2013–14_Conference_USA_men's_basketball_season
2013–14 Conference USA men's basketball season
Sports season
The 2013–14 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.
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| 2013–14 Conference USA men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| TV partner(s) | CBS, CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports |
| 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
| Regular season champions | Louisiana Tech Tulsa Middle Tennessee Southern Miss |
| Runners-up | UTEP |
| Season MVP | Shawn Jones |
| Tournament | |
| Champions | Tulsa |
| Runners-up | Louisiana Tech |
| Finals MVP | James Woodard |
| Basketball seasons | |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → | |
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| Louisiana Tech | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 29 | – | 7 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 18 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU* | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTSA | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 11 | – | 22 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2014 C-USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason polls
C-USA was the only conference not to publish an official preseason poll. However, other publications did publish preseason projections.
More information Athlon, Blue Ribbon ...
| Athlon | Blue Ribbon | ESPN[1] | Lindy's | NBC Sports[2] | USA Today | |
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| 1. | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech | Southern Miss | Southern Miss | Southern Miss | Louisiana Tech |
| 2. | Southern Miss | UTEP | UTEP | UAB | UTEP | Southern Miss |
| 3. | UTEP | Southern Miss | Louisiana Tech | UTEP | Louisiana Tech | Middle Tennessee |
| 4. | Charlotte | Charlotte | Tulsa | Louisiana Tech | Tulsa | Charlotte |
| 5. | UAB | Middle Tennessee | UAB | Charlotte | Charlotte | UTEP |
| 6. | Tulsa | Tulsa | Charlotte | Tulsa | UAB | FIU |
| 7. | Marshall | UAB | Middle Tennessee | Marshall | Marshall | UAB |
| 8. | Middle Tennessee | North Texas | Marshall | Middle Tennessee | Middle Tennessee | East Carolina |
| 9. | East Carolina | East Carolina | FIU | FIU | FIU | Tulsa |
| 10. | Florida Atlantic | Marshall | North Texas | East Carolina | East Carolina | Florida Atlantic |
| 11. | North Texas | FIU | East Carolina | North Texas | North Texas | Marshall |
| 12. | Tulane | Florida Atlantic | Florida Atlantic | Tulane | Tulane | UTSA |
| 13. | Old Dominion | UTSA | Tulane | Florida Atlantic | Florida Atlantic | Tulane |
| 14. | Rice | Tulane | Old Dominion | Rice | Old Dominion | North Texas |
| 15. | UTSA | Old Dominion | UTSA | UTSA | UTSA | Rice |
| 16. | FIU | Rice | Rice | Old Dominion | Rice | Old Dominion |
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Although CBS Sports did not rank all the teams, they selected Louisiana Tech as their projected champion and mentioned Southern Miss and UTEP as contenders.[3]
Preseason Players to Watch
C-USA did not name a preseason all-conference team, but each of the coaches selected a player to watch from their team.
More information Preseason Players to Watch ...
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| Pierriá Henry, Charlotte Akeem Richmond, East Carolina Tymell Murphy, FIU Dragan Sekelja, Florida Atlantic Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech Elijah Pittman, Marshall Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee Jordan Williams, North Texas Keenan Palmore, Old Dominion Max Guercy, Rice Neil Watson, Southern Miss Tre Drye, Tulane James Woodard, Tulsa Rod Rucker, UAB Julian Washburn, UTEP Jeromie Hill, UTSA |
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Early-season tournament victories
More information Name, Dates ...
| Name | Dates | Location | No. teams | Champion |
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| Puerto Rico Tip-Off | November 21–22, 24 | Roberto Clemente Coliseum (San Juan, PR) |
8 | Charlotte[4] |
| Gulf Coast Showcase | November 25–27 | Germain Arena (Estero, FL) |
8 | Louisiana Tech |
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| Improvement in ranking | ||
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| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll | |
More information Pre/ Wk 1, Wk 2 ...
