Although CBS Sports did not rank all the teams, they selected Louisiana Tech as their projected champion and mentioned Southern Miss and UTEP as contenders.[3]
Preseason Players to Watchedit
C-USA did not name a preseason all-conference team, but each of the coaches selected a player to watch from their team.
Preseason Players to Watch
Pierriá Henry, Charlotte Akeem Richmond, East Carolina Tymell Murphy, FIU Dragan Sekelja, Florida Atlantic Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech Elijah Pittman, Marshall Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee Jordan Williams, North Texas Keenan Palmore, Old Dominion Max Guercy, Rice Neil Watson, Southern Miss Tre Drye, Tulane James Woodard, Tulsa Rod Rucker, UAB Julian Washburn, UTEP Jeromie Hill, UTSA
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 12, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 252 student-athletes, from 25 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for NABC Coaches' All-America Honors. The following list represented the District 11 players chosen to the list.[5]
2014 Conference USA men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed
School
Conf.
Over.
Tiebreaker
First round March 11
Second round March 12
Quarterfinals March 13
Semifinals March 14
Championship March 15
1
Louisiana Tech †
13–3
27–7
2–1 vs Tul/MT/SM; 1–0 vs Tul
Bye
Bye
Defeated Charlotte 86–65
Defeated Southern Miss 88–70
Eliminated by Tulsa 69–60
2
Tulsa †
13–3
21–12
2–1 vs LT/MT/SM; 0–1 vs LT
Bye
Bye
Defeated Tulane 70–49
Defeated Middle Tennessee 76–69
Defeated Louisiana Tech 69–60
3
Middle Tennessee †
13–3
24–9
1–2 vs LT/Tul/SM; 1–0 vs. SM
Bye
Bye
Defeated Old Dominion 62–48
Eliminated by Tulsa 76–69
4
Southern Miss †
13–3
27–6
1–2 vs LT/Tul/MT; 0–1 vs. MT
Bye
Bye
Defeated UTEP 64–56
Eliminated by Louisiana Tech 88–70
5
UTEP #
12–4
23–10
Bye
Defeated East Carolina 77–68
Eliminated by Southern Miss 64–56
6
Old Dominion #
9–7
16–17
Bye
Defeated Marshall 78–58
Eliminated by Middle Tennessee 62–48
7
Tulane #
8–8
17–16
Bye
Defeated North Texas 66–61
Eliminated by Tulsa 70–49
8
UAB #
7–9
18–13
1–0 vs Charlotte
Bye
Eliminated by Charlotte 80–70
9
Charlotte #
7–9
17–14
0–1 vs UAB
Bye
Defeated UAB 80–70
Eliminated by Louisiana Tech 86–65
10
North Texas
6–10
16–16
Defeated Rice 63–62
Eliminated by Tulane 66–61
11
Florida Atlantic
5–11
10–22
1–0 vs East Carolina
Eliminated by Marshall 63–59
12
East Carolina
5–11
17–16
0–1 vs Florida Atlantic
Defeated UTSA 79–76
Eliminated by UTEP 77–68
13
UTSA
4–12
8–22
1–0 vs Marshall
Eliminated by East Carolina 79–76
14
Marshall
4–12
11–22
0–1 vs UTSA
Defeated Florida Atlantic 63–59
Eliminated by Old Dominion 78–58
15
Rice
2–14
7–23
Eliminated by North Texas 63–62
† – C-USA regular season co-champions and received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the C-USA tournament. FIU is ineligible due to Academic Progress Rate violations.
