Conference Pac-12 Conference AP No. 4 Head coach Sean Miller (5th year) | Coaches No. 5 2013–14 record 33–5 (15–3 Pac-12) Assistant coach Joe Pasternack | |
The 2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Sean Miller and played home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 33–5, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to win the Pac-12 regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 Tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Weber State, Gonzaga, and San Diego State to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to Wisconsin.
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Previous season
Arizona's 2012–13 team finished with a record of 27–8 after advancing to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen. The team went 12–6 in the Pac-12 regular season, putting them in a three-way tie for second place. In the Pac-12 Tournament, the team defeated Colorado to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to UCLA. Ranked 21st in the post-season AP poll, the Cats were seeded 6th in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament. Arizona won its first two tournament games, defeating 11-seed Belmont and 14-seed Harvard, before falling to 2-seed Ohio State in the regional semifinals.
Incoming transfers
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Schedule
Arizona's thirteen-game non-conference schedule had two road games, two neutral-site games, and nine home games. The team spent Thanksgiving in New York City for the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal and championship rounds held at Madison Square Garden. Arizona was one of four regional hosts for the NIT Tip-Off's first and second rounds, the others being Duke, Alabama, and Rutgers.
In the unbalanced 18-game Pac-12 schedule, the Cats will face neither the Washington schools on the road nor the Los Angeles schools at home.
Team statistics
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