The 2014–15 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats played home games on Ed Jucker Court at the Fifth Third Arena. The 2014–15 season was the second season the Bearcats participated in the American Athletic Conference, and were coached by Mick Cronin in his ninth season. Mick Cronin discovered he had an arterial dissection and sat out the rest of the season, last coaching December 17 against San Diego State, which would see Assistant Head Coach Larry Davis coach the rest of the season. They finished the season 23–11, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic tournament to UConn. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Purdue in the second round before losing in the third round to Kentucky.
Offseason
Departing players Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes 0 G 186 Mason, Ohio Walk-on; graduated 0 G 199 Muncie, Indiana Transferred to Ball State (mid-season) 2 F 220 Dallas, Texas Graduated 5 F 230 Cocoa Beach, Florida Graduated 11 F 199 Springfield Gardens, New York Transferred to Manhattan 23 G 210 Yonkers, New York Graduated 33 C 250 Juba, South Sudan Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Coreontae DeBerry C 270 Holland, MI Junior college transferred from Hutchinson CC Octavius Ellis C 205 Memphis, TN Junior college transferred from Trinity Valley CC Farad Cobb G 175 West Palm Beach, FL Junior college transferred from Northwest Florida SC
Recruiting class of 2014
Recruiting class of 2015
Roster
Nov 21, 2014 - Ge'Lawn Guyn injured his pinky in practice. Guyn would leave the team after the fall semester and graduate in the spring. He maintained one year of eligibility and later transferred to East Tennessee State. Dec 13, 2014 - Jamaree Strickland elected to transfer after the fall semester. Strickland had been suspended from the team since November 26. Strickland eventually transferred to Arizona Western College. Feb 19, 2015 - Following the Xavier game, Deshaun Morman was indefinitely suspended. Morman would eventually transfer to Towson after the conclusion of the season.
Depth chart
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Schedule
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Awards and milestones
American Athletic Conference honors
All-AAC Second Team Octavius Ellis
All-AAC Honorable Mention Troy Caupain
All-AAC Rookie Team Gary Clark
Player of the Week Week 17: Farad Cobb
Rookie of the Week Week 4: Gary Clark
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