| 2013–14Arizona Wildcats men's basketball | |
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Pac-12 regular season champions NIT Season Tip-Off champions | |
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight | |
| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 33–5 (15–3 Pac-12) |
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| Home arena | McKale Center |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4Arizona | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 33 | – | 5 | .868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20UCLA † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 28 | – | 9 | .757 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Conference tournament winner Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2013–14Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Arizona during the2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coachSean Miller and played home games atMcKale Center inTucson, Arizona as a member of thePac-12 Conference. They finished the season 33–5, 15–3 in Pac-12 play and won their first Pac-12 regular season championship since 2011 (the 13th time overall). They advanced to the championship game of thePac-12 tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to theNCAA tournament where they defeatedWeber State,Gonzaga, andSan Diego State to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost toWisconsin.
Arizona's2012–13 team finished with a record of 27–8 after advancing to theNCAA tournament's Sweet Sixteen. The team went 12–6 in thePac-12 regular season, putting them in a three-way tie for second place. In thePac-12 tournament, the team defeatedColorado to advance to the semifinals, where they lost toUCLA. Ranked 21st in the post-season AP poll, the Cats were seeded 6th in the West Region of theNCAA tournament. Arizona won its first two tournament games, defeating 11-seedBelmont and 14-seedHarvard, before falling to 2-seedOhio State in the regional semifinals.[1]
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Solomon Hill | SF | 6'7" | 220 | Senior | Los Angeles, CA | Selected 23rd overall by theIndiana Pacers in the2013 NBA draft after graduation |
| Kevin Parrom | G/F | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | The Bronx, NY | Graduated |
| Max Wiepking | SF | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | Englewood, CO | Walk-on; graduated |
| Quinton Crawford | SG | 6'2" | 200 | Senior | Old Bridge, NJ | Walk-on; graduated |
| Mark Lyons | PG | 6'1" | 200 | Senior | Schenectady, NY | Signed with FrenchPro A team Choral Roanne[2] |
| Angelo Chol | PF | 6'9" | 225 | Sophomore | San Diego, CA | Transferred toSan Diego State after spring 2013 classes[3] |
| Grant Jerrett | PF | 6'10" | 235 | Freshman | La Verne, CA | Drafted 40th overall by thePortland Trail Blazers; later traded to theOklahoma City Thunder |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Chris Johnson | 52 | G | 6'6" | 210 | Junior | Gilbert, AZ | The older brother of Nick Johnson joins the team as a walk-on.[4] |
| Zach Peters | 33 | PF | 6'10" | 238 | Freshman | Plano, TX | The NCAA granted Peters four years of eligibility without requiring him to sit out in light of medical issues that kept him from playing while atKansas and led to his withdrawal after the fall 2013 semester.[5][6] |
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Aaron Gordon F | San Jose, CA | Archbishop Mitty High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Apr 2, 2013 | |
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| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson F | Chester, PA | Chester High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Sep 13, 2012 | |
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| Elliott Pitts G | Dublin, CA | De La Salle High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Aug 12, 2012 | |
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| Eric Conklin F | Scottsdale, AZ | Chaparral High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | May 11, 2013 | |
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| Overall recruit ranking: Scout: #4 Rivals: #4 ESPN: #5 | ||||||
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | |
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| C | Kaleb Tarczewski | Matt Korcheck | |||
| PF | Brandon Ashley | Zach Peters | Eric Conklin | ||
| SF | Aaron Gordon | Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Drew Mellon | Chris Johnson | |
| SG | Nick Johnson | Gabe York | Elliott Pitts | Trey Mason | |
| PG | T. J. McConnell | Jordin Mayes | Jacob Hazzard |
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | |
