2013–14 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Ball State Cardinals Ball State Athletics wordmark.png 250 Mid-American Conference West Division MAC 5–25 2–16 James Whitford 1st Brett Nelson Billy Wright Jason Grunkemeyer John E. Worthen Arena The 2013–14 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by first year head coach James Whitford, played their home games at the John E. Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 5–25, 2–16 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to Ohio. Season Preseason On April 10, 2013, Ball State announced James Whitford as the 19th head coach in program history.http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62158&SPID=6786&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=207149660 Whitford Introduced as New Men's Basketball coach BallStateSports.com October 30, 2013 Whitford had previously worked under Sean Miller as an assistant coach at Xavier and Arizona. On April 19, Whitford announced the first hiring of an assistant coach by hiring Brett Nelson.http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62158&SPID=6786&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=207320460 Brett Nelson Named Men's Hoops Associate head coach BallStateSports.com October 30, 2013 Nelson, a former honorable mention All-American at Florida, had previous assistant coaching experience at Marshall, Arkansas, and Drake. Jason Grunkemeyer was hired as the second assistant coach to Whitford's staff on April 26.http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62158&SPID=6786&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=207441363 Cardinals Add Jason Grunkemeyer as MBB Assistant coach BallStateSports.com October 30, 2013 Grunkemeyer, a former player at conference foe Miami, joined the staff after several years as an assistant at Saint Louis. On May 3, Whitford filled out his staff by hiring Billy Wright as his final assistant coach.http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62158&SPID=6786&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=207529560 Billy Wright Named Men's Basketball Assistant coach BallStateSports.com October 30, 2013 Wright was previously the associate head coach at Western Illinois. Whitford announced the team's conference schedule on September 3, 2013.http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62158&SPID=6786&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=209249378 MAC Reveals Men’s Hoops League Schedule for 2013-14 BallStateSports.com October 30, 2013 Ball State schedule home-and-home series with Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan, Akron, and Buffalo, while hosting Miami and Bowling Green and visiting Kent State and Ohio. The non-conference schedule was released on September 24, 2013.http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62158&SPID=6786&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=209266198 Cardinals Announce Men's Hoops Non-Conference Slate BallStateSports.com October 30, 2013 Road trips to Utah and Marquette, along with hosting Butler highlighted the non-league slate. November The Cardinals traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana on November 9 to open their season against the Indiana State Sycamores. Despite a solid game from Zavier Turner (17 points), the Cardinals fell in James Whitford's debut, 73–82.http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6786&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=209303707 Cardinals Fight But Fall at ISU in Men's Hoops Opener BallStateSports.com November 10, 2013https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400499957 Indiana State holds off Ball State in 82-73 win ESPN.com November 10, 2013 Roster 2013 Ball State Cardinals y yes Kameran Madison 0 G 5 9 185 jr Gary, IN Bowman AcademyPurdue Calumet W Zavier Turner 1 G 5 9 170 fr Indianapolis, IN Pike HS Matt Kamieniecki 2 F 6 8 238 sr Clarkston, MI Clarkston HS Quinten Payne 3 G 6 5 190 fr St. Charles, IL St. Charles North HS Kindon "KD" Crowder 4 G 6 3 180 sr Chicago, IL Munster HS W Rocco Belcaster 5 F 6 7 201 so Berwyn, IL Morton HS Kaleb Mallory 11 G 5 8 140 fr Muncie, IN Muncie Central HS W Bo Calhoun 12 F 6 5 228 so South Bend, IN Washington HS Mark Alstork 13 G 6 4 190 fr Dayton, OH Thurgood Marshall HS Chase Brogna 14 G 5 11 181 so Houston, TX St. Thomas HS Franko House 15 F 6 6 245 fr Elkhart, IN Concord HS Chris Bond 20 F 6 4 195 sr Gary, IN Bowman