2013–14 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

2013–14 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
2013–14 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
ACC regular season and ACC tournament champions ; Corpus Christi Challenge champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 3
Record	30–7 (16–2 ACC)
Head coach	Tony Bennett (5th season);
Associate head coach	Ritchie McKay (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Ron Sanchez (5th season); Jason Williford (5th season);
Offensive scheme	Blocker-Mover
Base defense	Pack-Line
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Tony Bennett, in his fifth season, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2013–14 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Virginia †	16	–	2	.889	30	–	7	.811
No. 14 Syracuse	14	–	4	.778	28	–	6	.824
No. 8 Duke	13	–	5	.722	26	–	9	.743
No. 19 North Carolina	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
Pittsburgh	11	–	7	.611	26	–	10	.722
Clemson	10	–	8	.556	23	–	13	.639
NC State	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
Maryland	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Florida State	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
Miami (FL)	7	–	11	.389	17	–	16	.515
Wake Forest	6	–	12	.333	17	–	16	.515
Georgia Tech	6	–	12	.333	16	–	17	.485
Notre Dame	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Boston College	4	–	14	.222	8	–	24	.250
Virginia Tech	2	–	16	.111	9	–	22	.290


† 2014 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2013–14 season was one of the most successful in UVa's 109-year basketball history. The Cavaliers won only their second ever outright ACC regular season title, with a 16–2 conference record (at the time, their best conference record in program history), as well as only their second ever ACC tournament title. They also won 30 games for only the second time in school history (the first being in 1981–82) and finished third in the final AP Poll—their highest final national ranking in 30 years. On March 16, 2014, the Cavaliers received a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament.^[1] In the NCAA Tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina and Memphis to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to Michigan State.

Class of 2013 signees

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Devon Hall PG	Virginia Beach, Virginia	Cape Henry Collegiate School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jun 30, 2012
Devon Hall PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74
London Perrantes PG	Los Angeles, California	Crespi Carmelite High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sep 2, 2012
London Perrantes PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 82
Overall recruiting rankings:
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: "Virginia Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

The 2013–14 team at Hank McCamish Pavilion.

Seniors Joe Harris (left) and Akil Mitchell (right) served as co-captains for the 2013–14 campaign.

2013–14 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Devon Hall	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Cape Henry Collegiate	Virginia Beach, Virginia
G	1	Justin Anderson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Montrose Christian	Montross, Virginia
G	4	Maleek Frazier (W)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	The Covenant School	Charlottesville, Virginia
G	5	Teven Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	So	Fishburne Military School	Kannapolis, North Carolina
C	10	Mike Tobey	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	253 lb (115 kg)	So	Blair Academy	Monroe, New York
F	11	Evan Nolte	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	So	Milton	Milton, Georgia
G	12	Joe Harris (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Chelan	Chelan, Washington
F	13	Anthony Gill	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS So	Charlotte Christian/South Carolina	High Point, North Carolina
G	15	Malcolm Brogdon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	RS So	Greater Atlanta Christian	Norcross, Georgia
G	21	Rob Vozenilek (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	St. Christopher's	Richmond, Virginia
G	23	London Perrantes	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Crespi	Los Angeles, California
F	24	Caid Kirven (W)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	So	Woodberry Forest	Raleigh, North Carolina
F	25	Akil Mitchell (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Charlotte Christian	Charlotte, North Carolina
G	30	Thomas Rogers	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Fork Union	Farmville, Virginia
F	32	Darion Atkins	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	Jr	Landon School	Clinton, Maryland
F	34	Jeff Jones^[2] (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	St. Anne's-Belfield	Charlottesville, Virginia

Head coach

Tony Bennett (Green Bay)

Assistant coach(es)

Strength and conditioning coach(es)

Mike Curtis (Virginia)

Athletic trainer(s)