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| C | Kaleb Tarczewski | Matt Korcheck | |||
| PF | Aaron Gordon | Zach Peters | Eric Conklin | ||
| SF | Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Elliott Pitts | Drew Mellon | Chris Johnson | |
| SG | Nick Johnson | Gabe York | Trey Mason | ||
| PG | T. J. McConnell | Jordin Mayes | Jacob Hazzard |
Arizona's thirteen-game non-conference schedule had two road games, two neutral-site games, and nine home games.[10] The team spent Thanksgiving inNew York City for the 2013NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal and championship rounds held atMadison Square Garden. Arizona was one of four regional hosts for the NIT Tip-Off's first and second rounds, the others beingDuke,Alabama, andRutgers.[11]
In the unbalanced 18-game Pac-12 schedule, the Cats faced neither the Washington schools on the road nor the Los Angeles schools at home.[12]
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 10/28/2013 7:00 p.m., P12N | Augustana | W 84–52 | – | McKale Center (13,340) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/08/2013* 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 6 | Cal Poly | W 73–62 | 1–0 | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 11/11/2013* 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 6 | Long Beach State | W 91–57 | 2–0 | McKale Center (14,087) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 11/14/2013* 8:05 p.m., CBSSN | No. 6 | at San Diego State | W 69–60 | 3–0 | Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA | ||||||
| 11/18/2013* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 5 | Fairleigh Dickinson NIT Season Tip-Off campus-site game | W 100–50 | 4–0 | McKale Center (13,529) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 11/19/2013* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 5 | Rhode Island NIT Season Tip-Off campus-site game | W 87–59 | 5–0 | McKale Center (13,354) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 11/27/2013* 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 4 | vs. Drexel NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals | W 66–62 | 6–0 | Madison Square Garden (8,741) New York, NY | ||||||
| 11/29/2013* 4:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 4 | vs. No. 6 Duke NIT Season Tip-Off championship | W 72–66 | 7–0 | Madison Square Garden (13,266) New York, NY | ||||||
| 12/03/2013* 7:00 p.m., P12N | No. 2 | Texas Tech | W 79–58 | 8–0 | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 12/07/2013* 3:15 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 2 | UNLV | W 63–58 | 9–0 | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 12/11/2013* 7:00 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | New Mexico State | W 74–48 | 10–0 | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 12/14/2013* 10:00 a.m., CBS | No. 1 | at No. 25 Michigan | W 72–70 | 11–0 | Crisler Center (12,707) Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| 12/19/2013* 7:00 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | Southern | W 69–43 | 12–0 | McKale Center (14,149) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 12/23/2013* 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | Northern Arizona | W 77–44 | 13–0 | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| Pac-12 regular season | |||||||||||
| 01/02/2014 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | Washington State | W 60–25 | 14–0 (1–0) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 01/04/2014 12:00 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | Washington | W 71–62 | 15–0 (2–0) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 01/09/2014 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 1 | at UCLA Rivalry | W 79–75 | 16–0 (3–0) | Pauley Pavilion (13,283) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| 01/12/2014 7:00 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | at USC | W 73–53 | 17–0 (4–0) | Galen Center (8,347) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| 01/16/2014 7:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 1 | Arizona State Rivalry | W 91–68 | 18–0 (5–0) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 01/23/2014 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 1 | Colorado | W 69–57 | 19–0 (6–0) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 01/26/2014 6:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 1 | Utah | W 65–56 | 20–0 (7–0) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 01/29/2014 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 1 | at Stanford | W 60–57 | 21–0 (8–0) | Maples Pavilion (7,233) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| 02/01/2014 8:30 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | at California | L 58–60 | 21–1 (8–1) | Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, CA | ||||||
