# 2014–15 Big South Conference men's basketball season

The 2014–15 Big South Conference men's basketball season began on November 14, 2014, and concluded in March with the 2015 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament played at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina.
It was the Big South's 30th season of men's basketball. The league was reduced to eleven members for the first time since 2011–12 with the loss of VMI to the Southern Conference. Because of this, the Big South dropped the divisional format it utilized the previous two seasons, and played an eighteen-game conference schedule, as opposed to sixteen the year prior.

## Awards and honors

* Player of the Year: Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern
* Freshman of the Year: DeSean Murray, Presbyterian
* Defense Player of the Year: Javonte Green, Radford
* Coach of the Year: Barclay Radebaugh, Charleston Southern
* Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Giacomo Zilli, UNC Asheville

### All–Big South Teams
#### First Team

| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
| Saah Nimley | Charleston Southern | G | Senior |
| John Brown | High Point | F | R–Junior |
| Jerome Hill | Gardner–Webb | F | Junior |
| Javonte Green | Radford | F | Senior |
| Keon Moore | Winthrop | G | R–Senior. |

#### Second Team

| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
| Warren Gillis | Coastal Carolina | F | Junior |
| Andrew Rowsey | UNC Asheville | G | Sophomore |
| Tyler Strange | Gardner–Webb | G | Senior |
| Will Saunders | Charleston Southern | F | Senior |
| Quincy Taylor | Longwood | G | R–Senior |

#### Honorable Mention

| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
| Arlon Harper | Charleston Southern | G | Senior |
| R. J. Price | Radford | G | Senior |
| Jordan Downing | Presbyterian | G | R–Senior |
| DeSean Murray | Presbyterian | F | Freshman |
| Josh Cameron | Coastal Carolina | G | Senior |

#### All-Freshman

| Name | School | Pos. |
| DeSean Murray | Presbyterian | F |
| Xavier Cooks | Winthrop | F |
| Kevin Vannatta | UNC Asheville | G |
| Ryan Badowski | Longwood | G |
| Curtis Phillips | Campbell | F |

#### All-Academic

| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
| Paul Gombwer | Charleston Southern | F | Junior |
| Andrew Ryan | Campbell | G | R–Senior |
| Tristan Curtis | Coastal Carolina | F | Junior |
| Haiishen McIntyre | High Point | G | Sophomore |
| Tyrell Nelson | Gardner–Webb | C | Sophomore |
| Ethan Layer | Liberty | G | R–Junior |
| Damarion Geter | Longwood | F | Sophomore |
| Kyle Noreen | Radford | F | Senior |
| Giacomo Zilli | UNC Asheville | F | Sophomore |
| Derrick Henry | Winthrop | G | R–Junior |

## Postseason
### Big South tournament

2015 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament Seeds and Results :
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker | First round March 5 | Quarterfinals March 7 | Semifinals March 8 | Championship March 9 |
| 1 | Charleston Southern ‡ | 13–5 | 19–10 | 2–2 vs. Coastal, Radford | BYE | #9 Longwood | | |
| 2 | High Point | 13–5 | 22–8 | 0–4 vs. Coastal, Radford | BYE | #7 Gardner–Webb | | |
| 3 | Coastal Carolina | 12–6 | 21–9 | 2–0 vs. HPU, 1–0 vs. Radford | BYE | #6 UNC Asheville | #7 Gardner–Webb | #5 Winthrop |
| 4 | Radford | 12–6 | 21–10 | 2–0 vs. High Point | BYE | #5 Winthrop | | |
| 5 | Winthrop | 12–6 | 17–12 | 0–2 vs. High Point | BYE | #4 Radford | #9 Longwood | #3 Coastal Carolina |
| 6 | UNC Asheville | 10–8 | 14–15 | 2–0 vs. GWU | #11 Liberty | #3 Coastal Carolina | | |
| 7 | Gardner–Webb | 10–8 | 18–13 | 0–2 vs. UNCA | #10 Campbell | #2 High Point | #3 Coastal Carolina | |
| 8 | Presbyterian | 6–12 | 10–21 | | #9 Longwood | | | |
| 9 | Longwood | 5–13 | 9–22 | | #8 Presbyterian | #1 Charleston Southern | #5 Winthrop | |
| 10 | Campbell | 4–14 | 10–21 | | #7 Gardner–Webb | | | |
| 11 | Liberty | 2–16 | 8–23 | | #6 UNC Asheville | | | |
| ‡ – Big South regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. |||||||||

#### Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 4 | First round Wednesday, March 4 | First round Wednesday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 | Semifinals Saturday, March 7 | Semifinals Saturday, March 7 | Semifinals Saturday, March 7 | Championship Sunday, March 8 | Championship Sunday, March 8 | Championship Sunday, March 8 |
| | | | 1 | Charleston Southern | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Longwood | 68 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Presbyterian | 61 | 9 | Longwood | 68 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Longwood | 65 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Longwood | 65 | | | | 5 | Winthrop | 71 | | | |
| | | | | | | 9 | Longwood | 58 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Radford | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Winthrop | 67 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Coastal Carolina | 81 |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Winthrop | 70 |
| | | | 2 | High Point | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Gardner–Webb | 72 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Gardner–Webb | 72 | 7 | Gardner–Webb | 72 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Campbell | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Campbell | 64 | | | | 3 | Coastal Carolina | 73 | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Gardner-Webb | 70 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Coastal Carolina | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | UNC-Asheville | 57 | | | | | | |
| 6 | UNC–Asheville | 80 | 6 | UNC-Asheville | 57 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Liberty | 70 | | | | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | Second round | Third round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 16 | West | Coastal Carolina | L Wisconsin 86–72 | | | | | |
| | | 1 bid | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 0–1 .000 |

### National Invitation tournament

| Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 8 | Old Dominion | Charleston Southern | L Old Dominion 65–56 | | | | |
| | | 1 bid | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 0–1 .000 |

### College Basketball Invitational

| School | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| Gardner–Webb | L Colorado 78–87 | | | |
| Radford | W Delaware State 78–57 | L Vermont 71–78 | | |
| 2 bids | 1–1 .500 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 1–2 .333 |

### CollegeInsider.com tournament

| Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| | | High Point | W Maryland Eastern Shore 70–67 | L Eastern Kentucky 65–66 | | | |
| | | 1 bid | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 1–1 .500 |