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

2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2013 and ended with the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, whose Final Four was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on April 5,& ...

in November. Conference play began in January 2014 and concluded in March 2014.

Western Michigan West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for a region in the U.S. state of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Generally, it refers to the Grand Rapids- Muskegon-Holland area, and more broadly to most of the region along the Lower Peninsula's Lake ...

and

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shared the regular season title with a conference record of 14–4. Top-seeded Western Michigan defeated Toledo in the MAC tournament final and represented the

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in the NCAA tournament where they lost to

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Preseason awards

The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 29, 2013.

Preseason men's basketball poll

''(First place votes in parentheses)''

East Division

Akron Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 census. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had ...

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Buffalo Buffalo most commonly refers to: * True buffalo or Bubalina, a subtribe of wild cattle, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo * Bison, a genus of wild cattle, including the American buffalo * Buffalo, New York, a city in the n ...

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Kent State Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Ashtabula, Burton, East Liverpool, Jackson Township, New Philadelphia, ...

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West Division

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Tournament champs

Akron (14), Toledo (7), Buffalo (1)

Honors

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

NCAA tournament

Postseason awards

#Coach of the Year:

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, Western Michigan #Player of the Year:

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, Buffalo #Freshman of the Year: Zavier Turner, Ball State #Defensive Player of the Year: Da’Shonte Riley, Eastern Michigan #Sixth Man of the Year: Jake Kretzer, Akron

Honors

References

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Preseason awards

Preseason men's basketball poll

East Division

West Division

Tournament champs

Honors

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

NCAA tournament

Postseason awards

Honors

See also

References