# 2013–14 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by second year head coach Keno Davis, played their home games at the McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 3–15 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to Eastern Michigan.

## Season
### Preseason

Head coach Keno Davis announced the Chippewas' season schedule on September 3, 2013. The main highlight of the schedule was the first ever Central Michigan Tournament, with Montana State, Austin Peay, and Cal State Northridge participating. The Chippewas also schedule to visit Atlantic 10 squad Dayton. For the conference schedule, the Chippewas scheduled home-and-home series with Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan, Miami, and Kent State, while hosting Buffalo and Akron and visiting Ohio and Bowling Green.

### November

The Chippewas opened the regular season on November 8, 2013, with a dominating win over Division III opponent Manchester. John Simons scored 27 points to lead the Chippewas to a 101–49 victory.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 10/28/2013* 7:00 pm | Lake Superior State | W 92–88 $^{OT}$ | – | McGuirk Arena (N/A) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| Non-conference games |||||
| 11/08/2013* 2:30 pm | Manchester | W 101–49 | 1–0 | McGuirk Arena (N/A) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 11/12/2013* 8:00 pm | at Bradley | L 70–80 | 1–1 | Carver Arena (6,334) Peoria, IL |
| 11/16/2013* 6:30 pm | Pepperdine | L 71–88 | 1–2 | McGuirk Arena (1,593) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 11/21/2013* 7:00 pm | Austin Peay Central Michigan Tournament | W 90–75 | 2–2 | McGuirk Arena (1,252) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 11/22/2013* 7:00 pm | Montana State Central Michigan Tournament | L 54–59 | 2–3 | McGuirk Arena (1,539) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 11/23/2013* 7:30 pm | Cal State Northridge Central Michigan Tournament | W 90–76 | 3–3 | McGuirk Arena (1,575) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 11/26/2013* 8:00 pm | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 68–64 | 4–3 | American Bank Center (1,081) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 11/30/2013* 7:00 pm | Jacksonville State | W 66–61 | 5–3 | McGuirk Arena (769) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 12/07/2013* 8:00 pm | at SIU Edwardsville | W 65–64 | 6–3 | Vadalabene Center (2,116) Edwardsville, IL |
| 12/14/2013* 7:00 pm, TWCS | at Dayton | L 58–84 | 6–4 | University of Dayton Arena (12,153) Dayton, OH |
| 12/17/2013* 7:45 pm | at Jacksonville State | L 73–82 | 6–5 | Pete Mathews Coliseum (2,143) Jacksonville, AL |
| 01/03/2014* 7:00 pm | Marygrove | W 127–44 | 7–5 | McGuirk Arena (1,579) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| Conference games |||||
| 01/08/2014 7:00 pm | Miami (OH) | L 70–77 | 7–6 (0–1) | McGuirk Arena (1,592) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 01/11/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Toledo | L 71–86 | 7–7 (0–2) | Savage Arena (6,189) Toledo, OH |
| 01/15/2014 7:00 pm | at Bowling Green | L 57–67 | 7–8 (0–3) | Stroh Center (1,427) Bowling Green, OH |
| 01/18/2014 7:00 pm | Eastern Michigan | L 59–72 | 7–9 (0–4) | McGuirk Arena (2,428) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 01/22/2014 7:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | L 80–86 | 7–10 (0–5) | Millett Hall (746) Oxford, OH |
| 01/25/2014 7:00 pm | Akron | L 74–82 | 7–11 (0–6) | McGuirk Arena (2,039) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 01/29/2014 7:00 pm | at Ohio | L 67–71 | 7–12 (0–7) | Convocation Center (5,438) Athens, OH |
| 02/01/2014 2:00 pm | at Western Michigan | L 72–75 | 7–13 (0–8) | University Arena (3,504) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 02/05/2014 7:00 pm | Kent State | W 78–73 $^{OT}$ | 8–13 (1–8) | McGuirk Arena (1,743) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 02/08/2014 7:00 pm | Buffalo | L 70–79 | 8–14 (1–9) | McGuirk Arena (1,955) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 02/12/2014 8:00 pm | at Northern Illinois | L 63–88 | 8–15 (1–10) | Convocation Center (773) DeKalb, IL |
| 02/15/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Kent State | L 75–83 | 8–16 (1–11) | MAC Center (2,528) Kent, OH |
| 02/19/2014 7:00 pm | Ball State | W 101–95 $^{3OT}$ | 9–16 (2–11) | McGuirk Arena (1,673) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 02/23/2014 2:00 pm, WCMU | Northern Illinois | W 70–67 | 10–16 (3–11) | McGuirk Arena (1,797) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 02/26/2014 7:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | L 42–64 | 10–17 (3–12) | Convocation Center (571) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 03/01/2014 2:00 pm | at Ball State | L 71–74 | 10–18 (3–13) | John E. Worthen Arena (3,125) Muncie, IN |
| 03/04/2014 7:00 pm | Toledo | L 69–73 | 10–19 (3–14) | McGuirk Arena (1,713) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 03/08/2014 7:00 pm | Western Michigan | L 64–78 | 10–20 (3–15) | McGuirk Arena (2,087) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 2014 MAC tournament |||||
| 03/10/2014 7:30 pm | Eastern Michigan First round | L 60–72 | 10–21 | Convocation Center (863) Ypsilanti, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||