2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Sean Miller and played home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 33–5, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to win the first Pac-12 regular season championship for the 13th time since 2011. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 Tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Weber State, Gonzaga, and San Diego State to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to Wisconsin.

2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Pac-12 regular season champions NIT Season Tip-Off champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
2013–14 record	33–5 (15–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Sean Miller (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Joe Pasternack Emanuel Richardson Damon Stoudamire
Home arena	McKale Center

2013–14 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Arizona	15	–	3		.833			33	–	5		.868
No. 20 UCLA †	12	–	6		.667			28	–	9		.757
Oregon	10	–	8		.556			24	–	10		.706
Colorado	10	–	8		.556			23	–	12		.657
Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Stanford	10	–	8		.556			23	–	13		.639
California	10	–	8		.556			21	–	14		.600
Utah	9	–	9		.500			21	–	12		.636
Washington	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Oregon State	8	–	10		.444			16	–	16		.500
Washington State	3	–	15		.167			10	–	21		.323
USC	2	–	16		.111			11	–	21		.344
† 2014 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Arizona's 2012–13 team finished with a record of 27–8 after advancing to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen. The team went 12–6 in the Pac-12 regular season, putting them in a three-way tie for second place. In the Pac-12 Tournament, the team defeated Colorado to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to UCLA. Ranked 21st in the post-season AP poll, the Cats were seeded 6th in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament. Arizona won its first two tournament games, defeating 11-seed Belmont and 14-seed Harvard, before falling to 2-seed Ohio State in the regional semifinals.[1]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Angelo Chol	30	PF	6'9"	225	Sophomore	San Diego, California	Transferred to San Diego State after spring 2013 classes[2]
Quinton Crawford	51	SG	6'2"	200	Senior	Old Bridge, New Jersey	Graduated
Solomon Hill	44	SF	6'7"	220	Senior	Los Angeles, California	Selected 23rd overall by the Indiana Pacers in the 2013 NBA draft after graduation
Grant Jerrett	33	PF	6'10"	235	Freshman	La Verne, California	Drafted 40th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers; later traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder
Mark Lyons	2	PG	6'1"	200	Senior	Schenectady, New York	Signed with French Pro A team Choral Roanne[3]
Kevin Parrom	3	G/F	6'6"	220	Senior	Bronx, New York	Graduated
Max Wiepking	52	SF	6'6"	220	Senior	Englewood, Colorado	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Chris Johnson	52	G	6'6"	210	Junior	Gilbert, Arizona	The older brother of Nick Johnson joins the team as a walk on.[4]
Zach Peters	33	PF	6'10"	238	Freshman	Plano, Texas	The NCAA granted Peters four years of eligibility without requiring him to sit out in light of medical issues that kept him from playing while at Kansas and led to his withdrawal after the fall 2013 semester.[5][6]

• Point guard T. J. McConnell and center Matt Korcheck first played for Arizona in 2013-14 after red-shirting the previous season. McConnell, a Duquesne transfer and the nephew of Women's Basketball Hall of Fame member Suzie McConnell Serio, was required to sit out 2012–13 under NCAA transfer rules.[7] Korcheck was eligible to play as a junior college transfer but arranged with Miller to redshirt given Arizona's front-court depth.[8] Both had two years of eligibility remaining after redshirting.

2013 Recruiting class

Arizona recruits at the 2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

Aaron Gordon

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Aaron Gordon F	San Jose, CA	Archbishop Mitty High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Apr 2, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 96
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson F	Chester, PA	Chester High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 13, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 92
Elliott Pitts G	Dublin, CA	De La Salle High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Aug 12, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 82
Eric Conklin F	Scottsdale, AZ	Chaparral High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	May 11, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 58
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #4   Rivals: #4  ESPN: #5
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Arizona 2013 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2013 Arizona Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Gabe York 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Orange Lutheran Orange, California G 4 T. J. McConnell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Chartiers Valley/Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania F 11 Aaron Gordon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Archbishop Mitty San Jose, California G 13 Nick Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Findlay Prep Gilbert, Arizona G 20 Jordin Mayes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Westchester Los Angeles, California F 21 Brandon Ashley  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Findlay Prep Oakland, California F 23 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Chester Chester, Pennsylvania G 24 Elliott Pitts 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr De La Salle Dublin, California F/C 31 Matt Korcheck 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr Sabino/Cochise College Tucson, Arizona F/C 33 Zach Peters 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Fr Prestonwood Christian/Kansas Plano, Texas C 35 Kaleb Tarczewski 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So St. Mark's School Claremont, New Hampshire G 44 Trey Mason (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Loyola Los Angeles, California G 50 Jacob Hazzard (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Loyola Los Angeles, California F 52 Chris Johnson (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Jr South Kent/CSU San Bernardino Gilbert, Arizona F 54 Eric Conklin (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Chaparral Scottsdale, Arizona F 55 Drew Mellon (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Mater Dei Santa Ana, California	Head coach Sean Miller (Pittsburgh) Assistant coach(es) Joe Pasternack (Indiana) Emanuel Richardson (UPJ) Damon Stoudamire (Arizona) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 10/15/13

