2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by ninth year head coach Ken Burmeister and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center. They were members of the Southland Conference.

2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball
CIT, First round
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	18–11 (10–8 Southland)
Head coach	Ken Burmeister (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Bilal Batley Brian Curtis John Smith
Home arena	McDermott Convocation Center (Capacity: 2,000)

2014–15 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stephen F. Austin †	17	–	1		.944			29	–	5		.853
Sam Houston State	15	–	3		.833			26	–	9		.743
Texas A&M–CC	13	–	5		.722			20	–	14		.588
Northwestern State	13	–	5		.722			19	–	13		.594
Incarnate Word**	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Lamar*	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
McNeese State	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
Houston Baptist*	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
Nicholls State	7	–	11		.389			10	–	19		.345
New Orleans	6	–	12		.333			11	–	18		.379
Southeastern Louisiana	6	–	12		.333			9	–	23		.281
Abilene Christian**	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Central Arkansas*	2	–	16		.111			2	–	27		.069
* ineligible for postseason due to APR penalties ** ineligible for postseason due to Div. I transition
† 2015 Southland tournament winner

This was year 2 of a 4-year transitional period for Incarnate Word from DII to DI. During year 2 they will play a normal conference schedule. They are DI for scheduling purposes and are also to be considered as a DI RPI member.

Although Incarnate Word was classified as a DI school for scheduling purposes in years 2–4 and can win the regular season conference title, they cannot participate in the conference tournament until the 2017–18 season, at which time they will also be able to enter the NCAA Tournament, should they win the conference.

The Cardinals were picked to finish sixth (6th) in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Directors Poll.

They finished the season 18–11, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, their first ever DI postseason appearance, where they lost in the first round to Louisiana–Lafayette.

Audio streaming

All Incarnate Word games were broadcast on KKYX's website. KUIW Radio also produced a student media broadcast for each non-televised home game, that was available online, and they provided streaming of all non-televised home games were shown via UIW TV.

Roster

2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown PG 0 Jontrell Walker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Fr Aurora West Aurora, Illinois F 1 Derall Green 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) So Klein Forest Wichita State University Houston, Texas G 2 Mitchell Badillo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Cy Falls Houston, Texas G 4 Kyle Hittle 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr New Bruanfels New Braunfels, Texas F 5 Traylin Farris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Fr Manvel Pearland, Texas G 10 Shawn Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Alief Hastings New Orleans, Louisiana G 11 Denzel Livingston 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Sr Waltrip Houston, Texas F 12 Jerred Kite 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Antonian High School Texas A&M-Corpus Christi San Antonio, Texas G 15 Sam Burmeister 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Churchill San Antonio, Texas F 21 John Baker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 223 lb (101 kg) So East Central Adkins, Texas G 22 Marcus Brock 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Madison San Antonio, Texas F 23 Austin Henry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Fr Steele High School Cibolo, Texas F 24 Phillip Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Edison High School New Orleans, Louisiana F 32 Winslo Barry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Sr Christian Life Center Tyler JC Nassau	Head coach Ken Burmeister (Saint Mary's) Assistant coach(es) Prince Johnson (Incarnate Word) Brian Curtis (Incarnate Word) Daryl Ward (Incarnate Word) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-19

Schedule and Results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference
11/14/2014* 8:00 pm	UT–Tyler	W 89–49	1–0	McDermott Center (1,082) San Antonio, TX
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm	Huston–Tillotson	W 94–63	2–0	McDermott Center (568) San Antonio, TX
11/22/2014* 11:00 am	at Princeton	W 79–68	3–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,554) Princeton, NJ
11/24/2014* 7:00 pm	Texas A&M International	W 105–83	4–0	McDermott Center (462) San Antonio, TX
12/04/2014* 7:00 pm	St. Edwards	W 85–68	5–0	McDermott Center (505) San Antonio, TX
12/08/2014* 7:00 pm	at UTEP	L 65–81	5–1	Don Haskins Center (6,570) El Paso, TX
12/10/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Nebraska	W 74–73	6–1	Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,275) Lincoln, NE
12/17/2014* 7:00 pm	at Grand Canyon	W 82–80	7–1	GCU Arena (4,692) Phoenix, AZ
12/20/2014* 6:00 pm	at UMKC	W 114–110 3OT	8–1	Municipal Auditorium (1,473) Kansas City, MO
12/22/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Tulsa	L 47–76	8–2	Reynolds Center (4,209) Tulsa, OK
Conference Games
01/03/2015 4:30 pm	at Sam Houston State	L 78–84	8–3 (0–1)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (771) Huntsville, TX
01/10/2015 3:00 pm	at Northwestern State	L 101–103	8–4 (0–2)	Prather Coliseum (1,412) Natchitoches, LA
01/12/2015 4:00 pm	New Orleans	W 97–66	9–4 (1–2)	McDermott Center (417) San Antonio, TX
01/17/2015 4:00 pm	Southeastern Louisiana	L 98–108 2OT	9–5 (1–3)	McDermott Center (1,250) San Antonio, TX
01/24/2015 4:00 pm	at Abilene Christian	W 77–61	10–5 (2–3)	Moody Coliseum (1,325) Abilene, TX
01/26/2015 7:00 pm	McNeese State	W 86–84	11–5 (3–3)	McDermott Center (672) San Antonio, TX
01/31/2015 3:30 pm	at Nicholls State	W 69–58	12–5 (4–3)	Stopher Gym (768) Thibodaux, LA
02/03/2015 7:00 pm	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 70–71	12–6 (4–4)	American Bank Center (1,283) Corpus Christi, TX
02/07/2015 7:30 pm, ESPN3	Lamar	W 78–72	13–6 (5–4)	McDermott Center (1,710) San Antonio, TX
02/10/2015 7:00 pm	Nicholls State	W 73–64	14–6 (6–4)	McDermott Center (510) San Antonio, TX
02/13/2015 4:00 pm	at Central Arkansas	W 77–67	15–6 (7–4)	Farris Center (688) Conway, AR
02/16/2015 7:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin	L 76–90	15–7 (7–5)	McDermott Center (1,112) San Antonio, TX
02/21/2015 7:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 74–68	16–7 (8–5)	McDermott Center (1,200) San Antonio, TX
02/23/2015 7:00 pm	Houston Baptist	W 77–64	17–7 (9–5)	McDermott Center (802) San Antonio, TX
02/28/2015 6:00 pm	at Lamar	L 66–79	17–8 (9–6)	Montagne Center (2,005) Beaumont, TX
03/02/2015 7:00 pm	at Stephen F. Austin	L 62–83	17–9 (9–7)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (3,194) Nacogdoches, TX
03/05/2015 8:00 pm	Abilene Christian	W 64–52	18–9 (10–7)	McDermott Center (1,427) San Antonio, TX
03/07/2015 7:00 pm	at Houston Baptist	L 77–78	18–10 (10–8)	Sharp Gymnasium (1,008) Houston, TX
CIT
03/17/2015* 7:00 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette First round	L 68–83	18–11	McDermott Center (1,811) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2014–15 Incarnate Word Cardinals women's basketball team