2014–15 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Mark Montgomery, played their home games at the Convocation Center as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to Akron.

2014–15 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	14–16 (8–10 MAC)
Head coach	Mark Montgomery (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jon Borovich Lou Dawkins Jason Larson
Home arena	Convocation Center

2014–15 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Buffalo †	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
Kent State	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Bowling Green	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Akron	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Miami	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Ohio	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
West
Central Michigan	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Toledo	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Western Michigan	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
Eastern Michigan	8	–	10		.444			21	–	14		.600
Northern Illinois	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Ball State	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2015 MAC tournament winner

Roster

2014–15 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown C 0 Pete Rakocevic 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Sr Wilbraham & Monson Academy Sacramento State Chicago, IL G 2 Aaron Armstead 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Hales Franciscan HS San Jose City College Chicago, IL G 4 Dontel Highsmith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Dowagiac HS Dowagiac, MI G 5 Travon Baker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Detroit Consortium Detroit, MI F 10 Darrell Bowie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr La Jolla Prep Milwaukee, WI G 11 Chukwuemeka Iroegbu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Franklin HS Washington State Elk Grove, CA G 12 Jordan Thomas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Menomonee Falls (WI) Northfield, IL F 13 Kevin Gray 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Brooks Academy Chicago, IL F 21 Keith Gray 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr Brooks Academy Chicago, IL G 23 Aaric Armstead 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So La Jolla Prep Chicago, IL G 25 Jay DeHaan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Waubonsie Valley HS Naperville, IL G 33 Anthony Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Whitney Young HS Purdue Chicago, IL C 34 Marin Maric 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So La Lumiere School Split, Croatia C 42 Jordan Threloff 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) RS Sr DeKalb HS Illinois State DeKalb, IL G 55 Michael Orris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Crete-Monee HS Kansas State Crete, IL	Head coach Mark Montgomery (Michigan State) Assistant coach(es) Jon Borovich (Central Michigan) Lou Dawkins (Tulsa) Jason Larson (Grand Valley State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2014* 5:00 pm	Roosevelt	W 71–44		Convocation Center (1,242) DeKalb, IL
Regular season
11/15/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Aurora	W 86-56	1-0	Convocation Center (981) DeKalb, IL
11/20/2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	Idaho	W 78–67	2–0	Convocation Center (1,003) DeKalb, IL
11/26/2014* 7:30 pm, ESPN3	at Iowa	L 49–70	2–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,357) Iowa City, IA
11/30/2014* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Maine	W 61–56	3–1	Convocation Center (716) DeKalb, IL
12/02/2014* 8:00 pm, FS1	at DePaul	L 67–78	3–2	Allstate Arena (5,457) Rosemont, IL
12/13/2014* 7:00 pm	at Eastern Illinois	L 55–59	3–3	Lantz Arena (2,044) Charleston, IL
12/16/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Mississippi Valley State	W 71–64	4–3	Convocation Center (680) DeKalb, IL
12/19/2014* 6:00 pm	at Dartmouth	L 55–58 OT	4–4	Leede Arena (701) Hanover, NH
12/22/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at No. 16 Notre Dame	L 66–91	4–5	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,471) South Bend, IN
12/29/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Hampton	W 83–51	5–5	Convocation Center (802) DeKalb, IL
1/02/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	UC Riverside	W 72–67 OT	6–5	Convocation Center (873) DeKalb, IL
1/07/2015 6:00 pm	at Ohio	W 70–60	7–5 (1–0)	Convocation Center (5,743) Athens, OH
1/10/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Kent State	L 65–67	7–6 (1–1)	Convocation Center (1,058) DeKalb, IL
1/14/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Buffalo	L 63–82	7–7 (1–2)	Alumni Arena (2,258) Amherst, NY
1/17/2015 11:00 am	at Eastern Michigan	L 46–54	7–8 (1–3)	Convocation Center (786) Ypsilanti, MI
1/21/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Akron	W 64–61	8–8 (2–3)	Convocation Center (957) DeKalb, IL
1/24/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Miami (OH)	L 55–60	8–9 (2–4)	Convocation Center (1,774) DeKalb, IL
1/27/2015 6:00 pm	Bowling Green	L 46–56	8–10 (2–5)	Stroh Center (1,560) Bowling Green, OH
1/31/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Toledo	L 69–80	8–11 (2–6)	Convocation Center (1,635) DeKalb, IL
2/04/2015 6:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	W 69–67	9–11 (3–6)	Millett Hall (1,147) Oxford, OH
2/07/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Bowling Green	L 65–69	9–12 (3–7)	Convocation Center (2,475) DeKalb, IL
2/10/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Ball State	W 75–63	10–12 (4–7)	Convocation Center (975) DeKalb, IL
2/14/2015 3:30 pm	at Western Michigan	L 65–69	10–13 (4–8)	University Arena (2,712) Kalamazoo, MI
2/18/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Central Michigan	L 66–68	10–14 (4–9)	McGuirk Arena (2,524) Mount Pleasant, MI
2/21/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Eastern Michigan	L 65–73	10–15 (4–10)	Convocation Center (2,302) DeKalb, IL
2/24/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Toledo			Savage Arena  Toledo, OH
2/25/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Toledo	W 84–82	11–15 (5–10)	Savage Arena (4,317) Toledo, OH
2/28/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Central Michigan	W 73–55	12–15 (6–10)	Convocation Center (1,548) DeKalb, IL
3/03/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Western Michigan	W 65–63	13–15 (7–10)	Convocation Center (992) DeKalb, IL
3/06/2015 6:00 pm	at Ball State	W 71–67 OT	14–15 (8–10)	John E. Worthen Arena (2,585) Muncie, IN
MAC tournament
3/09/2015 7:00 pm	at Akron First round	L 52–76	14–16	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,631) Akron, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.