6 – Bacote (6) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,152) Norfolk, VA |
| Conference USA regular season |||||||||
| 01/04/2015 1:00 pm, ASN | | at Charlotte | W 61–54 | 12–1 (1–0) | 14 – Freeman (8) | 8 – Taylor (4) | 6 – Freeman (8) | Dale F. Halton Arena (3,779) Charlotte, NC |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm | No. 25 | at Marshall | W 72–51 | 13–1 (2–0) | 13 – Arledge (2) | 8 – Freeman (2) | 5 – Ross (3) | Cam Henderson Center (4,661) Huntington, WV |
| 01/10/2015 5:30 pm, ASN | No. 25 | at WKU | L 65–72 | 13–2 (2–1) | 20 – Freeman (9) | 6 – Arledge (2) | 3 – Bacote (7) | E. A. Diddle Arena (5,123) Bowling Green, KY |
| 01/15/2015 7:00 pm | | Rice | W 63–53 | 14–2 (3–1) | 25 – Bacote (3) | 11 – Arledge (3) | 5 – Freeman (9) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,457) Norfolk, VA |
| 01/17/2015 7:00 pm | | North Texas | W 61–50 | 15–2 (4–1) | 18 – Freeman (10) | 10 – Ross (6) | 3 – Freeman (10) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Norfolk, VA |
| 01/22/2015 8:00 pm, ASN | | at Middle Tennessee | L 58–68 $^{OT}$ | 15–3 (4–2) | 18 – Freeman (11) | 7 – Taylor (4) | 5 – Bacote (8) | Murphy Center (4,887) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 01/24/2015 5:30 pm, ASN | | at UAB | L 68–81 | 15–4 (4–3) | 23 – Bacote (4) | 5 – Arledge (4) | 3 – Freeman (11) | Bartow Arena (4,127) Birmingham, AL |
| 01/29/2015 7:00 pm | | FIU | W 71–56 | 16–4 (5–3) | 17 – 2 tied | 7 – Freeman (3) | 5 – Freeman (12) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,489) Norfolk, VA |
| 01/31/2015 7:00 pm | | Florida Atlantic | W 68–57 | 17–4 (6–3) | 24 – Freeman (13) | 7 – Ross (7) | 4 – Arledge (1) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,453) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/07/2015 7:00 pm, COX | | Charlotte | W 61–57 | 18–4 (7–3) | 14 – Bacote (5) | 8 – Ross (8) | 5 – Freeman (13) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,678) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/12/2015 8:00 pm, ASN | | at UTSA | L 67–72 | 18–5 (7–4) | 19 – Freeman (19) | 7 – Baker (2) | 4 – Freeman (14) | Convocation Center (1,168) San Antonio, TX |
| 02/14/2015 9:00 pm | | at UTEP | L 47–62 | 18–6 (7–5) | 17 – Arledge (4) | 8 – Douglas (2) | 3 – Bacote (9) | Don Haskins Center (9,262) El Paso, TX |
| 02/19/2015 5:30 pm, ASN | | Southern Miss | W 64–38 | 19–6 (8–5) | 18 – Freeman (20) | 6 – Taylor (5) | 4 – 2 tied | Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,177) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/21/2015 3:00 pm, ASN | | Louisiana Tech | W 72–53 | 20–6 (9–5) | 27 – Freeman (21) | 9 – Taylor (6) | 3 – 4 tied | Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,019) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/26/2015 8:00 pm | | at Rice | W 63–54 | 21–6 (10–5) | 17 – Freeman (22) | 11 – Freeman (4) | 5 – Freeman (17) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,506) Houston, TX |
| 02/28/2015 5:30 pm, ASN | | at North Texas | W 70–57 | 22–6 (11–5) | 24 – Freeman (23) | 8 – Ross (9) | 2 – 2 tied | The Super Pit (2,833) Denton, TX |
| 03/05/2015 8:00 pm, ASN | | Marshall | W 67–50 | 23–6 (12–5) | 21 – Freeman (24) | 10 – Ross (10) | 5 – Bacote (11) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,114) Norfolk, VA |
| 03/07/2015 5:30 pm, ASN | | WKU | W 75–52 | 24–6 (13–5) | 27 – Freeman (25) | 9 – Taylor (7) | 6 – Freeman (18) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Norfolk, VA |
| Conference USA tournament |||||||||
| 03/12/2015 3:30 pm, ASN | | vs. Middle Tennessee Quarterfinals | L 52–59 | 24–7 | 22 – Freeman (26) | 7 – Freeman (5) | 4 – Freeman (19) | Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (4,339) Birmingham, AL |
| NIT |||||||||
| 03/18/2015* 7:15 pm, ESPN3 | No. (1) | (8) Charleston Southern First round | W 65–56 | 25–7 | 22 – Arledge (5) | 11 – Freeman (6) | 10 – Freeman (20) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (4,736) Norfolk, VA |
| 03/23/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | No. (1) | (4) Illinois State Second round | W 50–49 | 26–7 | 11 – Palmore (1) | 9 – Palmore (1) | 3 – 2 tied | Ted Constant Convocation Center (5,923) Norfolk, VA |
| 03/25/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. (1) | (3) Murray State Quarterfinals | W 72–69 | 27–7 | 25 – Freeman (27) | 8 – Ross (11) | 5 – Taylor (4) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,161) Norfolk, VA |
| 03/31/2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN | No. (1) | vs. (2) Stanford Semifinals | L 60–67 | 27–8 | 6 – Mosley (2) | 6 – Douglas (3) | 3 – 3 tied | Madison Square Garden (7,185) 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. |||||||||

## Statistics

The team posted the following statistics:
| Name | GP | GS | Min. | Avg. | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | 3FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | RB | Avg. | Ast. | Avg. | PF | DQ | TO | Stl. | Blk. | Pts. | Avg. |
| Trey Freeman | 35 | 35 | 1131 | 32.3 | 221 | 502 | 0.440 | 47 | 132 | 0.356 | 102 | 140 | 0.729 | 20 | 132 | 152 | 4.3 | 125 | 3.6 | 54 | 0 | 59 | 46 | 4 | 591 | 16.9 |
| Aaron Bacote | 35 | 35 | 955 | 27.3 | 101 | 267 | 0.378 | 38 | 120 | 0.317 | 103 | 122 | 0.844 | 23 | 84 | 107 | 3.1 | 95 | 2.7 | 58 | 0 | 47 | 24 | 1 | 343 | 9.8 |
| Jonathan Arledge | 35 | 35 | 704 | 20.1 | 115 | 264 | 0.436 | 16 | 60 | 0.267 | 60 | 98 | 0.612 | 63 | 108 | 171 | 4.9 | 21 | 0.6 | 89 | 1 | 49 | 20 | 19 | 306 | 8.7 |
| Richard Ross | 35 | 26 | 883 | 25.2 | 132 | 222 | 0.595 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 24 | 50 | 0.480 | 73 | 123 | 196 | 5.6 | 42 | 1.2 | 69 | 1 | 54 | 26 | 54 | 288 | 8.2 |
| Ambrose Mosley | 35 | 0 | 786 | 22.5 | 81 | 229 | 0.354 | 63 | 186 | 0.339 | 24 | 33 | 0.727 | 13 | 57 | 70 | 2.0 | 29 | 0.8 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 249 | 7.1 |
| Jordan Baker | 34 | 33 | 722 | 21.2 | 44 | 132 | 0.333 | 34 | 103 | 0.330 | 12 | 22 | 0.545 | 19 | 58 | 77 | 2.3 | 47 | 1.4 | 61 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 134 | 3.9 |
| Javonte Douglas | 25 | 1 | 255 | 10.2 | 33 | 74 | 0.446 | 2 | 7 | 0.286 | 21 | 38 | 0.553 | 18 | 48 | 66 | 2.6 | 19 | 0.8 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 89 | 3.6 |
| Denzell Taylor | 35 | 9 | 847 | 24.2 | 44 | 80 | 0.550 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 15 | 34 | 0.441 | 125 | 84 | 209 | 6.0 | 46 | 1.3 | 97 | 0 | 44 | 37 | 23 | 103 | 2.9 |
| Keenan Palmore | 35 | 0 | 385 | 11.0 | 36 | 77 | 0.468 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 18 | 31 | 0.581 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 1.5 | 35 | 1.0 | 57 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 90 | 2.6 |
| Nik Biberaj | 28 | 0 | 237 | 8.5 | 21 | 61 | 0.344 | 7 | 20 | 0.350 | 9 | 14 | 0.643 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 1.7 | 11 | 0.4 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 2.1 |
| Deion Clark | 20 | 0 | 70 | 3.5 | 5 | 15 | 0.333 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0.8 |
| Martin Shaw | 11 | 0 | 17 | 1.5 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Joe Ebondo | 15 | 1 | 58 | 3.9 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.3 |
| TEAM | 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 48 | 50 | 98 | 2.8 | | | | | 16 | | | | |
| Season Total | 35 | | 7050 | | 836 | 1935 | 0.432 | 207 | 636 | 0.325 | 394 | 592 | 0.666 | 438 | 829 | 1267 | 36.2 | 472 | 13.5 | 618 | 4 | 377 | 221 | 115 | 2273 | 64.9 |
| Opponents | 35 | | 7050 | | 672 | 1678 | 0.400 | 204 | 654 | 0.312 | 451 | 685 | 0.658 | 305 | 779 | 1084 | 31.0 | 338 | 9.7 | 591 | 15 | 451 | 165 | 96 | 1999 | 57.1 |

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. ( ) = First place votes. :
| 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 | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |

## Awards
### In-season

| | CUSA Player of the Week | CUSA Player of the Week | CUSA Player of the Week |
| Date | Name | Class | Position |
| February 23, 2015 | Trey Freeman | Jr. | PG |
| March 2, 2015 | Trey Freeman | Jr. | PG |

### Postseason

* Jeff Jones
** Barefoot Coach of the Year
* Trey Freeman
** All-Conference USA First Team
** Conference USA Newcomer of the Year
** NABC All-District 11 First Team
** Conference USA All-Academic Team