2014–15 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first year head coach Wayne Tinkle, the Beavers played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Beavers 17–14, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish 7th in the conference standings and lost to Colorado in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament. Oregon St. was invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational for the 5th time, but declined.

2014–15 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	17–14 (8–10 Pac-12)
Head coach	Wayne Tinkle (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Kerry Rupp Gregg Gottlieb Stephen Thompson
Home arena	Gill Coliseum

2014–15 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Arizona †	16	–	2		.889			34	–	4		.895
No. 25 Oregon	13	–	5		.722			26	–	10		.722
No. 19 Utah	13	–	5		.722			26	–	9		.743
UCLA	11	–	7		.611			22	–	14		.611
Stanford	9	–	9		.500			24	–	13		.649
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	16		.529
Oregon State	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
California	7	–	11		.389			18	–	15		.545
Colorado	7	–	11		.389			16	–	18		.471
Washington State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Washington	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
USC	3	–	15		.167			12	–	20		.375
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The 2013–14 Oregon State Beavers finished the season with an overall record of 16–16, and 8–10 in the Pac-12. In the 2014 Pac-12 tournament, the team was defeated by Oregon, 74-88 in the first round. The Beavers were defeated by Radford, 92-96 in the first round of the 2014 College Basketball Invitational.

Off Season

On May 4, 2014, Oregon State fired Craig Robinson as head coach of the basketball program.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Angus Brandt	12	C	6’10”	246	RS Senior	Sydney, Australia	Graduated.
Michael Moyer	2	G	6’3”	207	RS Senior	Turner, Oregon	Graduated.
Devon Collier	44	F	6’8”	216	Senior	Bronx, New York	Graduated.
Daniel Jones	10	C	6’11”	219	Senior	Orland, California	Graduated.
C.J. Mitchell	24	G	6’1”	182	Senior	Portland, Oregon	Graduated.
Roberto Nelson	55	G	6’4”	198	Senior	Santa Barbara, California	Graduated.
Eric Moreland	15	F	6'10"	218	RS Junior	Missouri City, Texas	Declared for 2014 NBA draft.
Challe Barton	4	G	6'3"	197	Junior	Gothenburg, Sweden	Elected to forgo remaining eligibility to play professionally overseas.
Hallice Cook	3	G	6'3"	185	Freshman	Union City, New Jersey	Elected to transfer.

2014 Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Isaiah Manderson C	Oldsmar, FL	Oldsmar Christian HS	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	Jul 22, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Chai Baker SG	Malone, FL	Malone HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 7, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Cameron Oliver PF	Sacramento, CA	Grant HS	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Apr 2, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 1 Gary Payton II 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Las Vegas, Nevada G 2 Chai Baker  (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Malone, Florida G/F 4 Victor Robbins 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Jr Compton, California C 5 Cheikh N'diaye 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Dakar, Senegal G 11 Malcolm Duvivier 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Toronto, Ontario G 13 Langston Morris-Walker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Jr Berkeley, California F 14 Daniel Gomis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 223 lb (101 kg) RS Jr Thiès, Senegal G 15 Tanner Sanders (W)  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Fr Corvallis, Oregon G 22 Alex Roth (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 183 lb (83 kg) RS Fr Salem, Oregon F 30 Olaf Schaftenaar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Jr Utrecht, Netherlands G 31 AJ Hedgecock (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Dayton, Oregon F 32 Jarmal Reid 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Jr Decatur, Georgia C 40 Justin Stangel 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Milwaukie, Oregon F 44 Bryan Boswell (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Sisters, Oregon G 51 Dylan Livesay (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Wilsonville, Oregon F 52 Matt Dahlen (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Redmond, Oregon	Head coach Wayne Tinkle (Montana) Assistant coach(es) Kerry Rupp Gregg Gottlieb Stephen Thompson Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 09/20/2014

