2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by 13th year head coach Will Brown, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 9–7 in American East play to finish in fourth place. They were champions of the America East Conference tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they defeated Mount St. Mary's in the First Four before losing in the second round to Florida.[1][2]

2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, round of 64
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record19–15 (9–7 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chad O'Donnell
  • Jeremy Friel
  • Jon Iati
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
Seasons
2013–14 America East Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Vermont151 .9382211 .667
Stony Brook133 .8132311 .676
Hartford106 .6251716 .515
Albany97 .5631915 .559
UMass Lowell*88 .5001018 .357
UMBC511 .313921 .300
Binghamton412 .250723 .233
Maine412 .250623 .207
New Hampshire412 .250624 .200
2014 America East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition

Roster

2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G0Anthony Odunsi6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)210 lb (95 kg)JrTylerSugar Land, Texas
G3D. J. Evans5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)175 lb (79 kg)SrEast MississippiBrandon, Mississippi
F4Levan Shengelia6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)250 lb (113 kg)JrOdessaTbilisi, Republic of Georgia
G5Anders Haas6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg)SoState College of Florida
Bishop O'Dowd
Copenhagen, Denmark
F10Mike Rowley6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)230 lb (104 kg)FrKnox Grammar SchoolSydney, Australia
F11Luke Devlin6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)235 lb (107 kg)SrNewington CollegeSydney, Australia
G12Peter Hooley6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg)SoConcordia CollegeHahndorf, South Australia
G13Reece Williams6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)200 lb (91 kg)SoWoodlandsWhite Plains, New York
F14Sam Rowley6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)200 lb (91 kg)JrKnox Grammar SchoolSydney, Australia
F15Ede Egharevba6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg)SoMidlandQueens, New York
F20Gary Johnson6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg)SrOxnard (CA)Moreno Valley, California
F22Dave Wiegmann6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg)SrSouthwestern IllinoisBreese, Illinois
F24Dallas Ennema6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg)FrSheldonSheldon, Iowa
C44John Puk6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)235 lb (107 kg)SrWaterloo WestWaterloo, Iowa
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 27, 2013

