2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

February 2018 2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season #081549 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball 125px November 2013through March 2014 10 ESPN, CBS Regular Season Cincinnati, Louisville"vacated" On February 20, 2018, the NCAA announced that Louisville will be forced to vacate wins and records from the 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15 seasons.James Emily Louisville men's basketball must vacate wins and pay fine https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/louisville-mens-basketball-must-vacate-wins-and-pay-fine NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA February 20, 2018 en February 20, 2018 February 20, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180220174859/http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/louisville-mens-basketball-must-vacate-wins-and-pay-fine deadLouisville to vacate 2013 national title, take banner down after NCAA upholds penalties https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/louisville-to-vacate-2013-national-title-take-banner-down-after-ncaa-upholds-penalties/ 20 February 2018 CBSSports.com February 20, 2018 enPeck Jared Louisville's 2013 national basketball championship stricken from history as NCAA denies school's appeal http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-louisville/article201070839.html Lexington Herald-Leader February 20, 2018 en Co-Champions Shabazz Napier, UConn American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati Tournament American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Louisville"vacated" Connecticut Russ Smith, Louisville"vacated" American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament#Champions American Conference men's basketball 2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season 2012–13 2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season 2014–15 The 2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2013 and concluded in March 2014. Practices began in October 2013, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the 2014 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament. The season was the first since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues. This was the first season that Houston, Memphis, SMU, Temple, and UCF participated in American Athletic competition. It was also the final season for Louisville and Rutgers in Big East/AAC competition, as these schools left for the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten Conference respectively. Preseason Coaching changes Mike Rice was fired by Rutgers following a player abuse scandal.Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti out after Mike Rice firing USA Today https://web.archive.org/web/20220123105741/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2013/04/05/ad-tim-pernetti-out-at-rutgers-after-mike-rice-firing/2056119/ January 23, 2022 live https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2013/04/05/ad-tim-pernetti-out-at-rutgers-after-mike-rice-firing/2056119/ Predicted American Athletic results At American Athletic Conference media day on October 16, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Conference teams.http://theamerican.org/news/2013/10/15/MBB_1015135713.aspx Louisville Unanimously Chosen As American Athletic Conference Favorite American Athletic Conference Conference October 16, 2013 October 19, 2013 American Athletic Coacheshttp://theamerican.org/news/2013/10/15/MBB_1015135713.aspx Louisville Unanimously Chosen As American Athletic Conference Favorite American Athletic Conference Conference October 16, 2013 October 19, 2013American Athletic Writers 1. Louisville (9) 2. Connecticut (1) 3. Memphis 4. Cincinnati 5. Temple 6. SMU 7. Houston 8. South Florida 9. UCF 10. Rutgers first place votes 2013-14 Preseason All-American Athletic Teams First Team Second TeamSean Kilpatrick, G, CINShabazz Napier, G, CONNChane Behanan, F, LOURuss Smith, G, LOUJoe Jackson, G, MEMIsaiah Sykes, G, UCFRyan Boatright, G, CONNTaShawn Thomas, F, HOUMontrezl Harrell, F, LOUAnthony Collins, G, USFVictor Rudd, F, USF American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Russ Smith, Louisville American Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year: Keith Frazier, SMU Preseason Watchlists NaismithDoug McDermott Named to Naismith Trophy Watch List http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209318824 neulion October 22, 2014 John Wooden AwardJOHN R. WOODEN AWARD® PRESENTED BY WENDY'S® REVEALS 2013-14 PRESEASON TOP 50 http://www.woodenaward.com/?p=1460 woodenaward October 22, 2014 February 4, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220204174510/https://www.woodenaward.com/?p=1460 dead Montrezl Harrell, LOUJoe Jackson, MEMSean Kilpatrick, CINShabazz Napier, CONNRuss Smith, LOUMontrezl Harrell, LOUJoe Jackson, MEMSean Kilpatrick, CINShabazz Napier, CONNRuss Smith, LOU Rankings + Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings   Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalCincinnati AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 19 15 13 7 10 7 11 C RV 23 16 15 7 11 9 12 Connecticut AP 18 19 18 13 12 9 10 15 17 RV RV RV RV 22 24 21 RV C 19 20 18 14 14 12 10 15 15 RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 RV 19 Houston AP C Louisville AP 3 3 3 9 7 6 6 6 14 12 18 12 12 14 13 11 7 C 3 3 2 9 6 4 4 4 10 8 14 9 7 10 8 5 4 Memphis AP 13 13 11 21 16 16 15 17 18 24 17 23 22 24 20 22 21 C 13 13 11 19 15 15 14 17 18 22 17 22 22 RV 22 24 22 Rutgers AP C SMU AP RV RV RV RV RV 23 RV 23 C RV RV RV RV 24 18 South Florida AP C Temple AP CRV UCF AP C NCAA College Basketball Polls, College Basketball Rankings, NCAA Basketball Polls - ESPN http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2013/week/16/seasontype/2 ESPN.com Conference Schedules Composite matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games scheduled this season.   