2013–14 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team

2013–14 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball
Conference Conference USA
2013–14 record 16–16 (6–10 C-USA)
Head coach Tony Benford (2nd year)
Assistant coach David Anwar
Assistant coach Rob Evans
Assistant coach Scott Monarch
Home arena The Super Pit
(Capacity: 10,040)
2013–14 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Louisiana Tech 13 3   .813     29 8   .784
Tulsa 13 3   .813     21 13   .618
Middle Tennessee 13 3   .813     24 9   .727
Southern Miss 13 3   .813     29 7   .806
UTEP 12 4   .750     23 11   .676
Old Dominion 9 7   .563     18 18   .500
Tulane 8 8   .500     17 17   .500
UAB 7 9   .438     18 13   .581
Charlotte 7 9   .438     17 14   .548
FIU* 7 9   .438     15 16   .484
North Texas 6 10   .375     16 16   .500
Florida Atlantic 5 11   .313     10 22   .313
East Carolina 5 11   .313     17 17   .500
UTSA 4 12   .250     8 22   .267
Marshall 4 12   .250     11 22   .333
Rice 2 14   .125     7 23   .233
2014 C-USA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties

The 2013–14 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mean Green, led by second year head coach Tony Benford, played their home games at UNT Coliseum, nicknamed The Super Pit, and were first year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 16–16, 6–10 in C-USA play to finish 11th place. They advanced to the second round of the C-USA Tournament where they lost to Tulane.

Roster

Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
0 Vertrail Vaughns Guard 6–2 184 RS Senior Mesquite, Texas
1 Maurice Aniefiok Guard/Forward 6–5 205 Sophomore Lagos, Nigeria
2 Brandan Walton Guard 6–2 195 RS Senior Compton, California
3 Alzee Williams Guard 6–4 175 RS Senior Dallas, Texas
4 Armani Flannigan Forward 6–8 200 Junior Rockford, Illinois
5 Chris Jones Guard 6–2 200 Junior Garland, Texas
10 Austin Mitchell Guard 6–1 180 Sophomore Plano, Texas
21 T.J. Taylor Guard 6–3 215 RS Junior Denison, Texas
22 Greg Wesley Forward 6–7 215 Freshman Arlington, Texas
23 Jordan Williams Guard 6–6 195 Junior Dallas, Texas
24 Kelvin Gaines Forward/Center 6–10 227 RS Junior Ocala, Florida
33 Colin Voss Forward 6–7 240 RS Junior Grand Rapids, Michigan
44 Keith Coleman Forward 6–10 250 Junior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/01/2013* Oklahoma City W 78–70  The Super Pit (2,135)
11/04/2013* Southeastern Oklahoma State W 97–65  The Super Pit (1,665)
Regular season
11/08/2013* Northwood W 72–67  1–0 The Super Pit (2,236)
11/11/2013* at Oklahoma
(Coaches vs. Cancer Classic)
L 82–95  1–1 Lloyd Noble Center (9,288)
11/14/2013* Nicholls State W 92–78  2–1 The Super Pit (2,146)
11/21/2013* vs. Columbia
(Coaches vs. Cancer Classic)
L 66–70  2–2 Chiles Center (N/A)
11/21/2013* vs. Idaho
(Coaches vs. Cancer Classic)
L 76–87  2–3 Chiles Center (1,444)
11/21/2013* at Portland
(Coaches vs. Cancer Classic)
W 77–72 OT 3–3 Chiles Center (1,668)
11/26/2013* Incarnate Word W 84–67  4–3 The Super Pit (N/A)
11/30/2013* Southeastern Louisiana W 75–61  5–3 The Super Pit (1,861)
12/03/2013* at BYU L 67–97  5–4 Marriott Center (13,908)
12/15/2013* Stephen F. Austin L 53–87  5–5 The Super Pit (1,238)
12/17/2013* Central Arkansas W 64–55  6–5 The Super Pit (3,664)
12/21/2013* Wayland Baptist W 81–77  7–5 The Super Pit (881)
12/31/2013* at Texas A&M W 61–41  8–5 Reed Arena (4,654)
01/04/2014* UC Riverside W 76–72  9–5 The Super Pit (1,872)
01/09/2014 Southern Miss L 64–74  9–6 (0–1) The Super Pit (2,337)
01/11/2014 Tulane L 62–73  9–7 (0–2) The Super Pit (1,969)
01/16/2014 at Marshall W 80–65  10–7 (1–2) Cam Henderson Center (4,586)
01/18/2014 at Charlotte L 74–76  10–8 (1–3) Halton Arena (5,780)
01/23/2014 UAB W 76–65  11–8 (2–3) The Super Pit (3,659)
01/25/2014 Middle Tennessee L 63–70  11–9 (2–4) The Super Pit (4,429)
02/01/2014 at Tulsa L 63–94  11–10 (2–5) Reynolds Center (4,425)
02/06/2014 at Rice L 70–75  11–11 (2–6) Tudor Fieldhouse (1,112)
02/08/2014 at Louisiana Tech L 75–90  11–12 (2–7) Thomas Assembly Center (5,123)
02/13/2014 Old Dominion L 62–72  11–13 (2–8) The Super Pit (2,335)
02/15/2014 East Carolina W 53–51  12–13 (3–8) The Super Pit (5,352)
02/20/2014 at Florida International W 65–63  13–13 (4–8) U.S. Century Bank Arena (924)
02/22/2014 at Florida Atlantic W 78–76  14–13 (5–8) FAU Arena (N/A)
02/27/2014 at UTSA W 71–62  15–13 (6–8) Convocation Center (878)
03/02/2014 UTEP L 54–74  15–14 (6–9) The Super Pit (N/A)
03/06/2014 Tulsa L 68–79  15–15 (6–10) The Super Pit (1,841)
2014 Conference USA Tournament
03/11/2014 vs. Rice
(First round)
W 63–62 OT 16–15 Don Haskins Center (4,226)
03/12/2014 vs. Tulane
(Second round)
L 61–66  16–16 Don Haskins Center (3,916)
*Non-conference game. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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