# 2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's fourteenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 21–10, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament to Portland. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt.

## Previous season

The Gaels finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semi-finals of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Utah in the first round before losing in the second round to Minnesota.

## Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Paul McCoy | 2 | G | 5'11" | 175 | RS Senior | Portland, OR | Graduated |
| Jordan Giusti | 12 | G | 6'2" | 185 | RS Sophomore | San Ramon, CA | Transferred |
| Eividas Petrulis | 13 | F | 6'7" | 210 | RS Sophomore | Vilnius, Lithuania | Left the team |
| Stephen Holt | 14 | G | 6'4" | 195 | Senior | Portland, OR | Graduated |
| Beau Levesque | 15 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | Lafayette, CA | Graduated |
| Matt Hodgson | 33 | C | 6'11" | 255 | Senior | Booval, Queensland, Australia | Graduated |
| James Walker III | 35 | F | 6'3" | 185 | Senior | Glendora, CA | Graduated |

### Incoming Transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Aaron Bright | 20 | G | 5'11" | 178 | Senior | Bellevue, WA | Transferred from Stanford. Will be eligible to play immediately since Bright graduated from Stanford. |
| Desmond Simmons | 30 | F | 6'7" | 225 | RS Senior | Vallejo, CA | Transferred from Washington. Will be eligible to play immediately since Simmons graduated from Washington. |

## Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Evan Fitzner C | San Diego, California | Francis W. Parker | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Oct 8, 2013 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 71 ||||||
| Jock Landale C | Melbourne, Australia | Geelong Grammar | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 255 lb (116 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: nr ||||||
| Tanner Krebs PG | Hobart, Australia | Australian Institute of Sport | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: nr ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr ||||||
| 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: "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Cal State Los Angeles | W 77–67 | 1–0 | McKeon Pavilion (2,710) Moraga, CA |
| 11/18/2014* 12:00 am, ESPN2 | | New Mexico State ESPN College Basketball Tip-Off Marathon | W 83–71 | 2–0 | McKeon Pavilion (2,225) Moraga, CA |
| 11/20/2014* 7:00 pm, CHN | | Denver | W 78–62 | 3–0 | McKeon Pavilion (2,178) Moraga, CA |
| 11/23/2014* 6:00 pm, CHN | | UC Irvine | W 72–69 | 4–0 | McKeon Pavilion (2,685) Moraga, CA |
| 11/29/2014* 7:00 pm, CHN | | Cal Poly | W 82–56 | 5–0 | McKeon Pavilion (2,703) Moraga, CA |
| 12/06/2014* 8:30 pm, ESPNU | | Boise State | L 71–82 | 5–1 | McKeon Pavilion (3,008) Moraga, CA |
| 12/13/2014* 11:00 am, FS1 | | at Creighton | W 71–67 $^{OT}$ | 6–1 | CenturyLink Center (16,435) Omaha, NE |
| 12/16/2014* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Northern Arizona | L 71–73 | 6–2 | McKeon Pavilion (2,402) Moraga, CA |
| 12/19/2014* 4:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 20 St. John's | L 47–53 | 6–3 | Carnesecca Arena (4,645) Queens, NY |
| 12/22/2014* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Northeastern | W 72–68 $^{OT}$ | 7–3 | McKeon Pavilion (2,621) Moraga, CA |
| 12/27/2014 1:00 pm, CSNCA | | Santa Clara | W 73–60 | 8–3 (1–0) | McKeon Pavilion (3,256) Moraga, CA |
| 12/29/2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | San Francisco | W 69–56 | 9–3 (2–0) | McKeon Pavilion (3,126) Moraga, CA |
| 01/01/2015 5:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Pepperdine | W 68–59 | 10–3 (3–0) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,030) Malibu, CA |
| 01/03/2015 1:00 pm, CSNCA | | at Loyola Marymount | W 72–63 | 11–3 (4–0) | Gersten Pavilion (1,109) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/06/2015* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Morgan State | W 78–52 | 12–3 | McKeon Pavilion (2,278) Moraga, CA |
| 01/10/2015 8:00 pm, CSN BAY | | at Pacific | W 54–47 | 13–3 (5–0) | Alex G. Spanos Center (2,677) Stockton, CA |
| 01/15/2015 8:00 pm, CSN BAY | | San Diego | W 70–58 | 14–3 (6–0) | McKeon Pavilion (3,163) Moraga, CA |
| 01/17/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | | BYU | W 82–77 | 15–3 (7–0) | McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA |
| 01/22/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 3 Gonzaga | L 47–68 | 15–4 (7–1) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 01/24/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Portland | W 74–64 | 16–4 (8–1) | Chiles Center (2,883) Portland, OR |
| 01/29/2015 7:30 pm, CSNCA | | Loyola Marymount | W 68–54 | 17–4 (9–1) | McKeon Pavilion (2,971) Moraga, CA |
| 01/31/2015 3:00 pm, CSN BAY | | Pepperdine | L 62–67 | 17–5 (9–2) | McKeon Pavilion (3,381) Moraga, CA |
| 02/07/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Pacific | W 73–58 | 18–5 (10–2) | McKeon Pavilion (3,081) Moraga, CA |
| 02/12/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at BYU | L 60–82 | 18–6 (10–3) | Marriott Center (14,317) Provo, UT |
| 02/14/2015 1:00 pm, CSNCA | | at San Diego | W 69–62 $^{2OT}$ | 19–6 (11–3) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (2,104) San Diego, CA |
| 01/19/2015 8:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Portland | W 68–51 | 20–6 (12–3) | McKeon Pavilion (2,855) Moraga, CA |
| 02/21/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 3 Gonzaga | L 60–70 | 20–7 (12–4) | McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA |
| 02/26/2014 8:00 pm, CSN BAY | | at San Francisco | W 84–53 | 21–7 (13–4) | War Memorial Gymnasium (2,081) San Francisco, CA |
| 02/28/2015 5:00 pm, CSN BAY | | at Santa Clara | L 70–71 | 21–8 (13–5) | Leavey Center (2,750) Santa Clara, CA |
| WCC tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2015 12:00 pm, CSNCA/RTNW/BYUtv | | vs. Portland Quarterfinals | L 52–69 | 21–9 | Orleans Arena (8,064) Paradise, NV |
| NIT ||||||
| 03/18/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. (4) | (5) Vanderbilt First round | L 64–75 | 21–10 | McKeon Pavilion (1,322) Moraga, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region. ||||||