CincinnatiConnecticutHoustonLouisville"vacated"MemphisRutgersSMUSouth FloridaTempleUCFvs. Cincinnati – 1–10–21–10–20–21–10–20–20–2vs. Connecticut1–1 – 1–11–00–20–12–00–10–20–2vs. Houston2–01–1 – 2–01–01–12–00–10–10–1vs. Louisville"vacated"1–10–10–2 – 1–00–20–10–20–10–2vs. Memphis2–02–00–10–1 – 0–21–00–20–20–2vs. Rutgers2–01–01–12–02–0 – 2–00–21–10–1vs. SMU1–10–20–21–00–10–2 – 1–11–10–1vs. South Florida2–01–01–02–02–01–01–1 – 0–11–1vs. Temple2–02–01–01–02–01–11–11–0 – 1–0vs. UCF2–02–01–02–02–01–01–01–10–1 – Total 15–3 9–5 5–9 12–2 10–4 4–10 11–4 3–11 2–12 2–12 Cincinnati |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E00122; color:#000000;"| AAC Regular Season January 1, 2014 6:00 pm SMU Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati ESPNU 65–57 12–2 1–0 January 4, 2014 12:00 pm yes Memphis 18 FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee ESPN2 69–53 13–2 2–0 January 7, 2014 9:00 pm yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas CBSSN 61–60 14–2 3–0 January 11, 2014 6:00 pm Rutgers Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati CBSSN 71–51 15–2 4–0 January 14, 2014 9:00 pm 19 Temple Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati CBSSN 69–58 16–2 5–0 January 18, 2014 5:00 pm yes 19 South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida ESPNU 61–54 17–2 6–0 January 23, 2014 9:00 pm 15 UCF Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati CBSSN 69–51 18–2 7–0 January 26, 2014 4:00 pm yes 15 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia CBSSN 80–76 19–2 8–0 January 30, 2014 7:00 pm yes 13 Louisville 12 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Kentucky ESPN 69–66 20–2 9–0 February 2, 2014 12:00 pm 13 South Florida Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati CBSSN 50–45 21–2 10–0 February 6, 2014 7:00 pm 7 Connecticut 22 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati ESPN 63–58 22–2 11–0 February 8, 2014 7:30 pm yes 7 SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNU 55–76 22–3 11–1 February 15, 2014 3:00 pm 10 Houston Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati ESPNU 73–62 23–3 12–1 February 19, 2014 7:00 pm yes 7 UCF CFE Arena Orlando, Florida ESPNU 77–49 24–3 13–1 February 22, 2014 12:00 pm 7 Louisville 11 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati CBS 57–58 24–4 13–2 March 1, 2014 12:00 pm yes 11 Connecticut XL Center Hartford, Connecticut ESPN 45–51 24–5 13–3 March 6, 2014 7:00 pm 15 Memphis 20 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati ESPN 97–84 25–5 14–3 March 8, 2014 12:00 pm yes 15 Rutgers The RAC Pisacataway, New Jersey ESPNews 70–66 26–5 15–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E00122; color:#000000;"| 2014 American Athletic Conference tournament March 13, 2014 7:00 pm yes 13 UCF FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee ESPNU 61–58 27–5 March 14, 2014 9:30 pm yes 13 Connecticut 21 FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee ESPN2 56–58 27–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E00122; color:#000000;"| NCAA tournament March 20, 2014 2:10 pm yes 15 Harvard Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA TNT 57–61 27–7 AP Poll Eastern Time Connecticut yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002868; color:white;"| Exhibition 10/30/2013 7:00 pm yes Southern Connecticut State Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 93–65 – 11/04/2013 7:00 pm yes Concordia XL Center Hartford, CT 98–38 5,504 – |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002868; color:white;"| Regular season 11/08/2013 6:30 pm yes yes 18 Maryland Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY ESPN2 78–77 12,867 1–0 11/11/2013 3:00 pm yes 19 Yale XL Center Hartford, CT SNY 80–62 8,848 2–0 11/14/2013 7:00 pm yes 19 Detroit Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 2K Sports Classic SNY 101–55 8,140 3–0 11/17/2013 12:00 pm yes 19 Boston University Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 2K Sports Classic ESPNU 77–60 9,195 4–0 11/21/2013 7:00 pm yes yes 18 Boston College Madison Square Garden New York City, NY 2K Sports Classic Semifinals ESPN2 72–70 10,064 5–0 11/22/2013 7:30 pm yes yes 18 Indiana Madison Square Garden New York City, NY 2K Sports Classic Championship ESPN2 59–58 10,051 6–0 11/26/2013 7:00 pm yes 13 Loyola (MD) XL Center Hartford, CT SNY 76–66 9,497 7–0 12/02/2013 7:00 pm yes 12 Florida 15 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPN2 65–64 10,167 8–0 12/06/2013 7:00 pm yes 12 Maine XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN3/SNY 95–68 9,681 9–0 12/18/2013 9:00 pm yes 10 Stanford XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN2 51–53 11,140 9–1 12/22/2013 3:30 pm yes yes 10 Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA ESPNU 82–70 7,059 10–1 12/28/2013 1:00 pm yes 15 Eastern Washington Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT SNY 82–65 9,274 11–1 12/31/2013 9:00 pm yes 17 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPN2 71–75 4,035 11–2 (0–1) 01/04/2014 2:00 pm yes SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNU 65–74 7,166 11–3 (0–2) 01/08/2014 7:00 pm yes Harvard Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPNU 61–56 9,218 12–3 01/11/2014 6:00 pm Central Florida Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPNU 84–61 9,561 13–3 (1–2) 01/16/2014 7:00 pm yes Memphis 17 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN 83–73 18,039 14–3 (2–2) 01/18/2014 9:00 pm Louisville 18 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPN College GameDay ESPN 64–76 10,167 14–4 (2–3) 01/21/2014 7:00 pm Temple XL Center Hartford, CT CBSSN 90–66 4,741 15–4 (3–3) 01/25/2014 7:00 pm yes Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNU 82–71 8,006 16–4 (4–3) 01/30/2014 9:00 pm Houston Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT CBSSN 80–43 9,312 17–4 (5–3) 02/06/2014 7:00 pm yes 22 Cincinnati 7 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN 58–63 12,432 17–5 (5–4) 02/09/2014 6:00 pm yes 22 Central Florida CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN2 75–55 6,312 18–5 (6–4) 02/12/2014 7:00 pm 24 South Florida XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN2 83–40 10,553 19–5 (7–4) 02/15/2014 12:00 pm 24 Memphis 20 XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN 86–81 OT 16,294 20–5 (8–4) 02/20/2014 9:00 pm yes 21 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN 68–55 6,053 21–5 (9–4) 02/23/2014 2:00 pm 21 SMU Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT CBSSN 55–64 10,167 21–6 (9–5) 02/26/2014 7:00 pm yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL CBSSN 61–56 5,115 22–6 (10–5) 03/01/2014 12:00 pm Cincinnati 11 XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN 51–45 16,294 23–6 (11–5) 03/05/2014 7:00 pm 19 Rutgers Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPNU 69–63 10,167 24–6 (12–5) 03/08/2014 2:00 pm yes 19 Louisville 11 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBS 48–81 22,782 24–7 (12–6) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002868;"| AAC tournament 03/13/2014 9:00 pm yes 21 Memphis 19 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals 13,081 ESPNU 72–53 25–7 03/14/2014 9:00 pm yes 21 Cincinnati 13 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Semifinals 11,888 ESPN2 58–56 26–7 03/15/2014 6:00 pm yes 21 Louisville 5 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Championship 13,554 ESPN 61–71 26–8 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002868;"| NCAA tournament 03/20/2014 6:55 pm yes yes 18 7 E Saint Joseph's 10 E First Niagara Center Buffalo, NY Second Round 18,706 TBS 89–81 OT 27–8 03/22/2014 9:40 pm yes yes 18 7 E Villanova 6 2 E First Niagara Center Buffalo, NY Third Round 19,290 TBS 77–65 28–8 03/28/2014 7:27 pm yes yes 18 7 E Iowa State 9 3 E Madison Square Garden New York, NY Sweet Sixteen 19,314 TBS 81–76 29–8 03/30/2014 2:20 pm yes yes 18 7 E Michigan State 11 4 E Madison Square Garden New York, NY Elite Eight 19,499 CBS 60–54 30–8 04/05/2014 6:09 pm yes yes 18 7 E Florida 1 1 S AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX Final Four 79,444 TBS 63–53 31–8 04/07/2014 9:10 pm yes yes 18 7 E Kentucky 8 MW AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX National Championship Game 79,238 CBS 60–54 32–8 AP Poll E East Region, S=South Region, MW=Midwest Region Eastern Time http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/conn-m-baskbl-sched.html The Official Website of the University of Connecticut Huskies – Men's Basketball July 9, 2019 June 25, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160625122747/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/conn-m-baskbl-sched.html dead Houston yes no |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| Exhibition Nov 5 7:00 pm yes no St. Thomas Hofheinz Pavilion Houston   81–63 2,435 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 8 8:00 pm yes no Texas State Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPN3 76–70 3,123 1–0 Nov 11 7:00 pm yes yes no Texas–Pan American UTPA Fieldhouse Edinburg, Texas   77–65 1,432 2–0 Nov 14 7:00 pm yes no UTSA Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPN3 80–62 2,800 3–0 Nov 17 1:00 pm yes no Lehigh Hofheinz Pavilion Houston Legends Classic – Houston Regional Game 1 ESPN3 80–66 2,635 4–0 Nov 21 7:00 pm yes no Howard Hofheinz Pavilion Houston Legends Classic – Houston Regional Game 2 ESPN3 75–62 2,815 5–0 Nov 25 8:30 pm yes yes no Stanford Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York Legends Classic – Semifinals ESPN2 76–86 4,142 5–1 Nov 26 6:00 pm yes yes no Texas Tech Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York Legends Classic – Consolation Game ESPN3 64–76 3,514 5–2 Nov 30 7:00 pm yes no Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPN3 78–67 3,015 6–2 Dec 4 7:00 pm yes yes no Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, Texas ESPN3/FSN 57–74 4,850 6–3 Dec 7 5:00 pm yes no San Jose State Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPN3 68–72 3,105 6–4 Dec 9 6:30 pm yes no Alcorn State Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPN3 89–58 2,833 7–4 Dec 14 7:05 pm yes yes no Louisiana–Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, Louisiana   76–79 OT 3,069 7–5 Dec 21 3:30 pm yes yes no Rice Toyota Center Houston Lone Star Showcase CSS/CSNH 54–52 5,907 8–5 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| American Athletic Conference regular season Dec 31 8:00 pm no UConn 17 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPN2 75–71 4,035 9–5 (1–0) Jan 4 3:00 pm yes no South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida CBSSN 67–58   3,921 10–5 (2–0) Jan 7 8:00 pm no Cincinnati Hofheinz Pavilion Houston CBSSN 60–61 3,804 10–6 (2–1) Jan 16 6:00 pm yes no Louisville 18 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Kentucky CBSSN 52–91 21,132 10–7 (2–2) Jan 19 12:00 pm no Rutgers Hofheinz Pavilion Houston CBSSN 77–55 3,115 11–7 (3–2) Jan 23 7:00 pm y no Memphis 23 FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee ESPNews 59–82 15,702 11–8 (3–3) Jan 26 2:00 pm no SMU Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPNews 68–75 4,567 11–9 (3–4) Jan 30 8:00 pm yes no Connecticut Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut CBSSN 43–80 9,312 11–10 (3–5) Feb 1 3:30 pm yes no Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, New Jersey ESPNews 70–93 5,616 11–11 (3–6) Feb 5 8:00 pm no Louisville 14 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPNU 62–77 7,247 11–12 (3–7) Feb 9 1:00 pm no Temple Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPNews 88–74 3,535 12–12 (4–7) Feb 15 2:00 pm yes no Cincinnati 10 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati ESPNU 62–73 13,176 12–13 (4–8) Feb 19 7:00 pm yes no SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNews 64–68 6,991 12–14 (4–9) Feb 22 1:00 pm no UCF Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPNews 88–84 7,028 13–14 (5–9) Feb 27 8:00 pm no Memphis 21 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston CBSSN 77–68 3,628 14–14 (6–9) Mar 1 8:00 pm yes no Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia ESPNU 89–79 3,978 15–14 (7–9) Mar 4 7:30 pm no South Florida Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPNews 79–68 3,235 16–14 (8–9) Mar 7 6:00 pm yes no UCF CFE Arena Orlando, Florida CBSSN 83–104 5,471 16–15 (8–10) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| American Athletic Conference tournament Mar 13 12:00 pm yes no SMU 25 FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee Quarterfinals 13,011 ESPNU 68–64 17–15 Mar 14 6:00 pm yes no Louisville 5 FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee Semifinals 11,888 ESPN2 65–94 17–16 AP Poll Central Time Louisville Louisville: 29 reg. season games, 3 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program. yes |- ! