The 2013–14 Massachusetts Minutemen basketball team represented the

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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 ...

. The Minutemen, led by sixth year head coach

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, played their home games at the

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and were members of the

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. Early in the season UMass won the

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tournament. Following this tournament victory and beginning the season 6–0, the Minutemen would be ranked #24 in the

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. This marked the first time since 1998 that UMass would be ranked in the AP Top 25. They finished the regular season 23–7, 10–6 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. The Minutemen were eliminated in the A-10 tournament quarterfinals. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first NCAA bid in 16 years. They lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Tennessee to finish the season 24–9. Shortly after the end of the season, sophomore starting guard Derrick Gordon came out as gay, making him the first Division I men's basketball player to do so while still playing in college.

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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