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

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

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

! colspan="12" style="background:#ad0000; color:#fff;"| Exhibition
! 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

SeedRegionSchoolFirst FourRound of 64Round of 32Sweet 16Elite EightFinal FourChampionship
4MidwestLouisvilleByevs. #13 Manhattan – W, 71-64vs. #5 Saint LouisW, 66-51vs. #8 Kentucky – L, 69-74
5EastCincinnatiByevs. #12 Harvard – L, 57-61
7EastConnecticutByevs. #10 St. Joseph's – W, 89-81 OTvs. #2 Villanova – W, 77-65vs. #3 Iowa StateW, 81-76vs. #4 Michigan State – W, 60-54vs. #1 Florida – W, 63-53vs. #8 Kentucky – W, 60-54
8EastMemphisByevs. #9 George WashingtonW, 71-66vs. #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

SeedBracketSchoolFirst roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
1SMUSMUvs. #8 UC Irvine – W, 68-54vs. #5 LSU – W, 80-67vs. #2 California – W, 67-65vs. #3 Clemson – W, 65-59vs. #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.
PlayerPositionSchoolRoundPickTeam
Shabazz NapierPGConnecticut124Charlotte Hornets
DeAndre DanielsSFConnecticut237Toronto Raptors
Russ SmithPG/SGLouisville247Philadelphia 76ers