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| Exhibition Oct 29 7:00 pm yes 3 Kentucky Wesleyan KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS 115–67 20,288 – Nov 6 7:00 pm yes 3 Pikeville KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS 90–61 19,227 – |- ! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| Regular season Nov 9 1:00 pm yes 3 Charleston KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS 70–48 20,938 1–0 Nov 12 7:00 pm yes 3 Hofstra KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Hall of Fame Classic WHAS 97–69 20,112 2–0 Nov 15 7:00 pm yes 3 Cornell KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS 99–54 19,834 3–0 Nov 19 7:00 pm yes 3 Hartford KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Hall of Fame Classic WHAS 87–48 20,226 4–0 Nov 23 2:00 pm yes yes 3 Fairfield Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT Hall of Fame Classic ESPN3 71–57 8,113 5–0 Nov 24 1:00 pm yes yes 3 North Carolina 24 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT Hall of Fame Classic ESPN 84–93 N/A 5–1 Nov 29 7:00 pm yes 9 Southern Miss KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS 69–38 21,416 6–1 Dec 4 7:00 pm yes 7 UMKC KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS 90–62 20,269 7–1 Dec 7 1:00 pm yes 7 Louisiana–Lafayette KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WHAS 113–74 20,141 8–1 Dec 14 12 noon yes 6 WKU KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Billy Minardi Classic ESPN2 79–63 22,027 9–1 Dec 17 9:00 pm yes 6 Missouri State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 90–60 21,335 10–1 Dec 21 5:00 pm yes yes 6 Florida International U.S. Century Bank Arena Miami, FL FS1 85–56 3,361 11–1 Dec 28 4:00 pm yes yes 6 Kentucky 18 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Battle for the Bluegrass CBS 66–73 24,396 11–2 Dec 31 5:00 pm y 14 UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN2 90–65 7,094 12–2 (1–0) Jan 4 6:00 pm y 14 Rutgers Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ CBSSN 83–76 7,263 13–2 (2–0) Jan 9 7:00 pm 12 Memphis 24 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN 73–67 21,988 13–3 (2–1) Jan 12 2:00 pm 12 SMU KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBSSN 71–63 21,237 14–3 (3–1) Jan 16 7:00 pm 18 Houston KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBSSN 91–52 21,132 15–3 (4–1) Jan 18 9:00 pm yes 18 UConn Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPN College GameDay ESPN 76–64 10,167 16–3 (5–1) Jan 22 7:00 pm yes 12 South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNU 86–74 6,417 17–3 (6–1) Jan 30 7:00 pm 12 Cincinnati 13 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN 66–69 22,644 17–4 (6–2) Feb 1 9:00 pm 12 UCF KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU 87–70 22,201 18–4 (7–2) Feb 5 9:00 pm yes 14 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNU 77–62 7,247 19–4 (8–2) Feb 13 7:00 pm yes 13 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN 82–58 6,566 20–4 (9–2) Feb 16 6:00 pm 13 Rutgers KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 102–54 21,821 21–4 (10–2) Feb 18 7:00 pm 11 South Florida KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBSSN 80–54 21,655 22–4 (11–2) Feb 22 12 noon y 11 Cincinnati 7 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH CBS 58–57 13,176 23–4 (12–2) Feb 27 9:00 pm 7 Temple KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN 88–66 21,312 24–4 (12–2) Mar 1 2:00 pm y 7 Memphis 21 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN CBS 66–72 18,375 24–5 (12–3) Mar 5 7:00 pm y 11 SMU 18 Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX CBSSN 84–71 7,305 25–5 (13–3) Mar 8 2:00 pm 11 UConn 19 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Senior Day CBS 81–48 22,782 26–5 (15–3) |- ! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| American Athletic Conference tournament Mar 13 3:00 pm yes 5 Rutgers FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals ESPNU 92–31 13,011 27–5 Mar 14 7:00 pm yes 5 Houston FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Semifinals ESPN2 94–65 11,888 28–5 Mar 15 6:00 pm yes 5 UConn 21 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Championship ESPN2 71–61 13,554 29–5 |- ! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| NCAA tournament Mar 20 9:45 pm yes yes 5 (4 MW) (13 MW) Manhattan Amway Center Orlando, FL Second round TNT 71–64 14,866 30–5 Mar 22 2:45 pm yes yes 5 (4 MW) Saint Louis 25 (5 MW) Amway Center Orlando, FL Third round CBS 66–51 18,512 31–5 Mar 28 9:45 pm yes yes 5 (4 MW) (8 MW) Kentucky Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Sweet Sixteen CBS 69–74 41,072 31–6 AP Poll Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed within region MW=Midwest Memphis yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"| Exhibition 11/08/2013 7:00 p.m. yes 13 Christian Brothers FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 92–63 N/A – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"| Regular season 11/14/2013 7:00 p.m. yes 13 Austin Peay FedEx Forum Memphis, TN SPSO 95–69 15,785 1–0 11/19/2013 7:00 p.m. yes yes 11 Oklahoma State 7 Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK ESPN 80–101 13,611 1–1 11/23/2013 5:00 p.m. yes 11 Nicholls State FedEx Forum Memphis, TN SPSO 98–59 15,528 2–1 11/28/2013 5:30 p.m. yes yes 21 Siena HP Field House Orlando, FL Old Spice Classic ESPN2 87–60 N/A 3–1 11/29/2013 4:30 p.m. yes yes 21 LSU HP Field House Orlando, FL Old Spice Classic Semi-final ESPN2 76–69 2,612 4–1 12/01/2013 6:30 p.m. yes yes 21 Oklahoma State 5 HP Field House Orlando, FL Old Spice Classic Championship ESPN2 73–68 3,633 5–1 12/07/2013 12:00 p.m. yes 16 Northwestern State FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN3 96–76 15,605 6–1 12/13/2013 7:00 p.m. yes 16 Arkansas–Little Rock FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN3 73–59 15,821 7–1 12/17/2013 8:00 p.m. yes yes 14 Florida 16 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Jimmy V Classic ESPN 77–75 8,062 7–2 12/21/2013 7:00 p.m. yes 14 Southeast Missouri State FedEx Forum Memphis, TN SPSO 77–65 15,021 8–2 12/28/2013 11:00 a.m. yes 17 Jackson State FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPNU 75–61 15,797 9–2 12/31/2013 6:00 p.m. y 18 South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN2 88–73 4,063 10–2 (1–0) 01/04/2014 11:00 a.m. 18 Cincinnati FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN2 53–69 17,191 10–3 (1–1) 01/09/2014 6:00 p.m. y 24 Louisville 12 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN 73–67 21,988 11–3 (2–1) 01/11/2014 2:00 p.m. y 24 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 79–69 5,718 12–3 (3–1) 01/16/2014 6:00 p.m. 17 UConn FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN 73–83 18,039 12–4 (3–2) 01/18/2014* 1:00 p.m. y 17 LeMoyne–Owen FedEx Forum Memphis, TN SPSO 101–78 14,021 13–4 01/23/2014 7:00 p.m. 23 Houston FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPNews 82–59 15,702 14–4 (4–2) 01/26/2014 1:00 p.m. 23 South Florida FedEx Forum Memphis, TN CBSSN 80–58 15,627 15–4 (5–2) 01/29/2014 6:00 p.m. y 22 UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN2 69–59 5,161 16–4 (6–2) 02/01/2014 1:00 p.m. y 22 SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX CBSSN 87–72 7,058 16–5 (6–3) 02/04/2014 6:00 p.m. 24 Rutgers FedEx Forum Memphis, TN CBSSN 101–69 14,967 17–5 (7–3) 02/08/2014 8:00 p.m. yes 24 Gonzaga 23 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN College Gameday ESPN 60–54 18,248 18–5 02/12/2014 8:00 p.m. 20 UCF FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPNU 76–70   15,021 19–5 (8–3) 02/15/2014 11:00 a.m. y 20 UConn 24 XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN 81–86 OT 16,294 19–6 (8–4) 02/20/2014 6:00 p.m. y 22 Rutgers Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ CBSSN 64–59   5,558 20–6 (9–4) 02/22/2014 8:30 p.m. 22 Temple FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPNU 82–79 OT 18,172 21–6 (10–4) 02/27/2014 8:00 p.m. y 21 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CBSSN 68–77   3,628 21–7 (10–5) 03/01/2014 1:00 p.m. 21 Louisville 7 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN CBS 72–66   18,365 22–7 (11–5) 03/06/2014 6:00 p.m. y 20 Cincinnati 15 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN 84–97   13,176 22–8 (11–6) 03/08/2014 11:00 a.m. 20 SMU 18 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN2 67–58   18,182 23–8 (12–6) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"| American Athletic Conference tournament 03/13/2014 8:30 p.m. yes 19 UConn 21 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals 13,081 ESPNU 53–72 23–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"| NCAA tournament 03/21/2014 5:55 p.m. yes yes (8 E) (9 E) George Washington PNC Arena Raleigh, NC Second round 17,472 TBS 71–66 24–9 03/23/2014 7:40 p.m. yes yes (8 E) Virginia 3 (1 E) PNC Arena Raleigh, NC Third round 18,712 TNT 60–78 24–10 AP Poll, (#) denotes seed within region E=East Central Time "vacated" Rutgers 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CC0000; color:#000000;"| Exhibition 11/01/2013 7:30 pm yes no Caldwell The RAC Piscataway, NJ   90–60 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CC0000; color:#000000;"| Regular season 11/08/2013 7:30 pm yes no Florida A&M The RAC Piscataway, NJ 5,083 ESPN3 92–84 1–0 11/11/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,073 SNY/CSS 76–79 1–1 11/14/2013 7:30 pm yes no Yale The RAC Piscataway, NJ 4,487 ESPN3 72–71 2–1 11/18/2013 7:30 pm yes no Canisius The RAC Piscataway, NJ NIT Season Tip-Off First Round 2,106 ESPN3 66–51 3–1 11/19/2013 7:30 pm yes no Drexel The RAC Piscataway, NJ NIT Season Tip-Off Quarterfinals 3,025 ESPN3 59–70 3–2 11/23/2013 2:00 pm yes no William & Mary The RAC Piscataway, NJ 4,027 ESPN3 62–72 3–3 11/25/2013 7:30 pm yes no Stillman College The RAC Piscataway, NJ NIT Season Tip-Off consolation round 392 116–89 4–3 11/26/2013 7:30 pm yes no Fairleigh Dickinson The RAC Piscataway, NJ NIT Season Tip-Off consolation round 466 72–73 4–4 12/04/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no George Washington Smith Center Washington, D.C. 3,089 SNY/CSNMA 87–93 4–5 12/08/2013 8:00 pm yes no Seton Hall The RAC Piscataway, NJ 5,210 ESPNU 71–77 4–6 12/11/2013 7:30 pm yes no Princeton The RAC Piscataway, NJ Rivalry 4,255 ESPN3 73–78 4–7 12/14/2013 4:00 pm yes no UNC Greensboro The RAC Piscataway, NJ 4,122 ESPN3 89–72 5–7 12/22/2013 2:00 pm yes no Army The RAC Piscataway, NJ 4,648 ESPN3 75–72 6–7 01/01/2014 8:00 pm no no Temple The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNU 71–66 3,842 7–7 1–0 01/04/2014 6:00 pm no no Louisville 14 The RAC Piscataway, NJ CBSSN 76–83 7,263 7–8 1–1 01/11/2014 6:00 pm no yes no Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH CBSSN 51–71 10,872 7–9 1–2 01/15/2014 7:00 pm no no UCF The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNNEWS 85–75 4,031 8–9 2–2 01/19/2014 2:00 pm yes no Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CBSSN 55–77 3,115 8–10 2–3 01/21/2014 8:00 pm yes no SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNews 56–70 6,042 8–11 2–4 01/25/2014 7:00 pm no UConn The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNU 71–82 8,006 8–12 2–5 01/29/2014 7:00 pm yes no Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNNEWS 82–88 5,039 8–13 2–6 02/01/2014 4:30 pm no Houston The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNNEWS 93–70 5,616 9–13 3–6 02/04/2014 7:00 pm yes no Memphis 24 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN CBSSN 69–101 14,967 9–14 3–7 02/08/2014 8:00 pm yes no South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNEWS 79–69 4,605 10–14 4–7 02/13/2014 7:00 pm no SMU 23 The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNEWS 65–77 4,094 10–15 4–8 02/16/2014 6:00 pm yes no Louisville 13 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 54–102 21,821 10–16 4–9 02/20/2014 7:00 pm no Memphis 22 The RAC Piscataway, NJ CBSSN 59–64 5,558 10–17 4–10 02/26/2014 7:00 pm y no UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNU 65–67 4,661 10–18 4–11 03/01/2014 12:00 pm no South Florida The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNEWS 74–73 5,611 11–18 5–11 03/05/2014 7:00 pm y no UConn 19 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPNU 63–69 10,167 11–19 5–12 03/08/2014 12:00 pm no Cincinnati 15 The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNNEWS 