# 2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Tad Boyle was in his fourth season at Colorado. They were members of the Pac-12 Conference and played their home games at the Coors Events Center. They were dismantled by Pittsburgh in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

## Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Shane Harris-Tunks | 15 | C | 6'11" | 250 | RS Junior | Liverpool, AUS | Injured |
| André Roberson | 21 | F | 6'7" | 210 | Junior | San Antonio, TX | NBA draft |
| Sabatino Chen | 23 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Senior | Louisville, CO | Graduated |
| Jeremy Adams | 31 | G | 6'5" | 220 | RS Junior | Madison, MS | Transferred |

## Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Tre'Shaun Fletcher SF | Tacoma, WA | Lincoln High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Sep 29, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 84 ||||||
| Jaron Hopkins SG | Mesa, AZ | Dobson High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Sep 3, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79 ||||||
| Dustin Thomas PF | Texarkana, TX | Pleasant Grove High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Sep 10, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79 ||||||
| George King SF | San Antonio, TX | William J. Brennan High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | May 10, 2013 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: N/A ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr ||||||
| 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: "Colorado 2013 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Josh Scott | | Ben Mills |
| PF | Wesley Gordon | | |
| SF | Xavier Johnson | Dustin Thomas | George King |
| SG | Jaron Hopkins | Tre'Shaun Fletcher | Eli Stalzer |
| PG | Askia Booker | Xavier Talton | Beau Gamble |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/08/2013* 8:00 pm, RTRM | | vs. No. 25 Baylor Buckets and Boots Showcase | L 60–72 | 0–1 | American Airlines Center (5,207) Dallas, TX |
| 11/10/2013* 4:00 pm, P12N | | Tennessee–Martin Global Sports Main Event | W 94–65 | 1–1 | Coors Events Center (8,408) Boulder, CO |
| 11/13/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Wyoming Global Sports Main Event | W 63–58 | 2–1 | Coors Events Center (9,429) Boulder, CO |
| 11/16/2013* 10:00 am, P12N | | Jackson State Global Sports Main Event | W 94–70 | 3–1 | Coors Events Center (9,042) Boulder, CO |
| 11/18/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Arkansas State Global Sports Main Event | W 93–70 | 4–1 | Coors Events Center (8,204) Boulder, CO |
| 11/21/2013* 6:00 pm, P12N | | UC Santa Barbara | W 76–68 | 5–1 | Coors Events Center (8,488) Boulder, CO |
| 11/24/2013* 2:30 pm, ESPNU | | Harvard | W 70–62 | 6–1 | Coors Events Center (9,770) Boulder, CO |
| 11/30/2013* 2:00 pm | | at Air Force | W 81–57 | 7–1 | Clune Arena (5,394) Colorado Springs, CO |
| 12/03/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Colorado State | W 67–62 | 8–1 | Moby Arena (8,268) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/07/2013* 1:15 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 6 Kansas | W 75–72 | 9–1 | Coors Events Center (11,113) Boulder, CO |
| 12/13/2013* 6:30 pm, P12N | No. 21 | Elon | W 80–63 | 10–1 | Coors Events Center (8,831) Boulder, CO |
| 12/21/2013* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 20 | vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State MGM Grand Showcase | L 73–78 | 10–2 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,207) Paradise, NV |
| 12/28/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 21 | Georgia | W 84–70 | 11–2 | Coors Events Center (10,848) Boulder, CO |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2014 8:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 20 | Oregon State | W 64–58 | 12–2 (1–0) | Coors Events Center (9,851) Boulder, CO |
| 01/05/2014 3:00 pm, FS1 | No. 20 | No. 10 Oregon | W 100–91 | 13–2 (2–0) | Coors Events Center (10,398) Boulder, CO |
| 01/08/2014 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 15 | vs. Washington State | W 71–70 $^{OT}$ | 14–2 (3–0) | Spokane Arena (3,122) Spokane, WA |
| 01/12/2014 1:00 pm, FS1 | No. 15 | at Washington | L 54–71 | 14–3 (3–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,742) Seattle, WA |
| 01/16/2014 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 21 | No. 25 UCLA | L 56–69 | 14–4 (3–2) | Coors Events Center (10,802) Boulder, CO |
| 01/18/2014 12:00 pm, FS1 | No. 21 | USC | W 83–62 | 15–4 (4–2) | Coors Events Center (9,583) Boulder, CO |
| 01/23/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 1 Arizona | L 57–69 | 15–5 (4–3) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/25/2014 5:00 pm, P12N | | at Arizona State | L 51–72 | 15–6 (4–4) | Wells Fargo Arena (8,352) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/01/2014 12:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | W 79–75 | 16–6 (5–4) | Coors Events Center (9,607) Boulder, CO |
| 02/05/2014 7:30 pm, P12N | | Washington State | W 68–63 | 17–6 (6–4) | Coors Events Center (8,903) Boulder, CO |
| 02/09/2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | Washington | W 91–65 | 18–6 (7–4) | Coors Events Center (9,461) Boulder, CO |
| 02/13/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at UCLA | L 74–92 | 18–7 (7–5) | Pauley Pavilion (8,431) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/16/2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | at USC | W 83–74 | 19–7 (8–5) | Galen Center (3,187) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/19/2014 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | Arizona State | W 61–52 | 20–7 (9–5) | Coors Events Center (9,666) Boulder, CO |
| 02/22/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN | | No. 4 Arizona College GameDay | L 61–88 | 20–8 (9–6) | Coors Events Center (11,025) Boulder, CO |
| 03/01/2014 12:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 64–75 | 20–9 (9–7) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,027) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 03/05/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Stanford | W 59–56 | 21–9 (10–7) | Maples Pavilion (4,558) Stanford, CA |
| 03/08/2014 4:30 pm, P12N | | at California | L 65–66 $^{OT}$ | 21–10 (10–8) | Haas Pavilion (9,422) Berkeley, CA |
| Pac-12 tournament ||||||
| 03/12/2014 3:30 pm, P12N | | vs. USC First round | W 59–56 | 22–10 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (8,734) Paradise, NV |
| 03/13/2014 3:30 pm, P12N | | vs. California Quarterfinals | W 59–56 | 23–10 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV |
| 03/14/2014 6:00 pm, P12N | | vs. No. 4 Arizona Semifinals | L 43–63 | 23–11 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2014* 11:40 am, TBS | No. (8 S) | vs. (9 S) Pittsburgh Second round | L 48–77 | 23–12 | Amway Center (16,074) Orlando, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. During NCAA Tournament (#) denotes seed within region S=South. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. :
| 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 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 21 | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | N/A |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 22 | RV | RV | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |