2014–15 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team


The 2014–15 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Sean Miller and played home games at the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 34–4, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win their second straight Pac-12 regular season championship title for 14th time. In the Pac-12 Tournament, the Wildcats defeated 8-seed California; 73–51 in the quarterfinal game, 4-seed UCLA; 70–64 in the semifinal game, and 2-seed Oregon; 80–52 in the championship game. The Wildcats won their first Pac-12 Tournament title for the fifth time since 2002. As the #2 seed in the West Region NCAA Tournament, The Arizona Wildcats defeated the #15 seed Texas Southern; 93–72 in the round of 64, #10 seed Ohio State; 73–58 in the round of 32, 6-seed Xavier; 68–60 in the Sweet 16, advancing to the Elite 8 for second straight year, losing to 1-seed Wisconsin ; 85–78.

Previous season

The 2013–14 Arizona Wildcats team finished the season with an overall record of 33–5, and 15–3 in the Pac-12 to win their 13th Pac-12 regular season championship. In the Pac-12 Tournament the Wildcats defeated Utah and Colorado to advanced to the Pac-12 Championship Game, where they lost to UCLA. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a 1–seed in the West Region, where they defeated 16-seed Weber State, 8-seed Gonzaga, and 4-seed San Diego State to advance to the Elite Eight, where they lost to 2-seed Wisconsin in overtime.

Off Season

Departures

Incoming Transfers

2014 Recruiting Class

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Schedule

The team's non-conference schedule will include road games at UNLV and UTEP, home games against Mount St. Mary's, UC Irvine, Oakland, Gardner-Webb, Michigan, Gonzaga, Utah Valley and Cal State Northridge and three neutral-site games as part of the 2014 Maui Invitational Tournament. In conference play, the team will face neither the Washington teams at home nor the Los Angeles teams on the road.
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=";"| 2014–15 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season|
!colspan=12 style=";"| 2015 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament|
!colspan=12 style=";"| NCAA Tournament

Ranking movement

PollPreWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18PostFinal
AP22333338710766777555N/A
Coaches22433337697667776644

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGFGM-FGA3PM-3PAFTM-FTARPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Brandon Ashley383827.8166–32312–36121–1725.20.60.60.612.2
Jacob Hazzard1701.61–100–60–000.05000.1
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson382528.7138–2756–29145–2056.81.51.10.811.2
Parker Jackson–Cartwright3409.634–759–2322–341.41.80.30.02.9
Stanley Johnson383728.4174–39043–116132–1786.51.61.50.413.8
Matt Korcheck2113.710–140–06–60.80.10.050.31.2
Trey Mason901.31–31–10–00.10000.3
T. J. McConnell383830.5156–31325–7858–703.86.32.20.0710.4
Drew Mellon1201.90–70–30–00.30.2000
Elliott Pitts38114.943–10927–7419–241.00.40.30.053.5
Dušan Ristić3608.648–784–521–412.10.050.050.23.4
Kaleb Tarczewski383726.0123–2150–0107–1535.20.30.40.69.3
Gabe York371323.1107–24366–16560–742.11.20.60.39.2

Awards

; Stanley Johnson
; Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
; T.J. McConnell
; Brandon Ashley