# 2013–14 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flyers, led by third year head coach Archie Miller, played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 26–11, 10–6 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament where they lost to Saint Joseph's. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Ohio State, Syracuse and Stanford to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to Florida. Florida would later lose to eventual National Champion Connecticut.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/26/2013* 7:00 pm | | Ryerson | W 89–62 | – | UD Arena (10,807) Dayton, OH |
| 11/02/2013* 7:00 pm | | Findlay | W 96–87 | – | UD Arena (12,097) Dayton, OH |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/09/2013* 2:00 pm, FSOH | | IPFW | W 81–80 | 1–0 | UD Arena (12,145) Dayton, OH |
| 11/13/2013* 7:00 pm | | Saint Francis (PA) | W 70–56 | 2–0 | UD Arena (12,002) Dayton, OH |
| 11/16/2013* 12:00 pm, FSOH | | St. Francis Brooklyn Maui Invitational Opening Round | W 78–58 | 3–0 | UD Arena (12,183) Dayton, OH |
| 11/20/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Georgia Tech | W 82–72 | 4–0 | McCamish Pavilion (6,283) Atlanta, GA |
| 11/25/2013* 12:00 am, ESPN2 | | vs. No. 11 Gonzaga Maui Invitational First Round | W 84–79 | 5–0 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 11/26/2013* 9:30 pm, ESPN | | vs. No. 18 Baylor Maui Invitational semifinals | L 66–67 | 5–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 11/27/2013* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. California Maui Invitational 3rd place game | W 82–64 | 6–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 12/04/2013* 7:00 pm, FSOH | No. 25 | Delaware State | W 56–46 | 7–1 | UD Arena (11,571) Dayton, OH |
| 12/07/2013* 8:00 pm | No. 25 | at Illinois State | L 75–81 | 7–2 | Redbird Arena (6,697) Normal, IL |
| 12/14/2013* 7:00 pm | | Central Michigan | W 84–58 | 8–2 | UD Arena (12,153) Dayton, OH |
| 12/19/2013* 7:00 pm, NBCSN | | Iona | W 96–84 | 9–2 | UD Arena (11,539) Dayton, OH |
| 12/22/2013* 2:00 pm, TWCS | | USC | L 76–79 | 9–3 | UD Arena (12,240) Dayton, OH |
| 12/29/2013* 2:00 pm, FSOH | | Murray State | W 72–51 | 10–3 | UD Arena (12,067) Dayton, OH |
| 01/01/2014* 2:00 pm, FSOH | | Winthrop | W 81–47 | 11–3 | UD Arena (12,041) Dayton, OH |
| 01/04/2014* 8:00 pm, CSS | | at Ole Miss | W 83–80 $^{OT}$ | 12–3 | Tad Smith Coliseum (7,035) Biloxi, MS |
| Atlantic-10 regular season ||||||
| 01/11/2014 11:00 am, ESPN2 | | Saint Louis | L 59–67 | 12–4 (0–1) | UD Arena (12,597) Dayton, OH |
| 01/15/2014 9:00 pm, WHIO | | at Fordham | W 80–68 | 13–4 (1–1) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,249) Bronx, NY |
| 01/18/2014 3:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Richmond | L 64–73 | 13–5 (1–2) | Robins Center (7,201) Richmond, VA |
| 01/22/2014 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | VCU | L 66–80 | 13–6 (1–3) | UD Arena (12,512) Dayton, OH |
| 01/25/2014 4:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Rhode Island | L 76–88 | 13–7 (1–4) | Ryan Center (6,211) Kingston, RI |
| 01/29/2014 7:00 pm, WHIO | | Saint Joseph's | L 57–60 | 13–8 (1–5) | UD Arena (12,083) Dayton, OH |
| 02/01/2014 12:30 pm, NBCSN | | George Washington | W 75–65 | 14–8 (2–5) | UD Arena (13,321) Dayton, OH |
| 02/05/2014 7:00 pm, WHIO | | at George Mason | W 84–67 | 15–8 (3–5) | Patriot Center (3,863) Fairfax, VA |
| 02/08/2014 4:00 pm | | at St. Bonaventure | W 72–69 | 16–8 (4–5) | Reilly Center (5,344) Olean, NY |
| 02/12/2014 7:00 pm, WHIO | | Rhode Island | W 76–69 | 17–8 (5–5) | UD Arena (12,255) Dayton, OH |
| 02/19/2014 9:00 pm, CBSSN | | La Salle | W 65–53 | 18–8 (6–5) | UD Arena (12,380) Dayton, OH |
| 02/22/2014 2:00 pm | | at Duquesne | W 57–54 | 19–8 (7–5) | Consol Energy Center (6,271) Pittsburgh, OH |
| 02/25/2014 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Saint Joseph's | L 53–79 | 19–9 (7–6) | Hagan Arena (4,051) Philadelphia, PA |
| 03/01/2014 11:00 am, ESPNU | | Massachusetts | W 86–79 | 20–9 (8–6) | UD Arena (12,825) Dayton, OH |
| 03/05/2014 9:00 pm, CBSSN | | at No. 17 Saint Louis | W 72–67 | 21–9 (9–6) | Chaifetz Arena (10,395) St. Louis, MO |
| 03/08/2014 7:00 pm, WHIO | | Richmond | W 60–48 | 22–9 (10–6) | UD Arena (13,455) Dayton, OH |
| Atlantic 10 Tournament ||||||
| 03/13/2014 2:30 pm, NBCSN | (5) | vs. (13) Fordham Second round | W 87–74 | 23–9 | Barclays Center (6,823) Brooklyn, NY |
| 03/14/2014 2:30 pm, NBCSN | (5) | vs. (4) St. Joseph's Quarterfinals | L 67–70 | 23–10 | Barclays Center (7,308) Brooklyn, NY |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2014* 12:15 pm, CBS | (11 S) | vs. (6 S) No. 22 Ohio State Second round | W 60–59 | 24–10 | First Niagara Center (19,260) Buffalo, NY |
| 03/22/2014* 7:10 pm, CBS | (11 S) | vs. (3 S) No. 14 Syracuse Third round | W 55–53 | 25–10 | First Niagara Center (19,420) Buffalo, NY |
| 03/27/2014* 7:15 pm, CBS | (11 S) | vs. (10 S) Stanford Sweet Sixteen | W 82–72 | 26–10 | FedExForum (14,991) Memphis TN |
| 03/29/2014* 6:09 pm, TBS | (11 S) | vs. (1 S) No. 1 Florida Elite Eight | L 52–62 | 26–11 | FedExForum (15,443) Memphis TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll, (#) denotes seed within region S=South. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## 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 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 18т |