# 2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Sean Miller and played home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as a member of the Pac-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 the Pac-12 tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Weber State, Gonzaga, and San Diego State to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to Wisconsin.

## Previous season

Arizona's 2012–13 team finished with a record of 27–8 after advancing to the NCAA tournament's Sweet Sixteen. The team went 12–6 in the Pac-12 regular season, putting them in a three-way tie for second place. In the Pac-12 tournament, the team defeated Colorado to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to UCLA. Ranked 21st in the post-season AP poll, the Cats were seeded 6th in the West Region of the NCAA tournament. Arizona won its first two tournament games, defeating 11-seed Belmont and 14-seed Harvard, before falling to 2-seed Ohio State in the regional semifinals.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Solomon Hill | SF | 6'7" | 220 | Senior | Los Angeles, CA | Selected 23rd overall by the Indiana Pacers in the 2013 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 French Pro A team Choral Roanne |
| Angelo Chol | PF | 6'9" | 225 | Sophomore | San Diego, CA | Transferred to San Diego State after spring 2013 classes |
| Grant Jerrett | PF | 6'10" | 235 | Freshman | La Verne, CA | Drafted 40th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers; later traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Chris Johnson | 52 | G | 6'6" | 210 | Junior | Gilbert, AZ | The older brother of Nick Johnson joins the team as a walk-on. |
| 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 at Kansas and led to his withdrawal after the fall 2013 semester. |
* Point guard T. J. McConnell and center Matt Korcheck first played for Arizona in 2013–14 after redshirting the previous season. McConnell, a Duquesne transfer and the nephew of Women's Basketball Hall of Fame member Suzie McConnell Serio, was required to sit out 2012–13 under NCAA transfer rules. Korcheck was eligible to play as a junior college transfer but arranged with Miller to redshirt given Arizona's front-court depth. Both had two years of eligibility remaining after redshirting.

### 2013 recruiting class

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Aaron Gordon F | San Jose, CA | Archbishop Mitty High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Apr 2, 2013 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96 ||||||
| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson F | Chester, PA | Chester High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Sep 13, 2012 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92 ||||||
| Elliott Pitts G | Dublin, CA | De La Salle High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Aug 12, 2012 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 82 ||||||
| Eric Conklin F | Scottsdale, AZ | Chaparral High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | May 11, 2013 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 58 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #4 Rivals: #4 ESPN: #5 ||||||
| 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: "Arizona 2013 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2013 Arizona Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Roster
### Depth chart

* before February 1
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| 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 | |
* after February 1
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| 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 | |

## Schedule

Arizona's thirteen-game non-conference schedule had two road games, two neutral-site games, and nine home games. The team spent Thanksgiving in New York City for the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal and championship rounds held at Madison Square Garden. Arizona was one of four regional hosts for the NIT Tip-Off's first and second rounds, the others being Duke, Alabama, and Rutgers.
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.
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 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 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll, W=West Region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain. ||||||

## 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 | Post | Final |
| 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 |

## Team statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FGM-FGA | 3PM–3PA | FTM–FTA | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 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 |
Source:

## Awards
### Aaron Gordon

* Freshman student-athlete of the year
* AP Honorable Mention
* 2013: USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year
* Individual All-America teams
* 2014 NCAA tournament's West Regional all-tournament team
* Third All-America Team– Sporting News
* USBWA All-District team
* NABC All District Second Team
* Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
* Pac-12 First Team
* Pac–12 Freshman of the Year
* 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team
* CBS Sports and U.S. Basketball Writers Association Freshman of the Week honors

### Nick Johnson

* Junior student-athlete of the year
* Wooden All-American team
* AP All-American second team
* 2014 NCAA tournament's West Regional all-tournament team
* First team All-American – TSN, USBWA
* Consensus All-American – USBWA, NABC, Sporting News
* USBWA All-District team
* NABC All District First Team
* USBWA District IX Player of the Year
* Pac-12 First Team
* Pac-12 All-Defense Team
* Pac-12 Player of the Year
* 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off MVP, All-Tournament Team
* Pac-12 Player of the Week (December 2, 2013)

### Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

* Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
* Freshman student-athlete of the year

### Kaleb Tarczewski

* Sophomore student-athlete of the year

### T. J. McConnell

* Pac-12 Second Team
* Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

### Head Coach Sean Miller

* USBWA District IX Coach of the Year
* Pac-10/12 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year