2013–14 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Bulldogs logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 14–19 3–15 Rick Ray 2nd George Brooks Wes Flanigan Chris Hollender Humphrey Coliseum The 2013–14 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2013–14 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Rick Ray, in his second season at Mississippi State. The team played their home games at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Before the season Departures The Bulldogs lost three players from the 2012–13 squad. Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jalen Steele 0 G 6'3" 194 Junior Knoxville, Tennessee Left team after injuries;Payne Terrence Jalen Steele's career at Mississippi State is over http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/17/injuries-end-jalen-steeles-career-at-mississippi-state/ NBCSports.com NBC 2013-10-17 intended to transfer to Middle Tennessee but never playedAdam Sparks Transfer Jalen Steele won't play at MTSU http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/mtsu/2014/07/08/transfer-jalen-steele-play-mtsu/12386531/ Tennessean.com The Tennessean 2014-07-08 Wendell Lewis 5 C 6'9" 253 Senior Selma, Alabama Dismissed;Parrish Gary Mississippi State dismisses Wendell Lewis from basketball program http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/23986766/mississippi-state-dismisses-wendell-lewis-from-program CBSSports.com CBS 2015-06-03 2013-10-03 Transferred to Alabama StateWendell Lewis http://bamastatesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3319 BamaStateSports.com Alabama State Baxter Price 15 G 5'9" 156 Senior Brandon, Mississippi Graduated (Walk-on) Recruits no no 2013 Travis Daniels SF Russellville, AL Shelton State CC 6 8 205 10/2/2012 3 Fallou Ndoye C Henderson, NV Findlay Prep 6 11 215 11/13/2012 3 3 69 I.J. Ready PG Little Rock, AR Parkview 5 10 160 5/10/2012 3 3 74 De'Runnya Wilson SF Birmingham, AL Wenonah HS 6 5 215 1/22/2013 2013 Mississippi State 2013 Basketball Commitments 2013 Mississippi State Basketball Commits ESPN mississippistate 136 344 Not Ranked Not Ranked Not Ranked August 20, 2013 yes Season Preseason Head coach Rick Ray announced the Bulldogs' non-conference schedule on July 3, 2013.http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=208575961 Bulldogs Announce 2013-14 Non-Conference Schedule HailState.com August 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130713075739/http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=208575961 2013-07-13 dead The Bulldogs scheduled to open the season at home against Prairie View A&M, with other notable non-conference games including a trip to Utah State, a home game against Florida Gulf Coast, and participating in the Las Vegas Classic. Ray announced the team's conference slate on August 20, 2013.http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=209222414 Bulldogs Open Conference Slate at Kentucky HailState.com August 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044309/http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=209222414 2014-08-08 dead The Bulldogs' SEC schedule was highlighted by a home-and-home series with Kentucky, including traveling to Rupp Arena to open conference play on January 8. Other notable games included a visit from Florida to Humphrey Coliseum and a road date at LSU. On December 30, 2013 it was announced that guard Andre Applewhite would transfer.Andre Applewhite Transfers as MSU Heads into SEC Play Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Andre Applewhite 2 G 6'5" 217 Redshirt Freshman Memphis, Tennessee Transferred Roster 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs y yes Fred Thomas 1 G 6 5 206 so Jackson, MS Jim Hill HS Andre ApplewhiteApplewhite left the team on December 30, 2013 2 G 6 5 217 fr y Memphis, TN Central HS Colin Borchert 3 F 6 8 231 sr Phoenix, AZ East Mississippi CC Trivante Bloodman 4 G 6 0 182 jr Bronx, NY Olney Central College Dallas Prater 10 G 6 3 170 fr Jackson, MS St. Andrew's School W Jacoby Davis 11 G 6 1 191 fr y Charlotte, NC West Charlotte HS De'Runnya Wilson 12 F 6 5 215 fr Birmingham, AL Wenonah HS y Tevin Moore 13 G 6 3 185 jr Olive Branch, MS Northwest Mississippi CC W I.J. Ready 15 G 5 11 170 fr Little Rock, AR Parkview Magnet HS Gavin Ware 20 F 6 9 268 so Starkville, MS Starkville HS y Fallou Ndoye 22 C 6 11 215 fr yes Henderson, NV Findlay Prep I Tyson Cunningham 24 G 6 3 197 sr y Columbus, MS Columbus HS W Roquez