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The 2013 14 Conference USA men s basketball season began with practices in October 2013 followed by the start of the 2013 14 NCAA Division I men s basketball season in November 2013 14 Conference USA men s basketball seasonLeagueNCAA Division ISportBasketballNumber of teams16TV partner s CBS CBS Sports Network Fox Sports2013 14 NCAA Division I men s basketball seasonRegular season championsLouisiana TechTulsaMiddle TennesseeSouthern Miss Runners upUTEPSeason MVPShawn JonesTournamentChampionsTulsa Runners upLouisiana TechFinals MVPJames WoodardBasketball seasons 2012 132014 15 2013 14 Conference USA men s basketball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTLouisiana Tech 13 3 813 29 8 784Tulsa 13 3 813 21 13 618Middle Tennessee 13 3 813 24 9 727Southern Miss 13 3 813 29 7 806UTEP 12 4 750 23 11 676Old Dominion 9 7 563 18 18 500Tulane 8 8 500 17 17 500UAB 7 9 438 18 13 581Charlotte 7 9 438 17 14 548FIU 7 9 438 15 16 484North Texas 6 10 375 16 16 500Florida Atlantic 5 11 313 10 22 313East Carolina 5 11 313 17 17 500UTSA 4 12 250 8 22 267Marshall 4 12 250 11 22 333Rice 2 14 125 7 23 233 2014 C USA Tournament winnerRankings from AP poll Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties Contents 1 Preseason 1 1 Preseason polls 1 2 Preseason Players to Watch 2 Preconference schedules 2 1 Early season tournament victories 3 Rankings 4 Conference schedules 4 1 Conference matrix 5 Player of the week 6 Honors and awards 6 1 All Conference USA Awards and Teams 6 2 NABC 7 Postseason 7 1 Conference USA Tournament 7 2 NCAA tournament 7 3 National Invitation Tournament 7 4 College Basketball Invitational 7 5 CollegeInsider com Postseason Tournament 8 ReferencesPreseason editPreseason polls edit C USA was the only conference not to publish an official preseason poll However other publications did publish preseason projections Athlon Blue Ribbon ESPN 1 Lindy s NBC Sports 2 USA Today1 Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Southern Miss Southern Miss Southern Miss Louisiana Tech2 Southern Miss UTEP UTEP UAB UTEP Southern Miss3 UTEP Southern Miss Louisiana Tech UTEP Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee4 Charlotte Charlotte Tulsa Louisiana Tech Tulsa Charlotte5 UAB Middle Tennessee UAB Charlotte Charlotte UTEP6 Tulsa Tulsa Charlotte Tulsa UAB FIU7 Marshall UAB Middle Tennessee Marshall Marshall UAB8 Middle Tennessee North Texas Marshall Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee East Carolina9 East Carolina East Carolina FIU FIU FIU Tulsa10 Florida Atlantic Marshall North Texas East Carolina East Carolina Florida Atlantic11 North Texas FIU East Carolina North Texas North Texas Marshall12 Tulane Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic Tulane Tulane UTSA13 Old Dominion UTSA Tulane Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic Tulane14 Rice Tulane Old Dominion Rice Old Dominion North Texas15 UTSA Old Dominion UTSA UTSA UTSA Rice16 FIU Rice Rice Old Dominion Rice Old DominionAlthough CBS Sports did not rank all the teams they selected Louisiana Tech as their projected champion and mentioned Southern Miss and UTEP as contenders 3 Preseason Players to Watch edit C USA did not name a preseason all conference team but each of the coaches selected a player to watch from their team Preseason Players to WatchPierria Henry CharlotteAkeem Richmond East CarolinaTymell Murphy FIUDragan Sekelja Florida AtlanticRaheem Appleby Louisiana TechElijah Pittman MarshallShawn Jones Middle TennesseeJordan Williams North TexasKeenan Palmore Old DominionMax Guercy RiceNeil Watson Southern MissTre Drye TulaneJames Woodard TulsaRod Rucker UABJulian Washburn UTEPJeromie Hill UTSAPreconference schedules editEarly season tournament victories edit Name Dates Location No teams ChampionPuerto Rico Tip Off November 21 22 24 Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan PR 8 Charlotte 4 Gulf Coast Showcase November 25 27 Germain Arena Estero FL 8 Louisiana TechRankings editSee also 2013 14 NCAA Division I men s basketball rankings Legend Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Not ranked previous weekRV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll Pre Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 Wk20 FinalCharlotte AP RV RVC RV RVEast