2013–14 UConn Huskies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2013–14 UConn Huskies Basketball Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg 250 American Athletic Conference The American 1 18 32–8 12–6 Kevin Ollie 2nd Glen Miller Karl Hobbs Ricky Moore Harry A. Gampel PavilionXL Center NCAA tournament National Champions2K Sports Classic champions National Championship Game W Won 60–54 vs. Kentucky thumb|Huskies players return to Connecticut after winning the championship game, being greeted at Bradley International Airport by Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman. The 2013–14 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2013–2014 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Huskies were led by second-year head coach Kevin Ollie. The Huskies split their home games between the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The Huskies were members of the American Athletic Conference. One year after being banned from postseason play for sanctions, the Huskies returned to the Final Four, where they defeated the Florida Gators 63–53 in the national semifinal round and the Kentucky Wildcats in the 2014 National Championship Game 60–54. Shabazz Napier was named the tournament's MOP. The next day, the UConn Huskies women's team won the women's NCAA basketball tournament, only the second time that a school has won both the men's and women's Division I national basketball championships in the same year; UConn first accomplished this in 2004.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2014/story/_/id/10753064/connecticut-huskies-welcome-home-men-champions-celebrate-women-title Party continues with title sweep ESPN Associated Press April 9, 2014 Previous season The Huskies finished the 2012–13 season with a record of 20–10 overall, including 10–8 in Big East play. However, due to sanctions resulting in penalties stemming from years of very poor APR ratings, the Huskies were ineligible for all the postseason tournaments, including the 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament, the NCAA tournament and the NIT. Preseason outlook The Huskies were selected to finish 2nd in their new conference, the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Coach Kevin Ollie would serve his second season with key players Shabazz Napier, Ryan Boatright, DeAndre Daniels, and Omar Calhoun returned. The Huskies were ranked 17th in the preseason AP poll. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Enosch Wolf 1 C 7'1" 260 Junior Göttingen, GER Signed to play professionally in Germany Brendan Allen 4 G 6'3" 187 Sophomore Windsor, CT No longer on official team roster R.J. Evans 12 G 6'3" 200 RS Senior Salem, CT Graduated Roster 2013 UConn Huskies y y Phillip Nolan y basketball 0 PF 6 10 212 So Riverside University Milwaukee, WI DeAndre Daniels y 2 SF 6 9 195 Jr TaftIMG Academy Los Angeles, CA Terrence Samuel y 3 PG 6 4 190 Fr Victory Collegiate Brooklyn, NY Niels Giffey y 5 SG 6 7 205 Sr Heinrich Schliemann Berlin, Germany Tyler Olander 10 PF 6 10 230 Sr E. O. Smith Mansfield, CT Ryan Boatright y 11 PG 6 0 168 Jr East Aurora Aurora, IL Kentan Facey y 12 PF 6 9 200 Fr Long Island (NY) Lutheran Trelawny, Jamaica Shabazz Napier 13 PG 6 1 180 Sr CharlestownLawrence Academy Roxbury, MA y Pat Lenehan 14 SG 6 3 181 Jr Xavier (CT) Middletown, CT W Lasan Kromah y 20 SF 6 6 201 GS Eleanor RooseveltGeorge Washington University Greenbelt, MD Omar Calhoun 21 SG 6 6 200 So Christ the King Brooklyn, NY Leon Tolksdorf 22 SF 6 8 218 So Leibniz-Oberschule Berlin, Germany Nnamdi Amilo 23 SG 6 4 225 So Avon Old Farms New Fairfield, CT W Tor Watts 25 PG 6 1 202 Sr York Prep Brooklyn, NY W Amida Brimah y 35 C 7 0 217 Fr Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll Accra, Ghana Rodney Purvis y 44 SG 6 4 203 So Upper Room Christian Academy Raleigh, NC I yes Kevin Ollie Karl Hobbs Glen Miller Ricky Moore http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/conn-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2013-10-23 Schedule yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002868; color:white;"| Exhibition 10/30/2013 7:00 pm yes Southern Connecticut State Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 93–65 – 11/04/2013 7:00 pm yes Concordia XL Center Hartford, CT 98–38 5,504 – |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002868; color:white;"| Regular Season 11/08/2013 6:30 pm yes yes 18 Maryland Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY ESPN2 78–77 12,867 1–0 11/11/2013 3:00 pm yes 19 Yale XL Center Hartford, CT SNY 80–62 8,848 2–0 11/14/2013 7:00 pm yes 19 Detroit Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 2K Sports Classic SNY 101–55 8,140 3–0 11/17/2013 12:00 pm yes 19 Boston University Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 2K Sports Classic ESPNU 77–60 9,195 4–0 11/21/2013 7:00 pm