# 2014–15 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by fourth year head coach Rob Senderoff, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, colloquially known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–6 in MAC play to finish in a share for the East Division championship as well as a share of the MAC overall regular season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament to Akron. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Middle Tennessee in the first round and Texas A&M Corpus–Christi in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Northern Arizona.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference Games |||||
| 11/15/2014* 7:00 pm | at Youngstown State | W 69–61 | 1–0 | Beeghly Center (2,840) Youngstown, OH |
| 11/18/2014* 8:00 pm | Malone Men Against Breast Cancer Classic | W 62–52 | 2–0 | MAC Center (2,247) Kent, OH |
| 11/21/2014* 8:00 pm | Southern Illinois Men Against Breast Cancer Classic | W 74–51 | 3–0 | MAC Center (855) Kent, OH |
| 11/22/2014* 7:30 pm | UIC Men Against Breast Cancer Classic | W 78–60 | 4–0 | MAC Center (2,816) Kent, OH |
| 11/23/2014* 3:30 pm | Yale Men Against Breast Cancer Classic | L 59–66 | 4–1 | MAC Center (2,183) Kent, OH |
| 11/29/2014* 7:00 pm | Loyola–Chicago | L 61–69 | 4–2 | MAC Center (1,937) Kent, OH |
| 12/06/2014* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Kennesaw State | W 58–46 | 5–2 | KSU Convocation Center (927) Kennesaw, GA |
| 12/14/2014* 3:00 pm | at Arkansas–Little Rock | W 60–55 $^{OT}$ | 6–2 | Jack Stephens Center (1,018) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/19/2014* 7:00 pm | North Carolina A&T | W 71–57 | 7–2 | MAC Center (1,817) Kent, OH |
| 12/21/2014* 5:00 pm | vs. North Dakota State Sun Bowl Invitational | W 53–52 | 8–2 | Don Haskins Center (5,790) El Paso, TX |
| 12/22/2014* 9:00 pm | at UTEP Sun Bowl Invitational | L 75–78 | 8–3 | Don Haskins Center (6,290) El Paso, TX |
| 12/30/2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at No. 13 Kansas | L 62–78 | 8–4 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 01/02/2015* 7:00 pm | Texas–Pan American | W 74–54 | 9–4 | MAC Center (1,732) Kent, OH |
| Conference Games |||||
| 01/07/2015 7:00 pm | Bowling Green | L 64–66 | 9–5 (0–1) | MAC Center (2,094) Kent, OH |
| 01/10/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Northern Illinois | W 67–65 | 10–5 (1–1) | Convocation Center (1,058) DeKalb, IL |
| 01/14/2015 7:00 pm | Eastern Michigan | W 65–59 | 11–5 (2–1) | MAC Center (2,892) Kent, OH |
| 01/17/2015 7:00 pm | Ohio | W 69–59 | 12–5 (3–1) | MAC Center (5,084) Kent, OH |
| 01/21/2015 7:00 pm | Toledo | W 67–60 | 13–5 (4–1) | MAC Center (3,374) Kent, OH |
| 01/24/2015 2:00 pm | at Ball State | W 63–52 | 14–5 (5–1) | John E. Worthen Arena (3,425) Muncie, IN |
| 01/27/2015 7:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 63–53 | 15–5 (6–1) | MAC Center (3,522) Kent, OH |
| 01/30/2015 10:00 pm, ESPNU | at Buffalo | L 55–80 | 15–6 (6–2) | Alumni Arena (5,797) Amherst, NY |
| 02/04/2015 7:00 pm | at Western Michigan | L 66–67 | 15–7 (6–3) | University Arena (2,433) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 02/07/2015 7:00 pm | Miami (OH) | W 61–60 | 16–7 (7–3) | MAC Center (3,510) Kent, OH |
| 02/10/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Akron | L 52–61 | 16–8 (7–4) | James A. Rhodes Arena (4,836) Akron, OH |
| 02/13/2015 6:00 pm, ESPNU | at Toledo | W 76–75 $^{OT}$ | 17–8 (8–4) | Savage Arena (5,481) Toledo, OH |
| 02/18/2015 7:00 pm | Ball State | W 58–53 | 18–8 (9–4) | MAC Center (3,084) Kent, OH |
| 02/21/2015 2:00 pm, TWCSC | at Ohio | W 64–51 | 19–8 (10–4) | Convocation Center (5,790) Athens, OH |
| 02/24/2015 7:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | L 81–86 $^{OT}$ | 19–9 (10–5) | Millett Hall (920) Oxford, OH |
| 02/28/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Buffalo | L 65–71 | 19–10 (10–6) | MAC Center (5,587) Kent, OH |
| 03/03/2015 7:00 pm, TWCSC | at Bowling Green | W 81–80 | 20–10 (11–6) | Stroh Center (2,322) Bowling Green, OH |
| 03/06/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | Akron | W 79–77 | 21–10 (12–6) | MAC Center (6,327) Kent, OH |
| MAC tournament |||||
| 03/12/2015 9:00 pm, TWCSC | vs. Akron Quarterfinals | L 51–53 | 21–11 | Quicken Loans Arena (4,502) Cleveland, OH |
| CIT |||||
| 03/18/2015* 7:00 pm | at Middle Tennessee First round | W 68–56 | 22–11 | Murphy Center (2,782) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 03/23/2015* 7:00 pm | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Second round | W 69–65 | 23–11 | American Bank Center (2,015) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 03/27/2015* 10:00 pm, STO | at Northern Arizona Quarterfinals | L 73–74 $^{OT}$ | 23–12 | Walkup Skydome (3,653) Flagstaff, AZ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||