2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season explained

2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
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Duration:	November 2013 through March 2014
No Of Teams:	10
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Cincinnati, Louisville
Season Champ Name:	Co-Champions
Mvp:	Shabazz Napier, Connecticut
Mvp Link:	American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Louisville
Finals Runner-Up:	Connecticut
Finals Mvp:	Russ Smith, Louisville
Finals Mvp Link:	American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament#Champions
Seasonslistnames:	American Athletic Conference men's basketball
Prevseason Link:	2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:	2012–13
Nextseason Link:	2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:	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.^[1]

Predicted American Athletic results

At American Athletic Conference media day on October 16, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Conference teams.^[2]

	American Athletic Coaches^[3]	American 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

American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Russ Smith, Louisville
American Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year: Keith Frazier, SMU

Preseason Watchlists

Rankings

**Legend**
	Improvement in ranking
	Drop in ranking
	Not ranked previous week
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"	RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т	Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

See main article: 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18
Cincinnati	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
C	RV
UCF	AP
C

^[6]

Conference Schedules

Composite matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games scheduled this season.

	Cincinnati	Connecticut	Houston	Louisville	Memphis	Rutgers	SMU	South Florida	Temple	UCF
UCONN	HOU	UL	MEM	RUT	SMU	USF	TEMP	UCF -->	vs. Cincinnati	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Connecticut	1–1	–	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–2
vs. Houston	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Louisville	1–1	0–1	0–2	–	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2
vs. Memphis	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Rutgers	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1
vs. SMU	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	0–1
vs. South Florida	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	–	0–1	1–1
vs. Temple	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	–	1–0
vs. UCF	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	–	UCONN	HOU	UL	MEM	RUT	SMU	USF	TEMP	UCF -->
Total	15–3	9–5	5–9	12–2	10–4	4–10	11–4	3–11	2–12	2–12

Cincinnati

Connecticut

Houston

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Louisville

Louisville: 29 reg. season games, 3 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program.

Memphis

Rutgers

SMU

South Florida

Temple

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UCF

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Weekly honors

Throughout the conference regular season, the American Athletic names a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday.

Postseason

See main article: 2014 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament.

March 12–15, 2014 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First round March 12	Quarterfinals March 13	Semifinals March 14	Championship March 15
2015 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament seeds and results
1.	Cincinnati ‡†	15-3	26-5	Won coin toss	Bye	vs. #9 UCF – W, 61-58	vs. #4 Connecticut – L, 56-58
2.	Louisville ‡†	15-3	26-5		Bye	vs. #7 Rutgers – W, 92-31	vs. #6 Houston – W, 94–65	vs. #4 Connecticut – W, 71–61
3.	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, 61–71
5.	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

See main article: 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	Championship
4	Midwest	Louisville	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, 60-54
8	East	Memphis	Bye	vs. #9 George Washington – W, 71-66	vs. #1 Virginia – L, 60-78
		W–L (%):	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0 Total: 9–3

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2014 National Invitation Tournament.

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

Notes and References

Web site: Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti out after Mike Rice firing . . 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 .
News: Louisville Unanimously Chosen As American Athletic Conference Favorite. American Athletic Conference Conference. October 16, 2013. October 19, 2013.
News: Louisville Unanimously Chosen As American Athletic Conference Favorite. American Athletic Conference Conference. October 16, 2013. October 19, 2013.
Web site: Doug McDermott Named to Naismith Trophy Watch List . neulion. October 22, 2014.
Web site: JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD® PRESENTED BY WENDY'S® REVEALS 2013-14 PRESEASON TOP 50. woodenaward. October 22, 2014.
Web site: NCAA College Basketball Polls, College Basketball Rankings, NCAA Basketball Polls - ESPN. ESPN.com.
Web site: 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 .