2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
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.
Predicted American Athletic results
first place votes
2013-14 Preseason All-American Athletic Teams
American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Russ Smith, LouisvilleAmerican Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year: Keith Frazier, SMU
Preseason Watchlists
Rankings
Conference Schedules
Composite matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. indicates games scheduled this season.Cincinnati
!colspan=9 style="background:#E00122; color:#000000;"| AAC Regular Season!colspan=9 style="background:#E00122; color:#000000;"| 2014 American Athletic Conference Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#E00122; color:#000000;"| NCAA Tournament
Connecticut
!colspan=12 style="background:#002868; color:white;"| Exhibition!colspan=12 style="background:#002868; color:white;"| Regular Season
!colspan=12 style="background:#002868;"| AAC Tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#002868;"| NCAA Tournament
Houston
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| Exhibition!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| American Athletic Conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament
Louisville
- Louisville: 29 reg. season games, 3 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program.
! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| Regular season
! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament
! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| NCAA Tournament
Memphis
!colspan=9 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"| Exhibition!colspan=9 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"| NCAA Tournament Tournament
Rutgers
!colspan=9 style="background:#CC0000; color:#000000;"| Exhibition!colspan=9 style="background:#CC0000; color:#000000;"| Regular Season
!colspan=9 style="background:#CC0000; color:#000000;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament
SMU
!colspan=9 style="background:#B10000; color:#032B66;"| Non-conference regular season!colspan=9 style="background:#B10000; color:#032B66;"| Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#B10000; color:#032B66;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#B10000; color:#032B66;"| NIT
South Florida
!colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| Exhibition!colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament
Temple
!colspan=9 style="background:#9E1B34; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season!colspan=9 style="background:#9E1B34; color:#FFFFFF;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament
UCF
!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BC9B6A;"| Non-Conference Regular Season!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BC9B6A;"| American Regular Season
!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#BC9B6A;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament
Weekly honors
Throughout the conference regular season, the American Athletic names a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday.Postseason
- March 12–15, 2014 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee
NCAA 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
| Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| 1 | 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, 63-65 |
| W–L : | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 Total: 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 |