2013–14 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the first for the Cougars as members of the American Athletic Conference. The team, coached by James Dickey in his fourth year, played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. They finished the season 17–16, 8–10 in conference play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Conference tournament where they lost to Louisville.

2013–14 Houston Cougars men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record17–16 (8–10 The American)
Head coach
Associate head coachAlvin Brooks
Assistant coaches
  • Johnny Estelle
  • Ronnie Hamilton
Home arenaHofheinz Pavilion
2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Louisville* †153 .833316  .838
No. 15 Cincinnati153 .833277  .794
No. 18 UConn126 .667328  .800
SMU126 .6672710  .730
Memphis126 .6672410  .706
Houston810 .4441716  .515
Rutgers513 .2781221  .364
UCF414 .2221318  .419
Temple414 .222922  .290
South Florida315 .1671220  .375
The American Tournament winner
As of March 15th, 2014
*Louisville: 29 reg. season games, 3 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(31-6)(15-3)
Rankings from AP poll

After the season, Dickey stepped down for personal reasons. He was 64–62 in four seasons, and was replaced by Kelvin Sampson.

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