The 2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2013 and concluded in March 2014. Practices began in October 2013, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the

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. The season was the first since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues. This was the first season that Houston, Memphis, SMU, Temple, and

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participated in American Athletic competition. It was also the final season for Louisville and Rutgers in Big East/AAC competition, as these schools left for the

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and Big Ten Conference respectively.

Preseason

Coaching changes

* Mike Rice was fired by Rutgers following a player abuse scandal.

Predicted American Athletic results

At American Athletic Conference media day on October 16, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Conference teams. ''first place votes''

2013-14 Preseason All-American Athletic Teams

American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Russ Smith, Louisville
American Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year: Keith Frazier, SMU

Preseason Watchlists

Rankings

Conference Schedules

Composite matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games scheduled this season.

Cincinnati

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Connecticut

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Houston

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Louisville

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Memphis

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Rutgers

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SMU

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South Florida

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Temple

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UCF

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Weekly honors

Throughout the conference regular season, the American Athletic names a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday.

Postseason

* March 12–15, 2014 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee

NCAA Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

NBA Draft

The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the

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References

Notes

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