# 2013–14 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Tony Bennett, in his fifth season, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The 2013–14 season was one of the most successful in UVa's 109-year basketball history. The Cavaliers won only their second ever outright ACC regular season title, with a 16–2 conference record (at the time, their best conference record in program history), as well as only their second ever ACC tournament title. They also won 30 games for only the second time in school history (the first being in 1981–82) and finished third in the final AP Poll—their highest final national ranking in 30 years. On March 16, 2014, the Cavaliers received a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina and Memphis to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to Michigan State.

## Class of 2013 signees

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Devon Hall PG | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Cape Henry Collegiate School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Jun 30, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74 ||||||
| London Perrantes PG | Los Angeles, California | Crespi Carmelite High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Sep 2, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 82 ||||||
| 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: "Virginia Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov. 8* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 24 | James Madison | W 61–41 | 1–0 | John Paul Jones Arena (11,934) Charlottesville, VA |
| Nov. 12* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 25 | No. 14 VCU | L 56–59 | 1–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA |
| Nov. 16* 12:00 pm | No. 25 | vs. Davidson | W 70–57 | 2–1 | Time Warner Cable Arena (5,216) Charlotte, NC |
| Nov. 19* 7:00 pm, RSN | | Navy | W 67–42 | 3–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (9,764) Charlottesville, VA |
| Nov. 23* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Liberty Corpus Christi Challenge | W 75–53 | 4–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (10,941) Charlottesville, VA |
| Nov. 26* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hampton Corpus Christi Challenge | W 69–40 | 5–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (8,970) Charlottesville, VA |
| Nov. 29* 7:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. SMU Corpus Christi Challenge | W 76–73 | 6–1 | American Bank Center (N/A) Corpus Christi, TX |
| Nov. 30* 9:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Missouri State Corpus Christi Challenge | W 83–63 | 7–1 | American Bank Center (N/A) Corpus Christi, TX |
| Dec. 4* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 8 Wisconsin ACC–Big Ten Challenge | L 38–48 | 7–2 | John Paul Jones Arena (11,142) Charlottesville, VA |
| Dec. 7* 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Green Bay | L 72–75 | 7–3 | Resch Center (6,491) Green Bay, WI |
| Dec. 21* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Northern Iowa | W 57–43 | 8–3 | John Paul Jones Arena (9,714) Charlottesville, VA |
| Dec. 23* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Norfolk State | W 66–56 | 9–3 | John Paul Jones Arena (9,206) Charlottesville, VA |
| Dec. 30* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Tennessee | L 52–87 | 9–4 | Thompson-Boling Arena (16,142) Knoxville, TN |
| Conference regular season ||||||
| Jan. 4 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Florida State | W 62–50 | 10–4 (1–0) | Donald L. Tucker Center (5,588) Tallahassee, FL |
| Jan. 8 7:00 pm, RSN | | Wake Forest | W 74–51 | 11–4 (2–0) | John Paul Jones Arena (10,114) Charlottesville, VA |
| Jan. 11 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at NC State | W 76–45 | 12–4 (3–0) | PNC Arena (15,623) Raleigh, NC |
| Jan. 13 7:00 pm, ESPN | | at No. 23 Duke Big Monday | L 65–69 | 12–5 (3–1) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC |
| Jan. 18 12:00 pm, ACCN | | Florida State | W 78–66 | 13–5 (4–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (12,765) Charlottesville, VA |
| Jan. 20 7:00 pm, ESPN | | North Carolina Big Monday | W 76–61 | 14–5 (5–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (13,045) Charlottesville, VA |
| Jan. 25 3:00 pm, ACCN | | Virginia Tech | W 65–45 | 15–5 (6–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (14,215) Charlottesville, VA |
| Jan. 28 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Notre Dame | W 68–53 | 16–5 (7–1) | Joyce Center (7,565) South Bend, IN |
| Feb. 2 12:30 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 18 Pittsburgh | W 48–45 | 17–5 (8–1) | Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA |
| Feb. 5 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 20 | Boston College | W 77–67 | 18–5 (9–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (10,853) Charlottesville, VA |
| Feb. 8 12:00 pm, ACCN | No. 20 | at Georgia Tech | W 64–45 | 19–5 (10–1) | Hank McCamish Pavilion (8,187) Atlanta, GA |
| Feb. 10 9:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 17 | Maryland Big Monday | W 61–53 | 20–5 (11–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (11,568) Charlottesville, VA |
| Feb. 15 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 17 | at Clemson | W 63–58 | 21–5 (12–1) | Littlejohn Coliseum (8,573) Clemson, SC |
| Feb. 18 9:00 pm, ACCN | No. 14 | at Virginia Tech | W 57–53 | 22–5 (13–1) | Cassell Coliseum (5,316) Blacksburg, VA |
| Feb. 22 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | Notre Dame | W 70–49 | 23–5 (14–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (14,114) Charlottesville, VA |
| Feb. 26 7:00 pm, RSN | No. 12 | Miami (FL) | W 65–40 | 24–5 (15–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (11,812) Charlottesville, VA |
| Mar. 1 4:00 pm, ESPN | No. 12 | No. 4 Syracuse | W 75–56 | 25–5 (16–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA |
| Mar. 9 4:00 pm, CBS | No. 5 | at Maryland | L 69–75 $^{OT}$ | 25–6 (16–2) | Comcast Center (17,950) College Park, MD |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| Mar. 14 12:00 pm, ESPN2/ACCN | (1) No. 6 | vs. (9) Florida State Quarterfinals | W 64–51 | 26–6 | Greensboro Coliseum (21,533) Greensboro, NC |
| Mar. 15 1:00 pm, ESPN2/ACCN | (1) No. 6 | vs. (5) Pittsburgh Semifinals | W 51–48 | 27–6 | Greensboro Coliseum (21,533) Greensboro, NC |
| Mar. 16 1:00 pm, ESPN/ACCN | (1) No. 6 | vs. (3) No. 7 Duke Championship | W 72–63 | 28–6 | Greensboro Coliseum (21,533) Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar. 21* 9:25 pm, TBS | (1 E) No. 3 | vs. (16 E) Coastal Carolina Second round | W 70–59 | 29–6 | PNC Arena (17,472) Raleigh, NC |
| Mar. 23* 8:40 pm, TNT | (1 E) No. 3 | vs. (8 E) Memphis Third round | W 78–60 | 30–6 | PNC Arena (18,712) Raleigh, NC |
| Mar. 28* 9:57 pm, TBS | (1 E) No. 3 | vs. (4 E) No. 11 Michigan State Sweet Sixteen | L 59–61 | 30–7 | Madison Square Garden (19,314) New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll ^1 Game played in Corpus Christi, Texas. ^2 Game played in Greensboro, North Carolina. ^3 Game played in Raleigh, North Carolina ^4 Game played in New York City. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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 | 24 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | N/A |
| Coaches | 25 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 10 |

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Year | Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 2014 | 2 | 33 | Joe Harris | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2015 | 1 | 21 | Justin Anderson | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2016 | 2 | 36 | Malcolm Brogdon | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2018 | 2 | 53 | Devon Hall | Oklahoma City Thunder |