# 2013–14 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

The 2013–14 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs played home games on their campus in University Park, Texas at Moody Coliseum. The 2013–14 season was the first season the Mustangs participated in the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 27–10, 12–6 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to Houston. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UC Irvine, LSU, California and Clemson to advance to the NIT championship game where they lost to Minnesota. The 2013–14 season marked the first time in 30 years the SMU Mustangs had been ranked in the AP Poll.

## Off-season

2013–2014 Season Highlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLou7XIYqr4

### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| London Giles | 11 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Senior | Dallas, Texas | Graduation |
| Jordan Dickerson | 32 | C | 7'0" | 240 | Freshman | Brooklyn, New York | Elected to transfer to Penn State. |
| Blaise Mbargorba | 55 | C | 6'11" | 210 | Freshman | Hightstown, New Jersey | Elected to transfer to Boston University. |
| Uche Ofoegbu | 5 | F | 6'4" | 200 | Freshman | San Antonio, Texas | Elected to transfer to San Francisco. |
| Brian Bernardi | 22 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Freshman | New York City | Elected to transfer to Hofstra. |
| Garrett Wilson | 24 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Freshman | Katy, Texas | No longer on official team roster. |

### 2013 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Keith Frazier G | Dallas, Texas | Justin F. Kimball High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Apr 2, 2013 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 88 ||||||
| Sterling Brown G | Maywood, Illinois | Proviso East High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Oct 15, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77 ||||||
| Ben Moore F | Bolingbrook, Illinois | Bolingbrook High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2013 SMU Recruiting List". Rivals.com. "2013 SMU Recruiting List". Scout.com. "2013 SMU Recruiting List". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 8, 2013* 6:30 pm, FSSW+ | | vs. TCU Tip-Off Showcase | W 69–61 | 1–0 | American Airlines Center (5,207) Dallas |
| November 11, 2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Rhode Island | W 89–58 | 2–0 | Curtis Culwell Center (3,239) Garland, Texas |
| November 18, 2013* 7:00 pm | | at Arkansas | L 78–89 | 2–1 | Bud Walton Arena (11,455) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| November 20, 2013* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Texas State | W 70–49 | 3–1 | Curtis Culwell Center (3,509) Garland, Texas |
| November 24, 2013* 1:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff Corpus Christi Challenge | W 87–61 | 4–1 | Curtis Culwell Center (3,308) Garland, Texas |
| November 26, 2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Sam Houston State Corpus Christi Challenge | W 72–53 | 5–1 | Curtis Culwell Center (3,549) Garland, Texas |
| November 29, 2013* 6:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Virginia Corpus Christi Challenge | L 73–76 | 5–2 | American Bank Center (N/A) Corpus Christi, Texas |
| November 30, 2013* 5:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Challenge | W 55–52 | 6–2 | American Bank Center (N/A) Corpus Christi, Texas |
| December 2, 2013* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | McNeese State | W 88–59 | 7–2 | Curtis Culwell Center (3,252) Garland, Texas |
| December 4, 2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UIC | W 73–65 | 8–2 | UIC Pavilion (4,438) Chicago, IL |
| December 18, 2013* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Texas–Pan American | W 82–56 | 9–2 | Curtis Culwell Center (3,342) Garland, Texas |
| December 20, 2013* 8:00 pm, RTRM | | at Wyoming | W 62–54 | 10–2 | Arena-Auditorium (4,486) Laramie, Wyoming |
| January 1, 2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Cincinnati | L 57–65 | 10–3 (0–1) | Fifth Third Arena (7,239) Cincinnati |
| January 4, 2014 1:00 pm, ESPNU | | No. 17 UConn | W 74–65 | 11–3 (1–1) | Moody Coliseum (7,166) Dallas |
| January 12, 2014 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | at No. 12 Louisville | L 63–71 | 11–4 (1–2) | KFC Yum! Center (21,237) Louisville, Kentucky |
| January 15, 2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | South Florida | W 71–54 | 12–4 (2–2) | Moody Coliseum (6,332) Dallas |
| January 18, 2014 11:00 am, ESPNews | | at UCF | W 58–46 | 13–4 (3–2) | CFE Arena (4,905) Orlando, Florida |
| January 19, 2014* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hofstra Postponed from December 7, 2013 | W 73–49 | 14–4 | Moody Coliseum (6,013) Dallas, TX |
| January 21, 2014 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | Rutgers | W 70–56 | 15–4 (4–2) | Moody Coliseum (6,042) Dallas |
| January 26, 2014 2:00 pm, ESPNews | | at Houston | W 75–68 | 16–4 (5–2) | Hofheinz Pavilion (4,567) Houston |
| January 28, 2014 6:00 pm, ESPNews | | at South Florida | L 71–78 | 16–5 (5–3) | USF Sun Dome (3,407) Tampa, Florida |
| February 1, 2014 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | No. 22 Memphis | W 87–72 | 17–5 (6–3) | Moody Coliseum (7,058) Dallas |
| February 6, 2014 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | Temple | W 75–52 | 18–5 (7–3) | Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas |
| February 8, 2014 6:30 pm, ESPNU | | No. 7 Cincinnati | W 76–55 | 19–5 (8–3) | Moody Coliseum (7,278) Dallas |
| February 13, 2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 23 | at Rutgers | W 77–65 | 20–5 (9–3) | The RAC (4,094) Piscataway, New Jersey |
| February 16, 2014 1:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 23 | at Temple | L 64–71 | 20–6 (9–4) | Liacouras Center (6,566) Philadelphia |
| February 19, 2014 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | Houston | W 68–64 | 21–6 (10–4) | Moody Coliseum (6,991) Dallas |
| February 23, 2014 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | at No. 21 UConn | W 64–55 | 22–6 (11–4) | Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, Connecticut |
| March 1, 2014 3:00 pm, ESPNews | No. 23 | UCF | W 70–55 | 23–6 (12–4) | Moody Coliseum (7,086) Dallas |
| March 5, 2014 6:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 18 | No. 11 Louisville | L 71–84 | 23–7 (12–5) | Moody Coliseum (7,305) Dallas |
| March 8, 2014 11:00 am, ESPN2 | No. 18 | at No. 20 Memphis | L 58–67 | 23–8 (12–6) | FedEx Forum (18,182) Memphis, Tennessee |
| American Athletic Conference tournament ||||||
| March 13, 2014 12:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 25 | vs. Houston Quarterfinals | L 64–68 | 23–9 | FedEx Forum (13,011) Memphis, Tennessee |
| NIT ||||||
| March 19, 2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. (1) | (8) UC Irvine First round | W 68–54 | 24–9 | Moody Coliseum (5,031) Dallas |
| March 24, 2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN | No. (1) | (5) LSU Second round | W 80–67 | 25–9 | Moody Coliseum (7,021) Dallas |
| March 26, 2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. (1) | (2) California Quarterfinals | W 67–65 | 26–9 | Moody Coliseum (7,038) Dallas |
| April 1, 2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. (1) | vs. (3) Clemson Semifinals | W 65–59 | 27–9 | Madison Square Garden (7,193) New York City |
| April 3, 2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. (1) | vs. (1) Minnesota Championship | L 63–65 | 27–10 | Madison Square Garden (5,268) New York City |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| 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 | Wk 20 | Final |
| AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | 23 | 18 | 25 | NR | N/A |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 18 | 23 | RV | RV |