2013–14 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters logo.svg 125 Big West Conference Big West 23–12 13–3 Russell Turner 4th Ali Ton Ryan Badrtalei Nick Booker Bren Events Center Big West Regular Season Champions NIT first round vs. SMU L 54–68 The 2013–14 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fourth year head coach Russell Turnerhttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/04/uc-irvine-basketball-russell-turner-mike-izzi-pat-douglass.html UC Irvine hires NBA assistant Russell Turner as head basketball coach Los Angeles Times 2010-04-09 and played their home games at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 13–3 in Big West play to win the Big West regular season championship. They advanced to the Big West Conference tournament where they lost to Cal Poly. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament they earned an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to SMU. Off-Season 2013 Recruiting Class no no 2013 Mamadou Ndiaye C Dakar, Senegal Brethren Christian High School 7 5 310 11/14/2012 3 4 4 4 85 Ioannis Dimakopoulos C Patras, Greece Cathedral High School 7 2 Luke Nelson PG London, England 6 3 190 2013 ESPN - UC Irvine Basketball Recruiting 2013 300 n/a n/a n/a 2017-10-20 yes Roster 2013 UC Irvine Anteaters y Mike Best 33 C 6 10 205 So yes San Rafael, California Conor Clifford basketball y 42 C 7 0 268 So Huntington Beach, California Will Davis II 3 F 6 8 210 Jr Sacramento, California Ioannis Dimakopoulos basketball y 12 F/C 7 2 255 Fr Patras, Greece Dominique Dunning 24 G 6 3 213 So y Corona, California Ege Mala 35 F 6 7 208 Fr y İzmir (Turkey) Jaron Martin 0 G 5 10 160 Fr Sunland, California Reed McConnell 4 F 6 5 190 So Atherton, California Chris McNealy y basketball, born 1992 5 G 6 4 182 Sr Danville, California Mamadou N'Diaye basketball, born 1993 y 34 C 7 6 290 Fr Dakar, Sengal Luke Nelson basketball y 10 G 6 3 182 Fr Worthing, England Shawn Rey 20 F 6 8 232 Jr Torrance, California John Ryan 25 C 6 10 247 Jr El Segundo, California Travis Souza 2 F 6 4 222 Jr Turlock, California Aaron Wright 32 G 6 3 188 So Cerritos, California Alex Young 1 G 6 1 176 So Phoenix, Oregon Russell Turner (Hampden–Sydney) Ali Ton (Davidson) Ryan Badtalei (UCLA) Nick Booker (Davidson) http://ucirvinesports.com/roster.aspx?roster=8&path=mbball Schedule Sourcehttp://www.ucirvinesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/releases/20130711kv13nq 'Eaters with 17 home dates in 2013-14 UC Irvine athletics 2013-07-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20130930155331/http://ucirvinesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/releases/20130711kv13nq 2013-09-30 dead yes 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| Exhibition 11/02/2013 7:00 pm yes Chapman Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,601 89–61 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| Regular season 11/08/2013 7:00 pm yes Fresno State Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 3,241 97–98 OT 0–1 11/12/2013 7:00 pm yes yes Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA 1,862 79–84 0–2 11/14/2013 8:00 pm yes yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 2K Sports Classic 5,875 P12N 86–72 1–2 11/17/2013 7:00 pm yes Pacifica Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,709 110–73 2–2 11/22/2013 7:00 pm yes Long Island Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2K Sports Classic 2,379 84–64 3–2 11/23/2013 5:30 pm yes Boston University Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2K Sports Classic 2,108 68–74 3–3 11/24/2013 4:00 pm yes Eastern Washington Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2K Sports Classic 1,576 81–58 4–3 11/30/2013 7:05 pm yes yes Sacramento State Colberg Court Sacramento, CA 961 79–53 5–3 12/02/2013 7:30 pm yes yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 7,980 P12N 56–73 5–4 12/07/2013 7:00 pm yes Pepperdine Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,283 69–75 5–5 12/15/2013 2:05 pm yes yes Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, WA 911 70–61 6–5 12/17/2013 7:30 pm yes yes Oregon 13 Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR 5,958 P12N 63–91 6–6 12/21/2013 1:00 pm yes yes Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO 2,754 63–50 7–6 12/28/2013 11:00 am yes yes Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 5,883 P12N 61–74 7–7 01/02/2014 7:30 pm yes Morgan State Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,657 75–63 8–7 01/04/2014 7:00 pm yes San Diego Christian Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,231 91–56 9–7 01/09/2014 8:00 pm yes Long Beach State Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA 2,817 Prime Ticket 46–44 10–7 1–0 01/11/2014 7:00 pm yes UC Riverside UC Riverside Student Recreation Center Riverside, CA 1,965 72–52 11–7 2–0 01/16/2014 7:00 pm Cal State Fullerton Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,352 ESPN3 72–54 12–7 3–0 01/23/2014 7:00 pm Cal State Northridge Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,506 72–66 13–7 4–0 01/25/2014 7:00 pm Hawaii Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 4,305 ESPN3 86–90 OT 13–8 4–1 01/30/2014 7:00 pm yes UC Santa Barbara The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 3,013 60–80 13–9 4–2 02/01/2014 8:00 pm yes Cal Poly Mott Gym San Luis Obispo, CA 3,032 ESPNU 64–50 14–9 5–2 02/06/2014 7:30 pm Long Beach State Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,979 Prime Ticket 61–58 15–9 6–2 02/08/2014 7:00 pm yes UC Davis The Pavilion Davis, CA 1,598 61–59 16–9 7–2 02/15/2014 7:00 pm UC Riverside Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,986 Cox 3 (tape delay) 70–52 17–9 8–2 02/20/2014 9:00 pm yes Hawaii Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI 6,493 OC Sports 60–56 OT 18–9 9–2 02/22/2014 7:30 pm yes Cal State Northridge Matadome Northridge, CA 1,321 Prime Ticket 75–81 18–10 9–3 02/27/2014 7:00 pm UC Santa Barbara Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,680 ESPN3 71–60 19–10 10–3 03/01/2014 8:00 pm Cal Poly Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,422 ESPNU 55–48 20–10 11–3 03/06/2014 7:00 pm yes Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 1,617 62–44 21–10 12–3 03/08/2014 4:30 pm UC Davis Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,252 Prime Ticket 74–46 22–10 13–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| Big West tournament 03/13/2014 6:00 pm yes UC Riverside Honda Center Anaheim, CA Quarterfinals 3,693 Prime Ticket/Fox Deportes/FCS Pacific/FSSD 63–43 23–10 03/14/2014 6:30 pm yes Cal Poly Honda Center Anaheim, CA Semifinals 4,589 ESPN3/ESPNU(delayed) 58–61 23–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| NIT 03/19/2014 6:00 pm yes yes (8) (1) SMU (25) Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX First round 5,031 ESPN2 54–68 23–12 AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region Pacific Time References Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:2010s in sports in Orange County, California UC Irvine UC Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters