2014–15 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

2014–15 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball

Conference	Big West Conference
2014–15 record	14–17 (7–9 Big West)
Head coach	Dennis Cutts (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Stephen Sauers
Assistant coach	Justin Bell
Assistant coach	Keith Wilkinson
Home arena	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center

2014–15 Big West men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Davis	14	–	2	.875	25	–	7	.781
UC Irvine †	11	–	5	.688	21	–	13	.618
UC Santa Barbara	11	–	5	.688	19	–	14	.576
Long Beach State	10	–	6	.625	16	–	17	.485
Hawaii	8	–	8	.500	22	–	13	.629
UC Riverside	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
Cal Poly	6	–	10	.375	13	–	16	.448
Cal State Northridge	4	–	12	.250	9	–	24	.273
Cal State Fullerton	1	–	15	.063	9	–	22	.290


† 2015 Big West Tournament winner

The 2014–15 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders were led by second year head coach Dennis Cutts and played their home games at the UC Riverside Student Recreation Center as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 7–9 in Big West play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament to UC Irvine.

Roster

2014–15 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Gruninger, NickNick Gruninger	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Davis HS Snow CC	Kaysville, UT
1.5 !G	1	Bland, JaylenJaylen Bland	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Cleveland HS Murray State College of the Canyons	Saginaw, MI
1.5 !G	3	Standifer, CharlesCharles Standifer	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Capital Christian HS	Sacramento, CA
3.5 !F	5	Johns, TaylorTaylor Johns	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Sacred Heart Prep	San Francisco, CA
1.5 !G	10	Jones, StevenSteven Jones	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Taft HS	Northridge, CA
3.5 !F	11	Tisdell, Jr., TerrenceTerrence Tisdell, Jr.	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Central HS	Cape Girardeau, MO
3.5 !F	12	Boezeman, RobertRobert Boezeman	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Canarias Basketball Academy	Dordrecht, Netherlands
3.5 !F	13	Thornton, StevenSteven Thornton	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Golden Valley HS Citrus College Utah State	Santa Clarita, CA
1.5 !G	15	Wright, BrianBrian Wright	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	St. Anthony HS	Carson, CA
3.5 !F	20	Thiero, CheickCheick Thiero	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Arlington Country Day Tallahassee CC	Bamako, Mali
3.5 !F	21	Larrson, AlexAlex Larrson	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Södertälje Knights Club Team	Södertälje, Sweden
3.5 !F	22	Gruber, ColinColin Gruber	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Harbor HS Northern Arizona Cabrillo CC	Aptos, CA
1.5 !G	31	Tang, ChrisChris Tang	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Canarias Basketball Academy	Jiangsu, China
1.5 !G	35	Quick, AustinAustin Quick	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Murrieta Valley HS	Murrieta, CA

Head coach

Dennis Cutts (Albany (NY))

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Miller (Southern California)
Justin Bell (UC Riverside)
Steve Sauers (Albany (NY))

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source:

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/07/2014* 7:00 PM	Holy Names	W 66–49		UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (602) Riverside, CA
Non-conference games
11/15/2014* 4:00 PM	UC San Diego	W 75–52	1–0	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (2,341) Riverside, CA
11/17/2014* 7:00 PM	Sacramento State	L 69–70	1–1	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (580) Riverside, CA
11/21/2014* 6:00 PM, P12N	at #25 Utah	L 42–88	1–2	Jon M. Huntsman Center (9,645) Salt Lake City, UT
11/23/2014* 1:00 PM	Saint Katherine	W 102–49	2–2	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (310) Riverside, CA
11/26/2014* 5:00 PM	at Loyola Marymount	L 62–66	2–3	Gersten Pavilion (1,625) Los Angeles, CA
11/29/2014* 1:00 PM	Abilene Christian	W 76–56	3–3	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (183) Riverside, CA
12/02/2014* 7:00 PM	at Cal State Bakersfield	W 59–58	4–3	Icardo Center (763) Bakersfield, CA
12/06/2014* 5:00 PM	Portland State	W 88–62	5–3	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (582) Riverside, CA
12/10/2014* 8:00 PM, P12N	at UCLA	L 66–77	5–4	Pauley Pavilion (5,450) Los Angeles, CA
12/20/2014* 1:00 PM	Houston Baptist	W 78–67	6–4	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (273) Riverside, CA
12/22/2014* 8:00 PM, FSSD	at San Diego State	L 33–61	6–5	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
12/30/2014* 7:00 PM	Morgan State	W 68–63	7–5	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (288) Riverside, CA
01/02/2015* 5:00 PM, ESPN3	at Northern Illinois	L 67–72 ^OT	7–7	Convocation Center (873) DeKalb, IL
01/04/2015* 3:00 PM	at Grand Canyon	L 69–71	7–7	GCU Arena (3,714) Phoenix, AZ
Conference games
01/08/2015 7:00 PM	Cal State Fullerton	W 84–78 ^OT	8–7 (1–0)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (712) Riverside, CA
01/10/2015 7:00 PM	at UC Irvine	L 55–69	8–8 (1–1)	Bren Events Center (2,047) Irvine, CA
01/15/2015 7:00 PM	UC Davis	L 61–74	8–9 (1–2)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (923) Riverside, CA
01/17/2015 5:00 PM, ESPNU	Hawaii	W 66–62	9–9 (2–2)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,167) Riverside, CA
01/22/2015 7:00 PM	at UC Santa Barbara	L 75–83	9–10 (2–3)	The Thunderdome (1,486) Santa Barbara, CA
01/24/2015 7:00 PM	at Cal Poly	L 49–68	9–11 (2–4)	Mott Gym (2,897) San Luis Obispo, CA
01/31/2015 5:00 PM	Cal State Northridge	W 66–62	10–11 (3–4)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (579) Riverside, CA
02/05/2015 7:00 PM	at Long Beach State	L 63–68	10–12 (3–5)	Walter Pyramid (2,804) Long Beach, CA
02/07/2015 5:00 PM	at Cal State Fullerton	W 71–66 ^OT	11–12 (4–5)	Titan Gym (3,102) Fullerton, CA
02/12/2015 9:00 PM	at Hawaii	L 52–73	11–13 (4–6)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,715) Honolulu, HI
02/14/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN3	UC Irvine	W 70–63	12–13 (5–6)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (592) Riverside, CA
02/19/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN3	UC Santa Barbara	W 64–62	13–13 (6–6)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (845) Riverside, CA
02/21/2015 7:00 PM	Cal Poly	W 48–44	14–13 (7–6)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,076) Riverside, CA
02/28/2015 7:00 PM	at Cal State Northridge	L 76–83	14–14 (7–7)	Matadome (1,600) Northridge, CA
03/05/2015 7:00 PM	at UC Davis	L 59–61	14–15 (7–8)	The Pavilion (3,255) Davis, CA
03/07/2015 5:00 PM	Long Beach State	L 58–59	14–16 (7–9)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (976) Riverside, CA
Big West Tournament
03/12/2015 9:00 pm	vs. UC Irvine	L 54–63	14–17	Honda Center Anaheim, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball

Venues	UC Riverside Gymnasium (1954–1994) Student Recreation Center (1994–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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