The 2013–14 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the

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in November.

Preseason

Preseason polls

C-USA was the only conference not to publish an official preseason poll. However, other publications did publish preseason projections. Although

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did not rank all the teams, they selected Louisiana Tech as their projected champion and mentioned Southern Miss and UTEP as contenders.

Preseason Players to Watch

C-USA did not name a preseason all-conference team, but each of the coaches selected a player to watch from their team.

Preconference schedules

Early-season tournament victories

Rankings

Conference schedules

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Player of the week

;Players of the week Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Honors and awards

All-Conference USA Awards and Teams

NABC

The

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announced their Division I All-District teams on March 12, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 252 student-athletes, from 25 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for NABC Coaches' All-America Honors. The following list represented the District 11 players chosen to the list. ;First Team *Shawn Jones, Middle Tennessee *Chad Frazier, UAB *Pablo Bertone, Florida Atlantic *Julian Washburn, UTEP *Kenneth "Speedy" Smith, Louisiana Tech ;Second Team *Neil Watson, Southern Miss *Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech *Tymell Murphy, FIU *Vince Hunter, UTEP *James Woodard, Tulsa

Postseason

Conference USA Tournament

* March 11–15, 2014 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament,

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