2013–14 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech Athletics wordmark.svg 200 Conference USA C-USA 29–8 13–3 Michael White 3rd Isaac Brown Dusty May Derrick Jones Thomas Assembly Center Gulf Coast Showcase Champions Conference USA Regular Season Co-champions NIT Quarterfinals The 2013–14 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Michael White, played their home games at the Thomas Assembly Center and were first year members of the Conference USA. They finished the season 29–8, 13–3 in C-USA play to finish in a four-way tie for the C-USA regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Tulsa. After tiebreakers, they were the #1 seed in the C-USA Tournament, and as a regular season conference champion and overall #1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received at automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona and Georgia to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Florida State. Roster 2013 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs #002F8B #FF0000 white white Alex Hamilton y basketball 0 G 6 4 180 SO Chipley, FL Michale Kyser y 1 F 6 9 205 JR Lancaster, TX Erik McCree y 2 F 6 8 220 SO Orlando, FL I Raheem Appleby y 3 G 6 4 160 JR Jacksonville, AR Speedy Smith y 4 G 6 3 180 JR St. Petersburg, FL Chris Anderson 5 F 6 6 220 SR Muskegon, MI Isaiah Massey 10 F 6 8 225 JR yes McDonough, GA Stojan Gjuroski y 11 F 6 8 205 JR yes Gostivar, Macedonia Cordarius Johnson 15 G 6 6 220 SR Coushatta, LA Kenyon McNeail y 21 G 6 1 190 SR Conway, AR Josh Butler 22 F 6 6 225 FR Los Angeles, CA W Jaron Johnson y 23 G 6 6 205 SR Tyler, TX Leo Edwards 33 F 6 8 230 FR Detroit, MI Gilbert Talbot 40 F/C 6 10 290 SO Houma, LA Michael White (Ole Miss) Isaac Brown (Northeast Louisiana) Dusty May (Indiana) Derrick Jones (Samford) http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/latc-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2013-10-10 Schedule 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Exhibition October 31, 2013 6:30 pm yes Arkansas–Monticello Scotty Robertson Memorial Gymnasium Ruston, LA N/A 85–64 – November 4, 2013 6:30 pm yes Southern Arkansas Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA N/A 100–49 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Regular season November 8, 2013 10:30 pm yes yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 2,825 70–83 0–1 November 13, 2013 6:30 pm yes Centenary Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA Gulf Coast Showcase Opening Round 3,942 106–59 1–1 November 20, 2013 7:00 pm yes yes Central Arkansas Farris Center Conway, AR 1,547 94–57 2–1 November 25, 2013 11:00 am yes yes UNC Greensboro Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals N/A 99–62 3–1 November 26, 2013 5:00 pm yes yes UIC Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase Semifinals N/A 103–78 4–1 November 27, 2013 7:30 pm yes yes St. Bonaventure Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase Finals N/A 76–72 5–1 December 1, 2013 5:00 pm yes yes Jackson State Williams Assembly Center Jackson, MS 608 72–61 6–1 December 4, 2013 6:30 pm yes Louisiana–Lafayette Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,085 80–89 6–2 December 7, 2013 7:00 pm yes Southern Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,629 69–50 7–2 December 11, 2013 8:30 pm yes Northwestern State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,547 93–71 8–2 December 14, 2013 1:00 pm yes yes Oklahoma State 7 Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK All-College Basketball Classic 7,047 ESPNU 55–70 8–3 December 17, 2013 6:30 pm yes McNeese State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 2,962 64–50 9–3 December 22, 2013 5:00 pm yes yes Louisiana–Monroe Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA 4,107 83–61 10–3 December 30, 2013 7:00 pm yes yes Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 10,903 SSTV 102–98 OT 11–3 January 4, 2014 4:00 pm yes Longwood Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 2,502 126–52 12–3 January 9, 2014 6:30 pm Florida Atlantic Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 2,678 84–64 13–3 (1–0) January 11, 2014 7:40 pm FIU Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,236 85–51 14–3 (2–0) January 16, 2014 8:00 pm yes Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA 2,006 CST 73–45 15–3 (3–0) January 19, 2014 12:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 5,110 FS1 71–80 15–4 (3–1) January 23, 2014 6:30 pm Charlotte Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,250 80–60 16–4 (4–1) January 25, 2014 7:00 pm Marshall Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 7,355 CBSSN 98–77 17–4 (5–1) January 30, 2014 8:05 pm yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 8,361 79–89 17–5 (5–2) February 1, 2014 3:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 1,104 TWCSCT 87–72 18–5 (6–2) February 6, 2014 8:00 pm Tulsa Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,935 CBSSN 66–61 19–5 (7–2) February 8, 2014 6:00 pm North Texas Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,123 90–75 20–5 (8–2) February 15, 2014 7:35 pm Rice Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,561 85–46 21–5 (9–2) February 20, 2014 6:00 pm yes East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC 3,798 68–75 21–6 (9–3) February 22, 2014 6:00 pm yes Old Dominion Constant Center Norfolk, VA 6,940 71–66 22–6 (10–3) February 27, 2014 6:30 pm Middle Tennessee Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,349 55–39 23–6 (11–3) March 2, 2014 3:00 pm yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 5,133 67–58 24–6 (12–3) March 6, 2014 7:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,380 70–48 25–6 (13–3) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| Conference USA tournament March 13, 2014 9:30 pm yes Charlotte Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Quarterfinals 8,252 86–65 26–6 March 14, 2014 6:05 pm yes Southern Miss Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Semifinals 5,611 CBSSN 88–70 27–6 March 15, 2014 10:35 am yes Tulsa Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Championship 4,870 CBS 60–69 27–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002F8B; color:#FF0000;"| NIT March 19, 2014 6:30 pm yes (3) (6) Iona Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA First round 4,643 ESPN3 89–88 28–7 March 22, 2014 10:00 am yes yes (3) (2) Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA Second round 3,692 ESPN 79–71 29–7 March 26, 2014 6:00 pm yes yes (3) (1) Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL Quarterfinals 4,470 ESPN2 75–78 29–8 AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region Central Time References Category:Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball seasons Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Louis Louis