2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, round of 64
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	23–12 (10–8 Pac–12)
Head coach	Tad Boyle;
Assistant coaches	Jean Prioleau; Mike Rohn; Rodney Billups;
Home arena	Coors Events Center
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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


† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Tad Boyle was in his fourth season at Colorado. They were members of the Pac-12 Conference and played their home games at the Coors Events Center. They were dismantled by Pittsburgh in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.^[1]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Shane Harris-Tunks	15	C	6'11"	250	RS Junior	Liverpool, AUS	Injured
André Roberson	21	F	6'7"	210	Junior	San Antonio, TX	NBA draft
Sabatino Chen	23	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Louisville, CO	Graduated
Jeremy Adams	31	G	6'5"	220	RS Junior	Madison, MS	Transferred

Recruits

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tre'Shaun Fletcher SF	Tacoma, WA	Lincoln High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 29, 2012
Tre'Shaun Fletcher SF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 84
Jaron Hopkins SG	Mesa, AZ	Dobson High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 3, 2012
Jaron Hopkins SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79
Dustin Thomas PF	Texarkana, TX	Pleasant Grove High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sep 10, 2012
Dustin Thomas PF	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79
George King SF	San Antonio, TX	William J. Brennan High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	May 10, 2013
George King SF	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr
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: "Colorado 2013 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Askia Booker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Price HS	Los Angeles, CA
F	1	Wesley Gordon	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Fr	Sierra HS	Colorado Springs, CO
F	2	Xavier Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Mater Dei HS	Los Angeles, CA
G	3	Xavier Talton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Sterling HS	Sterling, CO
G	5	Eli Stalzer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Mater Dei HS	Santa Ana, CA
G/F	10	Tre'Shaun Fletcher	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Lincoln HS	Tacoma, WA
G	12	Kevin Nelson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Albuquerque Academy	Albuquerque, NM
F	13	Dustin Thomas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Pleasant Grove HS	Texarkana, TX
G	14	Beau Gamble	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Jr	Santa Clara Fairview HS	Boulder, CO
G	15	Brett Brady (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Highlands Ranch HS	Highlands Ranch, CO
G	23	Jaron Hopkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Dobson HS	Mesa, AZ
G/F	24	George King	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Fr	Brennan HS	San Antonio, TX
G	25	Spencer Dinwiddie	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Taft HS	Woodland Hills, CA
C	32	Ben Mills	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Arrowhead HS	Hartford, WI
G	35	Geoffrey Bates (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Plano West HS	Plano, TX
F	40	Josh Scott	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Lewis-Palmer HS	Monument, CO

Head coach

Tad Boyle (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Jean Prioleau (Fordham)
Mike Rohn (McPherson)
Rodney Billups (Denver)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 12/13/13

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Josh Scott		Ben Mills
PF	Wesley Gordon
SF	Xavier Johnson	Dustin Thomas	George King
SG	Jaron Hopkins	Tre'Shaun Fletcher	Eli Stalzer
PG	Askia Booker	Xavier Talton	Beau Gamble

