2013–14 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

2013–14 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-12 Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 20
2013–14 record	28–9 (12–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Steve Alford (1st year)
Assistant coach	Ed Schilling
Assistant coach	Duane Broussard
Assistant coach	David Grace
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion

2013–14 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#4 Arizona	15	–	3		.833			33	–	5		.868
#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
† 2014 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013–14 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins were led by first year head coach Steve Alford and played home games at Pauley Pavilion as members in the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 28–9, and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

UCLA finished 12–6 in Pac-12 play, finishing in second place in the conference. At the Pac-12 Tournament, the Bruins defeated the Arizona Wildcats 75–71 for the tournament championship. Kyle Anderson was voted the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after scoring 21 points and grabbing 15 rebounds in the championship game. As Pac-12 Tournament champions, the Bruins received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they defeated Tulsa and Stephen F. Austin to advance to the Sweet Sixteen—their first regional semifinal appearance since 2008—where they lost to Florida, who improved to 4–0 all-time against UCLA in the NCAA tournament.^[1]

Previous season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Shabazz Muhammad	15	G/F	6'6"	225	Freshman	Las Vegas, Nevada	2013 NBA Draft
Larry Drew II	10	PG	6'2"	180	Senior	Encino, California	Graduated

Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Zach LaVine G	Bothell, WA	Bothell High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jun 20, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 88
Bryce Alford G	Albuquerque, NM	La Cueva High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Mar 30, 2013
	Scout:   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 75
Noah Allen F	Salinas, CA	Palma High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Nov 6, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 75
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 16   Rivals: 28  ESPN: 20
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: "UCLA Commit List for 2013". Rivals.com. "2013 UCLA Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2013–14 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town G 0 Kazemi, NickNick Kazemi 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Tustin H.S. Santa Ana, California F 1 Bail, WanaahWanaah Bail 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Lamar Consolidated H.S. Houston, Texas G 2 Alford, KoryKory Alford 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So La Cueva H.S. Albuquerque, New Mexico G 3 Adams, JordanJordan Adams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Oak Hill Academy Lawrenceville, Georgia G 4 Powell, NormanNorman Powell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Lincoln H.S. San Diego, California G/F 5 Anderson, KyleKyle Anderson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So St. Anthony H.S. Fairview, New Jersey G 10 Hamilton, IsaacIsaac Hamilton (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr St. John Bosco H.S. Los Angeles, California F 12 Wear, DavidDavid Wear 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Sr Mater Dei H.S. Huntington Beach, California G 13 Brown, DavidDavid Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Mater Dei H.S. Anaheim Hills, California G 14 LaVine, ZachZach LaVine 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Bothell H.S. Bothell, Washington G 20 Alford, BryceBryce Alford 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr La Cueva H.S. Albuquerque, New Mexico G/F 22 Allen, NoahNoah Allen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Palma H.S. Salinas, California F/C 23 Parker, TonyTony Parker 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) So Miller Grove H.S. Lithonia, Georgia F 24 Wear, TravisTravis Wear 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Sr Mater Dei H.S. Huntington Beach, California G 30 Williams, AubreyAubrey Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Knight H.S. Palmdale, California C 44 Derboghosian, SoorenSooren Derboghosian 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Glendale C.C. Tehran, Iran	Head coach Steve Alford (Indiana) Assistant coach(es) Ed Schilling (Miami (OH)) Duane Broussard (Bradley) David Grace (Park) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 12/01/13

