The 2013–14 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented

Saint Mary's College of California Saint Mary's College of California is a Private college, private Catholic Church, Catholic college in Moraga, California. Established in 1863, it is affiliated with the Catholic Church and administered by the De La Salle Brothers. The college of ...

during the

2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November with the 2K Sports Classic and ended with the Final Four in Arlington, Texas April 5–7. It was tipped off by the 2013 Champions Classic on November 12, 2013. Season he ...

. This was head coach

Randy Bennett Randall William Bennett (born June 9, 1962) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College of California. He led the team to several second-place finishes and seven NCAA tournament ap ...

's thirteenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...

and played their home games at the

McKeon Pavilion University Credit Union Pavilion (formerly McKeon Pavilion) is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California. Home men's and women's basketball and volleyball games are held in the gymnasium, the te ...

. They finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. They were invited to the

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...

where they defeated Utah in the first round before losing in the second round to Minnesota.

Departures

Recruiting

5 newcomers will join the Gaels basketball team for the 2013-14 season. Of the 5 newcomers, 2 will redshirt the season. The newcomers are Kerry Carter, Dane Pineau, Calvin Hermanson, Emmett Naar, and transfer Joe Coleman. Naar and Coleman will redshirt the season. The Gaels are also joined by two redshirts from 2012-13. Garrett Jackson and Treaven Duffy come off their redshirt seasons and are ready to help the Gaels try to reclaim the WCC title. In addition to their new recruits, the Gaels enter the season with a new assistant head coach in Marty Clarke and a special assistant to the coach in Jim Shaw.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Game summaries

Louisiana Tech

Series History: Louisiana Tech leads 1-0 ----

Akron

Series History: Akron leads 1-0
Broadcasters:

Carter Blackburn Carter Blackburn (born March 30, 1979) is an American sportscaster. He currently works for CBS Sports after leaving ESPN in 2014. Early life and education Blackburn was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Kerrville, in the Texas Hill Country ...

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Bob Valvano Bob Valvano (born January 29, 1957) is a former college basketball coach and an American sportscaster based in Louisville, Kentucky. Television and coaching During the college-basketball season, he is the lead game analyst for ESPNRadio, and oc ...

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North Dakota State

Series History: First Meeting ----

Drake

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 2-0 ----

Alcorn State

Series History: First Meeting ----

Murray State

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 2-1
Broadcasters:

Glen Kuiper Glen Alan Kuiper (born May 20, 1963) is a broadcaster for the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team. Kuiper serves as the primary announcer for A's games on NBC Sports California and is also an occasional announcer for the Athletics Ra ...

and Dan Belluomini ----

Eastern Washington

Series History: First Meeting ----

Boise State

Series History: Boise State leads 7-4
Broadcasters:

Jerry Schemmel Gerard H. Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster in Denver, Colorado working as a play by play radio announcer for Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies and for KFKA Radio in Greeley, CO, as the radio voice of the Unive ...

and Joe Cravens ----

American University

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 2-0 ----

Diamond Head Classic: South Carolina

Series History: First Meeting
Broadcasters:

Roxy Bernstein Allen Samuel "Roxy" Bernstein (born September 25, 1972) is an American sportscaster for ESPN, the Pac-12 Network, and the Oakland Athletics. Early life and career Bernstein was born in San Francisco and grew up on the Peninsula in the Bay Area. ...

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Miles Simon Miles Julian Simon (born November 21, 1975) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League. College career Simon was born in Stockholm to an American father and a Norwegian mo ...

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Diamond Head Classic: Hawaii

Broadcasters:

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Diamond Head Classic: George Mason

Series History: First Meeting
Broadcasters:

Kanoa Leahey James Kanoa Leahey, known as Kanoa Leahey, is a play-by-play announcer for UH sports and high school sports on Spectrum Sports, and for college basketball on the ESPN networks. He was also a former sports reporter for KHON-TV, the Honolulu Fox a ...

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Dino Gaudio Dino Joseph Gaudio (born March 30, 1957) is an American former men’s college basketball coach and broadcaster who was most recently an assistant coach at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Gaudio was a longtime assistant un ...

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Pacific

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 66-43
Broadcasters:

Barry Tompkins Barry David Tompkins (born May 2, 1940) is an American sportscaster. He is better known for his work as a boxing commentator, but he has covered football and other sports. Early life Tompkins was born and raised in San Francisco. Career KCBS, K ...

and Dan Belluomini ----

Gonzaga

Series History: Gonzaga leads series 57-27
Broadcasters:

Dave Flemming David Braxton Flemming (born May 31, 1976) is an American sportscaster who has been a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball since 2003. Flemming also calls college football, college basketball, major leag ...

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Sean Farnham Sean Travis Farnham (born September 16, 1977) is an American sports analyst who covers college basketball for ESPN. Farnham typically calls games featuring the Southeastern Conference as part of ESPN's Super Tuesday and Thursday Night Showcase pa ...

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Portland

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 56-29
Broadcasters: Tom Glasgow and

Bill Krueger William Culp Krueger (born April 24, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, who played from to for eight teams. He pitched for the Oakland A's, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners (twice), Minnesota Twins, Montr ...

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William Jessup

Series History: First Meeting ----

Santa Clara

Series History: Santa Clara leads 136-82
Broadcasters:

and Dan Belluomini ----

San Francisco

Series History: San Francisco leads 103-72
Broadcasters:

and Dan Belluomini

References

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Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball The Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represents Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California, competing in the West Coast Conference of the NCAA. The team plays home games in the University Credit Union Pavilion, capacity 3,500; it is one ...