2013–14 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team

2013–14 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball

CIT Second round vs. Towson, L 77–83
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
2013–14 record	19–16 (10–8 A-Sun)
Head coach	Murry Bartow (11th year)
Assistant coach	Bob Bolen
Assistant coach	Thomas Carr
Home arena	ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center Freedom Hall Civic Center

	Conf				Overall
2013–14 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Mercer †	14	–	4	.778	27	–	9	.750
Florida Gulf Coast	14	–	4	.778	22	–	13	.629
USC Upstate	11	–	7	.611	19	–	15	.559
East Tennessee State	10	–	8	.556	19	–	16	.543
Lipscomb	10	–	8	.556	15	–	15	.500
North Florida	10	–	8	.556	16	–	16	.500
Jacksonville	8	–	10	.444	12	–	18	.400
Northern Kentucky*	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Stetson	5	–	13	.278	7	–	24	.226
Kennesaw State	3	–	15	.167	6	–	25	.194

† 2014 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition

The 2013–14 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team represented East Tennessee State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by 11th year head coach Murry Bartow, played their home games at the ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center, with three home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center, and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 19–16, 10–8 in A-Sun play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament where they lost to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament where they defeated Chattanooga in the first round before losing in the second round to Towson.

This was their last season as a member of the Atlantic Sun as they will join the Southern Conference in July, 2014.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Ron Giplaye	Forward	6–6	250	Junior	Lowell, Massachusetts
1	Petey McClain	Guard	6–0	185	Sophomore	Mobile, Alabama
2	Devin Harris	Guard	6–4	200	Freshman	Tampa, Florida
4	Rashawn Rembert	Guard	6–3	195	Junior	Tampa, Florida
5	Jalen Riley	Guard	6–0	150	Junior	Racine, Wisconsin
10	Isaac Banks	Forward	6–7	215	Freshman	New Orleans, Louisiana
11	Todd Halvorsen	Guard	6–3	190	Senior	Kingsport, Tennessee
13	A.J. Merriweather	Guard	6–2	185	Freshman	Jackson, Mississippi
15	Lester Wilson	Forward	6–4	215	Sophomore	Knoxville, Tennessee
20	Hunter Harris	Forward	6–7	235	Senior	Nashville, Tennessee
21	Tyler Ailshie	Guard	6–1	195	Junior	Kingsport, Tennessee
23	Darius Forrest	Forward	6–6	190	Junior	Jackson, Mississippi
32	Adam Denison	Forward	6–3	190	Freshman	Kingsport, Tennessee
34	Lukas Poderis	Forward	6–8	250	Senior	Port Richey, Florida
35	Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard	Forward	6–5	250	Senior	Georgetown, South Carolina

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
10/29/2013*	Milligan	W 118–83		ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,988)
11/02/2013*	Mars Hill	W 119–83		ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (3,208)
Regular Season
11/08/2013*	at Charlotte	L 75–80	0–1	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,796)
11/12/2013*	Morehead State	L 63–71	0–2	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,402)
11/16/2013*	at WKU	L 50–57	0–3	E. A. Diddle Arena (5,104)
11/19/2013*	Winthrop	L 66–76	0–4	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,372)
11/21/2013*	Samford	W 89–75	1–4	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,640)
11/23/2013*	Stephen F. Austin	W 66–58	2–4	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,535)
11/27/2013*	at Tennessee Tech	L 83–98	2–5	Eblen Center (702)
11/30/2013*	Marshall	W 88–78	3–5	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,016)
12/04/2013*	at Austin Peay	W 80–74	4–5	Dunn Center (2,273)
12/07/2013*	at Georgia Tech	L 57–87	4–6	Hank McCamish Pavilion (5,889)
12/16/2013*	Tusculum	W 108–87	5–6	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,231)
12/21/2013*	Austin Peay	W 84–79	6–6	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,257)
12/29/2013*	Valparaiso	W 73–62	7–6	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,462)
01/04/2014	at Kennesaw State	W 71–55	8–6 (1–0)	KSU Convocation Center (509)
01/06/2014	at Mercer	L 63–73	8–7 (1–1)	Hawkins Arena (1,537)
01/09/2014	Lipscomb	L 80–82	8–8 (1–2)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,227)
01/11/2014	Northern Kentucky	W 74–65	9–8 (2–2)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,382)
01/16/2014	at Stetson	L 58–64	9–9 (2–3)	Edmunds Center (804)
01/18/2014	at Florida Gulf Coast	L 62–90	9–10 (2–4)	Alico Arena (4,605)
01/23/2014	North Florida	W 99–93	10–10 (3–4)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,215)
01/25/2014	Jacksonville	W 76–75	11–10 (4–4)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,600)
01/31/2014	Mercer	L 77–90	11–11 (4–5)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (3,350)
02/02/2014	Kennesaw State	W 86–73	12–11 (5–5)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,303)
02/06/2014	at Northern Kentucky	W 64–50	13–11 (6–5)	The Bank of Kentucky Center (1,368)
02/08/2014	at Lipscomb	W 96–88	14–11 (7–5)	Allen Arena (4,078)
02/10/2014	USC Upstate (Postponed from 2/3)	L 63–75	14–12 (7–6)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,442)
02/13/2014	Florida Gulf Coast	W 89–81	15–12 (8–6)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,773)
02/15/2014	Stetson	W 93–66	16–12 (9–6)	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (3,166)
02/20/2014	at Jacksonville	L 86–91	16–13 (9–7)	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (988)
02/22/2014	at North Florida	W 88–85	17–13 (10–7)	UNF Arena (1,931)
02/28/2014	at USC Upstate	L 73–79	17–14 (10–8)	Hodge Center (848)
Atlantic Sun Tournament
03/04/2014	Lipscomb (Quarterfinals)	W 89–88 ^2OT	18–14	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,523)
03/06/2014	at Florida Gulf Coast (Semifinals)	L 64–69	18–15	Alico Arena (4,668)
CIT
3/18/2014*	Chattanooga (First round)	W 79–66	19–15	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (3,045)
3/21/2014*	Towson (Second round)	L 77–83	19–16	ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,033)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ http://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketball/schedule/

East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball

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