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
10/30/2013* 7:30 pm	No. 22	Cal State San Bernardino	W 96–66	–	Pauley Pavilion (4,522) Los Angeles, CA
11/04/2013* 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 22	Cal State San Marcos	W 109–79	–	Pauley Pavilion (4,023) Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/08/2013* 9:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	Drexel	W 72–67	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (6,859) Los Angeles, CA
11/12/2013* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	Oakland	W 91–60	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (4,771) Los Angeles, CA
11/18/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	Sacramento State	W 86–50	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (5,489) Los Angeles, CA
11/22/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	Morehead State Las Vegas Invitational	W 81–70	4–0	Pauley Pavilion (5,508) Los Angeles, CA
11/24/2013* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	Chattanooga Las Vegas Invitational	W 106–65	5–0	Pauley Pavilion (5,739) Los Angeles, CA
11/28/2013* 4:30 pm, ESPN3	No. 19	vs. Nevada Las Vegas Invitational	W 105–84	6–0	Orleans Arena (2,250) Paradise, NV
11/29/2013* 8:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 19	vs. Northwestern Las Vegas Invitational	W 95–79	7–0	Orleans Arena (2,520) Paradise, NV
12/03/2013* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	UC Santa Barbara	W 89–76	8–0	Pauley Pavilion (6,644) Los Angeles, CA
12/07/2013* 9:30 AM, CBS	No. 18	at Missouri	L 71–80	8–1	Mizzou Arena (8,826) Columbia, MO
12/14/2013* 5:00 pm, P12N		Prairie View A&M	W 95–71	9–1	Pauley Pavilion (6,864) Los Angeles, CA
12/19/2013* 4:30 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 8 Duke CARQUEST Auto Parts Classic	L 63–80	9–2	Madison Square Garden (15,410) New York City, NY
12/22/2013* 4:00 pm, P12N		Weber State	W 83–60	10–2	Pauley Pavilion (7,013) Los Angeles, CA
12/28/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		Alabama	W 75–67	11–2	Pauley Pavilion (9,061) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 regular season
01/05/2014 12:00 pm, FS1		USC	W 107–73	12–2 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (11,285) Los Angeles, CA
01/09/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN		No. 1 Arizona	L 75–79	12–3 (1–1)	Pauley Pavilion (13,283) Los Angeles, CA
01/12/2014 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Arizona State	W 87–72	13–3 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion (8,003) Los Angeles, CA
01/16/2014 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	at No. 21 Colorado	W 69–56	14–3 (3–1)	Coors Events Center (10,802) Boulder, CO
01/18/2014 1:00 pm, FS1	No. 25	at Utah	L 69–74	14–4 (3–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,267) Salt Lake City, UT
01/23/2014 8:00 pm, P12N		Stanford	W 91–74	15–4 (4–2)	Pauley Pavilion (9,068) Los Angeles, CA
01/26/2014 5:00 pm, ESPNU		California	W 76–64	16–4 (5–2)	Pauley Pavilion (10,344) Los Angeles, CA
01/30/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at Oregon	W 70–68	17–4 (6–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (8,766) Eugene, OR
02/02/2014 11:30 AM, ESPNU		at Oregon State	L 67–71	17–5 (6–3)	Gill Coliseum (4,509) Corvallis, OR
02/08/2014 7:30 pm, P12N		at USC	W 83–73	18–5 (7–3)	Galen Center (9,216) Los Angeles, CA
02/13/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Colorado	W 92–74	19–5 (8–3)	Pauley Pavilion (8,431) Los Angeles, CA
02/15/2014 2:00 pm, P12N		Utah	W 80–66	20–5 (9–3)	Pauley Pavilion (9,577) Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2014 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 23	at California	W 86–66	21–5 (10–3)	Haas Pavilion (10,837) Berkeley, CA
02/22/2014 3:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 23	at Stanford	L 74–83	21–6 (10–4)	Maples Pavilion (7,031) Stanford, CA
02/27/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Oregon	L 83–87 ^2OT	21–7 (10–5)	Pauley Pavilion (8,643) Los Angeles, CA
03/02/2014 6:00 pm, FS1		Oregon State	W 74–69	22–7 (11–5)	Pauley Pavilion (9,873) Los Angeles, CA
03/06/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at Washington	W 91–82	23–7 (12–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,894) Seattle, WA
03/08/2014 8:00 pm, FS1		at Washington State	L 55–73	23–8 (12–6)	Beasley Coliseum (3,142) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Tournament
03/13/2014 6:00 pm, P12N		vs. Oregon Quarterfinals	W 82–63	24–8	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
03/14/2014 8:40 pm, FS1		vs. Stanford Semifinals	W 84–59	25–8	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
03/15/2014 3:00 pm, FS1		vs. No. 4 Arizona Championship	W 75–71	26–8	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
NCAA Tournament
03/21/2014* 6:57 pm, truTV	No. 20 (4 S)	vs. (13 S) Tulsa Second round	W 76–59	27–8	Viejas Arena (11,488) San Diego, CA
03/23/2014* 4:10 pm, TBS	No. 20 (4 S)	vs. (12 S) Stephen F. Austin Third round	W 77–60	28–8	Viejas Arena (11,504) San Diego, CA
03/27/2014* 6:45 pm, CBS	No. 20 (4 S)	vs. No. 1 (1 S) Florida Sweet Sixteen	L 68–79	28–9	FedExForum (14,991) Memphis, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed within region. S=South Region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Honors

