2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

2014–15 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2015 Big Ten Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2014–15 record	15–17 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Chris Collins;
Assistant coaches	Brian James; Patrick Baldwin; Armon Gates;
Home arena	Welsh-Ryan Arena
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. Led by second year head coach Chris Collins. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season 15–17, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Indiana.

Previous season[]

The Wildcats finished the season 14–19, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament where they lost to Michigan State.

Departures[]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Drew Crawford	1	G/F	6'5"	215	RS Senior	Naperville, IL	Graduated
Mike Turner	10	F	6'8"	222	RS Sophomore	Chicago, IL	Transferred
Kale Abrahamson	13	G	6'7"	210	Junior	West Des Moines, IA	Transferred to Drake
James Montgomery III	15	G	6'4"	202	Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Aaron Liberman	31	C/F	6'10"	215	RS Freshman	Los Angeles, CA	Transferred to Tulane
Chier Ajou	42	C	7'2"	245	Sophomore	Aweil, South Sudan	Transferred to Seton Hall
Nikola Cerina	45	F	6'9"	235	Senior	Topola, Serbia	Graduated

Incoming transfers[]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jeremiah Kreisberg	50	C/F	6'10"	240	Senior	Berkeley, CA	Elected to transfer from Yale. Will be eligible to play immediately since Kreisberg graduated from Yale.

Incoming recruits[]

Class of 2014 recruits[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Vic Law SF	South Holland, IL	St. Rita of Cascia High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jul 4, 2013
Vic Law SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Bryant McIntosh PG	Greensburg, IN	Greensburg	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 9, 2013
Bryant McIntosh PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Gavin Skelly PF	Westlake, OH	Westlake	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jul 29, 2013
Gavin Skelly PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Johnnie Vassar PG	San Juan Capistrano, CA	JSerra	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Dec 20, 2013
Johnnie Vassar PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Scott Lindsey SG	Oak Park, IL	Fenwick	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 22, 2013
Scott Lindsey SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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.com. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

Class of 2015 recruits[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Aaron Falzon PF	Newton, MA	Northfield Mount Hermon	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 13, 2014
Aaron Falzon PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 83
Dererk Pardon PF	Cleveland, OH	Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jun 7, 2014
Dererk Pardon PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79
Jordan Ash SG	Westchester, IL	Saint Joseph High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Mar 19, 2014
Jordan Ash SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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.com. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

Roster[]

2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Johnnie Vassar	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	JSerra Catholic HS	Chicago, IL
G	3	Dave Sobolewski	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Benet Academy	Naperville, IL
F	4	Vic Law	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Saint Rita HS	South Holland, IL
G	14	Tre Demps	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	RS Jr	Ronald Reagan HS	San Antonio, TX
G	20	Scottie Lindsey	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Fenwick HS	Hillsdale, IL
F	21	Nick Segura (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Fr	The Heights School	McLean, VA
C	22	Alex Olah	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Jr	Traders Point Christian Acad.	Timișoara, Romania
G	23	JerShon Cobb	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	RS Sr	Columbia HS	Decatur, GA
G	30	Bryant McIntosh	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	Fr	Greensburg Community HS	New Castle, IN
F	32	Nathan Taphorn	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Pekin Community HS	Pekin, IL
G/F	34	Sanjay Lumpkin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS So	Benilde-St. Margaret's	Wayzata, MN
F	44	Gavin Skelly	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	Fr	Westlake HS	Westlake, OH
C	50	Jeremiah Kreisberg	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Yale Head-Royce School	Berkeley, CA

Head coach

Chris Collins (Duke)

Assistant coach(es)

Brian James (Illinois State)
Patrick Baldwin (Northwestern)
Armon Gates (Kent State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-07-20

Schedule and results[]

