2013–14 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

2013–14 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
BVI Tropical Shootout champions
Conference USA regular season co-champions
NIT Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota, L 73–81
Conference Conference USA
2013–14 record 29–7 (13–3 C-USA)
Head coach Donnie Tyndall (2nd year)
Assistant coach Jareem Dowling
Assistant coach Adam Howard
Assistant coach Chris Shumate
Home arena Reed Green Coliseum
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 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by second year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 29–7, 13–3 in C-USA play to finish in a four way tie for the C-USA regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament where they lost to Louisiana Tech. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Toledo and Missouri to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Minnesota.

Roster

Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
2 Matt Bingaya Guard/Forward 6–5 200 Freshman Delaware, Ohio
3 Davon Hayes Guard/Forward 6–7 190 Freshman Portsmouth, Virginia
5 Neil Watson Guard 5–11 170 Senior Kansas City, Kansas
11 Daveon Boardingham Forward 6–7 225 Senior Newark, New Jersey
12 Deonte Houston Guard 6–0 180 Junior The Bronx, New York
13 Chip Armelin Guard 6–4 198 RS Junior Sulphur, Louisiana
21 Norville Carey Forward 6–7 220 Sophomore British Virgin Islands
22 Aaron Brown Forward 6–5 210 RS Junior Hackensack, New Jersey
23 Jerrold Brooks Guard 6–0 185 Junior Rochester, New York
24 Michael Craig Guard/Forward 6–5 230 Senior Phoenix, Arizona
25 Jamie Chapman Forward 6–3 175 Sophomore Mobile, Alabama
30 Jeremiah Eason Forward 6–7 230 Junior Fort Launderdale, FL
32 Ude Ifeanyichukwa Forward 6–10 235 Junior Abuja, Nigeria

Schedule

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
10/29/2013* Slippery Rock W 77–65  Reed Green Coliseum (1,420)
11/03/2013* Truman State W 89–69  Reed Green Coliseum (1,537)
Regular season
11/08/2013* Jackson State W 67–51  1–0 Reed Green Coliseum (4,967)
11/13/2013* at DePaul
(CBE Hall of Fame Classic)
W 75–68  2–0 Allstate Arena (5,840)
11/18/2013* at North Dakota State W 70–69  3–0 Bison Sports Arena (3,724)
11/22/2013* at South Alabama
(CBE Hall of Fame Classic)
W 66–59  4–0 Mitchell Center (3,061)
11/23/2013* vs. Houston Baptist
(CBE Hall of Fame Classic)
W 67–62  5–0 Mitchell Center (1,614)
11/24/2013* William Carey
(CBE Hall of Fame Classic)
W 99–54  6–0 Reed Green Coliseum (3,530)
11/29/2013* at #9 Louisville L 38–69  6–1 KFC Yum! Center (21,416)
12/04/2013* Morehead State W 74–60  7–1 Reed Green Coliseum (3,563)
12/07/2013* Georgia State W 75–65 OT 8–1 Reed Green Coliseum (3,425)
12/14/2013* St. Catherine W 96–60  9–1 Reed Green Coliseum (3,149)
12/18/2013* at Western Kentucky L 65–68  9–2 E.A. Diddle Arena (3,718)
12/20/2013* vs. Coppin State
(BVI Tropical Shootout semifinals)
W 88–74  10–2 Multipurpose Sports Complex (435)
12/21/2013* vs. Arkansas–Little Rock
(BVI Tropical Shootout championship)
W 74–60  11–2 Multipurpose Sports Complex (483)
12/28/2013* at Rhode Island W 77–64  12–2 Ryan Center (3,462)
01/03/2014* Drexel W 66–49  13–2 Reed Green Coliseum (6,082)
01/09/2014 at North Texas W 74–64  14–2 (1–0) The Super Pit (2,337)
01/12/2014 at Tulsa L 71–75  14–3 (1–1) Reynolds Coliseum (4,221)
01/16/2014 Rice W 84–62  15–3 (2–1) Reed Green Coliseum (3,835)
01/19/2014 Louisiana Tech W 80–71  16–3 (3–1) Reed Green Coliseum (5,110)
01/23/2014 at Old Dominion W 75–60  17–3 (4–1) Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,549)
01/25/2014 at East Carolina W 60–46  18–3 (5–1) Williams Arena (5,214)
02/01/2014 Tulane W 78–47  19–3 (6–1) Reed Green Coliseum (5,405)
02/07/2014 Marshall W 60–57  20–3 (7–1) Reed Green Coliseum (4,839)
02/09/2014 Charlotte W 81–64  21–3 (8–1) Reed Green Coliseum (4,393)
02/13/2014 at UAB L 60–84  21–4 (8–2) Bartow Arena (4,713)
02/15/2014 at Middle Tennessee L 64–81  21–5 (8–3) Murphy Center (5,102)
02/20/2014 UTSA W 85–56  22–5 (9–3) Reed Green Coliseum (3,476)
02/22/2014 UTEP W 77–68  23–5 (10–3) Reed Green Coliseum (5,705)
02/27/2014 FIU W 78–66  24–5 (11–3) Reed Green Coliseum (4,587)
03/02/2014 at Florida Atlantic W 60–49  25–5 (12–3) U.S. Century Bank Arena (1,425)
03/06/2014 at Tulane W 68–51  26–5 (13–3) Devlin Fieldhouse (1,906)
Conference USA Tournament
03/13/2014 at UTEP
(Quarterfinals)
W 64–56  27–5 Don Haskins Center (8,252)
03/14/2014 vs. Louisiana Tech
(Semifinals)
L 70–88  27–6 Don Haskins Center (5,611)
NIT
03/19/2014* #(3) (6) Toledo
(First round)
W 66–59  28–6 Reed Green Coliseum (4,054)
03/23/2014* #(3) at (2) Missouri
(Second round)
W 71–63  29–6 Mizzou Arena (6,033)
03/25/2014* #(3) at (1) Minnesota
(Quarterfinals)
L 73–81  29–7 Williams Arena (5,444)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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