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2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	2013–14
team	Arizona Wildcats
image	Arizona Wildcats logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Pac-12 Conference
short_conf	Pac-12
CoachRank	5
APRank	4
record	33–5
conf_record	15–3
head_coach	Sean Miller
hc_year	5th
asst_coach1	Joe Pasternack
asst_coach2	Emanuel Richardson
asst_coach3	Damon Stoudamire
stadium	McKale Center
champion	Pac-12 regular season champions
NIT Season Tip-Off champions
bowl	[NCAA tournament](2014-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
bowl_result	Elite Eight

NIT Season Tip-Off champions 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 and won their first Pac-12 regular season championship since 2011 (the 13th time overall). 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.

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.

Off-season

Departures

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

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Chris Johnson	52	G	6'6"	210	Junior	Gilbert, AZ	The older brother of Nick Johnson joins the team as a walk-on.
Zach Peters	33	PF	6'10"	238	Freshman	Plano, TX	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.

Point guard T. J. McConnell and center Matt Korcheck first played for Arizona in 2013–14 after redshirting 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. Korcheck was eligible to play as a junior college transfer but arranged with Miller to redshirt given Arizona's front-court depth. Both had two years of eligibility remaining after redshirting.

2013 recruiting class

Roster

Sean Miller ()
Joe Pasternack ()
Emanuel Richardson ()
Damon Stoudamire ()

Depth chart

before February 1
after February 1

Schedule

Arizona's thirteen-game non-conference schedule had two road games, two neutral-site games, and nine home games. 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.

In the unbalanced 18-game Pac-12 schedule, the Cats faced neither the Washington schools on the road nor the Los Angeles schools at home.

Ranking movement

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	Coaches
6	6	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	N/A
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:

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
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
Pac-12 Player of the Week (December 2, 2013) ;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

References

(March 29, 2013). "2012‐13 University of Arizona Basketball Season Stats". The University of Arizona - Official Athletics Website.
Pascoe, Bruce. (July 24, 2013). "Lyons packing for France after brief NBA experience". Arizona Daily Star.
Pascoe, Bruce. (May 9, 2013). "Next stop for Chol is SDSU, coach says". Arizona Daily Star.
Pascoe, Bruce. (July 31, 2013). "Johnson's big brother to walk on with Cats". Arizona Daily Star.
Norlander, Matt. (September 27, 2013). "Kansas transfer Zach Peters cleared to play this season at Arizona".
Pascoe, Bruce. (May 13, 2013). "Forward Peters set to start over at UA". Arizona Daily Star.
O'Neil, Dana. (March 27, 2014). "McConnell is Arizona's steady hand". [[ESPN.com]].
Pascoe, Bruce. (April 10, 2012). "Korcheck gives UA rare local player". Arizona Daily Star.
"Arizona Wildcats MBB Depth Charts - RealGM".
(May 23, 2013). "Men's Basketball Announces 2013-14 Non-Conference Schedule". arizonawildcats.com.
Williams, Evan. (April 30, 2013). "Arizona, Duke Headline 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off". bustingbrackets.com.
Pascoe, Bruce. (May 6, 2013). "Arizona Wildcats to open basketball season against Cal Poly". Arizona Daily Star.
"2013-14 Team Statistics". The University of Arizona – Official Athletics Website.
Pascoe, Bruce. (November 30, 2013). "Cats do it all in win over No. 6 Duke". Arizona Daily Star.
Pascoe, Bruce. (November 30, 2013). "Johnson comes alive in second half". Arizona Daily Star.
Allen, Percy. (December 2, 2013). "Pac-12 Player of the Week: Nick Johnson". [[Seattle Times]].

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