2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

The 2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2013 and concluded in March 2014. Practices began in October 2013, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the 2014 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament. The season was the first since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues.

2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 2013
through March 2014
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)ESPN, CBS
Regular Season
Co-ChampionsCincinnati, Louisville
Season MVPShabazz Napier, Connecticut
Top scorerSean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati
Tournament
ChampionsLouisville
  Runners-upConnecticut
Finals MVPRuss Smith, Louisville
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

This was the first season that Houston, Memphis, SMU, Temple, and UCF participated in American Athletic competition. It was also the final season for Louisville and Rutgers in Big East/AAC competition, as these schools left for the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten Conference respectively.

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