2013–14 Conference USA men's basketball season

August 2023 2013–14 Conference USA men's basketball season #0058a1 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball Conference USA logo (2013-2023).svg 250px 16 CBS, CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season Louisiana TechTulsaMiddle TennesseeSouthern Miss UTEP Regular season champions Shawn Jones Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament 2014 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament Tulsa Louisiana Tech James Woodard Most Valuable Player Basketball 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Preseason Preseason polls C-USA was the only conference not to publish an official preseason poll. However, other publications did publish preseason projections. AthlonBlue RibbonESPNhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9630278/2013-14-college-basketball-preview-tulane-green-wave 2013-14 Preview: Tulane Green Wave 3 September 2013Lindy'sNBC Sportshttp://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/25/conference-usa-2013-14-preview/ Conference USA 2013-14 Preview: Southern Miss leads a large group of new teams 25 October 2013USA Today 1. Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Southern Miss Southern Miss Southern Miss Louisiana Tech 2. Southern Miss UTEP UTEP UAB UTEP Southern Miss 3. UTEP Southern Miss Louisiana Tech UTEP Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee 4. Charlotte Charlotte Tulsa Louisiana Tech Tulsa Charlotte 5. UAB Middle Tennessee UAB Charlotte Charlotte UTEP 6. Tulsa Tulsa Charlotte Tulsa UAB FIU 7. Marshall UAB Middle Tennessee Marshall Marshall UAB 8. Middle Tennessee North Texas Marshall Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee East Carolina 9. East Carolina East Carolina FIU FIU FIU Tulsa 10. Florida Atlantic Marshall North Texas East Carolina East Carolina Florida Atlantic 11. North Texas FIU East Carolina North Texas North Texas Marshall 12. Tulane Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic Tulane Tulane UTSA 13. Old Dominion UTSA Tulane Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic Tulane 14. Rice Tulane Old Dominion Rice Old Dominion North Texas 15. UTSA Old Dominion UTSA UTSA UTSA Rice 16. FIU Rice Rice Old Dominion Rice Old Dominion Although CBS Sports did not rank all the teams, they selected Louisiana Tech as their projected champion and mentioned Southern Miss and UTEP as contenders.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24063357/college-basketball-conference-previews-best-of-the-rest College Basketball Conference Previews: Best of the Rest 2014-02-04 2014-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133955/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24063357/college-basketball-conference-previews-best-of-the-rest dead Preseason Players to Watch C-USA did not name a preseason all-conference team, but each of the coaches selected a player to watch from their team. Preseason Players to Watch Pierriá Henry, CharlotteAkeem Richmond, East CarolinaTymell Murphy, FIUDragan Sekelja, Florida AtlanticRaheem Appleby, Louisiana TechElijah Pittman, MarshallShawn Jones, Middle TennesseeJordan Williams, North TexasKeenan Palmore, Old DominionMax Guercy, RiceNeil Watson, Southern MissTre Drye, TulaneJames Woodard, TulsaRod Rucker, UABJulian Washburn, UTEPJeromie Hill, UTSA Preconference schedules Early-season tournament victories Name Dates Location No. teams Champion Puerto Rico Tip-Off November 21–22, 24 Roberto Clemente Coliseum (San Juan, PR)8 Charlottehttp://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/11/24/4495101/charlotte-49ers-upset-michigan.html Charlotte 49ers upset No. 14 Michigan to take Puerto Rico Tip-Off title CharlotteObserver.com 2013-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225740/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/11/24/4495101/charlotte-49ers-upset-michigan.html#.UpMIicTrxO0 2013-12-02 dead Gulf Coast Showcase November 25–27 Germain Arena (Estero, FL)8 Louisiana Tech Rankings 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll   Pre/Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 Wk20 FinalCharlotte AP RV RV C RV RV East Carolina AP C FIU AP C Florida Atlantic AP C Louisiana Tech AP RV RV RV C RV RV Marshall AP C Middle Tennessee AP C RV North Texas AP C Old Dominion AP C Rice AP C Southern Miss AP RV RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV Tulane AP C Tulsa AP C RV UAB AP C UTEP AP C UTSA AP C Conference schedules Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.   