66–70 6,650 11–20 5–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CC0000; color:#000000;"| American Athletic Conference tournament 03/12/2014 7:00 pm yes no South Florida FedEx Forum Memphis, TN First round 12,102 ESPNU 72–68 12–20 03/13/2014 3:00 pm yes no Louisville 5 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals 13,011 ESPNU 31–92 12–21 AP Poll Eastern Time SMU yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B10000; color:#032B66;"| Non-conference regular season 11/08/2013 6:30 pm yes yes TCU American Airlines Center Dallas Tip-Off Showcase FSSW+ 69–61 1–0 5,207 11/11/2013 7:00 pm yes Rhode Island Curtis Culwell Center Garland, Texas ESPN3 89–58 2–0 3,239 11/18/2013 7:00 pm yes yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas 78–89 2–1 11,455 11/20/2013 7:30 pm yes Texas State Curtis Culwell Center Garland, Texas ESPN3 70–49 3–1 3,509 11/24/2013 1:30 pm yes Arkansas–Pine Bluff Curtis Culwell Center Garland, Texas Corpus Christi Challenge ESPN3 87–61 4–1 3,308 11/26/2013 7:00 pm yes Sam Houston State Curtis Culwell Center Garland, Texas Corpus Christi Challenge ESPN3 72–53 5–1 3,549 11/29/2013 6:30 pm yes yes Virginia American Bank Center Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi Challenge CBSSN 73–76 5–2 N/A 11/30/2013 5:30 pm yes yes Texas A&M American Bank Center Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi Challenge CBSSN 55–52 6–2 N/A 12/02/2013 7:30 pm yes McNeese State Curtis Culwell Center Garland, Texas ESPN3 88–59 7–2 3,252 12/04/2013 7:00 pm yes yes UIC UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL ESPN3 73–65 8–2 4,438 12/18/2013 7:30 pm yes Texas–Pan American Curtis Culwell Center Garland, Texas ESPN3 82–56 9–2 3,342 12/20/2013 8:00 pm yes yes Wyoming Arena-Auditorium Laramie, Wyoming RTRM 62–54 10–2 4,486 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B10000; color:#032B66;"| Conference regular season 01/01/2014 6:00 pm yes Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati ESPNU 57–65 7,239 10–3 (0–1) 01/04/2014 1:00 pm UConn 17 Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNU 74–65 7,166 11–3 (1–1) 01/12/2014 1:00 pm yes Louisville 12 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Kentucky CBSSN 63–71 21,237 11–4 (1–2) 01/15/2014 6:00 pm South Florida Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNU 71–54 6,332 12–4 (2–2) 01/18/2014 11:00 am yes UCF CFE Arena Orlando, Florida ESPNews 58–46 4,905 13–4 (3–2) 01/19/2014 12:00 pm yes Hofstra Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX Postponed from 12/07/2013 ESPN3 73–49 14–4 6,013 01/21/2014 7:00 pm Rutgers Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNews 70–56 6,042 15–4 (4–2) 01/26/2014 2:00 pm yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston ESPNews 75–68 4,567 16–4 (5–2) 01/28/2014 6:00 pm yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida ESPNews 71–78 3,407 16–5 (5–3) 02/01/2014 1:00 pm Memphis 22 Moody Coliseum Dallas CBSSN 87–72 7,058 17–5 (6–3) 02/06/2014 7:00 pm Temple Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNews 75–52 6,852 18–5 (7–3) 02/08/2014 6:30 pm Cincinnati 7 Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNU 76–55 7,278 19–5 (8–3) 02/13/2014 6:00 pm yes 23 Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, New Jersey ESPNU 77–65 4,094 20–5 (9–3) 02/16/2014 1:00 pm yes 23 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia CBSSN 64–71 6,566 20–6 (9–4) 02/19/2014 7:00 pm Houston Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNews 68–64 6,991 21–6 (10–4) 02/23/2014 1:00 pm yes UConn 21 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut CBSSN 64–55 10,167 22–6 (11–4) 03/01/2014 3:00 pm 23 UCF Moody Coliseum Dallas ESPNews 70–55 7,086 23–6 (12–4) 03/05/2014 6:00 pm 18 Louisville 11 Moody Coliseum Dallas CBSSN 71–84 7,305 23–7 (12–5) 03/08/2014 11:00 am y 18 Memphis 20 FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee ESPN2 58–67 18,182 23–8 (12–6) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B10000; color:#032B66;"| American Athletic Conference tournament 03/13/2014 12:00 pm yes 25 Houston FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee Quarterfinals 13,011 ESPNU 64–68 23–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B10000; color:#032B66;"| NIT 03/19/2014 8:00 pm yes (1) (8) UC Irvine Moody Coliseum Dallas First round 5,031 ESPN2 68–54 24–9 03/24/2014 8:00 pm yes (1) (5) LSU Moody Coliseum Dallas Second round 7,021 ESPN 80–67 25–9 03/26/2014 8:00 pm yes (1) (2) California Moody Coliseum Dallas Quarterfinals 7,038 ESPN2 67–65 26–9 04/01/2014 6:00 pm yes yes (1) (3) Clemson Madison Square Garden New York City Semifinals 7,193 ESPN2 65–59 27–9 04/03/2014 6:00 pm yes yes (1) (1) Minnesota Madison Square Garden New York City Championship 5,268 ESPN2 63–65 27–10 AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region Central Time South Florida yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| Exhibition 11/04/2013 7:00 pm yes no Barry USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 88–53   |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| Regular season 11/09/2013 7:00 pm yes no Tennessee Tech USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN3 72–62 1–0 4,103 11/12/2013 7:00 pm yes no Bethune-Cookman USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN3 91–65 2–0 3,549 11/15/2013 8:30 pm yes y no Bowling Green Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH ESPN3 75–61 3–0 2,419 11/22/2013 7:00 pm yes no Stetson USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN3 72–63 4–0 3,782 11/25/2013 7:00 pm yes no Oklahoma State 5 USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNews 67–93 4–1 6,240 11/30/2013 7:00 pm yes no Detroit USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN3 60–65 4–2 3,225 12/04/2013 7:00 pm yes y no George Mason Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 68–66 5–2 4,587 12/07/2013 9:00 pm yes no Alabama USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNU 66–64 6–2 4,255 12/17/2013 7:00 pm yes no Florida Gulf Coast USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL Las Vegas Classic ESPNU 68–66 2OT 7–2 4,105 12/19/2013 7:00 pm yes no Florida A&M USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL Las