2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The Cardinals were led by ninth year head coach Ken Burmeister and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center . They were members of the Southland Conference .
This was year 2 of a 4-year transitional period for Incarnate Word from DII to DI.[ 1] During year 2 they will play a normal conference schedule. They are DI for scheduling purposes and are also to be considered as a DI RPI member.
Although Incarnate Word was classified as a DI school for scheduling purposes in years 2–4 and can win the regular season conference title, they cannot participate in the conference tournament until the 2017–18 season, at which time they will also be able to enter the NCAA Tournament, should they win the conference.
The Cardinals were picked to finish sixth (6th) in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Directors Poll.[ 2]
They finished the season 18–11, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament , their first ever DI postseason appearance, where they lost in the first round to Louisiana–Lafayette.
Audio streaming
All Incarnate Word games were broadcast on KKYX 's website. KUIW Radio also produced a student media broadcast for each non-televised home game, that was available online, and they provided streaming of all non-televised home games were shown via UIW TV.
Roster
2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Previous school
Hometown
PG
0
Jontrell Walker
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
186 lb (84 kg)
Fr
Aurora West
Aurora, Illinois
F
1
Derall Green
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
214 lb (97 kg)
So
Klein Forest Wichita State University
Houston, Texas
G
2
Mitchell Badillo
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Jr
Cy Falls
Houston, Texas
G
4
Kyle Hittle
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Jr
New Bruanfels
New Braunfels, Texas
F
5
Traylin Farris
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
222 lb (101 kg)
Fr
Manvel
Pearland, Texas
G
10
Shawn Johnson
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Fr
Alief Hastings
New Orleans, Louisiana
G
11
Denzel Livingston
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
155 lb (70 kg)
Sr
Waltrip
Houston, Texas
F
12
Jerred Kite
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
So
Antonian High School Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
San Antonio, Texas
G
15
Sam Burmeister
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
So
Churchill
San Antonio, Texas
F
21
John Baker
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
223 lb (101 kg)
So
East Central
Adkins, Texas
G
22
Marcus Brock
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
So
Madison
San Antonio, Texas
F
23
Austin Henry
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
233 lb (106 kg)
Fr
Steele High School
Cibolo, Texas
F
24
Phillip Johnson
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
So
Edison High School
New Orleans, Louisiana
F
32
Winslo Barry
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
234 lb (106 kg)
Sr
Christian Life Center Tyler JC
Nassau
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: 2014-09-19
Schedule and Results
Date time, TV
Opponent
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference
11/14/2014 *8:00 pm
UT–Tyler
W 89–49
1–0
McDermott Center (1,082)San Antonio, TX
11/18/2014 *7:00 pm
Huston–Tillotson
W 94–63
2–0
McDermott Center (568)San Antonio, TX
11/22/2014 *11:00 am
at Princeton
W 79–68
3–0
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,554)Princeton, NJ
11/24/2014 *7:00 pm
Texas A&M International
W 105–83
4–0
McDermott Center (462)San Antonio, TX
12/04/2014 *7:00 pm
St. Edwards
W 85–68
5–0
McDermott Center (505)San Antonio, TX
12/08/2014 *7:00 pm
at UTEP
L 65–81
5–1
Don Haskins Center (6,570)El Paso, TX
12/10/2014 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Nebraska
W 74–73
6–1
Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,275)Lincoln, NE
12/17/2014 *7:00 pm
at Grand Canyon
W 82–80
7–1
GCU Arena (4,692)Phoenix, AZ
12/20/2014 *6:00 pm
at UMKC
W 114–110 3OT
8–1
Municipal Auditorium (1,473)Kansas City, MO
12/22/2014 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulsa
L 47–76
8–2
Reynolds Center (4,209)Tulsa, OK
Conference Games
01/03/2015 4:30 pm
at Sam Houston State
L 78–84
8–3 (0–1)
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (771)Huntsville, TX
01/10/2015 3:00 pm
at Northwestern State
L 101–103
8–4 (0–2)
Prather Coliseum (1,412)Natchitoches, LA
01/12/2015 4:00 pm
New Orleans
W 97–66
9–4 (1–2)
McDermott Center (417)San Antonio, TX
01/17/2015 4:00 pm
Southeastern Louisiana
L 98–108 2OT
9–5 (1–3)
McDermott Center (1,250)San Antonio, TX
01/24/2015 4:00 pm
at Abilene Christian
W 77–61
10–5 (2–3)
Moody Coliseum (1,325)Abilene, TX
01/26/2015 7:00 pm
McNeese State
W 86–84
11–5 (3–3)
McDermott Center (672)San Antonio, TX
01/31/2015 3:30 pm
at Nicholls State
W 69–58
12–5 (4–3)
Stopher Gym (768)Thibodaux, LA
02/03/2015 7:00 pm
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
L 70–71
12–6 (4–4)
American Bank Center (1,283)Corpus Christi, TX
02/07/2015 7:30 pm, ESPN3
Lamar
W 78–72
13–6 (5–4)
McDermott Center (1,710)San Antonio, TX
02/10/2015 7:00 pm
Nicholls State
W 73–64
14–6 (6–4)
McDermott Center (510)San Antonio, TX
02/13/2015 4:00 pm
at Central Arkansas
W 77–67
15–6 (7–4)
Farris Center (688)Conway, AR
02/16/2015 7:00 pm
Stephen F. Austin
L 76–90
15–7 (7–5)
McDermott Center (1,112)San Antonio, TX
02/21/2015 7:00 pm
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
W 74–68
16–7 (8–5)
McDermott Center (1,200)San Antonio, TX
02/23/2015 7:00 pm
Houston Baptist
W 77–64
17–7 (9–5)
McDermott Center (802)San Antonio, TX
02/28/2015 6:00 pm
at Lamar
L 66–79
17–8 (9–6)
Montagne Center (2,005)Beaumont, TX
03/02/2015 7:00 pm
at Stephen F. Austin
L 62–83
17–9 (9–7)
William R. Johnson Coliseum (3,194)Nacogdoches, TX
03/05/2015 8:00 pm
Abilene Christian
W 64–52
18–9 (10–7)
McDermott Center (1,427)San Antonio, TX
03/07/2015 7:00 pm
at Houston Baptist
L 77–78
18–10 (10–8)
Sharp Gymnasium (1,008)Houston, TX
CIT
03/17/2015 *7:00 pm
Louisiana–Lafayette First round
L 68–83
18–11
McDermott Center (1,811)San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Central Time .
See also
References