• January 27, 2014 – Kyle Anderson is named Pac-12 Conference Player-of-the-Week
• March 10, 2014 – Jordan Adams and Kyle Anderson are named to the All-Pac-12 Conference First Team; Bryce Alford and Zach LaVine are named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team; Jordan Adams and Norman Powell are named honorable mention of the All-Defensive Team
• March 11, 2014 – Jordan Adams and Kyle Anderson are named to the USBWA District IX All-District Team
• March 12, 2014 – Kyle Anderson and Jordan Adams are named to the NABC District 20 All-District First Team
• March 15, 2014 – Kyle Anderson was named Pac-12 Conference tournament MVP
• March 31, 2014 – Kyle Anderson was named to the third-team Associated Press and Sporting News All-America teams

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

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	Wk 20	Final
AP	22	24	22	19	18	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	20	N/A
Coaches	23	24	24	21	17	23	22	RV	RV	25	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	NR	23	15

Team players drafted in the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
2014	1	13	Zach LaVine	Minnesota Timberwolves
2014	1	22	Jordan Adams	Memphis Grizzlies
2014	1	30	Kyle Anderson	San Antonio Spurs

^[2]

Notes

Kyle Anderson against Oregon during Pac-12 Tournament

• September 26, 2013 – Isaac Hamilton joins the team^[3]
• October 17, 2013 – The Bruins were picked to finish 2nd in the conference by the Pac-12 media
• October 31, 2013 – Isaac Hamilton's appeal to NCAA to allow him to play this season without having to sit out a season was denied.
• November 29, 2013 – The team won the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational; Kyle Anderson was the tournament's MVP; Jordan Adams and Zach LaVine were named to the all-tournament team.^[4]
• January 27, 2014 – Sophomore Anderson was named Pac-12 Player of the Week
• February 27, 2014 - Anderson and Adams missed one game after being suspended for a violation of team rules.^[5]
• March 14, 2014 – Director of Operations Tyus Edney to be inducted into the Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honor.
• Home attendance for the season averaged 8,136 for the 13,800-seat Pauley Pavilion. It was down from 9,549 in 2012–13, with school officials attributing the higher attendance to the renovated reopening of the arena.^[6]
• March 15, 2014 – Norman Powell shot 16 of 18 points at the free throw line at the Pac-12 tournament, tied for the fourth best percentage in tournament history

See also

2013–14 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

References

1. "Gators finish off UCLA for 29th straight win, 4th straight Elite 8". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 27, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
2. UCLA Basketball Produces Three First-Round NBA Draft Picks, UCLABruins.com, June 26, 2014
3. UCLA Basketball Welcomes Isaac Hamilton, UCLABruins.com, September 26, 2013
4. "Burton named to Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational all-tournament team". NevadaWolfPack.com. Dec 1, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
5. "UCLA suspends key duo 1 game". ESPN.com. Associated Press. February 27, 2014. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014.
6. Foster, Chris (March 5, 2014). "UCLA basketball: Bruins' attendance tumbles". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014.

External links

• 2013–14 Season notes and stats