Vegas Classic ESPN3 73–70 8–2 3,433 12/22/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Mississippi State Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic Semifinals 1,530 66–71   1,530 8–3 12/23/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no Santa Clara Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic Consolation Game CBSSN 65–66   1,347 8–4 12/28/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL   61–57   6,221 9–4 12/31/2013 7:00 pm no Memphis 18 USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN2 73–88 4,063 9–5 0–1 01/04/2014 4:00 pm no Houston USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL CBSSN 58–67 3,921 9–6 0–2 01/09/2014 7:00 pm yes no Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 82–75 4,422 10–6 1–2 01/15/2014 7:00 pm yes no SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNU 54–71 6,332 10–7 1–3 01/18/2014 5:00 pm no Cincinnati USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 19 ESPNU 54–61 5,322 10–8 1–4 01/22/2014 7:00 pm no Louisville 12 USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNU 47–86 6,417 10–9 1–5 01/26/2014 2:00 pm yes no Memphis 23 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN CBSSN 58–80 15,627 10–10 1–6 01/28/2014 7:00 pm no SMU USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNews 78–71 3,407 11–10 2–6 02/02/2014 12:00 pm yes no Cincinnati 13 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH CBSSN 45–50 10,367 11–11 2–7 02/05/2014 7:00 pm yes no Central Florida CFE Arena Orlando, FL War on I-4 ESPNews 79–78 OT 6,108 12–11 3–7 02/08/2014 8:00 pm no Rutgers USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNews 69–79 4,605 12–12 3–8 02/12/2014 7:00 pm yes no UConn 24 XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN2 40–83   10,553 12–13 3–9 02/15/2014 1:30 pm no Central Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL War on I-4 ESPNews 74–75   5,294 12–14 3–10 02/18/2014 7:00 pm yes no Louisville 11 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBSSN 54–80   21,655 12–15 3–11 02/26/2014 7:00 pm no UConn USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL CBSSN 56–61   5,115 12–16 3–12 03/01/2014 12:00 pm yes no Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNews 73–74   5,611 12–17 3–13 03/04/2014 8:30 pm yes no Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNews 69–78   3,235 12–18 3–14 03/08/2014 2:00 pm no Temple USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNews 65–66   4,073 12–19 3–15 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| American Athletic Conference tournament 03/12/2014 7:00 pm yes no Rutgers FedEx Forum Memphis, TN First round 12,102 ESPNU 68–72 12–20 |- AP Poll Eastern Time Temple yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#9E1B34; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/09/2013 5:00 pm yes yes no Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 78–73 1–0 8,722 11/11/2013 7:00 pm yes no Kent State Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 77–81 1–1 6,589 11/14/2013 7:30 pm yes y no Towson Tiger Arena Towson, MD NBCSN 69–75 1–2 3,554 11/21/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no Clemson TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic 1st Round ESPN3 58–72 1–3 2,311 11/22/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Georgia TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic ESPN3 83–81 2–3   11/24/2013 6:30 pm yes yes no UAB TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic ESPN3 87–66 3–3   12/04/2013 8:00 pm yes no Saint Joseph's Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNews 77–69 4–3 8,039 12/07/2013 12:00 pm yes yes no Texas Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 80–81 OT 4–4 6,092 12/18/2013 7:00 pm yes no Texas Southern Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN3 89–90 4–5 4,682 12/21/2013 5:30 pm yes y no Long Island Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY 101–65 5–5 11,039 01/01/2014 8:00 pm yes no Rutgers Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ ESPNU 66–71 5–6 (0–1) 3,842 01/04/2014 4:00 pm yes no UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNews 76–78 5–7 (0–2) 4,815 01/09/2014 7:00 pm no South Florida Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 75–82 5–8 (0–3) 4,422 01/11/2014 3:00 pm no Memphis 24 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 69–79 5–9 (0–4) 5,718 01/14/2014 9:00 pm yes no Cincinnati 19 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH CBSSN 58–69 5–10 (0–5) 9,864 01/18/2014 12:00 pm yes no La Salle Palestra Philadelphia, PA ESPN College GameDay ESPN2 68–74 5–11 8,722 01/21/2014 7:00 pm yes no UConn XL Center Hartford, CT CBSSN 66–90 5–12 (0–6) 4,741 01/26/2014 4:00 pm no Cincinnati 15 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA CBSSN 76–80 5–13 (0–7) 6,753 01/29/2014 7:00 pm no Rutgers Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNews 88–82 6–13 (1–7) 5,039 02/01/2014 4:00 pm yes no Villanova 9 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA CBSSN 74–90 6–14 10,206 02/06/2014 8:00 pm yes no SMU Moody Coliseum University Park, TX ESPNews 52–75 6–15 (1–8) 6,852 02/09/2014 2:00 pm yes no Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNews 74–88 6–16 (1–9) 3,535 02/14/2014 6:00 pm no Louisville 13 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 58–82 6–17 (1–10) 5,286 02/16/2014 2:00 pm no SMU 23 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA CBSSN 71–64 7–17 (2–10) 6,566 02/20/2014 9:00 pm no UConn 21 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 55–68 7–18 (2–11) 6,053 02/22/2014 9:30 pm yes no Memphis 22 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPNU 79–82 OT 7–19 (2–12) 18,172 02/27/2014 9:00 pm yes no Louisville 7 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN 66–88 7–20 (2–13) 21,312 03/01/2014 9:00 pm no Houston Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 79–89 7–21 (2–14) 3,978 03/04/2014 6:30 pm no UCF Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNews 86–78 8–21 (3–14) 4,063 03/08/2014 2:00 pm yes no South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNews 65–66 9–21 (4–14) 4,073 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#9E1B34; color:#FFFFFF;"| American Athletic Conference tournament 