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2014–15 Southern Conference men's basketball season

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League
  
NCAA Division I

Number of teams
  
10

Season champions
  
Wofford

Sport
  
Basketball

TV partner(s)
  
ESPN, ASN

Season MVP
  
Karl Cochran

The 2014–15 Southern Conference men's basketball season began on November 14, 2014, and concluded in March with the 2015 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament played at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

Following the previous season's departure of Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Davidson, and Elon from the league, three new members were added - East Tennessee State, Mercer, and VMI. Both ETSU and VMI had previously competed in the SoCon, as the Buccaneers left for the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2005, while VMI spent eleven years in the Big South. Mercer came from the Atlantic Sun as well. With ten league members, the conference schedule featured a full round-robin with two games against every opponent, totaling eighteen, up from sixteen the previous season.

Wofford, the preseason favorites, cruised through the SoCon regular season with a 16–2 conference record en route to their second straight conference tournament title. Wofford senior guard Karl Cochran was named Player of the Year, while fellow Terrier Lee Skinner was named tournament MVP.

Awards and Honors

  • Player of the Year: Karl Cochran, Wofford
  • Freshman of the Year: Devin Sibley, Furman
  • Defense Player of the Year: Justin Tuoyo, Chattanooga
  • Coach of the Year: Mike Young, Wofford
  • * denotes overtime period

    References

    2014–15 Southern Conference men's basketball season Wikipedia