2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Mercer Bears Mercer Bears wordmark.svg 200 Atlantic Sun Conference A-Sun 27–9 14–4 Bob Hoffman 6th Spencer Wright Doug Esleeck Jake Nelp Hawkins Arena Atlantic Sun regular season co–championsand tournament champions NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2013–14 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season A-Sun championship, shared with Florida Gulf Coast. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game of the A-Sun tournament to be A-Sun Tournament champions and earn the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they upset Duke in the second round before losing in the third round to Tennessee. This was their last season as a member of the Atlantic Sun as they joined the Southern Conference in July 2014. Roster 2013 Mercer Bears y Phillip Leonard 1 G 6 2 200 SO Tulsa, Oklahoma Matt Panaggio 2 G 6 3 185 FR Daytona Beach, Florida Kevin Canevari 3 G 5 11 165 SR Charlotte, North Carolina Bud Thomas 5 F 6 6 200 SR Highlands Ranch, Colorado Ike Nwamu y 10 G 6 5 205 SO Greensboro, North Carolina D. J. Brooks 11 G 6 1 180 FR Simpsonville, South Carolina John Mosser 12 G 6 4 210 FR Cary, North Carolina T. J. Hallice 15 F 6 9 205 JR Weddington, North Carolina Anthony White 15 G 6 2 170 SR Indianapolis, Indiana Jakob Gollon 20 F 6 6 200 SR Stevens Point, Wisconsin Langston Hall y 21 G 6 4 180 SR Atlanta, Georgia Darious Moten 22 F 6 6 195 JR Bowdon, Georgia Lawrence Brown 25 G 6 5 210 SO Kansas City, Missouri James Bento 32 F 6 6 195 FR Houston, Texas Jibri Bryan 34 G 6 3 180 SO Savannah, Georgia Monty Brown 45 C 6 11 250 SR Liberty Mounds, Oklahoma Daniel Coursey 52 F 6 10 220 SR Savannah, Georgia Bob Hoffman (Oklahoma Baptist) Spencer Wright (Central Oklahoma) Doug Esleeck (North Carolina) Jake Nelp (Colorado State) Schedule http://mercer.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/schedule Men's Basketball 2013-14 Schedule - Mercer 2013-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030556/http://mercer.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/schedule 2016-03-04 dead 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E87511; color:#000000;"| Regular season 11/08/2013 8:00 pm yes yes Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX 8,108 LHN 73–76 0–1 11/13/2013 7:00 pm yes Reinhardt Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 1,872 95–53 1–1 11/16/2013 3:00 pm yes Seton Hall Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,057 77–74 2OT 2–1 11/18/2013 8:00 pm yes yes Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 3,607 76–89 2–2 11/20/2013 2:30 pm yes yes Johnson & Wales Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 1,727 109–56 3–2 11/23/2013 12:00 pm yes Yale Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,500 81–54 4–2 11/26/2013 7:00 pm yes yes Ohio Convocation Center Athens, OH 4,416 67–76 4–3 11/29/2013 8:00 pm yes yes Valapraiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 2,574 117–108 3OT 5–3 12/02/2013 9:00 pm yes yes Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 9,363 ESPNU 82–96 5–4 12/07/2013 3:00 pm yes Denver Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 1,827 64–63 OT 6–4 12/16/2013 7:00 pm yes Alcorn State Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 1,723 70–44 7–4 12/22/2013 4:00 pm yes yes Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS 7,794 CSS 79–76 8–4 12/27/2013 7:00 pm yes St. Andrews (NC) Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,117 98–56 9–4 12/30/2013 7:30 pm yes Jacksonville Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL 912 86–49 10–4 1–0 01/01/2014 7:30 pm yes North Florida UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL 634 83–89 10–5 1–1 01/04/2014 4:30 pm USC Upstate Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,031 62–60 OT 11–5 2–1 01/06/2014 7:00 pm East Tennessee State Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 1,537 73–63 12–5 3–1 01/10/2014 7:00 pm Kennesaw State Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,372 CSS 83–46 13–5 4–1 01/16/2014 7:00 pm yes Northern Kentucky The Bank of Kentucky Center Highland Heights, KY 2,782 74–58 14–5 5–1 01/18/2014 4:30 pm yes Lipscomb Allen Arena Nashville, TN 1,235 ESPN3 87–66 15–5 6–1 01/23/2014 7:00 pm Florida Gulf Coast Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,500 68–55 16–5 7–1 01/25/2014 3:00 pm Stetson Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,472 87–49 17–5 8–1 01/31/2014 7:00 pm yes East Tennessee State ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center Johnson City, TN 3,350 90–77 18–5 9–1 02/02/2014 2:00 pm yes USC Upstate Hodge Center Spartanburg, SC 706 ESPN3 61–80 18–6 9–2 02/07/2014 7:00 pm yes Kennesaw State KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA 3,624 CSS 75–68 19–6 10–2 02/14/2014 7:00 pm Lipscomb Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 1,872 ESPN3 79–48 20–6 11–2 02/16/2014 2:00 pm Northern Kentucky Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,172 89–67 21–6 12–2 02/21/2014 6:00 pm yes Florida Gulf Coast Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 4,664 ESPNU 61–75 21–7 12–3 02/23/2014 1:00 pm yes Stetson Edmunds Center DeLand, FL 1,015 73–52 22–7 13–3 02/27/2014 7:00 pm North Florida Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,134 76–79 OT 22–8 13–4 03/01/2014 1:00 pm Jacksonville Hawkins Arena Macon, GA N/A 69–55 23–8 14–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E87511; color:#000000;"| Atlantic Sun tournament 03/04/2014 7:00 pm 2 Jacksonville 7 Hawkins Arena Macon, GA Quarterfinals N/A ESPN3 85–64 24–8 03/06/2014 8:30 pm 2 USC Upstate 3 Hawkins Arena Macon, GA Semifinals 2,572 CSS/ESPN3 78–75 2OT 25–8 03/09/2014 2:00 pm yes 2 Florida Gulf Coast 1 Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Championship 4,702 ESPN2 68–60 26–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E87511; color:#000000;"| NCAA tournament 3/21/2014 12:15 pm yes 14 MW Duke 8 3 MW PNC Arena Raleigh, NC Second round CBS 16,988 78–71 27–8 3/23/2014 6:10 pm yes 14 MW Tennessee 11 MW PNC Arena Raleigh, NC Third round TNT 18,712 63–83 27–9 AP Poll, (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed within region MW=Midwest Eastern Time References Category:Mercer Bears men's basketball seasons Mercer Mercer Mercer Bears Mercer Bears