CharlotteECUFIUFAULaTechMarshallMTSUUNTODURiceUSMTulaneTulsaUABUTEPUTSAvs. Charlotte – 1–00–10–11–01–11–00–10–11–01–01–00–11–00–11–0vs. East Carolina0–1 – 1–01–00–11–01–01–02–00–11–01–01–00–11–00–1vs. FIU1–00–1 – 0–21–01–01–01–01–00–11–00–11–00–11–00–1vs. Florida Atlantic1–00–12–0 – 1–00–11–01–01–00–11–01–01–00–10–11–0vs. Louisiana Tech0–11–00–10–1 – 0–10–10–10–10–21–00–10–10–11–00–1vs. Marshall1–10–10–11–01–0 – 1–01–01–00–11–01–01–01–01–01–0vs. Middle Tennessee0–10–10–10–11–00–1 – 0–10–10–10–10–11–00–21–00–1vs. North Texas1–00–10–10–11–00–11–0 – 1–01–01–01–02–00–11–00–1vs. Old Dominion1–00–20–10–11–00–11–00–1 – 0–11–00–11–01–01–00–1vs. Rice0–11–01–01–02–01–01–00–11–0 – 1–01–01–01–01–01–0vs. Southern Miss0–10–10–10–10–10–11–00–10–10–1 – 0–21–01–00–10–1vs. Tulane0–10–11–00–11–00–11–00–11–00–12–0 – 1–00–11–00–1vs. Tulsa1–00–10–10–11–00–10–10–20–10–10–10–1 – 1–00–10–1vs. UAB0–11–01–01–01–00–12–01–00–10–10–11–00–1 – 1–00–1vs. UTEP1–00–10–11–00–10–10–10–10–10–11–00–11–00–1 – 0–2vs. UTSA0–11–01–00–11–00–11–01–01–00–11–01–01–01–02–0 – Total 7–9 5–11 7–9 5–11 13–3 4–12 13–3 6–10 9–7 2–14 13–3 8–8 13–3 7–9 12–4 4–12 Player of the week Players of the week Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday. Week Player of the week Freshman of the week November 11, 2013 Rakeem Buckles, FIU Matt Willms, UTEP Elijah Pittman, Marshall November 18, 2013 Louis Dabney, Tulane Jonathan Stark, Tulane C. J. Washington, UAB November 25, 2013 Chad Frazier, UAB Sean Obi, Rice December 2, 2013 Chad Frazier (2), UAB Kareem Canty, Marshall December 9, 2013 Pablo Bertone, Florida Atlantic Kareem Canty (2), Marshall December 16, 2013 Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee Kareem Canty (3), Marshall December 23, 2013 Jonathan Stark, Tulane Jonathan Stark (2), Tulane December 30, 2013 John Bohannon, UTEP Vince Hunter, UTEP January 6, 2014 Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech Ryan Taylor, Marshall January 13, 2014 John Bohannon (2), UTEP Jonathan Stark (3), Tulane January 20, 2014 Michael Craig, Southern Miss Vince Hunter (2), UTEP January 27, 2014 Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Ryan Taylor (2), Marshall Neil Watson, Southern Miss February 3, 2014 Shawn Jones (2), Middle Tennessee Vince Hunter (3), UTEP February 10, 2014 Akeem Richmond, East Carolina Marquan Botley, Florida Atlantic February 17, 2014 Kerry Hammonds, Middle Tennessee Vince Hunter (4), UTEP February 24, 2014 Aaron Brown, Southern Miss Vince Hunter (5), UTEP March 3, 2014 Daveon Boardingham, Southern Miss Caleb White, East Carolina March 7, 2014 Shawn Jones (3), Middle Tennessee Marquan Botley (2), Florida Atlantic Honors and awards All-Conference USA Awards and Teams thumb|Shawn Jones Honor Recipient Player of the Year Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee Coach of the Year Danny Manning, Tulsa Freshman of the Year Vince Hunter, UTEP Defensive Player of the Year Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Newcomer of the Year Chad Frazier, UAB Sixth Man of the Year Kenyon McNeail, Louisiana Tech All-Conference USA First Team Pablo Bertone, Florida Atlantic Chad Frazier, UAB Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Neil Watson, Southern Miss All-Conference USA Second Team Vince Hunter, UTEP Tymell Murphy, FIU Akeem Richmond, East Carolina Julian Washburn, UTEP James Woodard, Tulsa All-Conference USA Third Team John Bohannon, UTEP Kareem Canty, Marshall Michael Craig, Southern Miss Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech Pierriá Henry, Charlotte All-Freshman Team Marquan Botley, Florida Atlantic Kareem Canty, Marshall Ryan Taylor, Marshall Sean Obi, Rice Jonathan Stark, Tulane Vince Hunter, UTEP All-Defensive Team Pierriá Henry, Charlotte Michale Kyser, Louisiana Tech Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech Tweety Knight, Middle Tennessee Julian Washburn, UTEP All-Academic Team Ben Cherry, Charlotte Justin Raffington, Florida Atlantic Jackson Trapp, Florida Atlantic Vertrail Vaughns, North Texas Austin Ramljak, Rice NABC The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 12, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 252 student-athletes, from 25 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for NABC Coaches' All-America Honors. The following list represented the District 11 players chosen to the list.http://www.nabc.org/awards/all_district/2013-14_NABC-Division_I_ALL-DISTRICT_TEAMS-final.pdf National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2013-14 Division I All-District Teams 2014-03-12 2014-03-12 National Association of Basketball Coaches 2016-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20160418101646/http://www.nabc.org/awards/all_district/2013-14_NABC-Division_I_ALL-DISTRICT_TEAMS-final.pdf dead First Team Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee Chad Frazier, UAB Pablo Bertone, Florida Atlantic Julian Washburn, UTEP Kenneth "Speedy" Smith, Louisiana Tech Second Team Neil Watson, Southern Miss Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech Tymell Murphy, FIU Vince Hunter, UTEP James Woodard, Tulsa Postseason Conference USA Tournament 2014 Conference USA men's basketball tournament March 11–15, 2014 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas. 2014 Conference USA men's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First roundMarch 11 Second roundMarch 12 QuarterfinalsMarch 13 SemifinalsMarch 14 ChampionshipMarch 151 Louisiana Tech † 13–3 27–7 2–1 vs Tul/MT/SM; 1–0 vs Tul Bye Bye Defeated Charlotte 86–65 Defeated Southern Miss 88–70 Eliminated by Tulsa 69–602 Tulsa † 13–3 21–12 2–1 vs LT/MT/SM; 0–1 vs LT Bye Bye Defeated Tulane 70–49 Defeated Middle Tennessee 76–69 Defeated Louisiana Tech 69–603 Middle Tennessee † 13–3 24–9 1–2 vs LT/Tul/SM; 1–0 vs. SM Bye Bye Defeated Old Dominion 62–48 Eliminated by Tulsa 76–69 4 Southern Miss † 13–3 27–6 1–2 vs LT/Tul/MT; 0–1 vs. MT Bye Bye Defeated UTEP 64–56 Eliminated by Louisiana Tech 88–70 5 UTEP # 12–4 23–10 Bye Defeated East Carolina 77–68 Eliminated by Southern Miss 64–56 6 Old Dominion # 9–7 16–17 Bye Defeated Marshall 78–58 Eliminated by Middle Tennessee 62–48 7 Tulane # 8–8 17–16 Bye Defeated North Texas 66–61 Eliminated by Tulsa 70–49 8 UAB # 7–9 18–13 1–0 vs Charlotte Bye Eliminated by Charlotte 80–70 9 Charlotte # 7–9 17–14 0–1 vs UAB Bye Defeated UAB 80–70 Eliminated by Louisiana Tech 86–65 10 North Texas 6–10 16–16 Defeated Rice 63–62 Eliminated by Tulane 66–61 11 Florida Atlantic 5–11 10–22 1–0 vs East Carolina Eliminated by Marshall 63–59 12 East Carolina 5–11 17–16 0–1 vs Florida Atlantic Defeated UTSA 79–76 Eliminated by UTEP 77–68 13 UTSA 4–12 8–22 1–0 vs Marshall Eliminated by East Carolina 79–76 14 Marshall 4–12 11–22 0–1 vs UTSA Defeated Florida Atlantic 63–59 Eliminated by Old Dominion 78–58 15 Rice 2–14 7–23 Eliminated by North Texas 63–62 † – C-USA regular season co-champions and received a double-bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the C-USA tournament.FIU is ineligible due to Academic Progress Rate violations. NCAA tournament 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship13 South Tulsa n/a Eliminated by UCLA 76–59 W–L (%):0–0 0 00–1 0 10–0 0 00–0 0 00–0 0 00–0 0 00–0 0 0Total: 0–1 0 1 National Invitation Tournament 2014 National Invitation Tournament Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals3 Florida State Louisiana Tech Defeated Iona 89–88 Defeated Georgia 79–71 Eliminated by Florida State 78–75 3 Minnesota Southern Miss Defeated Toledo 66–59 Defeated Missouri 71–63 Eliminated by Minnesota 81–73 W–L (%):2–0 2 02–0 2 00–2 0 20–0 0 00–0 0 0 Total: 4–2 4 2 College Basketball Invitational 2014 College Basketball Invitational School First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Old Dominion Defeated South Dakota State 72–65 Defeated Radford 82–59 Eliminated by Fresno State 71–64 Tulane Eliminated by Princeton 56–55 UTEP Eliminated by Fresno State 61–56 W–L (%):1–2 1 21–0 1 00–1 0 10–0 0 0 Total: 2–3 2 3 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals East Carolina Eliminated by Wright State 73–59 W–L (%):0–1 0 10–0 0 00–0 0 00–0 0 00–0 0 0 Total: 0–1 0 1 References