# 2013–14 American Eagles men's basketball team

The 2013–14 American Eagles men's basketball team represented American University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first year head coach Mike Brennan, played their home games at Bender Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 20–13, 13–5 in Patriot League play to finish in second place. They were champions of the Patriot League tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Wisconsin.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Darius Gardner | Guard | 5–9 | 165 | RS–Junior | Houston, Texas |
| 1 | Kyle Kager | Forward | 6–8 | 195 | Junior | Flower Mound, Texas |
| 2 | Kade Kager | Guard | 6–3 | 200 | Freshman | Flower Mound, Texas |
| 3 | Justice Montgomery | Guard | 5–11 | 160 | Junior | Orlando, Florida |
| 4 | Austin Carroll | Guard | 6–3 | 210 | RS–Junior | Bedford, Massachusetts |
| 5 | Marko Vasic | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 200 | Sophomore | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 12 | Yilret Yiljep | Forward | 6–7 | 235 | Freshman | Kaduna, Nigeria |
| 13 | Kevin Panzer | Forward | 6–9 | 225 | RS–Senior | Mission Viejo, California |
| 14 | Jesse Reed | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 185 | Sophomore | Saltsburg, Pennsylvania |
| 20 | Charlie Jones | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 185 | Freshman | Manchester, Maryland |
| 21 | Jalen Rhea | Guard | 6–2 | 205 | Freshman | New Albany, Ohio |
| 22 | John Schoof | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 205 | Junior | Fairfax, Virginia |
| 25 | Langdon Neal | Guard | 6–0 | 165 | Freshman | Chicago, Illinois |
| 33 | Jordan Borucki | Guard | 6–4 | 195 | RS–Senior | Los Angeles, California |
| 34 | Tony Wroblicky | Center | 6–10 | 230 | Senior | Harbor City, California |
| 35 | Jonathan Davis | Forward | 6–7 | 220 | RS–Junior | Simi Valley, California |
| 44 | Zach Elcano | Center | 6–11 | 230 | Sophomore | Centreville, Virginia |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 8* 7:00 pm | | at George Mason | L 60–63 | 0–1 | Patriot Center (6,602) Fairfax, VA |
| Nov 14* 7:30 pm, CSNMA | | UMBC | W 63–61 $^{OT}$ | 1–1 | Bender Arena (1,178) Washington, D.C. |
| Nov 20* 7:30 pm, BTN | | at No. 8 Ohio State | L 52–63 | 1–2 | Value City Arena (14,639) Columbus, OH |
| Nov 23* 4:00 pm | | at Mount St. Mary's | L 64–68 | 1–3 | Knott Arena (1,656) Emmitsburg, MD |
| Nov 26* 7:00 pm | | at Columbia | L 47–61 | 1–4 | Levien Gymnasium (1,022) New York City, NY |
| Nov 30* 2:00 pm | | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 75–43 | 2–4 | DeGol Arena (942) Loretto, PA |
| Dec 4* 7:30 pm | | Howard | W 76–53 | 3–4 | Bender Arena (802) Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 7* 2:00 pm, CSNMA+ | | Brown | L 67–72 | 3–5 | Bender Arena (1,728) Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 19* 10:00 pm | | at Saint Mary's | L 44–58 | 3–6 | McKeon Pavilion (2,148) Moraga, CA |
| Dec 22* 5:00 pm | | at San Francisco | L 69–77 | 3–7 | War Memorial Gymnasium (1,357) San Francisco, CA |
| Dec 29* 2:00 pm | | at Maryland Eastern Shore | W 71–58 | 4–7 | Hytche Athletic Center (229) Princess Anne, MD |
| Jan 2 7:00 pm | | at Bucknell | W 67–57 | 5–7 (1–0) | Sojka Pavilion (2,367) Lewisburg, PA |
| Jan 5 1:00 pm | | at Holy Cross | W 69–54 | 6–7 (2–0) | Hart Center (1,138) Worcester, MA |
| Jan 8 7:30 pm | | Loyola (MD) | W 65–51 | 7–7 (3–0) | Bender Arena (703) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 11 2:00 pm | | at Colgate | W 69–62 | 8–7 (4–0) | Cotterell Court (509) Hamilton, NY |
| Jan 15 7:00 pm | | at Lehigh | W 65–63 | 9–7 (5–0) | Stabler Arena (979) Bethlehem, PA |
| Jan 18 2:00 pm, CSNMA+ | | Lafayette | W 66–61 | 10–7 (6–0) | Bender Arena (2,676) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 22 7:30 pm | | Boston University | W 86–56 | 11–7 (7–0) | Bender Arena (2,268) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 25 4:00 pm | | at Army | W 84–74 | 12–7 (8–0) | Christl Arena (2,237) West Point, NY |
| Jan 29 7:30 pm | | Navy | W 74–52 | 13–7 (9–0) | Bender Arena (1,528) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 1 1:00 pm | | Holy Cross | W 63–57 | 14–7 (10–0) | Bender Arena (2,538) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 5 7:30 pm | | at Loyola (MD) | L 58–62 | 14–8 (10–1) | Reitz Arena (652) Baltimore, MD |
| Feb 8 2:00 pm | | Colgate | L 60–63 | 14–9 (10–2) | Bender Arena (2,321) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 12 7:30 pm | | Lehigh | W 64–44 | 15–9 (11–2) | Bender Arena (703) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 15 2:00 pm | | at Lafayette | L 62–74 | 15–10 (11–3) | Kirby Sports Center (2,134) Easton, PA |
| Feb 19 7:00 pm | | at Boston University | L 62–71 | 15–11 (11–4) | Agganis Arena (1,262) Boston, MA |
| Feb 22 2:00 pm, CSNMA+ | | Army | W 58–54 | 16–11 (12–4) | Bender Arena (1,788) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 26 7:00 pm | | at Navy | W 64–55 | 17–11 (13–4) | Alumni Hall (1,321) Annapolis, MD |
| Mar 1 2:00 pm, CBSSN | | Bucknell | L 51–56 | 17–12 (13–5) | Bender Arena (2,879) Washington, D.C. |
| Patriot League tournament ||||||
| Mar 5 7:30 pm | | Colgate Quarterfinals | W 59–50 | 18–12 | Bender Arena (913) Washington, D.C. |
| Mar 8 5:30 pm, CBSSN | | Holy Cross Semifinals | W 57–46 | 19–12 | Bender Arena (1,403) Washington, D.C. |
| Mar 12 7:30 pm, CBSSN | | at Boston University Championship | W 55–36 | 20–12 | Agganis Arena (2,633) Boston, MA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 20* 12:40 pm, truTV | (15 W) | vs. (2 W) No. 12 Wisconsin Second round | L 35–75 | 20–13 | BMO Harris Bradley Center (17,749) Milwaukee, WI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed within region W=West. ||||||