2013–14 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

2013–14 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball

WAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Second Round vs. San Diego State, L 69–73^OT
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2013–14 record	26–10 (12–4 WAC)
Head coach	Marvin Menzies (7th year)
Assistant coach	Paul Weir
Assistant coach	Keith Brown
Assistant coach	Aerick Sanders^[1]
Home arena	Pan American Center

	Conf				Overall
2013–14 WAC men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Utah Valley	13	–	3	.813	20	–	12	.625
New Mexico State †	12	–	4	.750	26	–	10	.722
Grand Canyon*	10	–	6	.625	15	–	15	.500
Chicago State	8	–	8	.500	13	–	19	.406
Idaho	7	–	9	.438	16	–	17	.485
UMKC	7	–	9	.438	10	–	20	.333
Seattle	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Cal State Bakersfield	5	–	11	.313	13	–	19	.406
Texas–Pan American	5	–	11	.313	9	–	23	.281

† 2014 WAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll * Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II

The 2013–14 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by seventh year head coach Marvin Menzies, played their home games at the Pan American Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 12–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. They were champions of the WAC Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In their 21st NCAA Tournament appearance, they lost in the second round to San Diego State.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Travon Landry	Guard	6–1	176	Freshman	San Antonio, Texas
1	DK Eldridge	Guard	6–2	180	Junior	Dallas, Texas
2	Sim Bhullar	Center	7–5	360	Sophomore	Toronto, Ontario
3	Remi Barry	Forward	6–7	210	Junior	Paris, France
4	Ian Baker	Guard	6–0	180	Freshman	Washington, D.C.
5	Kevin Aronis	Guard	6–3	185	Senior	Sebastopol, California
12	K.C. Ross-Miller	Guard	6–1	175	Junior	Grand Prairie, Texas
14	Terrel de Rouen	Guard	6–1	165	Junior	Las Cruces, New Mexico
15	Tshilidzi Nephawe	Center	6–10	268	Senior	Johannesburg, South Africa
20	Matej Buovac	Forward	6–7	220	Sophomore	Zagreb, Croatia
21	Tanveer Bhullar	Center	7–3	335	Freshman	Toronto, Ontario
23	Daniel Mullings	Guard	6–2	170	Junior	Toronto, Ontario
25	Renaldo Dixon	Forward	6–10	210	Senior	Toronto, Ontario
34	Aaron Kubinski	Forward	6–5	195	Sophomore	Albuquerque, New Mexico

Schedule

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Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
10/29/2013*		Western New Mexico	W 97–68	–	Pan American Center (2,351)
Regular season
11/08/2013*		vs. Western Michigan (Hawaiʻi Tournament)	L 64–70	0–1	Stan Sheriff Center (5,720)
11/09/2013*		vs. Tennessee State (Hawaiʻi Tournament)	W 70–55	1–1	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A)
11/11/2013*		at Hawaiʻi (Hawaiʻi Tournament)	W 95–88	2–1	Stan Sheriff Center (5,495)
11/15/2013*		UTEP (The Battle of I-10)	W 86–73	3–1	Pan American Center (10,019)
11/20/2013*		Northern Colorado (Colorado State Challenge)	W 67–63	4–1	Pan American Center (5,444)
11/23/2013*		at UTEP (The Battle of I-10)	W 77–68	5–1	Don Haskins Center (11,127)
11/25/2013*		Bethune-Cookman (Colorado State Challenge)	W 79–56	6–1	Pan American Center (4,985)
11/27/2013*		Prairie View A&M (Colorado State Challenge)	W 91–60	7–1	Pan American Center (4,804)
11/30/2013*		at Colorado State (Colorado State Challenge)	L 83–85	7–2	Moby Arena (3,693)
12/04/2013*		New Mexico (Rio Grande Rivalry)	L 70–79	7–3	Pan American Center (9,184)
12/07/2013*		at #19 Gonzaga	L 68–80	7–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
12/11/2013*		at #1 Arizona	L 48–74	7–5	McKale Center (14,545)
12/14/2013*		at Drake	W 81–69 ^OT	8–5	Knapp Center (3,288)
12/17/2013*		at New Mexico (Rio Grande Rivalry)	W 67–61	9–5	The Pit (15,411)
12/21/2013*		Northern New Mexico	W 97–47	10–5	Pan American Center (4,888)
12/28/2013*		South Alabama	W 82–64	11–5	Pan American Center (4,694)
01/04/2014		at Grand Canyon	W 84–62	12–5 (1–0)	GCU Arena (4,977)
01/09/2014		Seattle	W 96–87	13–5 (2–0)	Pan American Center (5,007)
01/11/2014		Idaho	W 78–54	14–5 (3–0)	Pan American Center (5,111)
01/16/2014		at Chicago State	L 81–86	14–6 (3–1)	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (1,188)
01/18/2014		at UMKC	L 66–68	14–7 (3–2)	Municipal Auditorium (1,526)
01/25/2014		Texas–Pan American	W 90–78	15–7 (4–2)	Pan American Center (6,434)
01/30/2014		Cal State Bakersfield	W 89–86	16–7 (5–2)	Pan American Center (5,108)
02/01/2014		Utah Valley	W 72–49	17–7 (6–2)	Pan American Center (6,297)
02/06/2014		at Idaho	L 67–73	17–8 (6–3)	Cowan Spectrum (1,105)
02/08/2014		at Seattle	W 92–77	18–8 (7–3)	KeyArena (3,429)
02/13/2014		UMKC (Lou Henson Classic)	W 71–48	19–8 (8–3)	Pan American Center (5,111)
02/15/2014		Chicago State	W 84–55	20–8 (9–3)	Pan American Center (5,591)
02/20/2014		at Texas–Pan American	W 78–61	21–8 (10–3)	UTPA Fieldhouse (1,002)
02/27/2014		at Utah Valley	L 61–66 ^OT	21–9 (10–4)	UCCU Center (4,954)
03/01/2014		at Cal State Bakersfield	W 72–57	22–9 (11–4)	Rabobank Arena (838)
03/06/2014		Grand Canyon	W 81–57	23–9 (12–4)	Pan American Center (6,547)
WAC Tournament
03/13/2014		vs. Seattle (Quarterfinals)	W 70–68	24–9	Orleans Arena (1,188)
03/14/2014		vs. Cal State Bakersfield (Semifinals)	W 69–63	25–9	Orleans Arena (1,402)
03/15/2014		vs. Idaho (Championship)	W 77–55	26–9	Orleans Arena (1,518)
NCAA Tournament
03/20/2014	#(13 W)	vs. #13 (4 W) San Diego State (Second round)	L 69–73 ^OT	26–10	Spokane Arena (10,962)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region W=West.

References

↑ "New Mexico State's Menzies adds Sanders and Brand to basketball staff". Scout.com. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
↑ "NMSU's upcoming hoops schedule sets Aggies up for postseason success". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
↑ "2013-14 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule". ESPN. 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.

New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball

Venues	Pan American Center (1968–present)

Rivalries	New Mexico UTEP

Culture & lore	History Pistol Pete

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics