2014–15 American Eagles men's basketball team

The 2014–15 American Eagles men's basketball team represented American University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Mike Brennan, played their home games at Bender Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 17–16, 8–10 in Patriot League play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the championship game of the Patriot League tournament where they lost to Lafayette.

2014–15 American Eagles men's basketball
Conference	Patriot League
Record	17–16 (8–10 Patriot)
Head coach	Mike Brennan (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Scott Greenman Nate Philippe Matt Wolff
Home arena	Bender Arena

2014–15 Patriot League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bucknell	13	–	5		.722			19	–	15		.559
Colgate	12	–	6		.667			16	–	17		.485
Lehigh	10	–	8		.556			16	–	14		.533
Lafayette †	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Boston University	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
American	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Holy Cross	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Navy	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Loyola (MD)	7	–	11		.389			11	–	19		.367
Army	6	–	12		.333			15	–	15		.500
† 2015 Patriot League tournament winner

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Darius Gardner	Guard	5–9	165	RS–Senior	Houston, Texas
1	Kyle Kager	Forward	6–8	195	Senior	Flower Mound, Texas
2	George Langberg	Guard	6–3	185	Freshman	Short Hills, New Jersey
3	Justice Montgomery	Guard	5–11	160	Senior	Orlando, Florida
4	Alex Paquin	Guard	6–0	198	Freshman	Montreal, Quebec
5	Marko Vasic	Forward	6–5	200	Junior	Belgrade, Serbia
12	Yilret Yiljep	Forward	6–7	235	Sophomore	Kaduna, Nigeria
13	Kevin Panzer	Forward	6–9	225	RS–Senior	Mission Viejo, California
14	Jesse Reed	Guard	6–5	185	Junior	Saltsburg, Pennsylvania
20	Charlie Jones	Guard	6–4	185	Sophomore	Manchester, Maryland
21	Jalen Rhea	Guard	6–2	205	Sophomore	New Albany, Ohio
22	John Schoof	Guard	6–5	205	Senior	Fairfax, Virginia
25	Langdon Neal	Guard	6–0	165	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
33	Leon Tolksdorf	Forward	6–8	225	Junior	Berlin, Germany
34	Gabe Brown	Center	7–0	230	Freshman	Stony Brook, New York
35	Jonathan Davis	Forward	6–7	220	RS–Junior	Simi Valley, California
42	Paris Maragkos	Forward	6–9	243	Junior	Marousi, Greece
44	Zach Elcano	Center	6–11	230	Junior	Centreville, Virginia

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:30 pm, ESPN3	at Temple Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	L 37–40	0–1	Liacouras Center (5,655) Philadelphia, PA
11/17/2014* 7:30 pm, CSN	Saint Francis (PA)	W 49–46	1–1	Bender Arena (1,562) Washington, D.C.
11/21/2014* 10:00 pm	vs. Presbyterian Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	W 63–38	2–1	Thomas Assembly Center (2,937) Ruston, LA
11/22/2014* 7:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	L 44–63	2–2	Thomas Assembly Center (2,868) Ruston, LA
11/23/2014* 1:30 pm	vs. Morehead State Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	W 51–46	3–2	Thomas Assembly Center (N/A) Ruston, LA
11/26/2014* 2:00 pm	at Hampton	W 64–60	4–2	Hampton Convocation Center (1,000) Hampton, VA
11/29/2014* 3:00 pm	at Columbia	L 43–52	4–3	Levien Gymnasium (1,080) New York City, NY
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm	at Brown	W 66–49	5–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (247) Providence, RI
12/06/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at No. 24 Illinois	L 55–70	5–4	State Farm Center (13,924) Chamapaign, IL
12/16/2014* 7:00 pm	at La Salle	W 68–66 OT	6–4	Tom Gola Arena (1,204) Philadelphia, PA
12/20/2014* 1:00 pm	Mount St. Mary's	W 46–45	7–4	Bender Arena (1,932) Washington, D.C.
12/23/2014* 7:00 pm	at Stony Brook	L 47–59	7–5	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (N/A) Stony Brook, NY
Conference regular season
12/31/2014 2:30 pm	at Bucknell	L 47–57	7–6 (0–1)	Sojka Pavilion (2,559) Lewisburg, PA
01/03/2015 1:00 pm	Holy Cross	W 53–49	8–6 (1–1)	Bender Arena (1,138) Washington, D.C.
01/07/2015 7:30 pm	at Loyola (MD)	L 53–56 OT	8–7 (1–2)	Reitz Arena (478) Baltimore, MD
01/10/2015 1:00 pm, CSN	Colgate	W 71–69 2OT	9–7 (2–2)	Bender Arena (1,501) Washington, D.C.
01/14/2015 7:30 pm	Lehigh	W 62–59	10–7 (3–2)	Bender Arena (1,516) Washington, D.C.
01/17/2015 2:00 pm	at Lafayette	W 78–76	11–7 (4–2)	Kirby Sports Center (1,763) Easton, PA
01/21/2015 7:00 pm	at Boston University	L 54–59	11–8 (4–3)	Agganis Arena (537) Boston, MA
01/26/2015 7:00 pm, CBSSN	Army	L 66–68	11–9 (4–4)	Bender Arena (1,658) Washington, D.C.
01/28/2015 7:00 pm	at Navy	L 54–64	11–10 (4–5)	Alumni Hall (1,209) Annapolis, MD
02/02/2015 7:30 pm, CBSSN	Holy Cross	W 57–50	12–10 (5–5)	Hart Center (516) Worcester, MA
02/04/2015 7:30 pm, ASN	Loyola (MD)	W 64–49	13–10 (6–5)	Bender Arena (1,230) Washington, D.C.
02/07/2015 2:00 pm	at Colgate	L 43–59	13–11 (6–6)	Cotterell Court (787) Hamilton, NY
02/12/2015 7:00 pm, CBSSN	at Lehigh	L 58–65	13–12 (6–7)	Stabler Arena (1,132) Bethlehem, PA
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, CSN	Lafayette	W 88–77	14–12 (7–7)	Bender Arena (1,856) Washington, D.C.
02/18/2015 7:00 pm, CBSSN	Boston University	L 53–61	14–13 (7–8)	Bender Arena (1,176) Washington, D.C.
02/22/2015 12:00 pm	at Army	L 63–72	14–14 (7–9)	Christl Arena (973) West Point, NY
02/25/2015 7:30 pm	Navy	W 68–49	15–14 (8–9)	Bender Arena (1,273) Washington, D.C.
02/28/2015 12:00 pm	Bucknell	L 69–71	15–15 (8–10)	Bender Arena (2,386) Washington, D.C.
Patriot League tournament
03/05/2015 7:00 pm	at Lehigh Quarterfinals	W 68–62	16–15	Stabler Arena (1,009) Bethlehem, PA
03/08/2015 4:00 pm, CBSSN	at Colgate Semifinals	W 73–62	17–15	Cotterell Court (1,441) Hamilton, NY
03/11/2015 7:30 pm, CBSSN	at Lafayette Championship game	L 63–65	18–16	Kirby Sports Center (2,644) Easton, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

2014–15 American Eagles women's basketball team