2013–14 UMass Minutemen basketball team

The 2013–14 Massachusetts Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by sixth year head coach Derek Kellogg, played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

2013–14 UMass Minutemen basketball
NCAA tournament, round of 64
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record24–9 (10–6 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Shyrone Chatman
  • Adam Ginsburg
  • Marlon Williamson
Home arenaWilliam D. Mullins Memorial Center
201314 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 Saint Louis133 .813277  .794
No. 24 VCU124 .750269  .743
George Washington115 .688249  .727
Saint Joseph's115 .6882410  .706
UMass106 .625249  .727
Dayton106 .6252611  .703
Richmond88 .5001914  .576
La Salle79 .4381516  .484
St. Bonaventure610 .3751815  .545
Rhode Island511 .3131418  .438
Duquesne511 .3131317  .433
George Mason412 .2501120  .355
Fordham214 .1251021  .323
2014 A10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Early in the season UMass won the Charleston Classic tournament. Following this tournament victory and beginning the season 6–0, the Minutemen would be ranked #24 in the AP Poll. This marked the first time since 1998 that UMass would be ranked in the AP Top 25. They finished the regular season 23–7, 10–6 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. The Minutemen were eliminated in the A-10 tournament quarterfinals. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first NCAA bid in 16 years. They lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Tennessee to finish the season 24–9.

In 2014, shortly after the end of the season, sophomore starting guard Derrick Gordon came out as gay, making him the first Division I men's basketball player to do so while still playing in college.

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