2014 – 15 UC Irvine Anteaters men 's basketball team represented the University of California , Irvine during the 2014 – 15 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Anteaters were led by fifth year head coach Russell Turner and played their home games at the Bren Events Center . They were members of the Big West Conference . They finished the season 21 – 13 , 11 – 5 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place . They defeated UC Riverside , UC Santa Barbara , and Hawaii to become champions of the Big West Tournament . They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament , their first tournament bid in school history , where they lost in the second round to Louisville
Big West Tournament
2015 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2014–15 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team