Carolina APCFIU APCFlorida Atlantic APCLouisiana Tech AP RV RV RVC RV RVMarshall APCMiddle Tennessee APC RVNorth Texas APCOld Dominion APCRice APCSouthern Miss AP RV RV RV RVC RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RVTulane APCTulsa APC RVUAB APCUTEP APCUTSA APCConference schedules editConference matrix edit This table summarizes the head to head results between teams in conference play Charlotte ECU FIU FAU LaTech Marshall MTSU UNT ODU Rice USM Tulane Tulsa UAB UTEP UTSAvs Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0vs East Carolina 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1vs FIU 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1vs Florida Atlantic 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0vs Louisiana Tech 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1vs Marshall 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0vs Middle Tennessee 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1vs North Texas 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1vs Old Dominion 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1vs Rice 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0vs Southern Miss 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1vs Tulane 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1vs Tulsa 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1vs UAB 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1vs UTEP 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2vs UTSA 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 Total 7 9 5 11 7 9 5 11 13 3 4 12 13 3 6 10 9 7 2 14 13 3 8 8 13 3 7 9 12 4 4 12Player of the week editPlayers of the weekThroughout the conference regular season the C USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday Week Player of the week Freshman of the weekNovember 11 2013 Rakeem Buckles FIU Matt Willms UTEPElijah Pittman MarshallNovember 18 2013 Louis Dabney Tulane Jonathan Stark TulaneC J Washington UABNovember 25 2013 Chad Frazier UAB Sean Obi RiceDecember 2 2013 Chad Frazier 2 UAB Kareem Canty MarshallDecember 9 2013 Pablo Bertone Florida Atlantic Kareem Canty 2 MarshallDecember 16 2013 Shawn Jones Middle Tennessee Kareem Canty 3 MarshallDecember 23 2013 Jonathan Stark Tulane Jonathan Stark 2 TulaneDecember 30 2013 John Bohannon UTEP Vince Hunter UTEPJanuary 6 2014 Alex Hamilton Louisiana Tech Ryan Taylor MarshallJanuary 13 2014 John Bohannon 2 UTEP Jonathan Stark 3 TulaneJanuary 20 2014 Michael Craig Southern Miss Vince Hunter 2 UTEPJanuary 27 2014 Speedy Smith Louisiana Tech Ryan Taylor 2 MarshallNeil Watson Southern MissFebruary 3 2014 Shawn Jones 2 Middle Tennessee Vince Hunter 3 UTEPFebruary 10 2014 Akeem Richmond East Carolina Marquan Botley Florida AtlanticFebruary 17 2014 Kerry Hammonds Middle Tennessee Vince Hunter 4 UTEPFebruary 24 2014 Aaron Brown Southern Miss Vince Hunter 5 UTEPMarch 3 2014 Daveon Boardingham Southern Miss Caleb White East CarolinaMarch 7 2014 Shawn Jones 3 Middle Tennessee Marquan Botley 2 Florida AtlanticHonors and awards editAll Conference USA Awards and Teams edit nbsp Shawn JonesHonor RecipientPlayer of the Year Shawn Jones Middle TennesseeCoach of the Year Danny Manning TulsaFreshman of the Year Vince Hunter UTEPDefensive Player of the Year Speedy Smith Louisiana TechNewcomer of the Year Chad Frazier UABSixth Man of the Year Kenyon McNeail Louisiana TechAll Conference USA First Team Pablo Bertone Florida AtlanticChad Frazier UABShawn Jones Middle TennesseeSpeedy Smith Louisiana TechNeil Watson Southern MissAll Conference USA Second Team Vince Hunter UTEPTymell Murphy FIUAkeem Richmond East CarolinaJulian Washburn UTEPJames Woodard TulsaAll Conference USA Third Team John Bohannon UTEPKareem Canty MarshallMichael Craig Southern MissAlex Hamilton Louisiana TechPierria Henry CharlotteAll Freshman Team Marquan Botley Florida AtlanticKareem Canty MarshallRyan Taylor MarshallSean Obi RiceJonathan Stark TulaneVince Hunter UTEPAll Defensive Team Pierria Henry CharlotteMichale Kyser Louisiana TechSpeedy Smith Louisiana TechTweety Knight Middle TennesseeJulian Washburn UTEPAll Academic Team Ben Cherry CharlotteJustin Raffington Florida AtlanticJackson Trapp Florida AtlanticVertrail Vaughns North TexasAustin Ramljak RiceNABC edit The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All District