| 02/06/2014 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 2 | Oregon | W 67–65 | 22–1 (9–1) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 02/09/2014 5:00 p.m., P12N | No. 2 | Oregon State | W 76–54 | 23–1 (10–1) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 02/14/2014 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 2 | at Arizona State Rivalry | L 66–69 2OT | 23–2 (10–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (10,699) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
| 02/19/2014 8:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 4 | at Utah | W 67–63 OT | 24–2 (11–2) | Huntsman Center (14,266) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||
| 02/22/2014 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 4 | at Colorado College GameDay | W 88–61 | 25–2 (12–2) | Coors Events Center (11,025) Boulder, CO | ||||||
| 02/26/2014 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 3 | California | W 87–59 | 26–2 (13–2) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 03/02/2014 6:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 3 | Stanford | W 79–66 | 27–2 (14–2) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
| 03/05/2014 9:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 3 | at Oregon State | W 74–69 | 28–2 (15–2) | Gill Coliseum (5,651) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
| 03/08/2014 2:00 p.m., CBS | No. 3 | at Oregon | L 57–64 | 28–3 (15–3) | Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR | ||||||
| Pac-12 tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/13/2014 12:00 p.m., P12N | (1)No. 4 | vs. (8) Utah Quarterfinals | W 71–39 | 29–3 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV | ||||||
| 03/14/2014 6:00 p.m., P12N | (1)No. 4 | vs. (5) Colorado Semifinals | W 63–43 | 30–3 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV | ||||||
| 03/15/2014 3:00 p.m., FS1 | (1)No. 4 | vs. (2) UCLA Championship | L 71–75 | 30–4 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/21/2014* 12:10 p.m., TNT | (1 W)No. 4 | vs. (16 W) Weber State First round | W 68–59 | 31–4 | Viejas Arena (11,196) San Diego, CA | ||||||
| 03/23/2014* 6:40 p.m., TBS | (1 W)No. 4 | vs. (8 W) Gonzaga Second round | W 84–61 | 32–4 | Viejas Arena (11,504) San Diego, CA | ||||||
| 03/27/2014* 8:17 p.m., TBS | (1 W)No. 4 | vs. (4 W) No. 13 San Diego State Sweet Sixteen | W 70–64 | 33–4 | Honda Center (17,773) Anaheim, CA | ||||||
| 03/29/2014* 5:49 p.m., TBS | (1 W)No. 4 | vs. (2 W) No. 12 Wisconsin Elite Eight | L 63–64 OT | 33–5 | Honda Center (17,814) Anaheim, CA | ||||||
| Poll | 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 | Wk 19 | Post | Final |
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| AP | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | N/A |
| Coaches | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FGM-FGA | 3PM–3PA | FTM–FTA | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Brandon Ashley | 22 | 22 | 27.7 | 93–178 | 11–29 | 56–74 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 11.5 |
| Eric Conklin | 7 | 0 | 2.4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Aaron Gordon | 38 | 38 | 31.2 | 189–382 | 16–45 | 76–180 | 8.0 | 1.97 | 0.89 | 1.0 | 12.4 |
| Jacob Hazzard | 13 | 0 | 2.2 | 8–17 | 4–9 | 0–0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | 38 | 6 | 25.3 | 121–247 | 2–10 | 103–151 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 9.1 |
| Nick Johnson | 38 | 38 | 33.0 | 205–474 | 62–169 | 146–187 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.66 | 16.3 |
| Matt Korecheck | 22 | 0 | 4.6 | 8–12 | 0–0 | 8–12 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Trey Mason | 10 | 0 | 2.2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Jordin Mayes | 34 | 1 | 5.7 | 15–45 | 3–15 | 11–17 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.3 |
| T. J. McConnell | 38 | 38 | 32.2 | 127–280 | 36–100 | 31–50 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 8.4 |
| Drew Mellon | 6 | 0 | 2.0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Zach Peters | 11 | 0 | 2.8 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elliott Pitts | 24 | 0 | 8.4 | 15–35 | 11–28 | 3–8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Kaleb Tarczewski | 36 | 35 | 28.3 | 128–219 | 0–0 | 102–135 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 9.9 |
| Gabe York | 38 | 12 | 21.8 | 82–221 | 57–148 | 35–52 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.7 |
| Chris Johnson | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
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