The 2013–14 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The team was led by fifth-year head coach

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and played home games at McKale Center in

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as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 33–5, 15–3 in Pac-12 play and won their first Pac-12 regular season championship since 2011 (the 13th time overall). They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Weber State, Gonzaga, and San Diego State to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to Wisconsin.

Previous season

Arizona's 2012–13 team finished with a record of 27–8 after advancing to the NCAA tournament's Sweet Sixteen. The team went 12–6 in the Pac-12 regular season, putting them in a three-way tie for second place. In the Pac-12 tournament, the team defeated

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to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to

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. Ranked 21st in the post-season AP poll, the Cats were seeded 6th in the West Region of the NCAA tournament. Arizona won its first two tournament games, defeating 11-seed Belmont and 14-seed Harvard, before falling to 2-seed

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in the regional semifinals.

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

* Point guard

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and center Matt Korcheck first played for Arizona in 2013-14 after red-shirting the previous season. McConnell, a Duquesne transfer and the nephew of

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member

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, was required to sit out 2012–13 under NCAA transfer rules. Korcheck was eligible to play as a junior college transfer but arranged with Miller to redshirt given Arizona's front-court depth. Both had two years of eligibility remaining after redshirting.

2013 recruiting class

Roster

Depth chart

* before Feb. 1 * after Feb. 1

Schedule

Arizona's thirteen-game non-conference schedule had two road games, two neutral-site games, and nine home games. The team spent Thanksgiving in

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for the 2013

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semifinal and championship rounds held at Madison Square Garden. Arizona was one of four regional hosts for the NIT Tip-Off's first and second rounds, the others being

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, and

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Ranking movement

Team statistics

Source

Awards

;

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* Freshman student-athlete of the year * AP Honorable Mention * 2013: USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year * Individual All-America teams * 2014 NCAA tournament's West Regional all-tournament team * Third All-America Team– Sporting News * USBWA All-District team * NABC All District Second Team * Pac-12 All-Freshman Team * Pac-12 First Team * Pac–12 Freshman of the Year * 2013

All-Tournament Team * CBS Sports and U.S. Basketball Writers Association Freshman Of The Week Honors ; Nick Johnson * Junior student-athlete of the year * Wooden All-American team * AP All-American second team * 2014 NCAA tournament's West Regional all-tournament team * First team All-American – TSN, USBWA * Consensus All-American – USBWA, NABC, Sporting News * USBWA All-District team * NABC All District First Team * USBWA District IX Player of the Year * Pac-12 First Team * Pac-12 All-Defense Team * Pac-12 Player of the Year * 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off MVP, All-Tournament Team * Pac-12 Player of the Week (December 2, 2013) ;

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* Pac-12 All-Freshman Team * Freshman student-athlete of the year ;

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* Sophomore student-athlete of the year ;

* Pac-12 Second Team * Pac-12 All-Defensive Team ;Head Coach

* USBWA District IX Coach of the Year * Pac-10/12

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Coach of the Year

References

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