2013–14 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

2013–14 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball

Conference	Big West Conference
2013–14 record	10–21 (5–11 Big West)
Head coach	Dennis Cutts (1st year)
Assistant coach	Mike Miller
Assistant coach	Justin Bell
Assistant coach	Stephen Sauers
Home arena	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center

2013–14 Big West men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	13	–	3	.813	23	–	12	.657
UC Santa Barbara	12	–	4	.750	21	–	9	.700
Long Beach State	10	–	6	.625	15	–	17	.469
Hawaii	9	–	7	.563	20	–	11	.645
Cal State Northridge	7	–	9	.438	17	–	18	.486
Cal Poly †	6	–	10	.375	14	–	20	.412
Cal State Fullerton	6	–	10	.375	11	–	20	.355
UC Riverside	5	–	11	.313	10	–	21	.323
UC Davis	4	–	12	.250	9	–	22	.290


† 2014 Big West Tournament winner

The 2013–14 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders are led by first year head coach Dennis Cutts and played their home games at the UC Riverside Student Recreation Center as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 5–11 in Big West play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West Conference Tournament to UC Irvine.

Season

Preseason

Sam Finley was the only recruit that UC Riverside signed in their 2013-14 class, and the shooting guard from Corona, California, signed his Letter of Intent on November 16, 2012.^[1]^[2] The 6'2", 180 pound guard was rated as a two-star prospect by ESPN.com.^[3] Finley averaged 19.4 points per game in his senior season for Centennial High School.^[1]

On July 10, 2013, Jim Wooldridge, who had been the Highlanders' head coach for the past six seasons, was named UC Riverside's interim athletic director, replacing Brian Wickstrom, who left to take the AD job at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.^[4] Wooldridge had amassed 70 wins over six years as the Highlanders' head coach. Longtime assistant coach Dennis Cutts was named as Wooldridge's interim successor.^[4]

Cutts announced the team's complete season schedule on July 23, 2013.^[5] The Highlanders' notable games featured road match-ups against San Diego State, Southern Utah, Air Force, and North Texas. UC Riverside also announced that they would play host to teams such as Montana State, Pepperdine, and Northern Illinois. The Highlanders' 16-game conference slate included one home game and one away game against each of the other eight members of the Big West Conference.^[5]

On August 14, 2013, Cutts announced the hiring of 23 year coaching veteran Steven Sauers to fill the open assistant coaching spot left vacant when Cutts took the head coaching job.^[6] Sauers had previously served as the director of basketball operations for the Seton Hall Pirates, and also spent time as an assistant for Marist and Iona.^[6]

The Highlanders played one preseason exhibition on November 1, against Ponoma-Pitzer, winning by a score of 83–73. Chris Patton led the Highlanders with 27 points in the exhibition victory.^[7]

Roster

2013–14 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Gruninger, NickNick Gruninger	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Davis HS Snow CC	Kaysville, UT
1.5 !G	1	Finley, SamSam Finley	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Centennial HS	Riverside, CA
1.5 !G	3	Standifer, CharlesCharles Standifer	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Capital Christian HS	Sacramento, CA
3.5 !F	5	Johns, TaylorTaylor Johns	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2.0 !So	Sacred Heart Prep	San Francisco, CA
1.5 !G	10	Jones, StevenSteven Jones	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2.0 !So	Taft HS	Winnetka, CA
3.5 !F	11	Owens, TreTre Owens	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Farragut Career Academy	Rota, Spain
3.5 !F	15	Harriel, ChrisChris Harriel	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	King HS Portland State	Moreno Valley, CA
3.5 !F	20	Gruber, ColinColin Gruber	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Harbor HS Northern Arizona Cabrillo CC	Aptos, CA
3.5 !F	21	Devenny, LucasLucas Devenny	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Piner HS UC Santa Barbara	Santa Rosa, CA
3.5 !F	24	Thornton, StevenSteven Thornton	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Golden Valley HS	Santa Clarita, CA
1.5 !G	35	Quick, AustinAustin Quick	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Murrieta Valley HS	Murrieta, CA
3.5 !F	54	Patton, ChrisChris Patton	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Nazareth College Prep Southern Idaho Neosho CC	Melbourne, Australia

Head coach

Dennis Cutts (Albany (NY))

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Miller (Southern California)
Justin Bell (UC Riverside)
Steve Sauers (Albany (NY))

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Source:

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/1/2013* 7:00 pm	Pomona-Pitzer	W 83–73	0–0	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (N/A) Riverside, CA
Non-conference games
11/8/2013* 7:00 pm	at San Diego State	L 41–77	0–1	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
11/13/2013* 7:00 pm	Pepperdine	L 66–69	0–2	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (N/A) Riverside, CA
11/16/2013* 4:00 pm	Montana State	W 72–67	1–2	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (2,355) Riverside, CA
11/23/2013* 6:30 pm	at Southern Utah	W 74–59	2–2	Centrum Arena (1,507) Cedar City, UT
11/25/2013* 7:00 pm, RTNW	at Seattle	L 68–69	2–3	KeyArena (1,883) Seattle, WA
12/2/2013* 7:00 pm	Loyola Marymount	L 69–73	2–4	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (370) Riverside, CA
12/5/2013* 7:00 pm	La Verne	W 92–77	3–4	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (347) Riverside, CA
12/14/2013* 1:00 pm	at Air Force	L 52–62	3–5	Clune Arena (1,702) Colorado Springs, CO
12/16/2013* 6:00 pm	at Northern Colorado	L 60–63	3–6	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (952) Greeley, CO
12/20/2013* 7:00 pm	UIC	W 57–56	4–6	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (145) Riverside, CA
12/22/2013* 2:00 pm	Northern Illinois	L 64–71	4–7	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (236) Riverside, CA
12/29/2013* 2:05 pm	at Sacramento State	L 67–69	4–8	Colberg Court (504) Sacramento, CA
1/2/2014* 7:00 pm	Waldorf	W 85–43	5–8	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (213) Riverside, CA
1/4/2014* 12:00 pm	at North Texas	L 72–76	5–9	The Super Pit (1,872) Denton, TX
Conference games
1/9/2014 7:00 pm	at Cal State Fullerton	L 73–78	5–10 (0–1)	Titan Gym (879) Fullerton, CA
1/11/2014 7:00 pm	UC Irvine	L 52–72	5–11 (0–2)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,965) Riverside, CA
1/16/2014 7:00 pm	at UC Davis	W 81–69	6–11 (1–2)	The Pavilion (2,013) Davis, CA
1/19/2014 9:00 pm	at Hawaiʻi	L 69–100	6–12 (1–3)	Stan Sheriff Center (7,705) Honolulu, HI
1/23/2014 7:00 pm	UC Santa Barbara	L 65–68 ^OT	6–13 (1–4)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,236) Riverside, CA
1/25/2014 7:00 pm	Cal Poly	W 61–58	7–13 (2–4)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,196) Riverside, CA
1/30/2014 7:00 pm	at Cal State Northridge	L 89–93 ^OT	7–14 (2–5)	Matadome (1,287) Northridge, CA
2/6/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Cal State Fullerton	W 72–69	8–14 (3–5)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (783) Riverside, CA
2/8/2014 7:00 pm	Long Beach State	L 76–88	8–15 (3–6)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,064) Riverside, CA
2/13/2014 7:00 pm	Hawaiʻi	L 76–87	8–16 (3–7)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,074) Riverside, CA
2/15/2014 7:00 pm	at UC Irvine	L 52–70	8–17 (3–8)	Bren Events Center (2,986) Irvine, CA
2/20/2014 7:00 pm	at UC Santa Barbara	L 54–55	8–18 (3–9)	UC Santa Barbara Events Center (2,417) Santa Barbara, CA
2/22/2014 7:00 pm	at Cal Poly	L 64–69	8–19 (3–10)	Mott Gym (2,029) San Luis Obispo, CA
3/1/2014 7:00 pm	Cal State Northridge	W 106–105 ^2OT	9–19 (4–10)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (663) Riverside, CA
3/6/2014 7:00 pm	UC Davis	W 78–65	10–19 (5–10)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (1,485) Riverside, CA
3/8/2014 4:00 pm, ESPN3	at Long Beach State	L 67–74	10–20 (5–11)	Walter Pyramid (2,151) Long Beach, CA
Big West Tournament
03/13/2014 6:00 pm	vs. UC Irvine Quarterfinals	L 43–63	10–21	Honda Center (3,693) Anaheim, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

1 2 "UCR: Centennial’s Sam Finley signs letter of intent". pe.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
↑ "SAM FINLEY SIGNS NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY BASKETBALL AT UC RIVERSIDE". GoHighlanders.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
↑ "Sam Finley". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
1 2 "UC RIVERSIDE'S JIM WOOLDRIDGE NAMED INTERIM ATHLETICS DIRECTOR". GoHighlanders.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
1 2 "INTERIM HEAD COACH DENNIS CUTTS ANNOUNCES 2013-14 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE". GoHighlanders.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
1 2 "MEN'S BASKETBALL ADDS 23-YEAR VETERAN STEPHEN SAUERS TO COACHING STAFF". GoHighlanders.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
↑ "MEN'S BASKETBALL PICKS UP 83-73 PRESEASON VICTORY OVER VISITING POMONA-PITZER". GoHighlanders.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.

UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball

Venues	UC Riverside Gymnasium (1954–1994) Student Recreation Center (1994–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 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 2015–16

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, August 02, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.