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Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
More information Charlotte, ECU ...
| Charlotte | ECU | FIU | FAU | LaTech | Marshall | MTSU | UNT | ODU | Rice | USM | Tulane | Tulsa | UAB | UTEP | UTSA | |
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| vs. Charlotte | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| vs. East Carolina | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. FIU | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Florida Atlantic | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| vs. Louisiana Tech | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Marshall | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Middle Tennessee | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. North Texas | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Old Dominion | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Rice | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Southern Miss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Tulane | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Tulsa | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. UAB | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. UTEP | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–2 |
| vs. UTSA | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | – |
| Total | 7–9 | 5–11 | 7–9 | 5–11 | 13–3 | 4–12 | 13–3 | 6–10 | 9–7 | 2–14 | 13–3 | 8–8 | 13–3 | 7–9 | 12–4 | 4–12 |
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- Players of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.
More information Week, Player of the week ...
| Week | Player of the week | Freshman of the week |
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| November 11, 2013 | Rakeem Buckles, FIU | Matt Willms, UTEP |
| Elijah Pittman, Marshall | ||
| November 18, 2013 | Louis Dabney, Tulane | Jonathan Stark, Tulane |
| C. J. Washington, UAB | ||
| November 25, 2013 | Chad Frazier, UAB | Sean Obi, Rice |
| December 2, 2013 | Chad Frazier (2), UAB | Kareem Canty, Marshall |
| December 9, 2013 | Pablo Bertone, Florida Atlantic | Kareem Canty (2), Marshall |
| December 16, 2013 | Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee | Kareem Canty (3), Marshall |
| December 23, 2013 | Jonathan Stark, Tulane | Jonathan Stark (2), Tulane |
| December 30, 2013 | John Bohannon, UTEP | Vince Hunter, UTEP |
| January 6, 2014 | Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech | Ryan Taylor, Marshall |
| January 13, 2014 | John Bohannon (2), UTEP | Jonathan Stark (3), Tulane |
| January 20, 2014 | Michael Craig, Southern Miss | Vince Hunter (2), UTEP |
| January 27, 2014 | Speedy Smith, Louisiana Tech | Ryan Taylor (2), Marshall |
| Neil Watson, Southern Miss | ||
| February 3, 2014 | Shawn Jones (2), Middle Tennessee | Vince Hunter (3), UTEP |
| February 10, 2014 | Akeem Richmond, East Carolina | Marquan Botley, Florida Atlantic |
| February 17, 2014 | Kerry Hammonds, Middle Tennessee | Vince Hunter (4), UTEP |
| February 24, 2014 | Aaron Brown, Southern Miss | Vince Hunter (5), UTEP |
| March 3, 2014 | Daveon Boardingham, Southern Miss | Caleb White, East Carolina |
| March 7, 2014 | Shawn Jones (3), Middle Tennessee | Marquan Botley (2), Florida Atlantic |
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All-Conference USA Awards and Teams
More information Honor, Recipient ...
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NABC
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 12, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 252 student-athletes, from 25 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for NABC Coaches' All-America Honors. The following list represented the District 11 players chosen to the list.[5]
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Conference USA Tournament
Main article: 2014 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
- March 11–15, 2014 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas.
More information Seed, School ...
