2013–14 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

2013–14 Big West men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	13	–	3	.813	23	–	12	.657
UC Santa Barbara	12	–	4	.750	21	–	9	.700
Long Beach State	10	–	6	.625	15	–	17	.469
Hawai'i	9	–	7	.563	20	–	11	.645
Cal State Northridge	7	–	9	.438	17	–	18	.486
Cal Poly †	6	–	10	.375	14	–	20	.412
Cal State Fullerton	6	–	10	.375	11	–	20	.355
UC Riverside	5	–	11	.313	10	–	21	.323
UC Davis	4	–	12	.250	9	–	22	.290


† 2014 Big West tournament winner

The 2013–14 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fourth year head coach Russell Turner^[1] and played their home games at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 13–3 in Big West play to win the Big West regular season championship. They advanced to the Big West Conference Tournament where they lost to Cal Poly. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament they earned an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to SMU.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Jaron Martin	Guard	5–10	160	Freshman	Sunland, California
1	Alex Young	Guard	6–1	190	Sophomore	Phoenix, Oregon
2	Travis Souza	Forward	6–5	212	Junior	Turlock, California
3	Will Davis II	Forward/Center	6–8	210	Junior	Sacramento, California
4	Reed McConnell	Forward	6–5	195	Sophomore	Atherton, California
5	Chris McNealy	Guard	6–4	195	Senior	Danville, California
10	Luke Nelson	Guard	6–3	182	Freshman	Worthing, England, United Kingdom
12	Ioannis Dimakopoulos	Forward/Center	7-2	255	Freshman	Patras, Greece
20	Shawn Ray	Forward	6–8	232	Junior	Torrance, California
24	Dominique Dunning	Guard	6–4	212	Sophomore	Corona, California
25	John Ryan	Center	6–10	248	Junior	El Segundo, California
32	Aaron Wright	Guard	6–3	198	Sophomore	Cerritos, California
33	Mike Best	Forward	6–10	215	Sophomore	San Rafael, California
34	Mamadou Ndiaye	Center	7–6	290	Freshman	Dakar, Senegal
35	Ege Mala	Forward	6–7	210	Freshman	Izmir, Turkey
42	Conor Clifford	Center	7–0	260	Sophomore	Huntington Beach, California

Schedule

Source^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2013* 7:00 pm		Chapman	W 89–61	–	Bren Events Center (1,601) Irvine, CA
Regular season
11/08/2013* 7:00 pm		Fresno State	L 97–98 ^OT	0–1	Bren Events Center (3,241) Irvine, CA
11/12/2013* 7:00 pm		at Pacific	L 79–84	0–2	Alex G. Spanos Center (1,862) Stockton, CA
11/14/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N		at Washington 2K Sports Classic	W 86–72	1–2	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,875) Seattle, WA
11/17/2013* 7:00 pm		Pacifica	W 110–73	2–2	Bren Events Center (1,709) Irvine, CA
11/22/2013* 7:00 pm		Long Island 2K Sports Classic	W 84–64	3–2	Bren Events Center (2,379) Irvine, CA
11/23/2013* 5:30 pm		Boston University 2K Sports Classic	L 68–74	3–3	Bren Events Center (2,108) Irvine, CA
11/24/2013* 4:00 pm		Eastern Washington 2K Sports Classic	W 81–58	4–3	Bren Events Center (1,576) Irvine, CA
11/30/2013* 7:05 pm		at Sacramento State	W 79–53	5–3	Colberg Court (961) Sacramento, CA
12/02/2013* 7:30 pm, P12N		at California	L 56–73	5–4	Haas Pavilion (7,980) Berkeley, CA
12/07/2013* 7:00 pm		Pepperdine	L 69–75	5–5	Bren Events Center (2,283) Irvine, CA
12/15/2013* 2:05 pm		at Eastern Washington	W 70–61	6–5	Reese Court (911) Cheney, WA
12/17/2013* 7:30 pm, P12N		at No. 13 Oregon	L 63–91	6–6	Matthew Knight Arena (5,958) Eugene, OR
12/21/2013* 1:00 pm		at Denver	W 63–50	7–6	Magness Arena (2,754) Denver, CO
12/28/2013* 11:00 am, P12N		at Arizona State	L 61–74	7–7	Wells Fargo Arena (5,883) Tempe, AZ
01/02/2014* 7:30 pm		Morgan State	W 75–63	8–7	Bren Events Center (1,657) Irvine, CA
01/04/2014* 7:00 pm		San Diego Christian	W 91–56	9–7	Bren Events Center (1,231) Irvine, CA
01/09/2014 8:00 pm, Prime Ticket		at Long Beach State	W 46–44	10–7 (1–0)	Walter Pyramid (2,817) Long Beach, CA
01/11/2014 7:00 pm		at UC Riverside	W 72–52	11–7 (2–0)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,965) Riverside, CA
01/16/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Cal State Fullerton	W 72–54	12–7 (3–0)	Bren Events Center (2,352) Irvine, CA
01/23/2014 7:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 72–66	13–7 (4–0)	Bren Events Center (1,506) Irvine, CA
01/25/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Hawaiʻi	L 86–90 ^OT	13–8 (4–1)	Bren Events Center (4,305) Irvine, CA
01/30/2014 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	L 60–80	13–9 (4–2)	The Thunderdome (3,013) Santa Barbara, CA
02/01/2014 8:00 pm, ESPNU		at Cal Poly	W 64–50	14–9 (5–2)	Mott Gym (3,032) San Luis Obispo, CA
02/06/2014 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket		Long Beach State	W 61–58	15–9 (6–2)	Bren Events Center (2,979) Irvine, CA
02/08/2014 7:00 pm		at UC Davis	W 61–59	16–9 (7–2)	The Pavilion (1,598) Davis, CA
02/15/2014 7:00 pm, Cox 3 (tape delay)		UC Riverside	W 70–52	17–9 (8–2)	Bren Events Center (2,986) Irvine, CA
02/20/2014 9:00 pm, OC Sports		at Hawaiʻi	W 60–56 ^OT	18–9 (9–2)	Stan Sheriff Center (6,493) Honolulu, HI
02/22/2014 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket		at Cal State Northridge	L 75–81	18–10 (9–3)	Matadome (1,321) Northridge, CA
02/27/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UC Santa Barbara	W 71–60	19–10 (10–3)	Bren Events Center (2,680) Irvine, CA
03/01/2014 8:00 pm, ESPNU		Cal Poly	W 55–48	20–10 (11–3)	Bren Events Center (2,422) Irvine, CA
03/06/2014 7:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	W 62–44	21–10 (12–3)	Titan Gym (1,617) Fullerton, CA
03/08/2014 4:30 pm, Prime Ticket		UC Davis	W 74–46	22–10 (13–3)	Bren Events Center (2,252) Irvine, CA
Big West Tournament
03/13/2014 6:00 pm, Prime Ticket/Fox Deportes/FCS Pacific/FSSD		vs. UC Riverside Quarterfinals	W 63–43	23–10	Honda Center (3,693) Anaheim, CA
03/14/2014 6:30 pm, ESPN3/ESPNU(delayed)		vs. Cal Poly Semifinals	L 58–61	23–11	Honda Center (4,589) Anaheim, CA
NIT
03/19/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. (8)	at No. (25) (1) SMU First round	L 54–68	23–12	Moody Coliseum (5,031) Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

^ "UC Irvine hires NBA assistant Russell Turner as head basketball coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
^ "'Eaters with 17 home dates in 2013-14". UC Irvine athletics. Retrieved 2013-07-11.

[1] "UC Irvine hires NBA assistant Russell Turner as head basketball coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-04-09.

[2] "'Eaters with 17 home dates in 2013-14". UC Irvine athletics. Retrieved 2013-07-11.

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