2013–14 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 19–13 11–7 Tim Miles (2nd Season) Chris Harriman (2nd Season) Craig Smith (2nd Season) Kenya Hunter (1st Season) Pinnacle Bank Arena NCAA tournament round of 64 The 2013–14 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Tim Miles, in his second season, the Cornhuskers team played its home games in the brand new Pinnacle Bank Arena in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, and were a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season with a record 19–13 overall, 11–7 in Big Ten play for a 4th-place finish, despite being predicted by many to finish last in the conference. They lost in the quarterfinals in the 2014 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament to Ohio State. They received at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for the first time since 1998. They lost in the first round to Baylor. Departures from previous season Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brandon Ubel 13 F 6'10" 235 Senior Overland Park, KS Graduated Dylan Talley 24 G 6'5" 214 Senior Camden, NJ Graduated Andre Almeida 32 C 6'11" 310 RS Senior São Paulo, BRA Graduated Incoming recruits no no 2012 Nick Fuller SG Sun Prairie, WI Sun Prairie 6 7 185 2012-08-10 3 3 79 Tai Webster PG Auckland, NZ Westlake Boys 6 3 185 2012-08-21 N/A N/A 79 Nathan Hawkins SG Rowlett, TX Rowlett 6 5 190 2012-08-10 3 3 72 Leslee Smith PF Liberal, KS Seward County CC 6 8 250 2013-04-01 0 0 N/A 2013 2013 Nebraska Signees 2013 Nebraska Signees 2013 Nebraska Signees 2013-06-16 yes Tim Wagner, a 6-3 guard from Galesville, Wisconsin joined the team as a walk-on. Roster 2013 Nebraska Cornhuskers y Tai Webster 0 y G 6 3 196 FR Auckland, NZ David Rivers 2 G 6 7 191 JR Little Rock, AR Benny Parker 3 G 5 9 164 SO Kansas City, KS Nathan Hawkins 4 G 6 5 186 FR Garland, TX Terran Petteway 5 y F 6 6 200 SO y Galveston, TX Trevor Menke 10 G 5 11 176 JR y Beatrice, NE W Jordan Tyrance 11 F 6 3 195 JR y Lincoln, NE W Mike Peltz 12 G 6 2 199 SR Alliance, NE W Sergej Vucetic 14 C 7 1 236 SO Vrbas, SRB Ray Gallegos 15 G 6 2 181 SR y Salt Lake City, UT} Leslee Smith 21 F 6 8 255 JR Long Look, BVI Nick Fuller 23 G 6 6 203 FR Sun Prairie, WI Shavon Shields 31 y G 6 6 214 SO Olathe, KS Tim Wagner 33 G 6 3 190 FR Galesville, WI W Walter Pitchford 35 y F 6 10 229 SO y Grand Rapids, MI Kye Kurkowski 44 C 6 10 214 JR y Grant, NE W Tim Miles (Mary) Chris Harriman (Augusta State) Craig Smith (North Dakota) Kenya Hunter (Duquesne) http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?spid=24&spsid=23&db_oem_id=100 2013-06-15 Early departures Jordan Tyrance On November 5, 2013, just one day after the Cornhuskers defeated in-state opponent Nebraska-Kearney in an exhibition game, walk-on Jordan Tyrance informed head coach Tim Miles that he was leaving the team for personal reasons, stating, '"I just had some personal things that I needed to take care of. I love the sport, I mean collegiate sports get tough, and it's a big time commitment.'" Besides having balanced homework and practice, Tyrance was also caring for his two-year-old daughter Kyalinn. '"I had some family I need to spend time with, a daughter, and just needed to handle my home stuff. She's my life [and] she deserves to have a father that's around, and watching her grow up.'" Howard Patrick The Early Retirement of Jordan Tyrance Major Onions December 16, 2013 http://www.majoronions.com/the-early-retirement-of-jordan-tyrance/ March 13, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140313213450/http://www.majoronions.com/the-early-retirement-of-jordan-tyrance/ 2014-03-13 dead Deverell Biggs Deverell Biggs did not play and was absent from the team during their win over Minnesota on January 26, 2013. Biggs tweeted that his absence was due to "personal reasons."https://twitter.com/DHush_/status/427571243974275072December 2017 yes TweetCiteBot On January 27, 2014 Head Coach Miles dismissed Biggs from the team. According to sources Biggs missed a film session on the day of the Minnesota game, but according to Miles, no single incident led to Biggs' dismissal. Rosenthal Brian Miles: No one reason led to Biggs' dismissal Lincoln Journal-Star January 28, 2014 http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/miles-no-one-reason-led-to-biggs-dismissal/article_215fa9d2-8836-11e3-8772-0019bb2963f4.html March 13, 2014 Biggs was the first in-state recruit to sign with Nebraska in 10 seasons, but faced a number of disciplinary woes prior to his dismissal. In December 2012, during Biggs' redshirt season, he was cited for DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. That led to a two-game suspension to