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsSite (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
11/08/2013*
7:00 pm
at Siena
Mayor's Cup
W 74–62 1–0
 17  Tied  9  Rowley  2  Evans Times Union Center (11,311)
Albany, NY
11/12/2013*
7:00 pm
NJITW 71–65 2–0
 20  Evans  5  Johnson  4  Johnson SEFCU Arena (3,141)
Albany, NY
11/16/2013*
2:00 pm
at QuinnipiacL 69–79 2–1
 20  Rowley  6  Tied  5  Evans TD Bank Sports Center (1,885)
Hamden, CT
11/20/2013*
7:00 pm
at DuquesneL 59–70 2–2
 21  Hooley  10  Rowley  3  Tied A. J. Palumbo Center (1,991)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/23/2013*
7:00 pm
BucknellL 64–77 2–3
 21  Hooley  10  Rowley  3  Evans SEFCU Arena (3,756)
Albany, NY
11/26/2013*
7:00 pm
at RiderW 70–59 3–3
 24  Hooley  14  Wiegmann  4  Wiegmann Alumni Gymnasium (1,030)
Lawrenceville, NJ
12/01/2013*
2:00 pm
at NJITW 66–55 4–3
 17  Evans  9  Rowley  3  Wiegmann Fleisher Center (600)
Newark, NJ
12/04/2013*
7:00 pm
at Holy CrossL 57–62 4–4
 19  Hooley  7  Rowley  4  Evans Hart Center (1,374)
Worcester, MA
12/10/2013*
7:00 pm
at BrownW 74–68 5–4
 20  Rowley  7  Shengelia  3  Hooley Pizzitola Sports Center (N/A)
Providence, RI
12/14/2013*
7:00 pm
ColgateL 60–69 5–5
 21  Rowley  11  Rowley  4  Johnson SEFCU Arena (1,821)
Albany, NY
12/20/2013*
7:00 pm
YaleW 70–62 6–5
 14  Evans  9  Evans  4  Devlin SEFCU Arena (2,108)
Albany, NY
12/23/2013*
7:00 pm
at DrakeL 63–71 6–6
 16  Puk  7  Puk  5  Hooley Knapp Center (3,389)
Des Moines, IA
12/31/2013*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at PittsburghW 58–46 6–7
 18  Evans  8  Rowley  5  Rowley Petersen Events Center (10,049)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/04/2014
7:00 pm
HartfordW 81–58 7–7 (1–0)
 25  Hooley  9  Puk  6  Hooley SEFCU Arena (2,556)
Albany, NY
01/08/2014
7:00 pm
UMBCW 73–72 2OT8–7 (2–0)
 27  Hooley  12  Rowley  4  Evans SEFCU Arena (2,145)
Albany, NY
01/11/2014
7:00 pm
at VermontL 38–68 8–8 (2–1)
 9  Johnson  5  Tied  2  Johnson Patrick Gym (2,583)
Burlington, VT
01/15/2014
7:00 pm
at UMass LowellL 66–70 OT8–9 (2–2)
 13  Tied  9  Egharevba  6  Evans Costello Athletic Center (243)
Lowell, MA
01/18/2014
2:00 pm
at MaineW 85–78 9–9 (3–2)
 28  Johnson  5  Rowley  6  Hooley Memorial Gym (1,181)
Orono, ME
01/20/2014
7:00 pm
BinghamtonW 66–60 10–9 (4–2)
 17  Hooley  7  Tied  4  Hooley SEFCU Arena (2,956)
Albany, NY
01/23/2014
7:00 pm
at New HampshireL 56–60 10–10 (4–3)
 22  Evans  8  Rowley  2  Hooley Lundholm Gym (N/A)
Durham, NH
01/29/2014
7:00 pm
Stony BrookW 77–67 11–10 (5–3)
 19  Johnson  11  Rowley  4  Evans SEFCU Arena (2,482)
Albany, NY
02/01/2014
7:30 pm, ESPN3
Vermont
Big Purple Growl, Homecoming
L 45–55 11–11 (5–4)
 11  Hooley  7  Rowley  4  Hooley SEFCU Arena (4,583)
Albany, NY
02/05/2014
7:00 pm
UMass LowellW 73–56 12–11 (6–4)
 21  Hooley  9  Puk  5  Evans SEFCU Arena (1,435)
Albany, NY
02/08/2014
7:00 pm
at HartfordL 54–67 12–12 (6–5)
 14  Rowley  11  Rowley  1  5 Tied Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (2,230)
Hartford, CT
02/12/2014
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBCL 69–71 12–13 (6–6)
 21  Hooley  7  Johnson  4  Evans Retriever Activities Center (1,161)
Baltimore, MD
02/15/2014
2:00 pm, ESPN3
MaineW 74–63 13–13 (7–6)
 21  Hooley  7  Puk  5  Tied SEFCU Arena (2,912)
Albany, NY
02/19/2014
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at BinghamtonW 57–48 14–13 (8–6)
 13  Hooley  10  Rowley  4  Evans Binghamton University Events Center (3,067)
Vestal, NY
02/27/2014
7:00 pm
New HampshireW 66–48 15–13 (9–6)
 19  Rowley  6  Rowley  3  Hooley SEFCU Arena (1,980)
Albany, NY
03/02/2014
2:00 pm
at Stony BrookL 68–73 15–14 (9–7)
 15  Tied  8  Tied  5  Evans Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630)
Stony Brook, NY
America East tournament
03/08/2014
2:30 pm, ESPN3
UMBC
Quarterfinals
W 86–56 16–14
 30  Hooley  7  Devlin  4  Evans SEFCU Arena (2,631)
Albany, NY
03/09/2014
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont
Semifinals
W 67–58 17–14
 26  Hooley  13  Johnson  1  Tied SEFCU Arena (2,724)
Albany, NY
03/15/2014
11:30 am, ESPN2
at Stony Brook
Championship
W 69–60 18–14
 18  Rowley  10  Johnson  3  Tied Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630)
Stony Brook, NY
NCAA tournament
03/18/2014*
6:40 pm, truTV
(16 S) vs. (16 S) Mount St. Mary's
First Four
W 71–64 19–14
 22  Evans  13  Rowley  3  Tied University of Dayton Arena (12,077)
Dayton, OH
03/20/2014*
4:10 pm, TBS
(16 S) vs. (1 S) No. 1 Florida
Second round
L 55–67 19–15
 21  Evans  7  Evans  4  Rowley Amway Center (16,074)
Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=South Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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