The 2014–15 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by first year head coach Doc Sadler, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–20, 4–14 in C-USA play to finish in 13th place. Due to violations committed under the previous coaching regime, the team were ineligible for postseason play including the C-USA tournament.
In 2016, the NCAA vacated six wins due to participation of two ineligible players, who were suspended effective January 29, 2015.
Previous season The Golden Eagles finished the season 29–7, 13–3 in C-USA play to finish in a four-way tie for the C-USA regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Louisiana Tech. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Toledo and Missouri to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Minnesota.
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Neil Watson 5 G 5'11" 170 Senior Kansas City, MO Graduated Daveon Boardingham 11 F 6'7" 225 Senior Newark, NJ Graduated Aaron Brown 22 F 6'5" 210 RS Junior Hackensack, NJ Graduate transfer to Boston College Michael Craig 24 G/F 6'5" 230 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated Ude Ifeanyichukwa 32 F 6'10" 235 Junior Abuja, Nigeria Transferred to Kentucky Wesleyan
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Dallas Anglin 4 G 6'2" 175 Junior Montclair, NJ Junior college transfer from College of Southern Idaho. Rasham Suarez 11 G 6'2 185 Junior San Juan, PR Junior college transfer from Central Florida Community College. Khari Price 12 G 5'11" 170 Junior Slidell, LA Transferred from Dayton. Under NCAA transfer rules, Price will have to redshirt from the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Recruiting class of 2014
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#F1C500; color:#000000;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#F1C500; color:#000000;"| Regular season
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