Ethan Saliba (Kansas)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 8* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 24	James Madison	W 61–41	1–0	John Paul Jones Arena (11,934) Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 12* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 25	No. 14 VCU	L 56–59	1–1	John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 16* 12:00 pm	No. 25	vs. Davidson	W 70–57	2–1	Time Warner Cable Arena (5,216) Charlotte, NC
Nov. 19* 7:00 pm, RSN		Navy	W 67–42	3–1	John Paul Jones Arena (9,764) Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 23* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Liberty Corpus Christi Challenge	W 75–53	4–1	John Paul Jones Arena (10,941) Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 26* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Hampton Corpus Christi Challenge	W 69–40	5–1	John Paul Jones Arena (8,970) Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 29* 7:30 pm, CBSSN		vs. SMU Corpus Christi Challenge	W 76–73	6–1	American Bank Center¹ (N/A) Corpus Christi, TX
Nov. 30* 9:30 pm, CBSSN		vs. Missouri State Corpus Christi Challenge	W 83–63	7–1	American Bank Center¹ (N/A) Corpus Christi, TX
Dec. 4* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 8 Wisconsin ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 38–48	7–2	John Paul Jones Arena (11,142) Charlottesville, VA
Dec. 7* 5:00 pm, ESPNU		at Green Bay	L 72–75	7–3	Resch Center (6,491) Green Bay, WI
Dec. 21* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	W 57–43	8–3	John Paul Jones Arena (9,714) Charlottesville, VA
Dec. 23* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Norfolk State	W 66–56	9–3	John Paul Jones Arena (9,206) Charlottesville, VA
Dec. 30* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Tennessee	L 52–87	9–4	Thompson-Boling Arena (16,142) Knoxville, TN
Conference regular season
Jan. 4 12:00 pm, ESPN2		at Florida State	W 62–50	10–4 (1–0)	Donald L. Tucker Center (5,588) Tallahassee, FL
Jan. 8 7:00 pm, RSN		Wake Forest	W 74–51	11–4 (2–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (10,114) Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 11 5:00 pm, ESPN2		at NC State	W 76–45	12–4 (3–0)	PNC Arena (15,623) Raleigh, NC
Jan. 13 7:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 23 Duke Big Monday	L 65–69	12–5 (3–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Jan. 18 12:00 pm, ACCN		Florida State	W 78–66	13–5 (4–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (12,765) Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 20 7:00 pm, ESPN		North Carolina Big Monday	W 76–61	14–5 (5–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (13,045) Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 25 3:00 pm, ACCN		Virginia Tech	W 65–45	15–5 (6–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,215) Charlottesville, VA
Jan. 28 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Notre Dame	W 68–53	16–5 (7–1)	Joyce Center (7,565) South Bend, IN
Feb. 2 12:30 pm, ESPNU		at No. 18 Pittsburgh	W 48–45	17–5 (8–1)	Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA
Feb. 5 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 20	Boston College	W 77–67	18–5 (9–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (10,853) Charlottesville, VA
Feb. 8 12:00 pm, ACCN	No. 20	at Georgia Tech	W 64–45	19–5 (10–1)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (8,187) Atlanta, GA
Feb. 10 9:00 pm^[3], ESPNU	No. 17	Maryland Big Monday	W 61–53	20–5 (11–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,568) Charlottesville, VA
Feb. 15 12:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 17	at Clemson	W 63–58	21–5 (12–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum (8,573) Clemson, SC
Feb. 18 9:00 pm, ACCN	No. 14	at Virginia Tech	W 57–53	22–5 (13–1)	Cassell Coliseum (5,316) Blacksburg, VA
Feb. 22 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	Notre Dame	W 70–49	23–5 (14–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,114) Charlottesville, VA
Feb. 26 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 12	Miami (FL)	W 65–40	24–5 (15–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,812) Charlottesville, VA
Mar. 1 4:00 pm, ESPN	No. 12	No. 4 Syracuse	W 75–56	25–5 (16–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA
Mar. 9 4:00 pm, CBS	No. 5	at Maryland	L 69–75 ^OT	25–6 (16–2)	Comcast Center (17,950) College Park, MD
ACC Tournament
Mar. 14 12:00 pm, ESPN2/ACCN	(1) No. 6	vs. (9) Florida State Quarterfinals	W 64–51	26–6	Greensboro Coliseum² (21,533) Greensboro, NC
Mar. 15 1:00 pm, ESPN2/ACCN	(1) No. 6	vs. (5) Pittsburgh Semifinals	W 51–48	27–6	Greensboro Coliseum² (21,533) Greensboro, NC
Mar. 16 1:00 pm, ESPN/ACCN	(1) No. 6	vs. (3) No. 7 Duke Championship	W 72–63	28–6	Greensboro Coliseum² (21,533) Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
Mar. 21* 9:25 pm, TBS	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (16 E) Coastal Carolina Second round	W 70–59	29–6	PNC Arena³ (17,472) Raleigh, NC
Mar. 23* 8:40 pm, TNT	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (8 E) Memphis Third round	W 78–60	30–6	PNC Arena³ (18,712) Raleigh, NC
Mar. 28* 9:57 pm, TBS	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (4 E) No. 11 Michigan State Sweet Sixteen	L 59–61	30–7	Madison Square Garden⁴ (19,314) New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll ^1 Game played in Corpus Christi, Texas. ^2 Game played in Greensboro, North Carolina. ^3 Game played in Raleigh, North Carolina ^4 Game played in New York City. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving 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	24	25	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	20	17	14	12	5	6	3	N/A
Coaches	25	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	21	16	13	11	5	8	4	10

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2014	2	33	Joe Harris	Cleveland Cavaliers
2015	1	21	Justin Anderson	Dallas Mavericks
2016	2	36	Malcolm Brogdon	Milwaukee Bucks
2018	2	53	Devon Hall	Oklahoma City Thunder

References

^ "2014 NCAA Tournament No. 1 Seed - Virginia". CBSSports.com. March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
^ Jones is the son of former Virginia coach, and current Old Dominion coach Jeff Jones.
^ http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020714aag.html ^{[dead link‍]}

[seed-1] "2014 NCAA Tournament No. 1 Seed - Virginia". CBSSports.com. March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.

[JeffJones-2] Jones is the son of former Virginia coach, and current Old Dominion coach Jeff Jones.

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