2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team

2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball
2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball
CBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	18–16 (8–10 SEC)
Head coach	Billy Kennedy (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Glynn Cyprien; Kyle Keller; John Reese;
Home arena	Reed Arena
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Florida †	18	–	0	1.000	36	–	3	.923
Kentucky	12	–	6	.667	29	–	11	.725
Georgia	12	–	6	.667	20	–	14	.588
Tennessee	11	–	7	.611	24	–	13	.649
Arkansas	10	–	8	.556	22	–	12	.647
Missouri	9	–	9	.500	23	–	12	.657
LSU	9	–	9	.500	20	–	14	.588
Ole Miss	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Texas A&M	8	–	10	.444	18	–	16	.529
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Alabama	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
Auburn	6	–	12	.333	14	–	16	.467
South Carolina	5	–	13	.278	14	–	20	.412
Mississippi State	3	–	15	.167	14	–	19	.424

† 2014 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2013–14 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Billy Kennedy, who is in his third season at Texas A&M. The team plays their home games at the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and will play in its second season as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

Before the season[edit]

Departures[edit]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Elston Turner	31	G	6'5"	220	RS Senior	Missouri City, Texas	Graduated
Jarod Jahns	42	F	6'6"	195	RS Senior	Spring, Texas	Graduated
Ray Turner	35	F	6'9"	230	Senior	Houston, Texas	Graduated
Keith Davis	4	C	6'10"	232	Junior	Dallas, Texas	Left team
Daniel Alexander	20	F	6'9"	215	RS Sophomore	Dripping Springs, Texas	Transferred to Grand Canyon

Recruits[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tony Trocha PF	Houston, Texas	St. Thomas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Nov 29, 2012
Tony Trocha PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77
Devante Fitzgerald SF	Stone Mountain, Georgia	Tucker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sep 23, 2012
Devante Fitzgerald SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
Tavario Miller PF	Houston, Texas	Wheatley	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Nov 20, 2012
Tavario Miller PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 70
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Not Ranked Rivals: Not Ranked ESPN: Not Ranked
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Texas A&M 2013 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "2013 Texas A&M Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013.

In addition to the three high school recruits signed, head coach Billy Kennedy also received a commitment from junior college transfer Jamal Jones (Lee College), a small forward from Searcy, Arkansas.

Roster[edit]

2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Shawn Smith	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	RS Fr	Faith Baptist Christian	Jacksonville, Florida
F	4	Tavario Miller	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Wheatley (TX)	Long Island, Bahamas
G	5	Jordan Green	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Jr	Flower Mound	Flower Mound, Texas
G	10	Blake McDonald	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Klein	Spring, Texas
G	11	J-Mychal Reese	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	So	Bryan	Bryan, Texas
G	12	Fabyon Harris	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Sr	Southern Idaho	Chicago
G	13	Juan Aparicio	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	So	Second Baptist (TX)	Bogotá, Colombia
F	14	Kourtney Roberson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Arcadia	Arcadia, Louisiana
F	15	Davonte Fitzgerald	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Tucker	Tucker, Georgia
G	20	Don Thomas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Lee College	Spring, Texas
G	21	Alex Caruso	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	So	A&M Consolidated	College Station, Texas
G	23	Jamal Jones	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Jr	Lee College	Wynne, Arkansas
F	24	Antwan Space	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	RS So	Florida State	DeSoto, Texas
G	25	Kyle Dobbins	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Fr	Memorial	Houston, Texas
C	45	Dylan Johns	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	RS Fr	Copleston	Ipswich, England

Head coach

Billy Kennedy (Southeastern Louisiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Glenn Cyprien (Texas–San Antonio)
Kyle Keller (Oklahoma State)
John Reese (Angelo State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results[edit]

