SB Nation included Kaminsky on its first team, Dekker and LeVert on its second team and Petteway on its third team. USA Today selected Dekker to its first team, Dawson to its second team and Kaminsky, LeVert and Petteway to its third team. Sporting News included Branden Dawson (1st team), Petteway and Dekker (2nd team), and Kaminsky (3rd team). Kaminsky was also a Preseason All-American first team selection by the Associated Press. selected LeVert and Dekker to its Preseason All-American first team, Kaminsky to its second team and named Petteway as an honorable mention. When named its Preseason All-American team, it included LeVert, Petteway, Kaminsky and Dekker to its second team. The Big Ten Network poll came to the same results. International player, Caleb Swanigan won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, while Trimble and Denzel Valentine won bronze medals at the 2015 Pan American Games.Īccording to the Big Ten media, Frank Kaminsky was the preseason conference player of the year and he was joined on the All-Big Ten preseason team by Yogi Ferrell, Caris LeVert, Terran Petteway, and Sam Dekker.
Shavon Shields and Mike Gesell were Academic All-America selections.įollowing the season, the conference had 5 selections in the 2015 NBA draft, including 3 in the first round: Russell (2nd), Kaminsky (9th), Sam Dekker (18th), Aaron White (49th), and Branden Dawson (56th). Kaminsky and Russell were the inaugural Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award and Jerry West Award winners, respectively. Russell and Trimble were both 2015 USBWA Freshman All-America Team selections. He and D'Angelo Russell received 2014 All-American first team recognition and Melo Trimble earned second team recognition. The postseason was highlighted by Wisconsin's NCAA tournament championship game appearance and Michigan State's final four appearance.įrank Kaminsky earned several national player of the year awards and was the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. The conference achieved a 12–7 record in the NCAA tournament and a 12–8 overall postseason record. Seven teams were invited to participate in the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, and one team was selected for the 2015 National Invitation Tournament. Wisconsin won the regular season title and the 2015 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.įollowing the season, eight teams participated in post-season tournaments. It marked the first season for Rutgers and Maryland in the Big Ten Conference. The 2014–15 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.
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