# 2014–15 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team

The 2014–15 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team represented McNeese State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys were led by eighth year head coach Dave Simmons and played their home games at Burton Coliseum, with three home games at Sudduth Coliseum in the Lake Charles Civic Center complex. The Cowboys are members of the Southland Conference.
The Cowboys were picked to finish fifth (5th) in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Directors Poll. The team finished with an overall record of 15–16 including a record of 1–1 in the 2015 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. The conference record for the 2014–15 season was 8–10 and finished in seventh place.

## Roster

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## Schedule and Results

Source
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Out of Conference |||||
| 11/14/2014* 8:30 pm, FSN | at Baylor | L 39–80 | 0–1 | Ferrell Center (6,158) Waco, TX |
| 11/18/2014* 7:00 pm | Louisiana College | W 90–63 | 1–1 | Burton Coliseum (544) Lake Charles, LA |
| 11/21/2014* 7:00 pm | Jarvis Christian | W 85–70 | 2–1 | Burton Coliseum (403) Lake Charles, LA |
| 11/29/2014* 7:00 pm, SECN | at LSU | L 72–83 | 2–2 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (7,034) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/03/2014* 8:00 pm | Southern–New Orleans | W 74–63 | 3–2 | Burton Coliseum (477) Lake Charles, LA |
| 12/06/2014* 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette | W 80–70 | 4–2 | Burton Coliseum (1,086) Lake Charles, LA |
| 12/13/2014* 7:00 pm | at TCU | L 50–68 | 4–3 | Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center (3,978) Fort Worth, TX |
| 12/16/2014* 7:00 pm | LSU–Alexandria | W 84–68 | 5–3 | Burton Coliseum (474) Lake Charles, LA |
| 12/20/2014* 1:00 pm | Toledo | L 69–83 | 5–4 | Burton Coliseum (391) Lake Charles, LA |
| 12/22/2014* 7:00 pm | Central Michigan | L 58–87 | 5–5 | Burton Coliseum (567) Lake Charles, LA |
| 12/30/2014* 7:00 pm, SEC+ | at Mississippi State | W 66–47 | 6–5 | Humphrey Coliseum (5,155) Starkville, MS |
| Conference Games |||||
| 01/03/2015 3:00 pm | Stephen F. Austin | L 75–80 | 6–6 (0–1) | Burton Coliseum (1,417) Lake Charles, LA |
| 01/05/2015 7:00 pm | Houston Baptist | L 56–68 | 6–7 (0–2) | Burton Coliseum (1,104) Lake Charles, LA |
| 01/10/2015 7:00 pm | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 61–71 | 6–8 (0–3) | American Bank Center (488) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 01/17/2015 4:30 pm | at Sam Houston State | L 60–69 | 6–9 (0–4) | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,540) Huntsville, TX |
| 01/20/2015 7:00 pm | Abilene Christian | W 63–56 | 7–9 (1–4) | Burton Coliseum (1,048) Lake Charles, LA |
| 01/24/2015 3:00 pm | at Northwestern State | L 67–93 | 7–10 (1–5) | Prather Coliseum (2,712) Natchitoches, LA |
| 01/26/2015 7:30 pm | at Incarnate Word | L 84–86 | 7–11 (1–6) | McDermott Center (672) San Antonio, TX |
| 01/31/2015 3:00 pm | New Orleans | W 68–61 | 8–11 (2–6) | Burton Coliseum (2,128) Lake Charles, LA |
| 02/02/2015 7:00 pm | at Southeastern Louisiana | W 73–60 | 9–11 (3–6) | University Center (700) Hammond, LA |
| 02/07/2015 3:30 pm | at Nicholls State | L 59–70 | 9–12 (3–7) | Stopher Gym (692) Thibodaux, LA |
| 02/09/2015 7:00 pm | at New Orleans | L 71–81 | 9–13 (3–8) | Lakefront Arena (493) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/14/2015 3:00 pm | Northwestern State | L 72–75 | 9–14 (3–9) | Burton Coliseum (1,336) Lake Charles, LA |
| 02/16/2015 7:00 pm | Southeastern Louisiana | W 74–69 | 10–14 (4–9) | Burton Coliseum (945) Lake Charles, LA |
| 02/21/2015 6:00 pm | at Lamar | L 53–58 | 10–15 (4–10) | Montagne Center (3,543) Beaumont, TX |
| 02/24/2015 7:00 pm | at Central Arkansas | W 77–60 | 11–15 (5–10) | Farris Center (895) Conway, AR |
| 02/28/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | Nicholls State | W 83–78 $^{OT}$ | 12–15 (6–10) | Burton Coliseum (1,563) Lake Charles, LA |
| 03/02/2015 7:00 pm, RTSW | Lamar | W 70–69 | 13–15 (7–10) | Burton Coliseum (1,201) Lake Charles, LA |
| 03/08/2015 1:00 pm | Central Arkansas | W 70–68 | 14–15 (8–10) | Burton Coliseum (1,065) Lake Charles, LA |
| Southland tournament |||||
| 03/11/2015 5:00 pm | vs. Southeastern Louisiana | W 62–60 $^{OT}$ | 15–15 | Merrell Center (1,029) Katy, TX |
| 03/12/2015 5:00 pm | vs. Northwestern State | L 89–96 | 15–16 | Merrell Center (1,213) Katy, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||