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1* 7:00 pm	UTPB	W 80–70	0–0	13 – Harris	8 – Space	4 – Green	Reed Arena (4,122) College Station, Texas
Non-conference games
Nov 8* 7:00 pm, FSSW	Buffalo	W 82–58	1–0	15 – Green, Roberson	11 – Roberson	8 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,969) College Station, Texas
Nov 11* 7:00 pm, FSSW	Mississippi Valley State	W 91–67	2–0	24 – Roberson	10 – Roberson	5 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,240) College Station, Texas
Nov 15* 8:00 pm, FSSW	Rice	W 68–65	3–0	19 – Roberson	9 – Roberson	7 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,816) College Station, Texas
Nov 19* 7:00 pm, FSSW	Prairie View A&M	W 75–65	4–0	15 – Caruso	8 – Smith	4 – Caruso, Harris	Reed Arena (4,194) College Station, Texas
Nov 24* 3:00 pm, FSSW	vs. Sam Houston State Corpus Christi Challenge	W 79–62	5–0	12 – Space	9 – Space	5 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,218) College Station, Texas
Nov 26* 7:00 pm, FSSW	vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff Corpus Christi Challenge	W 88–55	6–0	18 – Jones	7 – Roberson	4 – Harris	Reed Arena (4,351) College Station, Texas
Nov 29* 9:00 pm, CBSSN	vs. Missouri State Corpus Christi Challenge	L 67–73	6–1	16 – Roberson	7 – Space	3 – Caruso	American Bank Center (1,613) Corpus Christi, Texas
Nov 30* 5:30 pm, CBSSN	vs. SMU Corpus Christi Challenge	L 52–55	6–2	12 – Fitzgerald	10 – Roberson	2 – Harris	American Bank Center (N/A) Corpus Christi, Texas
Dec 4* 7:00 pm, ESPN3/FSSW	Houston	W 74–57	7–2	21 – Jones	7 – Jones, Roberson	6 – Green	Reed Arena (4,850) College Station, Texas
Dec 14* 7:00 pm, FSSW	McNeese State	W 73–60	8–2	16 – Jones	5 – Jones	7 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,392) College Station, Texas
Dec 21* 6:15 pm, ESPNU	vs. Oklahoma Big 12/SEC Challenge	L 52–64	8–3	10 – Green	13 – Roberson	4 – Caruso	Toyota Center (N/A) Houston
Dec 31* 7:00 pm, FSSW	North Texas	L 41–61	8–4	10 – Caruso	6 – Roberson	2 – Caruso, Green	Reed Arena (4,564) College Station, Texas
Jan 4* 3:00 pm, FSSW	Texas–Pan American	W 63–46	9–4	16 – Jones	10 – Roberson	6 – Caruso	Reed Arena (5,278) College Station, Texas
Conference games
Jan 8 8:00 pm, FSSW	Arkansas	W 69–53	10–4 (1–0)	17 – Fitzgerald	8 – Jones	11 – Caruso	Reed Arena (5,102) College Station, Texas
Jan 11 5:00 pm, FSSW	at Tennessee	W 57–56	11–4 (2–0)	23 – Jones	6 – Roberson	8 – Caruso	Thompson–Boling Arena (18,079) Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 15 7:00 pm, SEC TV	South Carolina	W 75–67	12–4 (3–0)	22 – Jones	4 – 3 tied	7 – Caruso	Reed Arena (9,257) College Station, Texas
Jan 18 12:30 pm, SEC TV	at Mississippi State	L 72–81 ^OT	12–5 (3–1)	24 – Jones	6 – Caruso	4 – Caruso, Harris	Humphrey Coliseum (7,073) Starkville, Mississippi
Jan 21 8:00 pm, ESPN	at No. 14 Kentucky	L 51–68	12–6 (3–2)	12 – Caruso, Fitzgerald	4 – Caruso, Smith	3 – Caruso	Rupp Arena (22,634) Lexington, Kentucky
Jan 25 12:00 pm, ESPNU	Vanderbilt	L 55–66	12–7 (3–3)	14 – Roberson	10 – Roberson	3 – Jones, Smith	Reed Arena (6,520) College Station, Texas
Jan 29 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at South Carolina	L 52–80	12–8 (3–4)	9 – Jones, Smith	5 – Harris, Jones	2 – Caruso, Green, Harris, Space	Colonial Life Arena (9,950) Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 1 3:00 pm, SEC TV	at No. 3 Florida	L 36–69	12–9 (3–5)	7 – Jones, Roberson	7 – Roberson	3 – Caruso	O'Connell Center (12,426) Gainesville, Florida
Feb 5 8:00 pm, CSS	Mississippi State	W 72–52	13–9 (4–5)	20 – Jones	7 – Jones	10 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,626) College Station, Texas
Feb 8 7:00 pm, CSS	at Georgia	L 50–62	13–10 (4–6)	17 – Jones	7 – Roberson	1 – Caruso, Jones, McDonald	Stegeman Coliseum (5,831) Athens, Georgia
Feb 12 8:00 pm, CSS	LSU	W 83–73	14–10 (5–6)	19 – Jones	10 – Roberson	4 – Smith	Reed Arena (4,782) College Station, Texas
Feb 15 12:30 pm, SEC TV	at Vanderbilt	L 54–57 ^OT	14–11 (5–7)	17 – Jones	13 – Jones	5 – Caruso	Memorial Gymnasium (9,059) Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 20 6:00 pm, ESPN2	Alabama	W 63–48	15–11 (6–7)	19 – Jones	12 – Space	4 – Roberson, Space	Reed Arena (7,089) College Station, Texas
Feb 22 2:00 pm, ESPNU	Tennessee	W 68–65 ^OT	16–11 (7–7)	14 – Caruso, Jones	7 – Space	7 – Caruso	Reed Arena (6,432) College Station, Texas
Feb 26 7:00 pm, SEC TV	at LSU	L 49–68	16–12 (7–8)	12 – Green	8 – Roberson	5 – Caruso	Maravich Center (7,689) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mar 1 6:00 pm, FSSW	Ole Miss	W 71–60	17–12 (8–8)	21 – Jones	7 – Caruso	9 – Caruso	Reed Arena (6,811) College Station, Texas
Mar 5 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Missouri	L 56–57	17–13 (8–9)	– – –	– – –	– – –	Mizzou Arena (–) Columbia, Missouri
Mar 8 3:00 pm, SEC TV	Auburn	L 64–69	17–14 (8–10)	– – –	– – –	– – –	Reed Arena (5,254) College Station, Texas
SEC tournament
Mar 13 12:00 pm, ABC/SECN	vs. Missouri Second round	L 83–91 ^2OT	17–15	28 – Caruso	8 – Caruso	7 – Caruso	Georgia Dome (–) Atlanta
CBI
Mar 19* 7:00 pm, FCS Pacific	Wyoming First round	W 59–43	18–15	14 – Roberson	11 – Space	10 – Caruso	Reed Arena (2,346) College Station, Texas
Mar 24* 8:00 pm	at Illinois State Quarterfinals	L 55–62	18–16	15 – Space	7 – Roberson	6 – Caruso	Redbird Arena (3,251) Normal, Illinois
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References[edit]

^ Link to AP Poll
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[AP_Poll-1] Link to AP Poll

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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