# 2013–14 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by third year head coach Rob Senderoff, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, colloquially known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to Miami (OH).

## Season
### Preseason

On May 30, 2013, Senderoff announced the team's complete non-conference schedule for the season. Key games included participation in the Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic, along with games against 2013 NCAA tournament participants Temple and Bucknell. The team's conference slate was announced on September 3, 2013. The Flashes scheduled to play Akron, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Miami, Ohio, Central Michigan, and Northern Illinois twice each in home-and-home series, while playing Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Toledo, and Western Michigan once each.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference Games |||||
| 11/8/2013* 7:00 pm | Ohio Northern | W 84–48 | 1–0 | MAC Center (2,240) Kent, OH |
| 11/11/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Temple | W 81–77 | 2–0 | Liacouras Center (6,589) Philadelphia, PA |
| 11/13/2013* 7:00 pm | at Seton Hall Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic | L 76–78 | 2–1 | Prudential Center (5,601) Newark, NJ |
| 11/17/2013* 2:00 pm | Saint Peter's | W 75–58 | 3–1 | MAC Center (2,282) Kent, OH |
| 11/21/2013* 7:00 pm | Western Carolina Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic | W 72–59 | 4–1 | MAC Center (2,473) Kent, OH |
| 11/22/2013* 7:00 pm | USC Upstate Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic | W 79–78 | 5–1 | MAC Center (2,394) Kent, OH |
| 11/23/2013* 7:00 pm | Niagara Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic | W 102–97 | 6–1 | MAC Center (2,173) Kent, OH |
| 11/27/2013* 7:00 pm | Youngstown State | W 83–79 | 7–1 | MAC Center (1,963) Kent, OH |
| 12/1/2013* 2:00 pm | Kennesaw State | W 68–51 | 8–1 | MAC Center (1,994) Kent, OH |
| 12/4/2013* 7:00 pm | Bucknell | L 59–66 | 8–2 | MAC Center (2,657) Kent, OH |
| 12/21/2013* 3:00 pm | at College of Charleston | W 58–54 | 9–2 | TD Arena (2,361) Charleston, SC |
| 12/28/2013* 7:00 pm | Cleveland State | L 70–78 | 9–3 | MAC Center (4,553) Kent, OH |
| 12/31/2013* 12:00 pm | at Princeton | L 68–73 | 9–4 | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,440) Princeton, NJ |
| Conference Games |||||
| 1/8/2014 7:00 pm | Ohio | L 53–59 | 9–5 (0–1) | MAC Center (4,143) Kent, OH |
| 1/11/2014 7:00 pm | Ball State | W 86–74 | 10–5 (1–1) | MAC Center (3,764) Kent, OH |
| 1/15/2014 8:00 pm | at Northern Illinois | W 73–64 $^{OT}$ | 11–5 (2–1) | Convocation Center (651) DeKalb, IL |
| 1/18/2014 2:30 pm | at Buffalo | L 60–71 | 11–6 (2–2) | Alumni Arena (3,347) Amherst, NY |
| 1/23/2014 7:00 pm | Western Michigan | L 59–75 | 11–7 (2–3) | MAC Center (2,993) Kent, OH |
| 1/26/2014 6:00 pm | at Toledo | L 78–81 | 11–8 (2–4) | Savage Arena (5,611) Toledo, OH |
| 1/29/2014 7:00 pm | Northern Illinois | L 49–50 | 11–9 (2–5) | MAC Center (2,234) Kent, OH |
| 2/1/2014 6:00 pm | Akron | W 60–57 | 12–9 (3–5) | MAC Center (6,181) Kent, OH |
| 2/5/2014 7:00 pm | at Central Michigan | L 73–78 $^{OT}$ | 12–10 (3–6) | McGuirk Arena (1,743) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 2/8/2014 2:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | L 53–70 | 12–11 (3–7) | Convocation Center (716) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 2/12/2014 7:00 pm | Bowling Green | W 62–61 | 13–11 (4–7) | MAC Center (2,724) Kent, OH |
| 2/15/2014 6:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 83–75 | 14–11 (5–7) | MAC Center (2,528) Kent, OH |
| 2/19/2014 7:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | W 75–63 | 15–11 (6–7) | Millett Hall (1,021) Oxford, OH |
| 2/22/2014 12:00 pm | Buffalo | L 69–78 | 15–12 (6–8) | MAC Center (3,104) Kent, OH |
| 2/26/2014 7:00 pm | at Bowling Green | L 66–73 | 15–13 (6–9) | Stroh Center (1,333) Bowling Green, OH |
| 3/1/2014 2:00 pm | at Ohio | W 75–61 | 16–13 (7–9) | Convocation Center (6,820) Athens, OH |
| 3/4/2014 7:00 pm | Miami (OH) | L 61–73 | 16–14 (7–10) | MAC Center (2,414) Kent, OH |
| 3/8/2014 7:00 pm | at Akron | L 54–58 | 16–15 (7–11) | James A. Rhodes Arena (5,488) Akron, OH |
| 2014 MAC tournament |||||
| 03/10/2014 7:00 pm | vs. Miami (OH) First round | L 64–71 | 16–16 | Millett Hall (780) Oxford, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||