2013–14 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team

2013–14 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball
2013–14 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball
Southland Regular Season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	32–3 (18–0 Southland)
Head coach	Brad Underwood (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Boynton; Stephen Gentry ; Erik Pastrana;
Home arena	William R. Johnson Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by new head coach Brad Underwood^[3] and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 32–3, 18–0 in Southland play to claim their second consecutive Southland regular season championship. They were champions of the Southland Conference tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they upset VCU in the second round before losing in the third round to UCLA.

2013–14 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stephen F. Austin †	18	–	0	1.000	32	–	3	.914
Texas A&M–CC	14	–	4	.778	18	–	16	.529
Sam Houston State	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
Northwestern State	12	–	6	.667	17	–	14	.548
Incarnate Word*	9	–	5	.643	21	–	6	.778
Oral Roberts	10	–	8	.556	17	–	16	.515
Nicholls State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	15	.483
McNeese State	9	–	9	.500	11	–	20	.355
New Orleans**	8	–	10	.444	11	–	15	.423
Southeastern Louisiana	7	–	11	.389	12	–	18	.400
Central Arkansas	5	–	13	.278	8	–	21	.276
Lamar	3	–	15	.167	4	–	26	.133
Abilene Christian*	2	–	12	.143	11	–	20	.355
Houston Baptist	2	–	16	.111	6	–	25	.194


† 2014 Southland tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition *ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties

The team has been regarded in the national media as the biggest "cinderella" team in the NCAA March Madness tournament.^[4]^[5]

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Thomas Walkup	Guard	6–4	195	RS Sophomore	Pasadena, Texas
3	Deshaunt Walker	Guard	6–0	170	Senior	Silver Spring, Maryland
4	Nikola Gajic	Forward	6–5	200	Senior	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5	Justin Dotson	Guard	6–4	215	Freshman	Central, South Carolina
10	Trey Pinkney	Guard	5–9	160	Sophomore	Katy, Texas
12	Dallas Cameron	Guard	6–3	180	Freshman	Pompano Beach, Florida
15	Ben Brown-White	Forward	6–6	210	Freshman	Sugar Land, Texas
25	Desmond Haymond	Guard	6–3	190	Senior	Durant, Mississippi
30	Tanner Clayton	Forward	6–9	210	Junior	San Diego, California
31	Connor Brooks	Guard/Forward	6–4	190	Junior	Manhattan, Kansas
32	Sharife Sergeant	Forward	6–9	235	Junior	Bronx, New York
33	Patrick Costello	Forward	6–9	220	RS Freshman	Houston, Texas
34	Jacob Parker	Forward	6–6	210	Junior	Bixby, Oklahoma

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2013* 6:00 pm		Arkansas Tech	W 87–54		William R. Johnson Coliseum (237) Nacogdoches, TX
Regular season
11/08/2013* 7:00 pm		UT Tyler	W 90–64	1–0	William R. Johnson Coliseum (2,210) Nacogdoches, TX
11/12/2013* 7:00 pm		at Texas State	W 64–57	2–0	Strahan Coliseum (2,372) San Marcos, TX
11/15/2013* 7:00 pm, LHN		at Texas	L 62–72	2–1	Frank Erwin Center (7,348) Austin, TX
11/21/2013* 6:00 pm		at Marshall Roundball Classic	W 80–73 ^OT	3–1	Cam Henderson Center (4,863) Huntington, WV
11/23/2013* 3:00 pm		at East Tennessee State Roundball Classic	L 58–66	3–2	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,535) Johnson City, TN
11/26/2013* 7:00 pm		Samford Roundball Classic	W 98–78	4–2	William R. Johnson Coliseum (857) Nacogdoches, TX
11/29/2013* 6:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington Roundball Classic	W 60–55	5–2	Trask Coliseum (3,347) Wilmington, NC
12/01/2013* 1:00 pm		at High Point	W 71–68	6–2	Millis Center (1,003) High Point, NC
12/06/2013* 8:00 pm		Towson Lumberjack E-Tech Classic	W 79–69	7–2	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,823) Nacogdoches, TX
12/07/2013* 8:00 pm, CSNH/ESPN3		James Madison Lumberjack E-Tech Classic	W 70–57	8–2	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,257) Nacogdoches, TX
12/15/2013* 1:00 pm		at North Texas	W 87–53	9–2	The Super Pit (1,238) Denton, TX
12/21/2013* 6:00 pm		Elmhurst	W 83–49	10–2	William R. Johnson Coliseum (483) Nacogdoches, TX
12/30/2013* 8:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 74–67	11–2	William R. Johnson Coliseum (674) Nacogdoches, TX
01/02/2014 8:00 pm		Lamar	W 85–65	12–2 (1–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (637) Nacogdoches, TX
01/04/2014 6:00 pm		Sam Houston State	W 73–56	13–2 (2–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,046) Nacogdoches, TX
01/09/2014 7:30 pm, LSN		at Houston Baptist	W 77–50	14–2 (3–0)	Sharp Gymnasium (922) Houston, TX
01/11/2014* 6:00 pm		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 80–70	15–2 (4–0)	American Bank Center (1,295) Corpus Christi, TX
01/16/2014 7:30 pm		at Northwestern State	W 74–58	16–2 (5–0)	Prather Coliseum (1,310) Natchitoches, LA
01/23/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Oral Roberts	W 72–69	17–2 (6–0)	Mabee Center (3,484) Tulsa, OK
01/25/2014 4:00 pm		at Central Arkansas	W 66–49	18–2 (7–0)	Farris Center (1,242) Conway, AR
01/30/2014 8:00 pm		Abilene Christian	W 64–48	19–2 (8–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (2,836) Nacogdoches, TX
02/01/2014 6:00 pm		Incarnate Word	W 76–74	20–2 (9–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (2,632) Nacogdoches, TX
02/06/2014 8:00 pm		Nicholls State	W 93–64	21–2 (10–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (3,687) Nacogdoches, TX
02/08/2014 6:00 pm		McNeese State	W 74–54	22–2 (11–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (3,275) Nacogdoches, TX
02/13/2014 7:30 pm		at Lamar	W 78–69	23–2 (12–0)	Montagne Center (2,234) Beaumont, TX
02/15/2014 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Sam Houston State	W 67–60	24–2 (13–0)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,884) Huntsville, TX
02/22/2014 6:00 pm		Northwestern State	W 70–68	25–2 (14–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (7,148) Nacogdoches, TX
02/27/2014 7:45 pm		at New Orleans	W 103–63	26–2 (15–0)	Lakefront Arena (590) New Orleans, LA
03/01/2014 4:30 pm		at Southeastern Louisiana	W 75–62	27–2 (16–0)	University Center (486) Hammond, LA
03/06/2013 8:00 pm		Oral Roberts	W 83–72	28–2 (17–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (5,314) Nacogdoches, TX
03/08/2014 6:00 pm		Central Arkansas	W 85–61	29–2 (18–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (5,481) Nacogdoches, TX
Southland tournament
03/14/2014 5:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Northwestern State Semifinals	W 85–78	30–2	Merrell Center (3,071) Katy, TX
03/15/2014 7:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. Sam Houston State Championship	W 68–49	31–2	Merrell Center (3,740) Katy, TX
NCAA tournament
03/21/2014 6:27 pm, truTV	No. (12 S)	vs. No. 24 (5 S) VCU Second round	W 77–75 ^OT	32–2	Viejas Arena (11,488) San Diego, CA
03/23/2014 6:10 pm, TBS	No. (12 S)	vs. No. 20 (4 S) UCLA Third round	L 60–77	32–3	Viejas Arena (11,504) San Diego, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, (#) denotes seed within region S=South. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ ^a ^b "Underwood Adds Boynton And Gentry To Staff: Pair is the first two hires by Underwood to his coaching staff". SFA Jacks. May 14, 2013. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
^ "Pastrana Added To Lumberjack Coaching Staff: Underwood completes coaching staff with hiring of Pastrana". SFA Jacks. June 24, 2013. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
^ "Stephen F. Austin hires Brad Underwood as new coach". SB Nation. April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
^ "Meet Stephen F. Austin, who can't lose, ever". March 19, 2014.
^ Stephen F. Austin Will Be This Year’s Cinderella Team Archived 18 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[New_Assistant_Coaches_named-1] "Underwood Adds Boynton And Gentry To Staff: Pair is the first two hires by Underwood to his coaching staff". SFA Jacks. May 14, 2013. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.

[2] "Pastrana Added To Lumberjack Coaching Staff: Underwood completes coaching staff with hiring of Pastrana". SFA Jacks. June 24, 2013. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2012.

[3] "Stephen F. Austin hires Brad Underwood as new coach". SB Nation. April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

[4] "Meet Stephen F. Austin, who can't lose, ever". March 19, 2014.

[5] Stephen F. Austin Will Be This Year’s Cinderella Team Archived 18 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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