2013–14 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team

2013–14 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2013–14 record	2–27 (1–19 Big Sky)
Head coach	Nick Robinson (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Drew Allen
Assistant coach	Todd Okeson
Assistant coach	Chad Bell
Home arena	Centrum Arena

	Conf				Overall
2013–14 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Weber State †	14	–	6	.700	19	–	12	.613
Montana	12	–	8	.600	17	–	13	.567
North Dakota	12	–	8	.600	17	–	17	.500
Northern Arizona	12	–	8	.600	15	–	17	.469
Northern Colorado	11	–	9	.550	18	–	14	.563
Portland State	11	–	9	.550	17	–	15	.531
Eastern Washington	10	–	10	.500	15	–	16	.484
Sacramento State	10	–	10	.500	14	–	16	.467
Montana State	9	–	11	.450	14	–	17	.452
Idaho State	8	–	12	.400	11	–	18	.379
Southern Utah	1	–	19	.050	2	–	27	.069


† 2014 Big Sky Tournament winner

The 2013–14 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by second year head coach Nick Robinson and played their home games at the Centrum Arena. They were members of the Big Sky Conference.

The Thunderbirds entered the 2013–14 season with two new assistants. Chad Bell and Yahosh Bonner were hired and acted as new assistant head coach and the Director of Basketball Operations. Bell joined the school from the University of Nevada, Reno while Bonner joined the school from conference rival Northern Colorado University.^[1]

They finished the season 2–27, 1–19 in Big Sky play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
2	McKay Anderson	Guard	6–5	190	Freshman	La Canada, California
4	Trey Kennedy	Guard	6–3	190	Freshman	Las Vegas, Nevada
5	John Marshall	Guard	6–1	185	Freshman	Phoenix, Arizona
10	Thomas Tebbs	Guard	6–3	175	Sophomore	Torrance, California
12	Chris Nsenki	Guard	6–2	180	Junior	Kansas City, Missouri
13	Race Parsons	Guard	6–4	185	Freshman	Monroe, Utah
14	Drake Thomas	Guard	6–0	165	Sophomore	Ovilla, Texas
15	Juwan Major	Guard	6–3	185	Freshman	Las Vegas, Nevada
22	Taylor Jensen	Forward	6–7	187	Freshman	Parker, Colorado
24	Eric Rippetoe	Forward	6–6	215	Junior	Panaca, Nevada
32	Casey Oliverson	Forward	6–8	230	Sophomore	Logan, Utah
34	Cal Hanks	Center	6–11	235	Junior	Logan, Utah
35	A.J. Hess	Guard	6–6	190	Sophomore	Phoenix, Arizona
42	Jaren Jeffery	Center	6–8	210	Senior	Delta, Utah
44	Peter Barrus	Center	6–10	210	Freshman	Salt Lake City, Utah
50	Jayson Cheesman	Center	6–11	250	Senior	Orem, Utah

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/02/2013*	La Verne	W 75–52	–	Centrum Arena (1,375)
Regular Season
11/08/2013*	Arizona Christian	W 85–78	1–0	Centrum Arena (1,189)
11/12/2013*	at Utah State	L 57–90	1–1	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (9,540)
11/18/2013*	at California	L 47–75	1–2	Haas Pavilion (5,224)
11/23/2013*	UC Riverside	L 59–74	1–3	Centrum Arena (1,507)
12/01/2013*	at Portland	L 57–86	1–4	Chiles Center (1,013)
12/03/2013*	at Cal State Northridge	L 57–84	1–5	Matadome (339)
12/14/2013*	UNLV	L 51–73	1–6	Centrum Arena (3,505)
12/18/2013*	at San Diego State	L 39–76	1–7	Viejas Arena (12,414)
12/21/2013*	at San Diego	L 52–67	1–8	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,101)
01/02/2014	at North Dakota	L 61–65	1–9 (0–1)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,573)
01/04/2014	at Northern Colorado	L 55–91	1–10 (0–2)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (987)
01/11/2014	Sacramento State	L 49–77	1–11 (0–3)	Centrum Arena (1,733)
01/13/2014	Northern Arizona	L 36–70	1–12 (0–4)	Centrum Arena (1,609)
01/16/2014	at Idaho State	L 45–60	1–13 (0–5)	Reed Gym (1,938)
01/18/2014	at Weber State	L 59–65	1–14 (0–6)	Dee Events Center (7,479)
01/23/2014	at Eastern Washington	L 83–90	1–15 (0–7)	Reese Court (871)
01/25/2014	at Portland State	L 64–67	1–16 (0–8)	Stott Center (679)
01/30/2014	Montana	L 61–69	1–17 (0–9)	Centrum Arena (1,326)
02/01/2014	Montana State	L 52–54	1–18 (0–10)	Centrum Arena (1,543)
02/08/2014	at Northern Arizona	L 57–64	1–19 (0–11)	Walkup Skydome (N/A)
02/10/2014	at Sacramento State	L 56–68	1–20 (0–12)	Colberg Court (663)
02/13/2014	Weber State	L 55–75	1–21 (0–13)	Centrum Arena (2,177)
02/15/2014	Idaho State	L 65–75	1–22 (0–14)	Centrum Arena (1,207)
02/20/2014	Portland State	L 79–86	1–23 (0–15)	Centrum Arena (1,206)
02/22/2014	Eastern Washington	L 74–85	1–24 (0–16)	Centrum Arena (1,255)
02/27/2014	at Montana State	L 72–77 ^OT	1–25 (0–17)	Worthington Arena (2,184)
03/01/2014	at Montana	L 54–82	1–26 (0–18)	Dahlberg Arena (3,619)
03/06/2014	North Dakota	W 77–71	2–26 (1–18)	Centrum Arena (985)
03/08/2014	Northern Colorado	L 52–77	2–27 (1–19)	Centrum Arena (888)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

↑ "Southern Utah hires two basketball assistant coaches". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
↑ "UNLV, USU, Cal Highlight SUU's Hoops Schedule". SUUTbirds.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball

Venues	Centrum Arena (1985–present)

Rivalries	In-state Utah schools

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15