2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's fourteenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 21–10, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament to Portland. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt.

Previous season The Gaels finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semi-finals of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Utah in the first round before losing in the second round to Minnesota.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Paul McCoy 2 G 5'11" 175 RS Senior Portland, OR Graduated Jordan Giusti 12 G 6'2" 185 RS Sophomore San Ramon, CA Transferred Eividas Petrulis 13 F 6'7" 210 RS Sophomore Vilnius, Lithuania Left the team Stephen Holt 14 G 6'4" 195 Senior Portland, OR Graduated Beau Levesque 15 F 6'6" 220 Senior Lafayette, CA Graduated Matt Hodgson 33 C 6'11" 255 Senior Booval, Queensland, Australia Graduated James Walker III 35 F 6'3" 185 Senior Glendora, CA Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Aaron Bright 20 G 5'11" 178 Senior Bellevue, WA Transferred from Stanford. Will be eligible to play immediately since Bright graduated from Stanford. Desmond Simmons 30 F 6'7" 225 RS Senior Vallejo, CA Transferred from Washington. Will be eligible to play immediately since Simmons graduated from Washington.

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| Regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| WCC tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| NIT

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