teams on March 12 recognizing the nation s best men s collegiate basketball student athletes Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC 252 student athletes from 25 districts were chosen The selections on this list were then eligible for NABC Coaches All America Honors The following list represented the District 11 players chosen to the list 5 First TeamShawn Jones Middle Tennessee Chad Frazier UAB Pablo Bertone Florida Atlantic Julian Washburn UTEP Kenneth Speedy Smith Louisiana Tech Second TeamNeil Watson Southern Miss Alex Hamilton Louisiana Tech Tymell Murphy FIU Vince Hunter UTEP James Woodard TulsaPostseason editConference USA Tournament edit Main article 2014 Conference USA men s basketball tournament March 11 15 2014 Conference USA Men s Basketball Tournament Don Haskins Center El Paso Texas 2014 Conference USA men s basketball tournament seeds and resultsSeed School Conf Over Tiebreaker First roundMarch 11 Second roundMarch 12 QuarterfinalsMarch 13 SemifinalsMarch 14 ChampionshipMarch 151 Louisiana Tech 13 3 27 7 2 1 vs Tul MT SM 1 0 vs Tul Bye Bye Defeated Charlotte 86 65 Defeated Southern Miss 88 70 Eliminated by Tulsa 69 602 Tulsa 13 3 21 12 2 1 vs LT MT SM 0 1 vs LT Bye Bye Defeated Tulane 70 49 Defeated Middle Tennessee 76 69 Defeated Louisiana Tech 69 603 Middle Tennessee 13 3 24 9 1 2 vs LT Tul SM 1 0 vs SM Bye Bye Defeated Old Dominion 62 48 Eliminated by Tulsa 76 694 Southern Miss 13 3 27 6 1 2 vs LT Tul MT 0 1 vs MT Bye Bye Defeated UTEP 64 56 Eliminated by Louisiana Tech 88 705 UTEP 12 4 23 10 Bye Defeated East Carolina 77 68 Eliminated by Southern Miss 64 566 Old Dominion 9 7 16 17 Bye Defeated Marshall 78 58 Eliminated by Middle Tennessee 62 487 Tulane 8 8 17 16 Bye Defeated North Texas 66 61 Eliminated by Tulsa 70 498 UAB 7 9 18 13 1 0 vs Charlotte Bye Eliminated by Charlotte 80 709 Charlotte 7 9 17 14 0 1 vs UAB Bye Defeated UAB 80 70 Eliminated by Louisiana Tech 86 6510 North Texas 6 10 16 16 Defeated Rice 63 62 Eliminated by Tulane 66 6111 Florida Atlantic 5 11 10 22 1 0 vs East Carolina Eliminated by Marshall 63 5912 East Carolina 5 11 17 16 0 1 vs Florida Atlantic Defeated UTSA 79 76 Eliminated by UTEP 77 6813 UTSA 4 12 8 22 1 0 vs Marshall Eliminated by East Carolina 79 7614 Marshall 4 12 11 22 0 1 vs UTSA Defeated Florida Atlantic 63 59 Eliminated by Old Dominion 78 5815 Rice 2 14 7 23 Eliminated by North Texas 63 62 C USA regular season co champions and received a double bye in the conference tournament Received a single bye in the conference tournament Overall records include all games played in the C USA tournament FIU is ineligible due to Academic Progress Rate violations NCAA tournament edit Main article 2014 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship13 South Tulsa n a Eliminated by UCLA 76 59W L 0 0 0 1 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 1 000National Invitation Tournament edit Main article 2014 National Invitation Tournament Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals3 Florida State Louisiana Tech Defeated Iona 89 88 Defeated Georgia 79 71 Eliminated by Florida State 78 753 Minnesota Southern Miss Defeated Toledo 66 59 Defeated Missouri 71 63 Eliminated by Minnesota 81 73W L 2 0 1 000 2 0 1 000 0 2 000 0 0 0 0 Total 4 2 667College Basketball Invitational edit Main article 2014 College Basketball Invitational School First round Quarterfinals Semifinals FinalsOld Dominion Defeated South Dakota State 72 65 Defeated Radford 82 59 Eliminated by Fresno State 71 64Tulane Eliminated by Princeton 56 55UTEP Eliminated by Fresno State 61 56W L 1 2 333 1 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 0 Total 2 3 400CollegeInsider com Postseason Tournament edit Main article 2014 CollegeInsider com Postseason Tournament School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals FinalsEast Carolina Eliminated by Wright State 73 59W L 0 1 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 1 000References edit 2013 14 Preview Tulane Green Wave September 3 2013 Conference USA 2013 14 Preview Southern Miss leads a large group of new teams October 25 2013 Archived copy Archived from the original on February 22 2014 Retrieved February 4 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Charlotte 49ers upset No 14 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