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/08/2013* 8:00 pm, RTRM		vs. No. 25 Baylor Buckets and Boots Showcase	L 60–72	0–1	American Airlines Center (5,207) Dallas, TX
11/10/2013* 4:00 pm, P12N		Tennessee–Martin Global Sports Main Event	W 94–65	1–1	Coors Events Center (8,408) Boulder, CO
11/13/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N		Wyoming Global Sports Main Event	W 63–58	2–1	Coors Events Center (9,429) Boulder, CO
11/16/2013* 10:00 am, P12N		Jackson State Global Sports Main Event	W 94–70	3–1	Coors Events Center (9,042) Boulder, CO
11/18/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N		Arkansas State Global Sports Main Event	W 93–70	4–1	Coors Events Center (8,204) Boulder, CO
11/21/2013* 6:00 pm, P12N		UC Santa Barbara	W 76–68	5–1	Coors Events Center (8,488) Boulder, CO
11/24/2013* 2:30 pm, ESPNU		Harvard	W 70–62	6–1	Coors Events Center (9,770) Boulder, CO
11/30/2013* 2:00 pm		at Air Force	W 81–57	7–1	Clune Arena (5,394) Colorado Springs, CO
12/03/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Colorado State	W 67–62	8–1	Moby Arena (8,268) Fort Collins, CO
12/07/2013* 1:15 pm, ESPN2		No. 6 Kansas	W 75–72	9–1	Coors Events Center (11,113) Boulder, CO
12/13/2013* 6:30 pm, P12N	No. 21	Elon	W 80–63	10–1	Coors Events Center (8,831) Boulder, CO
12/21/2013* 9:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 20	vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State MGM Grand Showcase	L 73–78	10–2	MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,207) Paradise, NV
12/28/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	Georgia	W 84–70	11–2	Coors Events Center (10,848) Boulder, CO
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2014 8:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 20	Oregon State	W 64–58	12–2 (1–0)	Coors Events Center (9,851) Boulder, CO
01/05/2014 3:00 pm, FS1	No. 20	No. 10 Oregon	W 100–91	13–2 (2–0)	Coors Events Center (10,398) Boulder, CO
01/08/2014 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 15	vs. Washington State	W 71–70 ^OT	14–2 (3–0)	Spokane Arena (3,122) Spokane, WA
01/12/2014 1:00 pm, FS1	No. 15	at Washington	L 54–71	14–3 (3–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,742) Seattle, WA
01/16/2014 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	No. 25 UCLA	L 56–69	14–4 (3–2)	Coors Events Center (10,802) Boulder, CO
01/18/2014 12:00 pm, FS1	No. 21	USC	W 83–62	15–4 (4–2)	Coors Events Center (9,583) Boulder, CO
01/23/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 1 Arizona	L 57–69	15–5 (4–3)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
01/25/2014 5:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona State	L 51–72	15–6 (4–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (8,352) Tempe, AZ
02/01/2014 12:00 pm, P12N		Utah	W 79–75	16–6 (5–4)	Coors Events Center (9,607) Boulder, CO
02/05/2014 7:30 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 68–63	17–6 (6–4)	Coors Events Center (8,903) Boulder, CO
02/09/2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU		Washington	W 91–65	18–6 (7–4)	Coors Events Center (9,461) Boulder, CO
02/13/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at UCLA	L 74–92	18–7 (7–5)	Pauley Pavilion (8,431) Los Angeles, CA
02/16/2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at USC	W 83–74	19–7 (8–5)	Galen Center (3,187) Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2014 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Arizona State	W 61–52	20–7 (9–5)	Coors Events Center (9,666) Boulder, CO
02/22/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN		No. 4 Arizona College GameDay	L 61–88	20–8 (9–6)	Coors Events Center (11,025) Boulder, CO
03/01/2014 12:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	L 64–75	20–9 (9–7)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,027) Salt Lake City, UT
03/05/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Stanford	W 59–56	21–9 (10–7)	Maples Pavilion (4,558) Stanford, CA
03/08/2014 4:30 pm, P12N		at California	L 65–66 ^OT	21–10 (10–8)	Haas Pavilion (9,422) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 tournament
03/12/2014 3:30 pm, P12N		vs. USC First round	W 59–56	22–10	MGM Grand Garden Arena (8,734) Paradise, NV
03/13/2014 3:30 pm, P12N		vs. California Quarterfinals	W 59–56	23–10	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
03/14/2014 6:00 pm, P12N		vs. No. 4 Arizona Semifinals	L 43–63	23–11	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
03/20/2014* 11:40 am, TBS	No. (8 S)	vs. (9 S) Pittsburgh Second round	L 48–77	23–12	Amway Center (16,074) Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. During NCAA Tournament (#) denotes seed within region S=South.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**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	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	20	21	20	15	21	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	24	24	17	22	RV	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

^ "Pittsburgh trounces Colorado, 77-48". Los Angeles Times. March 20, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

[1] "Pittsburgh trounces Colorado, 77-48". Los Angeles Times. March 20, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

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