03/12/2014 9:30 pm yes no UCF FedEx Forum Memphis, TN First round 12,102 ESPNU 90–94 2OT 9–22 AP Poll Eastern Time UCF yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BC9B6A;"| Non-conference regular season 11/08/2013 8:30 pm yes no Tampa CFE Arena Orlando, FL 97–72 1–0 5,516 11/13/2013 7:00 pm yes no Florida State CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNews 68–80 1–1 9,343 11/17/2013 2:00 pm yes no Bethune-Cookman CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN3 83–63 2–1 4,095 11/21/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN3 63–58 3–1 4,895 11/26/2013 8:00 pm yes yes no Valparaiso Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 70–85 3–2 2,381 12/03/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 64–75 3–3 1,655 12/07/2013 7:00 pm yes no Stetson CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN3 77–58 4–3 4,203 12/11/2013 7:00 pm yes no Howard CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN3 79–64 5–3 3,975 12/17/2013 7:00 pm yes no Jacksonville CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN3 104–64 6–3 4,123 12/21/2013 4:00 pm yes no Rio Grande CFE Arena Orlando, FL Jackson Hewitt UCF Holiday Classic 86–58 7–3 4,303 12/22/2013 2:30 pm yes no Valparaiso CFE Arena Orlando, FL Jackson Hewitt UCF Holiday Classic ESPN3 90–62 8–3 4,305 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BC9B6A;"| American Regular Season 12/31/2013 5:00 pm no Louisville 14 CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN2 65–90 7,094 8–4 0–1 01/04/2014 4:00 pm no Temple CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNews 78–76 4,815 9–4 1–1 01/11/2014 6:00 pm yes no UConn Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPNU 61–84 9,561 9–5 1–2 01/15/2014 7:00 pm yes no Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ ESPNews 75–85 4,031 9–6 1–3 01/18/2014 12:00 pm no SMU CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNews 46–58 4,905 9–7 1–4 01/23/2014 9:00 pm yes no Cincinnati 15 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH CBSSN 51–69 10,242 9–8 1–5 01/29/2014 7:00 pm no Memphis 22 CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNU 59–69 5,161 9–9 1–6 02/01/2014 9:00 pm yes no Louisville 12 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU 70–87 22,201 9–10 1–7 02/05/2014 7:00 pm no South Florida CFE Arena Orlando, FL War on I-4 ESPNews 78–79 OT 6,108 9–11 1–8 02/09/2014 6:00 pm no Connecticut 22 CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPN2 55–75 6,312 9–12 1–9 02/12/2014 9:00 pm yes no Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPNU 70–76 15,021 9–13 1–10 02/15/2014 4:30 pm yes no South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL War on I-4 ESPNews 74–75 5,294 10–13 2–10 02/19/2014 7:00 pm no Cincinnati 7 CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNU 49–77 5,637 10–14 2–11 02/22/2014 2:00 pm yes no Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX ESPNews 84–88 7,028 10–15 2–12 02/26/2014 7:00 pm no Rutgers CFE Arena Orlando, FL ESPNU 67–65 4,661 11–15 3–12 03/01/2014 4:00 pm yes no SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNews 55–70 7,086 11–16 3–13 03/04/2014 6:30 pm yes no Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNews 78–86 OT 4,063 11–17 3–14 03/07/2014 7:30 pm no Houston CFE Arena Orlando, FL CBSSN 104–83 5,471 12–17 4–14 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BC9B6A;"| American Athletic Conference tournament 03/12/2014 9:30 pm yes no Temple FedEx Forum Memphis, TN First round 12,102 ESPN2 94–90 2OT 13–17 03/13/2014 7:00 pm yes no Cincinnati FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals 13,081 ESPNU 58–61 13–18 AP Poll Eastern Time Weekly honors Throughout the conference regular season, the American Athletic names a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday. Postseason 2014 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament March 12–15, 2014 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee 2015 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First roundMarch 12 QuarterfinalsMarch 13 SemifinalsMarch 14 ChampionshipMarch 151. Cincinnati ‡† 15-3 26-5 Won coin toss Bye vs. #9 UCF – W, 61-58 vs. #4 Connecticut – L, 56-58 2. Louisville ‡†"vacated" 15-3 26-5 Bye vs. #7 Rutgers – W, 92-31 vs. #6 Houston – W, 94–65 vs. #4 Connecticut – W, 71–613.SMU † 12-6 23-8 2–0 vs Connecticut Bye vs. #6 Houston – L, 64–68 4. Connecticut † 12-6 24-7 2–0 vs Memphis Bye vs. #5 Memphis – W, 72-53 vs. #1 Cincinnati – W, 58–56 vs. #2 Louisville – L, 61–715. Memphis † 12-6 23-8 0–2 vs Connecticut Bye vs. #4 Connecticut – L, 53–72 6. Houston † 8-10 16-15 Bye vs. #3 SMU – W, 68-64 vs. #2 Louisville – L, 65-94 7. Rutgers 5-13 11-20 vs. #10 South Florida – W, 72–68 vs. #2 Louisville – L, 31–92 8. Temple 4-14 9-21 1–1 vs. SMU vs. #9 UCF – L, 90-94 2OT 9. UCF 4-14 12-17 0–2 vs. SMU vs. #8 Temple – W, 94–90 2OT vs. #1 Cincinnati – L, 58–61 10. South Florida 3-15 12-19 vs. #7 Rutgers – L, 68-72 ‡ – American regular season champions.† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. NCAA tournament 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship4 Midwest Louisville"vacated" Bye vs. #13 Manhattan – W, 71-64 vs. #5 Saint Louis – W, 66-51 vs. #8 Kentucky – L, 69-74 5 East Cincinnati Bye vs. #12 Harvard – L, 57-61 7 East Connecticut Bye vs. #10 St. Joseph's – W, 89-81 OT vs. #2 Villanova – W, 77-65 vs. #3 Iowa State – W, 81-76 vs. #4 Michigan State – W, 60-54 vs. #1 Florida – W, 63-53 vs. #8 Kentucky – W, 60-548 East Memphis Bye vs. #9 George Washington – W, 71-66 vs. #1 Virginia – L, 60-78 W–L (%):0–0 0 03–1 3 12–1 2 11–1 1 11–0 1 01–0 1 01–0 1 0 Total: 9–3 9 3 National Invitation tournament 2014 National Invitation Tournament Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals1 SMU SMU vs. #8 UC Irvine – W, 68-54 vs. #5 LSU – W, 80-67 vs. #2 California – W, 67-65 vs. #3 Clemson – W, 65-59 vs. #1 Minnesota – L, 63-65W–L (%):1–0 1 01–0 1 01–0 1 01–0 1 00–1 0 1 Total: 4–1 4 1 NBA draft The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2014 NBA draft. Player Position School Round Pick Team Shabazz Napier PG Connecticut 1 24 Charlotte Hornets DeAndre Daniels SF Connecticut 2 37 Toronto Raptors Russ Smith PG/SG Louisville 2 47 Philadelphia 76ers References 30em Notes