yes yes 18 Boston College Madison Square Garden New York City, NY 2K Sports Classic Semifinals ESPN2 72–70 10,064 5–0 11/22/2013 7:30 pm yes yes 18 Indiana Madison Square Garden New York City, NY 2K Sports Classic Championship ESPN2 59–58 10,051 6–0 11/26/2013 7:00 pm yes 13 Loyola (MD) XL Center Hartford, CT SNY 76–66 9,497 7–0 12/02/2013 7:00 pm yes 12 Florida 15 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPN2 65–64 10,167 8–0 12/06/2013 7:00 pm yes 12 Maine XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN3/SNY 95–68 9,681 9–0 12/18/2013 9:00 pm yes 10 Stanford XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN2 51–53 11,140 9–1 12/22/2013 3:30 pm yes yes 10 Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA ESPNU 82–70 7,059 10–1 12/28/2013 1:00 pm yes 15 Eastern Washington Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT SNY 82–65 9,274 11–1 12/31/2013 9:00 pm yes 17 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN2 71–75 4,035 11–2 (0–1) 01/04/2014 2:00 pm yes SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNU 65–74 7,166 11–3 (0–2) 01/08/2014 7:00 pm yes Harvard Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPNU 61–56 9,218 12–3 01/11/2014 6:00 pm Central Florida Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPNU 84–61 9,561 13–3 (1–2) 01/16/2014 7:00 pm yes Memphis 17 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN 83–73 18,039 14–3 (2–2) 01/18/2014 9:00 pm Louisville 18 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPN College GameDay ESPN 64–76 10,167 14–4 (2–3) 01/21/2014 7:00 pm Temple XL Center Hartford, CT CBSSN 90–66 4,741 15–4 (3–3) 01/25/2014 7:00 pm yes Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNU 82–71 8,006 16–4 (4–3) 01/30/2014 9:00 pm Houston Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT CBSSN 80–43 9,312 17–4 (5–3) 02/06/2014 7:00 pm yes 22 Cincinnati 7 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN 58–63 12,432 17–5 (5–4) 02/09/2014 6:00 pm yes 22 Central Florida CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN2 75–55 6,312 18–5 (6–4) 02/12/2014 7:00 pm 24 South Florida XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN2 83–40 10,553 19–5 (7–4) 02/15/2014 12:00 pm 24 Memphis 20 XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN 86–81 OT 16,294 20–5 (8–4) 02/20/2014 9:00 pm yes 21 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN 68–55 6,053 21–5 (9–4) 02/23/2014 2:00 pm 21 SMU Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT CBSSN 55–64 10,167 21–6 (9–5) 02/26/2014 7:00 pm yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL CBSSN 61–56 5,115 22–6 (10–5) 03/01/2014 12:00 pm Cincinnati 11 XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN 51–45 16,294 23–6 (11–5) 03/05/2014 7:00 pm 19 Rutgers Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPNU 69–63 10,167 24–6 (12–5) 03/08/2014 2:00 pm yes 19 Louisville 11 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBS 48–81 22,782 24–7 (12–6) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002868;"| AAC Tournament 03/13/2014 9:00 pm yes 21 4 Memphis 19 5 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals 13,081 ESPNU 72–53 25–7 03/14/2014 9:00 pm yes 21 4 Cincinnati 13 1 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Semifinals 11,888 ESPN2 58–56 26–7 03/15/2014 6:00 pm yes 21 4 Louisville 5 2 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Championship 13,554 ESPN 61–71 26–8 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002868;"| NCAA tournament 03/20/2014 6:55 pm yes yes 18 7 E Saint Joseph's 10 E First Niagara Center Buffalo, NY Second Round 18,706 TBS 89–81 OT 27–8 03/22/2014 9:40 pm yes yes 18 7 E Villanova 6 2 E First Niagara Center Buffalo, NY Third Round 19,290 TBS 77–65 28–8 03/28/2014 7:27 pm yes yes 18 7 E Iowa State 9 3 E Madison Square Garden New York, NY Sweet Sixteen 19,314 TBS 81–76 29–8 03/30/2014 2:20 pm yes yes 18 7 E Michigan State 11 4 E Madison Square Garden New York, NY Elite Eight 19,499 CBS 60–54 30–8 04/05/2014 6:09 pm yes yes 18 7 E Florida 1 1 S AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX Final Four 79,444 TBS 63–53 31–8 04/07/2014 9:10 pm yes yes 18 7 E Kentucky 8 MW AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX National Championship Game 79,238 CBS 60–54 32–8 AP Poll E East Region, S=South Region, MW=Midwest Region Eastern Time http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/conn-m-baskbl-sched.html The Official Website of the University of Connecticut Huskies – Men's Basketball 2013-08-22 2016-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160625122747/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/conn-m-baskbl-sched.html dead Rankings Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Wk 20 Final+ Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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