2013–14 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team
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Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 23 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Florida † | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 36 | – | 3 | .923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 29 | – | 11 | .725 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 24 | – | 13 | .649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 20 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2014 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1] |
The 2013–14 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Cuonzo Martin, who was in his third season at Tennessee. The team played their home games at the Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
Previous season
The Vols posted a record of 20–13 (11–7 SEC) in the 2012–13 season and finished sixth in the SEC standings in Cuonzo Martin's second season as head coach. The season was highlighted by a 30-point victory over rival Kentucky and a victory over a team that competed in the Final Four, Wichita State. The Volunteers lost in the first round of the 2013 NIT to Mercer.
Season Summary
Going into the season, Cuonzo Martin faced pressure and unrest from the Tennessee fanbase, restless after having missed the NCAA Tournament two consecutive seasons. During the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, promising finishes to the regular season were undermined by early season losses to inferior out of conference opponents; bewildering losses to College of Charleston, Oakland and Austin Peay scuttled any hopes of a tournament appearance each of those seasons, respectively. Frustrations grew shortly after Tennessee inexplicably dropped a game to a sub-100 RPI UTEP squad during the Battle for Atlantis tournament in November. A bubble team throughout the season, Tennessee ultimately nabbed a bid to the NCAA Tournament (despite the earlier loss to UTEP and suffering a sweep at the hands of a sub-100 RPI Texas A&M). In any case, Martin rallied the team to a 4-0 finish to end the regular season at 20-11. A victory over a moribund South Carolina outfit and a third straight loss to #1 Florida put Tennessee at 21-12. This was enough to earn Tennessee an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, Martin's first and only appearance with Tennessee. The Vols were placed in the First Four as an 11 seed, where Tennessee beat Iowa in overtime to move on to the field of 64. Tennessss routed Umass in the second round and Mercer in the round of 32. As a result, Tennessss earned a trip to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2010. The Vols faced Michigan and came within one basket of making what would have been only their second Elite 8 appearance but fell to the Wolverines, 73-71.
Despite the late season surge and performance in the tourney (the latter accomplishment arguably the fruit of a favorable tournament draw and a Mercer upset of Duke), Cuonzo Martin would leave Tennessee at season's end to take the head coaching job at the University of California-Berkeley.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 12* 9:00 pm, FS1 |
at Xavier | L 63–67 | 0–1 |
23 – McRae | 10 – Maymon | 5 – McRae | Cintas Center (9,878) Cincinnati | ||||
Nov 16* 7:00 pm, SPSO |
USC Upstate | W 74–65 | 1–1 |
18 – McRae | 18 – Stokes | 3 – McRae | Thompson–Boling Arena (15,119) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Nov 18* 7:00 pm, FSN |
The Citadel | W 86–60 | 2–1 |
20 – McCrae | 7 – Moore | 3 – Richardson | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,394) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Nov 22* 7:00 pm, FSN |
Tennessee State | W 88–67 | 3–1 |
25 – McRae | 8 – Stokes | 7 – Thompson | Thompson–Boling Arena (15,134) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Nov 28* 9:30 pm, NBCSN |
vs. UTEP Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals |
L 70–78 | 3–2 |
22 – McRae | 14 – Stokes | 3 – Richardson | Sports and Fitness Center (1,416) Nassau, BAH | ||||
Nov 29* 1:00 pm, AXS TV |
vs. Xavier Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation 2nd Round |
W 64–49 | 4–2 |
20 – Stokes | 10 – Stokes | 3 – Stokes | Sports and Fitness Center (1,573) Nassau, BAH | ||||
Nov 30* 3:30 pm, AXS TV |
vs. Wake Forest Battle 4 Atlantis 5th place game |
W 82–63 | 5–2 |
21 – Stokes | 10 – Stokes | 3 – Tied | Sports and Fitness Center (1,400) Nassau, BAH | ||||
Dec 7* 12:00 pm, FSN |
Tennessee Tech | W 84–63 | 6–2 |
19 – Stokes | 13 – Stokes | 4 – McRae | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,606) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Dec 14* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at No. 12 Wichita State | L 61–70 | 6–3 |
26 – McRae | 9 – Maymon | 4 – Barton | Charles Koch Arena (14,356) Wichita, Kansas | ||||
Dec 18* 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
NC State | L 58–65 | 6–4 |
21 – McRae | 16 – Maymon | 3 – Thompson | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,831) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Dec 23* 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
Morehead State | W 82–67 | 7–4 |