Source^[1]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 7* 7:00 pm	McKendree	W 102–52	–	Welsh-Ryan Arena (N/A) Evanston, IL
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14* 7:00 pm	Houston Baptist	W 65–58	1–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,372) Evanston, IL
Nov 17* 6:00 pm	at Brown	W 69–56	2–0	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,503) Providence, RI
Nov 20* 7:00 pm	North Florida Cancún Challenge	W 69–67	3–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,783) Evanston, IL
Nov 22* 3:00 pm	Elon Cancún Challenge	W 68–67 ^OT	4-0	Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,315) Evanston, IL
Nov 25* 8:30 pm, CBSSN	vs. Miami (OH) Cancún Challenge semifinals	W 55–46	5–0	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (650) Cancún, MX
Nov 26* 8:30 pm, CBSSN	vs. Northern Iowa Cancún Challenge championship	L 42–61	5–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (650) Cancún, MX
Dec 3* 8:15 pm, ESPNU	Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 58–66	5–2	Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,133) Evanston, IL
Dec 6* 3:30 pm, FOX	at No. 23 Butler	L 56–65	5–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,920) Indianapolis, IN
Dec 14* 5:00 pm, BTN	Mississippi Valley State	W 101–49	6–3	Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,277) Evanston, IL
Dec 17* 7:00 pm	Central Michigan	L 67–80	6–4	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,820) Evanston, IL
Dec 20* 2:00 pm, BTN	Western Michigan	W 67–61	7–4	Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,612) Evanston, IL
Dec 22* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	UIC	W 63–46	8–4	Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,503) Evanston, IL
Dec 27* 2:00 pm, BTN	Northern Kentucky	W 76–55	9–4	Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,650) Evanston, IL
Big Ten regular season
Dec 30 11:00 am, ESPNU	at Rutgers	W 51–47	10–4 (1–0)	The RAC (5,651) Piscataway, NJ
Jan 4 7:30 pm, BTN	No. 4 Wisconsin	L 58–81	10–5 (1–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
Jan 11 11:00 am, BTN	at Michigan State	L 77–84 ^OT	10–6 (1–2)	Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
Jan 14 8:00 pm, BTN	Illinois	L 67–72	10–7 (1–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,652) Evanston, IL
Jan 17 7:15 pm, BTN	at Michigan	L 54–56	10–8 (1–4)	Crisler Center (12,707) Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 22 6:00 pm, ESPN	Ohio State	L 67–69	10–9 (1–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,117) Evanston, IL
Jan 25 6:30 pm, BTN	at No. 13 Maryland	L 67–68	10–10 (1–6)	Xfinity Center (14,113) College Park, MD
Jan 31 5:30 pm, ESPNU	Purdue	L 60–68	10–11 (1–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
Feb 3 6:30 pm, BTN	at Nebraska	L 60–76	10–12 (1–8)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,482) Lincoln, NE
Feb 7 4:30 pm, BTN	at No. 5 Wisconsin	L 50–65	10–13 (1–9)	Kohl Center (17,279) Madison, WI
Feb 10 6:00 pm, BTN	Michigan State	L 44–68	10–14 (1–10)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,265) Evanston, IL
Feb 15 2:00 pm, BTN	Iowa	W 66–61 ^OT	11–14 (2–10)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,714) Evanston, IL
Feb 18 8:00 pm, BTN	at Minnesota	W 72–66	12–14 (3–10)	Williams Arena (12,361) Minneapolis, MN
Feb 21 2:00 pm, ESPNU	Penn State	W 60–39	13–14 (4–10)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,317) Evanston, IL
Feb 25 6:00 pm, BTN	Indiana	W 72–65	14–14 (5–10)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,014) Evanston, IL
Feb 28 6:00 pm, BTN	at Illinois	L 60–86	14–15 (5–11)	State Farm Center (15,471) Champaign, IL
Mar 3 8:00 pm, BTN	Michigan	W 82–78 ^2OT	15–15 (6–11)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,673) Evanston, IL
Mar 7 11:00 am, BTN	at Iowa	L 52–69	15–16 (6–12)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,400) Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 12 5:30 pm, ESPN2	vs. Indiana Second round	L 56–71	15–17	United Center Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[]

^ "2014-15 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2013-07-09.

[schedule-1] "2014-15 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2013-07-09.

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v t Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Old Patten Gymnasium (1910–1940) Patten Gymnasium (1940–1952) Welsh–Ryan Arena (1952–present) Allstate Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Illinois
Culture & lore	"Go U Northwestern" Willie the Wildcat
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1930–31 1986–87 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold

2014–15 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Wisconsin †	16	–	2	.889	36	–	4	.900
No. 12 Maryland	14	–	4	.778	28	–	7	.800
No. 23 Michigan State	12	–	6	.667	27	–	12	.692
Iowa	12	–	6	.667	22	–	12	.647
Purdue	12	–	6	.667	21	–	13	.618
Ohio State	11	–	7	.611	24	–	11	.686
Indiana	9	–	9	.500	20	–	14	.588
Illinois	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Michigan	8	–	10	.444	16	–	16	.500
Minnesota	6	–	12	.333	18	–	15	.545
Northwestern	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Nebraska	5	–	13	.278	13	–	18	.419
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	18	–	16	.529
Rutgers	2	–	16	.111	10	–	22	.313

† 2015 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll