2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball
2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	14–19 (6–12 The American)
Head coach	Jeff Lebo (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Netti; Michael Perry; Ken Potosnak;
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 SMU †	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
Tulsa	14	–	4	.778	23	–	11	.676
Temple	13	–	5	.722	26	–	11	.703
Cincinnati	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
UConn	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
Memphis	10	–	8	.556	18	–	14	.563
Tulane	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
East Carolina	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
UCF	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Houston	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
South Florida	3	–	15	.167	9	–	23	.281

† The American Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by fifth year head coach Jeff Lebo, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were first year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–19, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic tournament where they lost to SMU.^[1]

Previous season

The Pirates finished the season 17–17, 5–11 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 12th place. They advanced to the second round of the C-USA tournament where they lost to UTEP. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Wright State.^[2]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Akeem Richmond	1	G	6'0"	180	Senior	Sanford, NC	Graduated
Petar Torlak	3	G	6'1"	185	Senior	Belgrade, Serbia	Graduated
Brandan Stith	25	F	6'7"	215	Freshman	Lawrenceville, VA	Transferred to Old Dominion

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Kanu Aja	44	F	6'10"	255	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Junior college transferred from City College of San Francisco.

Incoming recruits

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Lance Tejada PG	Hollywood, CA	Blanche Ely High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 31, 2013
Lance Tejada PG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (79)
Grant Bryant SF	Marietta, GA	Kell High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 1, 2013
Grant Bryant SF	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (NR)
Bunyon Tyson PG	Wadesboro, NC	Anson High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jun 13, 2013
Bunyon Tyson PG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

Recruiting Class of 2015

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kentrell Barkley SF	Durham, NC	Northern High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sep 1, 2014
Kentrell Barkley SF	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved September 7, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Terry Whisnant	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Jr	Florida State	Cherryville, NC
F	1	Grant Bryant	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Kell	Kennesaw, GA
G	2	Caleb White	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Virginia Episcopal	Buckingham, VA
G	4	Prince Williams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Broughton	Raleigh, NC
G	5	Lance Tejada	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Blanche Ely	Pompano Beach, FL
G	10	Francis Edosomwan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Charlotte Christian	Charlotte, NC
G	11	Antonio Robinson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Louisburg College	Winston-Salem, NC
F	13	Michel-Ofik Nzege	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS So	Winston-Salem State	Geneva, Switzerland
G	15	Peyton Robbins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	St. David's	Raleigh, NC
G	21	B. J. Tyson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Anson	Wadesboro, NC
G	22	Paris Roberts-Campbell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	United Faith Christian Academy	Charlotte, NC
F	24	Keith Armstrong	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Robert Morris	Raleigh, NC
G	31	Greg Alexander	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Kecoughtan	Hampton, VA
F	34	Michael Zangari	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Red Land	Etters, PA
F	41	Marshall Guimette	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS So	Harrison	Kennesaw, GA
F	44	Kanu Aja	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	City College of San Francisco	Baltimore, MD

Head coach

Jeff Lebo (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Netti (Syracuse)
Michael Perry (Richmond)
Ken Potosnak (Randolph–Macon)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm	North Carolina Wesleyan Gulf Coast Showcase Opening Round	W 99–81	1–0	Williams Arena (5,096) Greenville, NC
11/16/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPN3	UNC Asheville	L 79–83	1–1	Williams Arena (4,149) Greenville, NC
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm	Virginia Lynchburg	W 92–51	2–1	Williams Arena (3,966) Greenville, NC
11/24/2014* 12:00 pm	vs. Green Bay Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	L 49–66	2–2	Germain Arena (2,118) Estero, FL
11/25/2014* 12:00 pm	vs. Fresno State Gulf Coast Showcase consolation round	W 58–52	3–2	Germain Arena (240) Estero, FL
11/26/2014* 2:30 pm	vs. Hawaiʻi Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game	L 73–75	3–3	Germain Arena (271) Estero, FL
11/30/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Central Connecticut	W 74–59	4–3	Williams Arena (3,705) Greenville, NC
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm	at Florida Atlantic	L 63–72	4–4	FAU Arena (1,219) Boca Raton, FL
12/07/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPNU	at No. 12 North Carolina	L 64–108	4–5	Dean Smith Center (18,741) Chapel Hill, NC
12/13/2014* 5:00 pm, ESPN3	James Madison	W 70–58	5–5	Williams Arena (4,759) Greenville, NC
12/20/2014* 7:00 pm	at UNC Wilmington	L 54–66	5–6	Trask Coliseum (4,388) Wilmington, NC
12/22/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Florida A&M	W 75–57	6–6	Williams Arena (4,234) Greenville, NC
12/28/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	UNC Greensboro	W 71–50	7–6	Williams Arena (4,418) Greenville, NC
12/31/2014 12:00 pm, ESPNews	Tulane	L 59–67	7–7 (0–1)	Williams Arena (4,358) Greenville, NC
01/03/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at South Florida	L 50–58	7–8 (0–2)	USF Sun Dome (3,184) Tampa, FL
01/06/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU	at Cincinnati	L 48–69	7–9 (0–3)	Fifth Third Arena (7,516) Cincinnati, OH
01/14/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU	Houston	W 66–61	8–9 (1–3)	Williams Arena (4,368) Greenville, NC
01/17/2015 4:00 pm, CBSSN	at SMU	L 54–77	8–10 (1–4)	Moody Coliseum (7,001) Dallas, TX
01/24/2015 12:00 pm, ESPNews	Tulsa	L 64–66	8–11 (1–5)	Williams Arena (4,968) Greenville, NC
01/28/2015 9:00 pm, CBSSN	at Memphis	L 58–70	8–12 (1–6)	FedEx Forum (13,335) Memphis, TN
02/01/2015 1:00 pm, CBSSN	Cincinnati	W 50–46	9–12 (2–6)	Williams Arena (4,574) Greenville, NC
02/04/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU	at UConn	L 52–65	9–13 (2–7)	Gampel Pavilion (8,985) Storrs, CT
02/07/2015 5:00 pm, ESPN3	UCF	W 67–49	10–13 (3–7)	Williams Arena (5,305) Greenville, NC
02/10/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU	Memphis	W 64–53	11–13 (4–7)	Williams Arena (4,519) Greenville, NC
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, CBSSN	at Temple	L 53–66	11–14 (4–8)	Liacouras Center (8,121) Philadelphia, PA
02/18/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU	at Tulsa	L 58–69	11–15 (4–9)	Reynolds Center (4,263) Tulsa, OK
02/21/2015 11:00 am, ESPNU	South Florida	W 73–60	12–15 (5–9)	Williams Arena (5,073) Greenville, NC
02/25/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU	UConn	L 49–60	12–16 (5–10)	Williams Arena (6,856) Greenville, NC
02/28/2015 12:00 pm, ESPNews	at UCF	W 71–66	13–16 (6–10)	CFE Arena (3,740) Orlando, FL
03/05/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU	Temple	L 56–70	13–17 (6–11)	Williams Arena (4,790) Greenville, NC
03/08/2015 2:00 pm, ESPNews	at Houston	L 52-74	13–18 (6–12)	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,879) Houston, TX
American Athletic Conference tournament
03/12/2015 3:30 pm, ESPNU	vs. UCF First Round	W 81–80 ^OT	14–18	XL Center Hartford, CT
03/13/2015 12:00 pm, ESPN2	vs. No. 20 SMU Quarterfinals	L 68–74	14–19	XL Center Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.