# 2014–15 Murray State Racers men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Racers, led by fourth year head coach Steve Prohm, played their home games at the CFSB Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 29–6, 16–0 in OVC play to win the West Division championship and the overall OVC regular season championship. After a 2–4 start, the Racers won 25 games in a row before losing in the championship game of the OVC tournament to Belmont. As a regular season champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UTEP in the first round and Tulsa in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Old Dominion.
On June 8, head coach Steve Prohm resigned to take the same position at Iowa State. He finished at Murray State with a record of 104–29 in four seasons.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2014* 7:00 pm | | Freed–Hardeman | W 74–42 | | CFSB Center (2,462) Murray, KY |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 7:00 pm | | Houston | L 74–77 | 0–1 | CFSB Center (5,056) Murray, KY |
| 11/18/2014* 7:00 pm | | at Middle Tennessee | W 68–49 | 1–1 | Murphy Center (4,024) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 11/20/2014* 7:00 pm | | Brescia | W 89–56 | 2–1 | CFSB Center (3,497) Murray, KY |
| 11/24/2014* 6:00 pm, FS1 | | at Xavier | L 62–89 | 2–2 | Cintas Center (9,446) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/28/2014* 7:30 pm | | vs. Portland Challenge in Music City | L 61–64 | 2–3 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (N/A) Nashville, TN |
| 11/29/2014* 7:30 pm | | vs. Valparaiso Challenge in Music City | L 58–93 | 2–4 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (N/A) Nashville, TN |
| 11/30/2014* 3:30 pm | | vs. Drake Challenge in Music City | W 68–59 | 3–4 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (504) Nashville, TN |
| 12/03/2014* 7:00 pm | | Bethel (TN) | W 102–66 | 4–4 | CFSB Center (3,283) Murray, KY |
| 12/06/2014* 7:00 pm | | WKU | W 93–81 | 5–4 | CFSB Center (5,312) Murray, KY |
| 12/13/2014* 1:00 pm | | at Evansville | W 81–79 | 6–4 | Ford Center (5,083) Evansville, IN |
| 12/17/2014* 7:00 pm | | Alcorn State | W 94–56 | 7–4 | CFSB Center (2,717) Murray, KY |
| 12/20/2014* 3:00 pm | | Illinois State | W 89–77 | 8–4 | CFSB Center (2,979) Murray, KY |
| 12/22/2014* 7:00 pm | | at Southern Illinois | W 83–71 | 9–4 | SIU Arena (5,511) Carbondale, IL |
| 12/30/2014* 7:00 pm | | Alabama A&M | W 76–39 | 10–4 | CFSB Center (3,039) Murray, KY |
| 01/03/2015 6:30 pm | | at Morehead State | W 66–57 | 11–4 (1–0) | Ellis Johnson Arena (4,247) Morehead, KY |
| 01/08/2015 7:30 pm | | at Tennessee Tech | W 83–67 | 12–4 (2–0) | Eblen Center (1,683) Cookeville, TN |
| 01/11/2015 5:00 pm | | at Jacksonville State | W 84–57 | 13–4 (3–0) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (3,196) Jacksonville, AL |
| 01/15/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | Belmont | W 92–77 | 14–4 (4–0) | CFSB Center (5,960) Murray, KY |
| 01/17/2015 7:00 pm | | Tennessee State | W 91–72 | 15–4 (5–0) | CFSB Center (5,484) Murray, KY |
| 01/22/2015 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Eastern Illinois | W 77–62 | 16–4 (6–0) | Lantz Arena (4,542) Charleston, IL |
| 01/24/2015 7:00 pm | | at SIU Edwardsville | W 60–54 | 17–4 (7–0) | Vadalabene Center (3,145) Edwardsville, IL |
| 01/29/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | Eastern Kentucky | W 85–78 $^{OT}$ | 18–4 (8–0) | CFSB Center (5,295) Murray, KY |
| 01/31/2015 7:00 pm | | UT Martin | W 65–62 | 19–4 (9–0) | CFSB Center (6,302) Murray, KY |
| 02/05/2015 7:00 pm | | Southeast Missouri State | W 82–72 | 20–4 (10–0) | CFSB Center (4,184) Murray, KY |
| 02/07/2015 7:00 pm | | at Austin Peay | W 82–72 | 21–4 (11–0) | Dunn Center (6,131) Clarksville, TN |
| 02/12/2015 7:00 pm | | SIU Edwardsville | W 78–46 | 22–4 (12–0) | CFSB Center (5,914) Murray, KY |
| 02/14/2015 6:00 pm | | at Southeast Missouri State | W 94–92 $^{OT}$ | 23–4 (13–0) | Show Me Center (3,218) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| 02/21/2015 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | Austin Peay | W 89–54 | 24–4 (14–0) | CFSB Center (5,952) Murray, KY |
| 02/26/2015 7:00 pm | | Eastern Illinois | W 65–57 | 25–4 (15–0) | CFSB Center (5,961) Murray, KY |
| 02/28/2015 6:00 pm | | at UT Martin | W 73–67 | 26–4 (16–0) | Skyhawk Arena (5,000) Martin, TN |
| Ohio Valley tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2015 6:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 25 | vs. Morehead State Semifinals | W 80–77 | 27–4 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (3,753) Nashville, TN |
| 03/07/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 25 | vs. Belmont Championship game | L 87–88 | 27–5 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (5,293) Nashville, TN |
| NIT ||||||
| 03/17/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. (3) | (6) UTEP First round | W 81–66 | 28–5 | CFSB Center (3,376) Murray, KY |
| 03/23/2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN | No. (3) | at (2) Tulsa Second round | W 83–62 | 29–5 | Reynolds Center (3,440) Tulsa, OK |
| 03/25/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. (3) | at (1) Old Dominion Quarterfinals | L 69–72 | 29–6 | Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,161) Norfolk, VA |
| *Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region. ||||||