Depth chart

• before Feb. 1

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Kaleb Tarczewski	Matt Korcheck
PF	Brandon Ashley	Zach Peters	Eric Conklin
SF	Aaron Gordon	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Drew Mellon	Chris Johnson
SG	Nick Johnson	Gabe York	Elliott Pitts	Trey Mason
PG	T.J. McConnell	Jordin Mayes	Jacob Hazzard

• after Feb. 1

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Kaleb Tarczewski	Matt Korcheck
PF	Aaron Gordon	Zach Peters	Eric Conklin
SF	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Elliott Pitts	Drew Mellon	Chris Johnson
SG	Nick Johnson	Gabe York	Trey Mason
PG	T.J. McConnell	Jordin Mayes	Jacob Hazzard

Schedule

Arizona's thirteen-game non-conference schedule had two road games, two neutral-site games, and nine home games.[9] The team spent Thanksgiving in New York City for the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal and championship rounds held at Madison Square Garden. Arizona was one of four regional hosts for the NIT Tip-Off's first and second rounds, the others being Duke, Alabama, and Rutgers.[10]

In the unbalanced 18-game Pac-12 schedule, the Cats will face neither the Washington schools on the road nor the Los Angeles schools at home.[11]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/28/2013 7:00 pm, P12N		Augustana	W 84–52	–	McKale Center (13,340) Tucson, AZ
Non-conference regular season
11/08/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	Cal Poly	W 73–62	1–0	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
11/11/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	Long Beach State	W 91–57	2–0	McKale Center (14,087) Tucson, AZ
11/14/2013* 8:05 pm, CBSSN	No. 6	at San Diego State	W 69–60	3–0	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
11/18/2013* 9:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5	Fairleigh Dickinson NIT Season Tip-Off campus-site game	W 100–50	4–0	McKale Center (13,529) Tucson, AZ
11/19/2013* 9:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5	Rhode Island NIT Season Tip-Off campus-site game	W 87–59	5–0	McKale Center (13,354) Tucson, AZ
11/27/2013* 5:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 4	vs. Drexel NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals	W 66–62	6–0	Madison Square Garden (8,741) New York, NY
11/29/2013* 4:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	vs. No. 6 Duke NIT Season Tip-Off Championship	W 72–66	7–0	Madison Square Garden (13,266) New York, NY
12/03/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 2	Texas Tech	W 79–58	8–0	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
12/07/2013* 3:15 pm, ESPN2	No. 2	UNLV	W 63–58	9–0	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
12/11/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	New Mexico State	W 74–48	10–0	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
12/14/2013* 10:00 AM, CBS	No. 1	at No. 25 Michigan	W 72–70	11–0	Crisler Center (12,707) Ann Arbor, MI
12/19/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	Southern	W 69–43	12–0	McKale Center (14,149) Tucson, AZ
12/23/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	Northern Arizona	W 77–44	13–0	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2014 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	Washington State	W 60–25	14–0 (1–0)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
01/04/2014 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	Washington	W 71–62	15–0 (2–0)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
01/09/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at UCLA Rivalry	W 79–75	16–0 (3–0)	Pauley Pavilion (13,283) Los Angeles, CA
01/12/2014 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	at USC	W 73–53	17–0 (4–0)	Galen Center (8,347) Los Angeles, CA
01/16/2014 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 1	Arizona State Rivalry	W 91–68	18–0 (5–0)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
01/23/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 1	Colorado	W 69–57	19–0 (6–0)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
01/26/2014 6:00 pm, FS1	No. 1	Utah	W 65–56	20–0 (7–0)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
01/29/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 1	at Stanford	W 60–57	21–0 (8–0)	Maples Pavilion (7,233) Stanford, CA
02/01/2014 8:30 pm, P12N	No. 1	at California	L 58–60	21–1 (8–1)	Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkleley, CA
02/06/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	Oregon	W 67–65	22–1 (9–1)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
02/09/2014 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 2	Oregon State	W 76–54	23–1 (10–1)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
02/14/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	at Arizona State Rivalry	L 66–69 ^2OT	23–2 (10–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (10,699) Tempe, AZ
02/19/2014 8:00 pm, FS1	No. 4	at Utah	W 67–63 ^OT	24–2 (11–2)	Huntsman Center (14,266) Salt Lake City, UT
02/22/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	at Colorado College GameDay	W 88–61	25–2 (12–2)	Coors Events Center (11,025) Boulder, CO
02/26/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 3	California	W 87–59	26–2 (13–2)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
03/02/2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 3	Stanford	W 79–66	27–2 (14–2)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
03/05/2014 9:00 pm, FS1	No. 3	at Oregon State	W 74–69	28–2 (15–2)	Gill Coliseum (5,651) Corvallis, OR
03/08/2014 2:00 pm, CBS	No. 3	at Oregon	L 57–64	28–3 (15–3)	Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR
Pac-12 Tournament
03/13/2014 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	vs. Utah Quarterfinals	W 71–39	29–3	MGM Grand Garden Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV
03/14/2014 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	vs. Colorado Semifinals	W 63–43	30–3	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
03/15/2014 3:00 pm, FS1	No. 4	vs. UCLA Championship	L 71–75	30–4	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
NCAA Tournament
03/21/2014* 12:10 pm, TNT	No. 4 (1 W)	vs. (16 W) Weber State Second round	W 68–59	31–4	Viejas Arena (11,196) San Diego, CA
03/23/2014* 6:40 pm, TBS	No. 4 (1 W)	vs. (8 W) Gonzaga Third round	W 84–61	32–4	Viejas Arena (11,504) San Diego, CA
03/27/2014* 8:17 pm, TBS	No. 4 (1 W)	vs. No. 13 (4 W) San Diego State Sweet Sixteen	W 70–64	33–4	Honda Center (17,773) Anaheim, CA
03/29/2014* 5:49 pm, TBS	No. 4 (1 W)	vs. No. 12 (2 W) Wisconsin Elite Eight	L 63–64 ^OT	33–5	Honda Center (17,814) Anaheim, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. W=West Region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Ranking movement