Johnson 25 F 6 7 210 jr Montgomery, AL G. W. Carver HS Craig Sword 32 G 6 3 194 so Montgomery, AL G. W. Carver HS y Kyle Dobbs 33 G 6 6 160 fr Grayson, GA Grayson HS W Travis DanielsDaniels officially joined the team on December 19, 2013. Tweet from SID Gregg Ellis 34 F 6 8 220 so yes Russellville, AL Shelton State CC Rick Ray (Grand View) George Brooks (Mississippi State) Wes Flanigan (Auburn) Chris Hollender (Evansville) Schedule and results http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10994&SPSID=90866 Men's Basketball yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#762123; color:#D1D5D8;"| Non-conference games 11/8/2013 7:00 pm yes Prairie View A&M Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 71–56 6,853 1–0 11/14/2013 7:00 pm yes Kennesaw State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 78–55 3,011 2–0 11/19/2013 7:00 pm yes Mississippi Valley State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 94–72 6,759 3–0 11/23/2013 6:00 pm yes yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT 68–87 10,043 3–1 11/27/2013 1:00 pm yes Jackson State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 58–56 6,776 4–1 12/1/2013 1:00 pm yes Loyola–Chicago Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 65–64 OT 6,010 5–1 12/5/2013 6:00 pm yes TCU Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS Big 12/SEC Challenge ESPNU 61–71 6,795 5–2 12/13/2013 7:00 pm yes yes Southeastern Louisiana BancorpSouth Arena Tupelo, MS 68–62 2,035 6–2 12/17/2013 7:00 pm yes Florida A&M Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 78–65 5,803 7–2 12/19/2013 7:00 pm yes Florida Gulf Coast Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 66–53 5,902 8–2 12/22/2013 7:00 pm yes yes South Florida Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic 71–66 1,530 9–2 12/23/2013 7:00 pm yes yes UNLV Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic CBSSN 66–82 3,618 9–3 1/2/2014 7:00 pm yes UMES Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 77–63 5,708 10–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#762123; color:#D1D5D8;"| Conference games 1/8/2014 7:00 pm yes Kentucky 14 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY SECN 63–85 23,638 10–4 (0–1) 1/11/2014 3:00 pm Ole Miss Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS ESPNU 76–72 8,841 11–4 (1–1) 1/15/2014 7:00 pm yes Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN 61–80 10,112 11–5 (1–2) 1/18/2014 11:30 am Texas A&M Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 81–72 OT 7,073 12–5 (2–2) 1/22/2014 7:00 pm Auburn Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS ESPN3 82–74 7,754 13–5 (3–2) 1/25/2014 3:00 pm yes Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS SECN 63–82 8,843 13–6 (3–3) 1/30/2014 6:00 pm Florida 3 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS ESPN2 51–62 7,989 13–7 (3–4) 2/1/2014 4:00 pm yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN FSN 49–55 9,170 13–8 (3–5) 2/5/2014 8:00 pm yes Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX CSS 52–72 4,626 13–9 (3–6) 2/8/2014 12:30 pm Kentucky 18 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 59–69 8,417 13–10 (3–7) 2/12/2014 8:00 pm Georgia Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS FSN 55–75 7,010 13–11 (3–8) 2/15/2014 12:30 pm yes Auburn Auburn Arena Aurbun, AL SECN 82–92 6,890 13–12 (3–9) 2/19/2014 7:00 pm yes LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA SECN 81–92 7,689 13–13 (3–10) 2/22/2014 3:00 pm Arkansas Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 69–73 6,981 13–14 (3–11) 2/26/2014 7:00 pm Tennessee Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 68–75 6,161 13–15 (3–12) 3/1/2014 12:30 pm yes Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN 66–85 9,403 13–16 (3–13) 3/5/2014 6:00 pm yes Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA CSS 45–66 5,165 13–17 (3–14) 3/8/2014 3:00 pm South Carolina Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 62–74 6,105 13–18 (3–15) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#762123; color:#D1D5D8;"| SEC tournament 3/12/2014 8:30 pm yes Vanderbilt Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA First round 82–68 7,132 14–18 3/13/2014 9:30 pm yes Ole Miss Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Second round 66–78   14–19 AP Poll Central Time References 3 Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Mississippi State Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball