2014–15 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

2014–15 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	East
	West
	† 2015 MAC Tournament winner ;

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

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.

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.

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Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
Venues	Chick Evans Field House (1956–2002) Convocation Center (2002–present)
Culture & lore	"Huskie Fight Song" Huskie Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

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