See also: 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.

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	Post	Final
AP	6	6	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	N/A
Coaches	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	5

Team statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FGM-FGA	3PM-3PA	FTM-FTA	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brandon Ashley	22	22	27.7	93–178	11–29	56–74	5.8	1.0	0.6	0.7	11.5
Eric Conklin	7	0	2.4	2–2	0–0	0–0	0.1	0	0	0	0.6
Aaron Gordon	38	38	31.2	189–382	16–45	76–180	8.0	1.97	0.89	1.0	12.4
Jacob Hazzard	13	0	2.2	8–17	4–9	0–0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0	1.5
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	38	6	25.3	121–247	2–10	103–151	5.7	1.4	0.7	1.0	9.1
Nick Johnson	38	38	33.0	205–474	62–169	146–187	4.1	2.8	1.1	0.66	16.3
Matt Korecheck	22	0	4.6	8–12	0–0	8–12	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.1
Trey Mason	10	0	2.2	2–3	1–1	0–0	0.3	0.3	0	0	0.5
Jordin Mayes	34	1	5.7	15–45	3–15	11–17	0.5	0.5	0.3	0	1.3
T. J. McConnell	38	38	32.2	127–280	36–100	31–50	3.6	5.3	1.7	0.2	8.4
Drew Mellon	6	0	2.0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0.2	0.2	0	0	0.2
Zach Peters	11	0	2.8	0–6	0–6	0–0	0.4	0	0	0	0
Elliott Pitts	24	0	8.4	15–35	11–28	3–8	1.0	0.3	0.2	0	1.8
Kaleb Tarczewski	36	35	28.3	128–219	0-0	102–135	6.3	0.5	0.1	1.0	9.9
Gabe York	38	12	21.8	82–221	57–148	35–52	2.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	6.7
Chris Johnson	4	0	6.0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0	0	0	0	1.0

Source[12]

Awards

Aaron Gordon

• Freshman student-athlete of the year
• AP Honorable Mention
• 2013: USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year
• Individual All-America teams
• 2014 NCAA Tournament's West Regional all-tournament team
• Third All-America Team– Sporting News
• USBWA All-District team
• NABC All District Second Team
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Pac-12 First Team
• Pac–12 Freshman of the Year
• 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team[13]
• CBS Sports and U.S. Basketball Writers Association Freshman Of The Week Honors

Nick Johnson

• Junior student-athlete of the year
• Wooden All-American team
• AP All-American second team
• 2014 NCAA Tournament's West Regional all-tournament team
• First team All-American – TSN, USBWA
• Consensus All-American – USBWA, NABC, Sporting News
• USBWA All-District team
• NABC All District First Team
• USBWA District IX Player of the Year
• Pac-12 First Team
• Pac-12 All-Defense Team
• Pac-12 Player of the Year
• 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off MVP, All-Tournament Team[14]
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (December 2, 2013)[15]

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Freshman student-athlete of the year

Kaleb Tarczewski

• Sophomore student-athlete of the year

T. J. McConnell

• Pac-12 Second Team
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

Head Coach Sean Miller

• USBWA District IX Coach of the Year
• Pac-10/12 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year

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