2013–14 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Tennessee Volunteers none Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 23 24–13 11–7 Cuonzo Martin 3rd Tracy Webster Jon Harris Kent Williams Thompson–Boling Arena NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2013–14 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Cuonzo Martin, who was in his third season at Tennessee. The team played their home games at the Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Previous season The Vols posted a record of 20–13 (11–7 SEC) in the 2012–13 season and finished sixth in the SEC standings in Cuonzo Martin's second season as head coach. The season was highlighted by a 30-point victory over rival Kentucky and a victory over a team that competed in the Final Four, Wichita State. The Volunteers lost in the first round of the 2013 NIT to Mercer. Season summary Going into the season, Cuonzo Martin faced pressure and unrest from the Tennessee fanbase, restless after having missed the NCAA Tournament two consecutive seasons. During the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, promising finishes to the regular season were undermined by early season losses to inferior out of conference opponents; bewildering losses to College of Charleston, Oakland and Austin Peay scuttled any hopes of a tournament appearance each of those seasons, respectively. Frustrations grew shortly after Tennessee inexplicably dropped a game to a sub-100 RPI UTEP squad during the Battle for Atlantis tournament in November. A bubble team throughout the season, Tennessee ultimately nabbed a bid to the NCAA Tournament (despite the earlier loss to UTEP and suffering a sweep at the hands of a sub-100 RPI Texas A&M). In any case, Martin rallied the team to a 4–0 finish to end the regular season at 20–11. A victory over a moribund South Carolina outfit and a third straight loss to #1 Florida put Tennessee at 21–12. This was enough to earn Tennessee an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, Martin's first and only appearance with Tennessee. The Vols were placed in the First Four as an 11 seed, where Tennessee beat Iowa in overtime to move on to the field of 64. Tennessee routed Umass in the second round and Mercer in the round of 32. As a result, Tennessee earned a trip to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2010. The Vols faced Michigan and came within one basket of making what would have been only their second Elite 8 appearance but fell to the Wolverines, 73–71, thanks to a controversial charge called on Jarnell Stokes. Despite the late season surge and performance in the tourney (the latter accomplishment arguably the fruit of a favorable tournament draw, and a Mercer upset of Duke), Cuonzo Martin would leave Tennessee at season's end to take the head coaching job at the University of California-Berkeley. Roster 2013 Tennessee Volunteers y Josh Richardson y 1 G 6 6 190 JR Edmond, Oklahoma Antonio Barton 2 G 6 1 172 SR Baltimore, Maryland Robert Hubbs III y 3 G 6 6 195 FR Newbern, Tennessee Armani Moore y 4 G 6 5 203 SO Kennesaw, Georgia Jarnell Stokes 5 F 6 8 250 JR Memphis, Tennessee y Rawane Ndiaye 10 C 6 10 280 JR Raleigh, North Carolina Darius Thompson y 15 G 6 5 181 FR Murfreesboro, Tennessee A. J. Davis 21 F 6 9 208 FR yes Buford, Georgia Derek Reese 23 G 6 8 215 SO Orlando, Florida Brandon Lopez 24 G 6 1 179 JR Knoxville, Tennessee Galen Campbell 25 G 6 2 200 SO Knoxville, Tennessee Quinton Chievous 31 G 6 6 214 SO yes Chicago D'Montre Edwards 32 G 6 6 203 SR Charleston, South Carolina Jeronne Maymon y 34 F 6 8 260 SR yes Madison, Wisconsin Jordan McRae y 52 G 6 6 185 SR Midway, Georgia Cuonzo Martin (Purdue) Tracy Webster (Wisconsin) Jon Harris (Marquette) Kent Williams (Southern Illinois) http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/roster/13-14-roster.html 2012-09-24 Schedule and results http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/tenn-m-baskbl-sched.html UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics - Men's Basketball 2013-08-20 2013-09-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921075839/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/tenn-m-baskbl-sched.html dead yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season November 12, 2013 9:00 pm yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati FS1 McRae 23 Maymon 10 McRae 5 63–67 9,878 0–1 November 16, 2013 7:00 pm yes USC Upstate Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SPSO McRae 18 Stokes 18 McRae 3 74–65 15,119 1–1 November 18, 2013 7:00 pm yes The Citadel Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee FSN McCrae 20 Moore 7 Richardson 3 86–60 13,394 2–1 November 22, 2013 7:00 pm yes Tennessee State Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee FSN McRae 25 Stokes 8 Thompson 7 88–67 15,134 3–1 November 28, 2013 9:30 pm yes yes UTEP Sports and Fitness Center Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals NBCSN McRae 22 Stokes 14 Richardson 3 70–78 1,416 3–2 November 29, 2013 1:00 pm yes yes Xavier Sports and Fitness Center Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation 2nd Round AXS TV Stokes 20 Stokes 10 Stokes 3 64–49 1,573 4–2 November 30, 2013 3:30 pm yes yes Wake Forest Sports and Fitness Center Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis 5th place game AXS TV Stokes 21 Stokes 10 Tied 3 82–63 1,400 5–2 December 7, 2013 12:00 pm yes Tennessee Tech Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee FSN Stokes 19 Stokes 13 McRae 4 84–63 13,606 6–2 December 14, 2013 2:00 pm yes yes Wichita State 12 Charles Koch Arena Wichita, Kansas ESPN2 McRae 26 Maymon 9 Barton 4 61–70 14,356 6–3 December 18, 2013 7:00 pm yes NC State Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPNU McRae 21 Maymon 16 Thompson 3 58–65 14,831 6–4 December 23, 2013 7:00 pm yes Morehead State Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPNU Richardson 19 Reese 10 McRae 5 82–67 15,207 7–4 December 30, 2013 7:00 pm yes Virginia Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 McRae 21 Reese 9 McRae 5 87–52 16,142 8–4 January 4, 2014 2:00 pm yes Tusculum Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee McRae 19 Stokes 8 Thompson 9 98–51 14,175 9–4 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"| SEC regular season January 7, 2014 7:00 pm yes LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana ESPN McRae 19 Stokes 15 McRae 5 68–50 7,918 10–4 (1–0) January 11, 2014 6:00 pm Texas A&M Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN3 Barton 12 Maymon 15 McRae 4 56–57 18,079 10–5 (1–1) January 15, 2014 7:00 pm Auburn Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN3 McRae 21 Stokes 14 3 Tied 4 78–67 14,205 11–5 (2–1) January 18, 2014 12:00 pm yes Kentucky 13 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky CBS Stokes 20 Stokes 15 Barton 3 66–74 24,246 11–6 (2–2) January 22, 2014 8:00 pm Arkansas Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SEC TV McRae 34 Maymon 9 Barton 4 81–74 14,034 12–6 (3–2) January 25, 2014 4:00 pm yes Florida 6 O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPN2 Stokes 16 Stokes 10 Stokes 2 41–67 12,475 12–7 (3–3) January 29, 2014 8:00 pm Ole Miss Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee SEC TV McRae 26 Stokes 14 Thompson 7 86–70 14,341 13–7 (4–3) February 1, 2014 8:00 pm yes Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama ESPN2 McRae 26 Stokes 16 McRae 4 76–59 12,620 14–7 (5–3) February 5, 2014 8:00 pm yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee ESPN3 McRae 16 Stokes 14 Thompson 5 60–64 10,733 14–8(5–4) February 8, 2014 3:00 pm South Carolina Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPNU McRae 24 Stokes 8 Thompson 4 72–53 17,215 15–8 (6–4) February 11, 2014 7:00 pm Florida 3 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN Stokes 20 Stokes 11 Barton 3 58–67 18,009 15–9 (6–5) February 15, 2014 4:00 pm yes Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri ESPN2 McRae 31 Stokes 8 Stokes 3 70–75 14,132 15–10 (6–6) February 18, 2014 9:00 pm Georgia Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPNU Stokes 20 Stokes 11 Stokes 3 67–48 13,852 16–10 (7–6) February 22, 2014 3:00 pm yes Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, Texas ESPNU McRae 20 Stokes 16 Stokes 4 65-68 OT 6,432 16–11 (7–7) February 26, 2014 8:00 pm yes Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi SEC TV McRae 29 Maymon 11 McRae 4 75–68 6,161 17–11 (8–7) March 1, 2014 12:00 pm Vanderbilt Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 Barton 21 Stokes 11 Barton 6 76–38 17,208 18–11 (9–7) March 5, 2014 8:00 pm yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, Alabama SEC TV Stokes 20 Maymon 8 Stokes 7 82–54 5,304 19–11 (10–7) March 8, 2014 4:00 pm Missouri Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN Barton 16 Tied 10 Tied 4 72–45 18,519 20–11 (11–7) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF9933;"| SEC Tournament March 14, 2014 3:30 pm yes South Carolina Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Quarterfinals ESPNU Stokes 22 Stokes 15 McRae 3 59–44 21–11 March 15, 2014 1:00 pm yes Florida 1 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Semifinals ABC McRae 15 Maymon 9 Barton 3 49–56 21–12 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF9933;"| NCAA tournament March 19, 2014 9:10 pm yess yes (11 MW) (11 MW) Iowa University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio First Four TruTV McRae 20 Stokes 13 Marble 5 78–65 OT 11,534 22–12 March 21, 2014 2:45 pm yess yes (11 MW) (6 MW) Massachusetts PNC Arena Raleigh, North Carolina Second round CBS Stokes 26 Stokes 14 Richardson 5 86–67   23–12 March 23, 2014 6:10 pm yes yes (11 MW) (14 MW) Mercer PNC Arena Raleigh, North Carolina Third round TNT Richardson 26 Stokes 18 Stokes 5 83–63   24–12 March 28, 2014 7:15 pm yes yes (11 MW) Michigan 7 (2 MW) Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Sweet Sixteen CBS McRae 24 3 Tied 6 4 Tied 2 71–73   24–13 AP Poll, For NCAA tournament, number in parentheses is seed, letter indicates region Eastern Time See also 2013–14 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team References Tennessee Category:Tennessee Volunteers basketball seasons Tennessee Volunteers Volunteers