start the 2013-2014 season. Biggs didn't make the trip to Cincinnati on December 28, 2013 for disciplinary reasons after missing a film session. Biggs was also cited Jan. 5 by University of Nebraska-Lincoln police for running a stop sign and driving on a suspended license. Rosenthal Brian Miles: No one reason led to Biggs' dismissal Lincoln Journal-Star January 28, 2014 http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/miles-no-one-reason-led-to-biggs-dismissal/article_215fa9d2-8836-11e3-8772-0019bb2963f4.html March 13, 2014 Barfknecht Lee Sources: Husker guard Deverell Biggs dismissed from team Omaha World-Herald January 27, 2014 http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140127/HUSKERS/140128733 March 13, 2014 Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style=Nebraska Cornhuskers|Exhibition Nov 4 7:00 pm yes Nebraska-Kearney Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 91–60 14,957 – |- !colspan=9 style=Nebraska Cornhuskers|Non-conference regular season Nov 8 8:00 pm yes Florida Gulf Coast Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 79–55 15,119 1–0 Nov 12 7:00 pm yes Western Illinois Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 62–47 14,771 2–0 Nov 17 2:00 pm yes South Carolina State Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 83–57 14,765 3–0 Nov 21 11:30 am yes yes Massachusetts TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic First Round ESPN3 90–96 1,873 3–1 Nov 22 12:00 pm yes yes UAB TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic Consolation round ESPN3 74–87 1,730 3–2 Nov 24 2:30 pm yes yes Georgia TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic 7th place game ESPN3 73–65 1,137 4–2 Nov 30 12:00 pm yes Northern Illinois Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 63–58 15,332 5–2 Dec 4 8:30 pm yes Miami (FL) Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPNU 60–49 15,088 6–2 Dec 8 5:00 pm yes yes Creighton CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE Rivalry FS1 67–82 17,530 6–3 Dec 14 3:00 pm yes Arkansas State Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 79–67 15,949 7–3 Dec 21 7:30 pm yes The Citadel Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 77–62 14,978 8–3 Dec 28 3:00 pm yes yes Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 59–74 8,254 8–4 |- !colspan=9 style=Nebraska Cornhuskers|Big Ten regular season Dec 31 6:00 pm yes Iowa 22 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 57–67 15,400 8–5 0–1 Jan 4 11:00 am yes Ohio State 3 Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 53–84 17,536 8–6 0–2 Jan 9 8:00 pm Michigan Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE ESPN2 70–71 15,012 8–7 0–3 Jan 12 11:00 am yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN BTN 64–70 9,182 8–8 0–4 Jan 20 6:00 pm Ohio State 17 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 68–62 15,342 9–8 1–4 Jan 23 7:00 pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA ESPNU 54–58 5,705 9–9 1–5 Jan 26 5:00 pm Minnesota Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 82–78 15,945 10–9 2–5 Jan 30 7:15 pm Indiana Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 60–55 15,333 11–9 3–5 Feb 5 5:30 pm yes Michigan 10 Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI BTN 50–79 12,707 11–10 3–6 Feb 8 12:00 pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPNU 53–49 7,109 12–10 4–6 Feb 12 8:00 pm Illinois Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 67–58 15,404 13–10 5–6 Feb 16 2:00 pm yes Michigan State 9 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 60–51 14,797 14–10 6–6 Feb 20 6:00 pm Penn State Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE ESPNU 80–67 15,797 15–10 7–6 Feb 23 3:15 pm Purdue Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 76–57 15,891 16–10 8–6 Feb 26 8:00 pm yes Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL BTN 49–60 13,206 16–11 8–7 Mar 1 4:00 pm Northwestern Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE ESPNU 54–47 15,978 17–11 9–7 Mar 5 6:00 pm yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 70–60 17,472 18–11 10–7 Mar 9 6:30 pm Wisconsin 9 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 77–68 15,998 19–11 11–7 |- !colspan=9 style=Nebraska Cornhuskers|Big Ten tournament Mar 14 1:30 pm yes 4 Ohio State 24 5 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals ESPN 67–71 18,596 19–12 |- !colspan=9 style=Nebraska Cornhuskers|NCAA tournament Mar 21 11:40 am yes yes 11 W Baylor 23 6 W AT&T Center San Antonio, TX Second round truTV 60–74 12,895 19–13 AP Poll, (#) is seed within region W=West Central Time Source:"." huskers.com. 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