19 – Richardson | 10 – Reese | 5 – McRae | Thompson–Boling Arena (15,207) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Dec 30* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
Virginia | W 87–52 | 8–4 |
21 – McRae | 9 – Reese | 5 – McRae | Thompson–Boling Arena (16,142) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Jan 4* 2:00 pm |
Tusculum | W 98–51 | 9–4 |
19 – McRae | 8 – Stokes | 9 – Thompson | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,175) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
SEC regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 7 7:00 pm, ESPN |
at LSU | W 68–50 | 10–4 (1–0) |
19 – McRae | 15 – Stokes | 5 – McRae | Maravich Center (7,918) Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||
Jan 11 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Texas A&M | L 56–57 | 10–5 (1–1) |
12 – Barton | 15 – Maymon | 4 – McRae | Thompson–Boling Arena (18,079) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Jan 15 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Auburn | W 78–67 | 11–5 (2–1) |
21 – McRae | 14 – Stokes | 4 – 3 Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,205) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Jan 18 12:00 pm, CBS |
at No. 13 Kentucky | L 66–74 | 11–6 (2–2) |
20 – Stokes | 15 – Stokes | 3 – Barton | Rupp Arena (24,246) Lexington, Kentucky | ||||
Jan 22 8:00 pm, SECN |
Arkansas | W 81–74 | 12–6 (3–2) |
34 – McRae | 9 – Maymon | 4 – Barton | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,034) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Jan 25 4:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at No. 6 Florida | L 41–67 | 12–7 (3–3) |
16 – Stokes | 10 – Stokes | 2 – Stokes | O'Connell Center (12,475) Gainesville, Florida | ||||
Jan 29 8:00 pm, SECN |
Ole Miss | W 86–70 | 13–7 (4–3) |
26 – McRae | 14 – Stokes | 7 – Thompson | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,341) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Feb 1 8:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at Alabama | W 76–59 | 14–7 (5–3) |
26 – McRae | 16 – Stokes | 4 – McRae | Coleman Coliseum (12,620) Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ||||
Feb 5 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Vanderbilt | L 60–64 | 14–8(5–4) |
16 – McRae | 14 – Stokes | 5 – Thompson | Memorial Gymnasium (10,733) Nashville, Tennessee | ||||
Feb 8 3:00 pm, ESPNU |
South Carolina | W 72–53 | 15–8 (6–4) |
24 – McRae | 8 – Stokes | 4 – Thompson | Thompson–Boling Arena (17,215) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Feb 11 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 3 Florida | L 58–67 | 15–9 (6–5) |
20 – Stokes | 11 – Stokes | 3 – Barton | Thompson–Boling Arena (18,009) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Feb 15 4:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at Missouri | L 70–75 | 15–10 (6–6) |
31 – McRae | 8 – Stokes | 3 – Stokes | Mizzou Arena (14,132) Columbia, Missouri | ||||
Feb 18 9:00 pm, ESPNU |
Georgia | W 67–48 | 16–10 (7–6) |
20 – Stokes | 11 – Stokes | 3 – Stokes | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,852) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Feb 22 3:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Texas A&M | L 65-68 OT | 16–11 (7–7) |
20 – McRae | 16 – Stokes | 4 – Stokes | Reed Arena (6,432) College Station, Texas | ||||
Feb 26 8:00 pm, SECN |
at Mississippi State | W 75–68 | 17–11 (8–7) |
29 – McRae | 11 – Maymon | 4 – McRae | Humphrey Coliseum (6,161) Starkville, Mississippi | ||||
Mar 1 12:00 pm, ESPN2 |
Vanderbilt | W 76–38 | 18–11 (9–7) |
21 – Barton | 11 – Stokes | 6 – Barton | Thompson–Boling Arena (17,208) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
Mar 5 8:00 pm, SECN |
at Auburn | W 82–54 | 19–11 (10–7) |
20 – Stokes | 8 – Maymon | 7 – Stokes | Auburn Arena (5,304) Auburn, Alabama | ||||
Mar 8 4:00 pm, ESPN |
Missouri | W 72–45 | 20–11 (11–7) |
16 – Barton | 10 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (18,519) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||
SEC Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 14 3:30 pm, ESPNU |
vs. South Carolina Quarterfinals |
W 59–44 | 21–11 |
22 – Stokes | 15 – Stokes | 3 – McRae | Georgia Dome (–) Atlanta | ||||
Mar 15 1:00 pm, ABC |
vs. No. 1 Florida Semifinals |
L 49–56 | 21–12 |
15 – McRae | 9 – Maymon | 3 – Barton | Georgia Dome (–) Atlanta | ||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 19 9:10 pm, TruTV |
No. (11 M) | vs. (11 M) Iowa First round |
W 78–65 OT | 22–12 |
20 – McRae | 13 – Stokes | 5 – Marble | University of Dayton Arena (11,534) Dayton, Ohio | |||
Mar 21 2:45 pm, CBS |
No. (11 M) | vs. (6 M) Massachusetts Second round |
W 86–67 | 23–12 |
26 – Stokes | 14 – Stokes | 5 – Richardson | PNC Arena Raleigh, North Carolina | |||
Mar 23* 6:10 pm, TNT |
No. (11 M) | vs. (14 M) Mercer Third round |
W 83–63 | 24–12 |
26 – Richardson | 18 – Stokes | 5 – Stokes | PNC Arena Raleigh, North Carolina | |||
Mar 28* 7:15 pm, CBS |
No. (11 M) | vs. No. 7 (2 M) Michigan Sweet 16 |
L 71–73 | 24–13 |
24 – McRae | 6 – 3 Tied | 2 – 4 Tied | Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll, For NCAA tournament, number in parenthesis is seed, letter indicates region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |