# 2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by ninth year head coach Ken Burmeister and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center. They were members of the Southland Conference.
This was year 2 of a 4-year transitional period for Incarnate Word from DII to DI. During year 2 they will play a normal conference schedule. They are DI for scheduling purposes and are also to be considered as a DI RPI member.
Although Incarnate Word was classified as a DI school for scheduling purposes in years 2–4 and can win the regular season conference title, they cannot participate in the conference tournament until the 2017–18 season, at which time they will also be able to enter the NCAA Tournament, should they win the conference.
The Cardinals were picked to finish sixth (6th) in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Directors Poll.
They finished the season 18–11, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, their first ever DI postseason appearance, where they lost in the first round to Louisiana–Lafayette.

## Audio streaming

All Incarnate Word games were broadcast on KKYX's website. KUIW Radio also produced a student media broadcast for each non-televised home game, that was available online, and they provided streaming of all non-televised home games were shown via UIW TV.

## Schedule and Results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference |||||
| 11/14/2014* 8:00 pm | UT–Tyler | W 89–49 | 1–0 | McDermott Center (1,082) San Antonio, TX |
| 11/18/2014* 7:00 pm | Huston–Tillotson | W 94–63 | 2–0 | McDermott Center (568) San Antonio, TX |
| 11/22/2014* 11:00 am | at Princeton | W 79–68 | 3–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,554) Princeton, NJ |
| 11/24/2014* 7:00 pm | Texas A&M International | W 105–83 | 4–0 | McDermott Center (462) San Antonio, TX |
| 12/04/2014* 7:00 pm | St. Edwards | W 85–68 | 5–0 | McDermott Center (505) San Antonio, TX |
| 12/08/2014* 7:00 pm | at UTEP | L 65–81 | 5–1 | Don Haskins Center (6,570) El Paso, TX |
| 12/10/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Nebraska | W 74–73 | 6–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,275) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/17/2014* 7:00 pm | at Grand Canyon | W 82–80 | 7–1 | GCU Arena (4,692) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/20/2014* 6:00 pm | at UMKC | W 114–110 $^{3OT}$ | 8–1 | Municipal Auditorium (1,473) Kansas City, MO |
| 12/22/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Tulsa | L 47–76 | 8–2 | Reynolds Center (4,209) Tulsa, OK |
| Conference Games |||||
| 01/03/2015 4:30 pm | at Sam Houston State | L 78–84 | 8–3 (0–1) | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (771) Huntsville, TX |
| 01/10/2015 3:00 pm | at Northwestern State | L 101–103 | 8–4 (0–2) | Prather Coliseum (1,412) Natchitoches, LA |
| 01/12/2015 4:00 pm | New Orleans | W 97–66 | 9–4 (1–2) | McDermott Center (417) San Antonio, TX |
| 01/17/2015 4:00 pm | Southeastern Louisiana | L 98–108 $^{2OT}$ | 9–5 (1–3) | McDermott Center (1,250) San Antonio, TX |
| 01/24/2015 4:00 pm | at Abilene Christian | W 77–61 | 10–5 (2–3) | Moody Coliseum (1,325) Abilene, TX |
| 01/26/2015 7:00 pm | McNeese State | W 86–84 | 11–5 (3–3) | McDermott Center (672) San Antonio, TX |
| 01/31/2015 3:30 pm | at Nicholls State | W 69–58 | 12–5 (4–3) | Stopher Gym (768) Thibodaux, LA |
| 02/03/2015 7:00 pm | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 70–71 | 12–6 (4–4) | American Bank Center (1,283) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 02/07/2015 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | Lamar | W 78–72 | 13–6 (5–4) | McDermott Center (1,710) San Antonio, TX |
| 02/10/2015 7:00 pm | Nicholls State | W 73–64 | 14–6 (6–4) | McDermott Center (510) San Antonio, TX |
| 02/13/2015 4:00 pm | at Central Arkansas | W 77–67 | 15–6 (7–4) | Farris Center (688) Conway, AR |
| 02/16/2015 7:00 pm | Stephen F. Austin | L 76–90 | 15–7 (7–5) | McDermott Center (1,112) San Antonio, TX |
| 02/21/2015 7:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 74–68 | 16–7 (8–5) | McDermott Center (1,200) San Antonio, TX |
| 02/23/2015 7:00 pm | Houston Baptist | W 77–64 | 17–7 (9–5) | McDermott Center (802) San Antonio, TX |
| 02/28/2015 6:00 pm | at Lamar | L 66–79 | 17–8 (9–6) | Montagne Center (2,005) Beaumont, TX |
| 03/02/2015 7:00 pm | at Stephen F. Austin | L 62–83 | 17–9 (9–7) | William R. Johnson Coliseum (3,194) Nacogdoches, TX |
| 03/05/2015 8:00 pm | Abilene Christian | W 64–52 | 18–9 (10–7) | McDermott Center (1,427) San Antonio, TX |
| 03/07/2015 7:00 pm | at Houston Baptist | L 77–78 | 18–10 (10–8) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,008) Houston, TX |
| CIT |||||
| 03/17/2015* 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette First round | L 68–83 | 18–11 | McDermott Center (1,811) San Antonio, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||