Academy Jesse Berry 32 G 6 2 192 sr Lafayette, IN Jefferson HS Tyler Koch 34 F 6 6 229 sr Winchester, IN Winchester HSWright State Mading Thok 44 C 6 11 200 fr y Boyden, IA Western Christian HS Majok Majok 55 F 6 9 245 sr Perth, Australia Northfield Mount Hermon SchoolMidland College James Whitford (Wisconsin) Brett Nelson (Florida) Jason Grunkemeyer (Bradley) Billy Wright (Miami University) Schedule and results Source: yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#C41E3A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/4/2013 7:00 pm yes no Marian John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 62–59 1,584 0–0 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#C41E3A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference games 11/9/2013 1:05 pm yes yes no Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 73–82 7,221 0–1 11/12/2013 7:00 pm yes no Taylor John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 73–53 2,922 1–1 11/18/2013 7:00 pm yes no SE Missouri State John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 87–83 2,765 2–1 11/23/2013 2:00 pm yes no Butler John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 58–59 6,015 2–2 11/27/2013 9:00 pm yes yes no Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT P12N 69–88 8,761 2–3 11/30/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Cleveland State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 55–78 1,991 2–4 12/4/2013 7:00 pm yes no Valparaiso John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN Sports Link 50–69 2,953 2–5 12/17/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no Marquette BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI FS1 53–91 13,668 2–6 12/21/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 58–66 4,223 2–7 12/30/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA 68–73 3,172 2–8 1/3/2014 7:00 pm yes no Oakland City John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 94–58 2,487 3–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#C41E3A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Conference games 1/8/2014 7:00 pm no Akron John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 68–72 2,606 3–9 0–1 1/11/2014 7:00 pm yes no Kent State MAC Center Kent, OH 74–86 3,764 3–10 0–2 1/15/2014 8:00 pm yes no Ohio Convocation Center Athens, OH TWCS 51–71 5,942 3–11 0–3 1/18/2014 2:00 pm no Miami (OH) John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN Ball State Sports Net 52–64 3,054 3–12 0–4 1/23/2014 8:00 pm no Buffalo John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN TWCS 71–68 3,072 4–12 1–4 1/26/2014 2:00 pm yes no Western Michigan University Arena Kalamazoo, MI Ball State Sports Net 53–62 2,698 4–13 1–5 1/29/2014 7:00 pm yes no Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH 46–73 3,211 4–14 1–6 2/1/2014 2:00 pm no Northern Illinois John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 65–67 OT 2,786 4–15 1–7 2/5/2014 7:00 pm yes no Buffalo Alumni Arena Amherst, NY 48–69 2,558 4–16 1–8 2/8/2014 2:00 pm no Toledo John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 73–80 2,722 4–17 1–9 2/12/2014 7:00 pm no Eastern Michigan John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 62–73 2,411 4–18 1–10 2/15/2014 4:00 pm no Bowling Green John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN Sports Link 64–66 3,414 4–19 1–11 2/19/2014 7:00 pm yes no Central Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI Ball State Sports Net 95–101 3OT 1,673 4–20 1–12 2/23/2014 6:00 pm yes no Toledo Savage Arena Toledo, OH TWCS 74–85 4,912 4–21 1–13 2/26/2014 7:00 pm no Western Michigan John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN TWCS 81–88 OT 2,590 4–22 1–14 3/1/2014 2:00 pm no Central Michigan John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 74–71 3,125 5–22 2–14 3/4/2014 7:00 pm yes no Eastern Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI Ball State Sports Net 58–72 903 5–23 2–15 3/8/2014 4:30 pm yes no Northern Illinois Convocation Center DeKalb, IL 56–70 2,144 5–24 2–16 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#C41E3A; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2014 MAC tournament 3/10/2014 7:00 pm yes no Ohio Convocation Center Athens, OH First round 64–76 4,153 5–25 AP Poll Eastern References Ball State Category:Ball State Cardinals men's basketball seasons Ball State Cardinals men's basketball Ball State Cardinals men's basketball