# 2013–14 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represented Saint Louis University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Billikens were led by their head coach Jim Crews who was in his first full year season at Saint Louis. The team played their home games at Chaifetz Arena. They were a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 27–7, 13–3 in A-10 play to win the regular season conference championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament to St. Bonaventure. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated NC State in the second round before losing in the third round to Louisville.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/31/2013* 7:00 pm | | Fontbonne | W 94–38 | – | Chaifetz Arena (N/A) St. Louis, MO |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/08/2013* 7:30 pm, FSMW | | SE Missouri State | W 87–64 | 1–0 | Chaifetz Arena (7,714) St. Louis, MO |
| 11/13/2013* 7:00 pm, FSMW | | at SIU Edwardsville | W 82–58 | 2–0 | Vadalabene Center (4,007) Edwardsville, IL |
| 11/16/2013* 7:00 pm | | at Southern Illinois | W 76–67 | 3–0 | SIU Arena (5,640) Carbondale, IL |
| 11/21/2013* 7:00 pm, FSMW+ | | Oral Roberts Cancún Challenge | W 72–55 | 4–0 | Chaifetz Arena (6,143) St. Louis, MO |
| 11/23/2013* 7:00 pm, FSMW+ | | Bowling Green Cancún Challenge | W 74–47 | 5–0 | Chaifetz Arena (6,741) St. Louis, MO |
| 11/26/2013* 7:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. No. 10 Wisconsin Cancún Challenge semifinals | L 57–63 | 5–1 | Hard Rock Hotel Rivera Maya (934) Cancún, MX |
| 11/27/2013* 6:00 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Old Dominion Cancún Challenge Consolation | W 62–52 | 6–1 | Hard Rock Hotel Rivera Maya (934) Cancún, MX |
| 12/01/2013* 12:00 pm, CBSSN | | No. 12 Wichita State | L 65–70 | 6–2 | Chaifetz Arena (9,031) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/03/2013* 7:30 pm, FSMW | | Rockhurst | W 68–43 | 7–2 | Chaifetz Arena (5,810) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/07/2013* 7:00 pm | | at Valparaiso | W 67–65 | 8–2 | Athletics-Recreation Center (853) Valparaiso, IN |
| 12/14/2013* 7:00 pm, FSMW+ | | Wofford | W 66–52 | 9–2 | Chaifetz Arena (6,404) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/18/2013* 7:00 pm, FSMW | | Indiana State | W 83–66 | 10–2 | Chaifetz Arena (7,205) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/21/2013* 3:00 pm, FSMW | | North Carolina A&T | W 79–57 | 11–2 | Chaifetz Arena (8,015) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/30/2013* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Vanderbilt | W 57–49 | 12–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (9,305) Nashville, TN |
| 01/04/2014* 4:30 pm, NBCSN | | Yale | W 75–55 | 13–2 | Chaifetz Arena (8,659) St. Louis, MO |
| 01/07/2014 6:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Rhode Island | W 59–58 | 14–2 (1–0) | Ryan Center (4,510) Kingston, RI |
| 01/11/2014 10:00 am, ESPN2 | | at Dayton | W 67–59 | 15–2 (2–0) | UD Arena (12,597) Dayton, OH |
| 01/15/2014 7:00 pm, FSMW | No. 24 | St. Bonaventure | W 66–60 | 16–2 (3–0) | Chaifetz Arena (8,388) St. Louis, MO |
| 01/18/2014 1:30 pm, NBCSN | No. 24 | Fordham | W 70–48 | 17–2 (4–0) | Chaifetz Arena (9,265) St. Louis, MO |
| 01/22/2014 6:00 pm | No. 19 | at Duquesne | W 76–72 | 18–2 (5–0) | A. J. Palumbo Center (2,274) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/29/2014 7:00 pm, FSMW | No. 19 | Richmond | W 77–57 | 19–2 (6–0) | Chaifetz Arena (8,853) St. Louis, MO |
| 02/01/2014 1:30 pm, NBCSN | No. 19 | George Mason | W 87–81 $^{OT}$ | 20–2 (7–0) | Chaifetz Arena (9,148) St. Louis, MO |
| 02/05/2014 6:00 pm, FSMW+ | No. 13 | at Saint Joseph's | W 65–49 | 21–2 (8–0) | Hagan Arena (4,076) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/08/2014 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | at La Salle | W 65–63 | 22–2 (9–0) | Tom Gola Arena (3,400) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/15/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 12 | VCU | W 64–62 | 23–2 (10–0) | Chaifetz Arena (10,639) St. Louis, MO |
| 02/19/2014 6:00 pm, NBCSN | No. 10 | at George Mason | W 89–85 $^{OT}$ | 24–2 (11–0) | Patriot Center (4,057) Fairfax, VA |
| 02/22/2014 7:00 pm, FSMW | No. 10 | George Washington | W 66–59 | 25–2 (12–0) | Chaifetz Arena (10,623) St. Louis, MO |
| 02/27/2014 7:00 pm, NBCSN | No. 10 | Duquesne | L 64–71 | 25–3 (12–1) | Chaifetz Arena (10,245) St. Louis, MO |
| 03/01/2014 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 10 | at VCU | L 56–67 | 25–4 (12–2) | Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,741) Richmond, VA |
| 03/05/2014 8:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 17 | Dayton | L 67–72 | 25–5 (12–3) | Chaifetz Arena (10,395) St. Louis, MO |
| 03/08/2014 1:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 17 | at Massachusetts | W 64–62 | 26–5 (13–3) | Mullins Center (9,493) Amherst, MA |
| Atlantic 10 tournament ||||||
| 03/14/2014 11:00 am, NBCSN | (1) No. 18 | vs. (9) St. Bonaventure Quarterfinals | L 68–71 | 26–6 | Barclays Center (7,308) Brooklyn, NY |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2014* 8:20 pm, TNT | (5 MW) No. 25 | vs. (12 MW) NC State Second round | W 83–80 $^{OT}$ | 27–6 | Amway Center (14,866) Orlando, FL |
| 03/22/2014* 1:45 pm, CBS | (5 MW) No. 25 | vs. (4 MW) No. 5 Louisville Third round | L 51–66 | 27–7 | Amway Center (18,512) Orlando, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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 | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | 24 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 25 | N/A |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 25 |

## Preseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Kwamain Mitchell | 3 | G | 5'10" | 175 | Senior | Milwaukee, WI | Graduated |
| Sean Duff | 15 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Junior | St. Louis, MO | Graduated |
| Jared Drew | 22 | F | 6'4" | 205 | Freshman | Indianapolis, IN | Transferred |
| Cody Ellis | 24 | F | 6'8" | 245 | Senior | Perth, AUS | Graduated |
| Cory Remekun | 32 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Senior | Dallas, TX | Graduated |