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2014* 7:00 pm	Western Oregon	L 47–57	–	Gill Coliseum (4,515) Corvallis, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N	Rice	W 67–54	1–0	Gill Coliseum (4,759) Corvallis, OR
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N	Corban	W 86–62	2–0	Gill Coliseum (3,608) Corvallis, OR
11/21/2014* 6:00 pm, P12N	Oral Roberts MGM Grand Main Event	W 55–42	3–0	Gill Coliseum (4,022) Corvallis, OR
11/24/2014* 5:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Oklahoma State MGM Grand Main Event Semifinals	L 53–66	3–1	MGM Grand Garden Arena (1,507) Paradise, NV
11/26/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Auburn MGM Grand Main Event Consolation	L 69–71	3–2	MGM Grand Garden Arena (1,712) Paradise, NV
12/03/2014* 9:00 pm, P12N	Mississippi Valley State	W 74–50	4–2	Gill Coliseum (3,656) Corvallis, OR
12/06/2014* 7:00 pm	at Portland	W 65–58 OT	5–2	Chiles Center (3,413) Portland, OR
12/13/2014* 1:00 pm, P12N	Mississippi State	W 59–49	6–2	Gill Coliseum (4,211) Corvallis, OR
12/15/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N	Grambling State	W 71–43	7–2	Gill Coliseum (3,553) Corvallis, OR
12/18/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N	DePaul	W 90–59	8–2	Gill Coliseum (3,906) Corvallis, OR
12/21/2014* 10:00 am	at Quinnipiac	L 52–60	8–3	TD Bank Sports Center (1,313) Hamden, CT
12/30/2014* 6:30 pm, P12N	UC Santa Barbara	W 76–64	9–3	Gill Coliseum (4,803) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 regular season
01/03/2015 5:00 pm, ESPNU	at Oregon Civil War	L 59–71	9–4 (0–1)	Matthew Knight Arena (7,314) Eugene, OR
01/08/2015 6:00 pm, FS1	Arizona State	W 55–47	10–4 (1–1)	Gill Coliseum (4,603) Corvallis, OR
01/11/2015 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 7 Arizona	W 58–56	11–4 (2–1)	Gill Coliseum (6,191) Corvallis, OR
01/15/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	at Washington	L 43–56	11–5 (2–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,663) Seattle, WA
01/17/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	at Washington State	W 62–47	12–5 (3–2)	Beasley Coliseum (5,116) Pullman, WA
01/22/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	UCLA	W 66–55	13–5 (4–2)	Gill Coliseum (6,024) Corvallis, OR
01/24/2015 3:00 pm, P12N	USC	W 59–55	14–5 (5–2)	Gill Coliseum (8,877) Corvallis, OR
01/28/2015 5:00 pm, P12N	at Arizona State	L 55–73	14–6 (5–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (5,436) Tempe, AZ
01/30/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	at No. 6 Arizona	L 34–57	14–7 (5–4)	McKale Center (14,655) Tucson, AZ
02/05/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	Washington State	W 55–50	15–7 (6–4)	Gill Coliseum (5,502) Corvallis, OR
02/08/2015 1:30 pm, FS1	Washington	W 64–50	16–7 (7–4)	Gill Coliseum (9,114) Corvallis, OR
02/11/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	at UCLA	L 59–75	16–8 (7–5)	Pauley Pavilion (6,346) Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, P12N	at USC	L 55–68	16–9 (7–6)	Galen Center (3,831) Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2015 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 9 Utah	L 37–47	16–10 (7–7)	Gill Coliseum (6,124) Corvallis, OR
02/21/2015 8:00 pm, P12N	Colorado	W 72–56	17–10 (8–7)	Gill Coliseum (7,117) Corvallis, OR
02/26/2015 8:00 pm, P12N	at Stanford	L 48–75	17–11 (8–8)	Maples Pavilion (4,012) Stanford, CA
03/01/2015 12:00 pm, P12N	at California	L 56–73	17–12 (8–9)	Haas Pavilion (9,893) Berkeley, CA
03/04/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU	Oregon Civil War	L 62–65	17–13 (8–10)	Gill Coliseum (9,339) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 tournament
03/11/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	vs. Colorado First round	L 71–78	17–14	MGM Grand Garden Arena (9,875) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.