2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
The 2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2014 and March 2015. Practices began in October 2014, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. The season was the second since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues.
This was the first season for East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa in American Athletic competition.
Preseason
Coaching changes
- Tulsa Hired Frank Haith, after Former Coach Danny Manning took the Wake Forest job
- Kelvin Sampson was hired at Houston after former coach James Dickey resigned for Personal reasons
- Orlando Antigua was hired at USF, after USF rescinded their offer to Steve Masiello after it was reported that he had not graduated from the University of Kentucky, as his resume had stated. Masiello was originally hired to replace Stan Heath, who was fired
Predicted American Athletic results
first place votes
Preseason All-AAC Teams
American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Ryan Boatright, ConnecticutAmerican Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year: Daniel Hamilton, Connecticut
Preseason Watchlists
Rankings
AAC Regular Season
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.Postseason
- March 12–15, 2015 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT
NCAA Tournament
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 6 | South | SMU | Bye | vs. #11 UCLA - L, 59-60 | |||||
| 8 | Midwest | Cincinnati | Bye | vs. #9 Purdue - W, 66-55 OT | vs. #1 Kentucky - L, 64-51 | ||||
| W–L : | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 Total: 1–2 |
National Invitation Tournament
| Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| 1 | Temple | Temple | vs. #8 Bucknell - W, 73-67 | vs. #5 George Washington - W, 90-77 | vs. #3 Louisiana Tech - W, 77-59 | vs. #2 Miami - L, 57-60 | |
| 2 | Old Dominion | Tulsa | vs. #7 William & Mary - W, 70-67 | vs. #3 Murray State - L, 62-83 | |||
| 4 | Richmond | Connecticut | vs. #5 Arizona State - L, 61-68 | ||||
| W–L : | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 Total: 4–3 |