# 2014–15 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

The 2014–15 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by first-year head coach Travis DeCuire, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 14–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a share for the Big Sky regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. As a regular season conference champions and #1 overall seed in their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Mario Dunn Jr. | Guard | 6–0 | 172 | Sophomore | Oakland, California |
| 2 | Riley Bradshaw | Guard | 6–2 | 180 | Sophomore | Corvallis, Montana |
| 10 | Jordan Gregory | Guard | 6–2 | 194 | Senior | Pueblo, Colorado |
| 12 | Martin Breunig | Forward | 6–8 | 210 | Junior | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 14 | Jermaine Edmonds Jr. | Guard | 6–5 | 200 | Sophomore | Richmond, California |
| 20 | Fabijan Krslovic | Forward | 6–8 | 225 | Freshman | Sydney, Australia |
| 22 | Daniel Nwosu | Guard | 6–2 | 175 | Sophomore | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 24 | Chris Kemp | Center | 6–7 | 236 | Senior | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 30 | Gavin DeJong | Forward | 6–6 | 215 | Freshman | Manhattan, Montana |
| 31 | Jack Lopez | Guard | 6–5 | 210 | Sophomore | Bankstown, Australia |
| 33 | Michael Weisner | Forward | 6–7 | 193 | RS Senior | Walla Walla, Washington |
| 34 | Brandon Gfeller | Guard | 6–4 | 190 | Sophomore | Colfax, Washington |
| 35 | Bryden Boehning | Center | 6–10 | 230 | Freshman | Glendive, Montana |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2014* 7:00 pm | | Whitworth | W 94–79 | | Dahlberg Arena (2,542) Missoula, MT |
| 11/08/2014* 7:00 pm | | Saint Martin's | W 104–70 | | Dahlberg Arena (2,689) Missoula, MT |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 8:00 pm, RTRM | | at Colorado State | L 66–83 | 0–1 | Moby Arena (3,602) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/18/2015* 8:00 pm | | at Boise State | L 67–72 $^{2OT}$ | 0–2 | Taco Bell Arena (4,535) Boise, ID |
| 11/23/2015* 8:30 pm | | at Seattle | W 66–62 | 1–2 | KeyArena (2,512) Seattle, WA |
| 11/26/2014* 7:00 pm | | Carroll | W 75–52 | 2–2 | Dahlberg Arena (2,892) Missoula, MT |
| 11/30/2015* 4:00 pm | | at San Francisco | L 57–76 | 2–3 | War Memorial Gymnasium (1,695) San Francisco, CA |
| 12/03/2015* 8:00 pm | | at California | L 76–78 $^{2OT}$ | 2–4 | Haas Pavilion (5,837) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/07/2014* 7:00 pm | | North Dakota State | W 69–57 | 3–4 | Dahlberg Arena (2,752) Missoula, MT |
| 12/10/2014* 7:00 pm | | Davidson | L 99–110 | 3–5 | Dahlberg Arena (3,172) Missoula, MT |
| 12/14/2014* 4:00 pm | | at Milwaukee | L 58–73 | 3–6 | Klotsche Center (1,781) Milwaukee, WI |
| 12/21/2014* 1:00 pm | | South Dakota | L 62–67 | 3–7 | Dahlberg Arena (2,973) Missoula, MT |
| 01/01/2015 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 66–48 | 4–7 (1–0) | Dahlberg Arena (2,950) Missoula, MT |
| 01/03/2015 7:00 pm | | North Dakota | W 74–63 | 5–7 (2–0) | Dahlberg Arena (3,465) Missoula, MT |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm | | at Weber State | L 60–68 | 5–8 (2–1) | Dee Events Center (6,508) Ogden, UT |
| 01/10/2015 7:00 pm | | at Idaho State | W 90–64 | 6–8 (3–1) | Holt Arena (1,577) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/13/2015* 7:00 pm | | Montana Tech | W 86–44 | 7–8 | Dahlberg Arena (2,758) Missoula, MT |
| 01/17/2015 7:00 pm | | Montana State | W 63–48 | 8–8 (4–1) | Dahlberg Arena (4,915) Missoula, MT |
| 01/22/2015 7:00 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 64–57 | 9–8 (5–1) | Dahlberg Arena (3,244) Missoula, MT |
| 01/24/2015 7:00 pm | | Southern Utah | W 58–56 | 10–8 (6–1) | Dahlberg Arena (3,918) Missoula, MT |
| 01/29/2015 8:00 pm | | at Portland State | W 73–54 | 11–8 (7–1) | Stott Center (953) Portland, OR |
| 01/31/2015 8:00 pm | | at Sacramento State | L 69–70 | 11–9 (7–2) | Colberg Court (1,407) Sacramento, CA |
| 02/05/2015 7:00 pm | | Eastern Washington | L 69–75 | 11–10 (7–3) | Dahlberg Arena (3,930) Missoula, MT |
| 02/07/2015 7:00 pm | | Idaho | W 70–56 | 12–10 (8–3) | Dahlberg Arena (3,861) Missoula, MT |
| 02/12/2015 6:00 pm | | at North Dakota | W 65–61 | 13–10 (9–3) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,568) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/14/2015 7:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | W 83–81 $^{3OT}$ | 14–10 (10–3) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,121) Greeley, CO |
| 02/19/2015 7:00 pm | | Idaho State | W 88–77 | 15–10 (11–3) | Dahlberg Arena (3,313) Missoula, MT |
| 02/21/2015 7:00 pm | | Weber State | W 74–63 | 16–10 (12–3) | Dahlberg Arena (4,416) Missoula, MT |
| 02/26/2015 8:00 pm | | at Idaho | L 87–92 $^{2OT}$ | 16–11 (12–4) | Cowan Spectrum (1,500) Moscow, ID |
| 02/28/2015 3:00 pm | | at Eastern Washington | W 77–76 | 17–11 (13–4) | Reese Court (4,621) Cheney, WA |
| 03/07/2015 7:00 pm | | at Montana State | W 70–54 | 18–11 (14–4) | Worthington Arena (3,021) Bozeman, MT |
| Big Sky tournament ||||||
| 03/12/2015 8:00 pm | | Weber State Quarterfinals | W 76–73 | 19–11 | Dahlberg Arena (3,938) Missoula, MT |
| 03/13/2015 10:00 pm | | Northern Arizona Semifinals | W 61–59 | 20–11 | Dahlberg Arena (5,009) Missoula, MT |
| 03/14/2015 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | Eastern Washington Championship game | L 65–69 | 20–12 | Dahlberg Arena (7,026) Missoula, MT |
| NIT ||||||
| 03/17/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. (7) | at (2) Texas A&M First round | L 64–81 | 20–13 | Reed Arena (2,583) College Station, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region. ||||||