| 2014 Conference USA men's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | First round March 11 |
Second round March 12 |
Quarterfinals March 13 |
Semifinals March 14 |
Championship March 15 |
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| 1 | Louisiana Tech † | 13–3 | 27–7 | 2–1 vs Tul/MT/SM; 1–0 vs Tul | Bye | Bye | Defeated Charlotte 86–65 | Defeated Southern Miss 88–70 | Eliminated by Tulsa 69–60 |
| 2 | Tulsa † | 13–3 | 21–12 | 2–1 vs LT/MT/SM; 0–1 vs LT | Bye | Bye | Defeated Tulane 70–49 | Defeated Middle Tennessee 76–69 | Defeated Louisiana Tech 69–60 |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee † | 13–3 | 24–9 | 1–2 vs LT/Tul/SM; 1–0 vs. SM | Bye | Bye | Defeated Old Dominion 62–48 | Eliminated by Tulsa 76–69 | |
| 4 | Southern Miss † | 13–3 | 27–6 | 1–2 vs LT/Tul/MT; 0–1 vs. MT | Bye | Bye | Defeated UTEP 64–56 | Eliminated by Louisiana Tech 88–70 | |
| 5 | UTEP # | 12–4 | 23–10 | Bye | Defeated East Carolina 77–68 | Eliminated by Southern Miss 64–56 | |||
| 6 | Old Dominion # | 9–7 | 16–17 | Bye | Defeated Marshall 78–58 | Eliminated by Middle Tennessee 62–48 | |||
| 7 | Tulane # | 8–8 | 17–16 | Bye | Defeated North Texas 66–61 | Eliminated by Tulsa 70–49 | |||
| 8 | UAB # | 7–9 | 18–13 | 1–0 vs Charlotte | Bye | Eliminated by Charlotte 80–70 | |||
| 9 | Charlotte # | 7–9 | 17–14 | 0–1 vs UAB | Bye | Defeated UAB 80–70 | Eliminated by Louisiana Tech 86–65 | ||
| 10 | North Texas | 6–10 | 16–16 | Defeated Rice 63–62 | Eliminated by Tulane 66–61 | ||||
| 11 | Florida Atlantic | 5–11 | 10–22 | 1–0 vs East Carolina | Eliminated by Marshall 63–59 | ||||
| 12 | East Carolina | 5–11 | 17–16 | 0–1 vs Florida Atlantic | Defeated UTSA 79–76 | Eliminated by UTEP 77–68 | |||
| 13 | UTSA | 4–12 | 8–22 | 1–0 vs Marshall | Eliminated by East Carolina 79–76 | ||||
| 14 | Marshall | 4–12 | 11–22 | 0–1 vs UTSA | Defeated Florida Atlantic 63–59 | Eliminated by Old Dominion 78–58 | |||
| 15 | Rice | 2–14 | 7–23 | Eliminated by North Texas 63–62 | |||||
| † – C-USA regular season co-champions and received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the C-USA tournament. FIU is ineligible due to Academic Progress Rate violations. | |||||||||
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NCAA tournament
Main article: 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
More information Seed, Region ...
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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| 13 | South | Tulsa | n/a | Eliminated by UCLA 76–59 | |||||
| W–L (%): | 0–0 – | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 –Total: 0–1 .000 |
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National Invitation Tournament
Main article: 2014 National Invitation Tournament
More information Seed, Bracket ...
| Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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| 3 | Florida State | Louisiana Tech | Defeated Iona 89–88 | Defeated Georgia 79–71 | Eliminated by Florida State 78–75 | ||
| 3 | Minnesota | Southern Miss | Defeated Toledo 66–59 | Defeated Missouri 71–63 | Eliminated by Minnesota 81–73 | ||
| W–L (%): | 2–0 1.000 | 2–0 1.000 | 0–2 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – Total: 4–2 .667 |
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College Basketball Invitational
Main article: 2014 College Basketball Invitational
More information School, First round ...
| School | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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| Old Dominion | Defeated South Dakota State 72–65 | Defeated Radford 82–59 | Eliminated by Fresno State 71–64 | |
| Tulane | Eliminated by Princeton 56–55 | |||
| UTEP | Eliminated by Fresno State 61–56 | |||
| W–L (%): | 1–2 .333 | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – Total: 2–3 .400 |
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CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Main article: 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
More information School, First round ...
| School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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| East Carolina | Eliminated by Wright State 73–59 | ||||
| W–L (%): | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – Total: 0–1 .000 |
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