2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by 13th year head coach Will Brown, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 9–7 in American East play to finish in fourth place. They were champions of the America East Conference tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they defeated Mount St. Mary's in the First Four before losing in the second round to Florida.[1][2]

2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, round of 64
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record19–15 (9–7 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chad O'Donnell
  • Jeremy Friel
  • Jon Iati
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
Seasons
2013–14 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 15 1   .938 22 11   .667
Stony Brook 13 3   .813 23 11   .676
Hartford 10 6   .625 17 16   .515
Albany 9 7   .563 19 15   .559
UMass Lowell* 8 8   .500 10 18   .357
UMBC 5 11   .313 9 21   .300
Binghamton 4 12   .250 7 23   .233
Maine 4 12   .250 6 23   .207
New Hampshire 4 12   .250 6 24   .200
2014 America East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition

Roster edit

2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Anthony Odunsi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Tyler Sugar Land, Texas
G 3 D. J. Evans 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr East Mississippi Brandon, Mississippi
F 4 Levan Shengelia 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Odessa Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
G 5 Anders Haas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So State College of Florida
Bishop O'Dowd
Copenhagen, Denmark
F 10 Mike Rowley 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Knox Grammar School Sydney, Australia
F 11 Luke Devlin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Newington College Sydney, Australia
G 12 Peter Hooley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Concordia College Hahndorf, South Australia
G 13 Reece Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Woodlands White Plains, New York
F 14 Sam Rowley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Knox Grammar School Sydney, Australia
F 15 Ede Egharevba 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Midland Queens, New York
F 20 Gary Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Oxnard (CA) Moreno Valley, California
F 22 Dave Wiegmann 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Southwestern Illinois Breese, Illinois
F 24 Dallas Ennema 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Sheldon Sheldon, Iowa
C 44 John Puk 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Waterloo West Waterloo, Iowa
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 27, 2013

Schedule edit

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
11/08/2013*
7:00 pm
at Siena
Mayor's Cup
W 74–62  1–0
 17  Tied   9  Rowley   2  Evans  Times Union Center (11,311)
Albany, NY
11/12/2013*
7:00 pm
NJIT W 71–65  2–0
 20  Evans   5  Johnson   4  Johnson  SEFCU Arena (3,141)
Albany, NY
11/16/2013*
2:00 pm
at Quinnipiac L 69–79  2–1
 20  Rowley   6  Tied   5  Evans  TD Bank Sports Center (1,885)
Hamden, CT
11/20/2013*
7:00 pm
at Duquesne L 59–70  2–2
 21  Hooley   10  Rowley   3  Tied  A. J. Palumbo Center (1,991)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/23/2013*
7:00 pm
Bucknell L 64–77  2–3
 21  Hooley   10  Rowley   3  Evans  SEFCU Arena (3,756)
Albany, NY
11/26/2013*
7:00 pm
at Rider W 70–59  3–3
 24  Hooley   14  Wiegmann   4  Wiegmann  Alumni Gymnasium (1,030)
Lawrenceville, NJ
12/01/2013*
2:00 pm
at NJIT W 66–55  4–3
 17  Evans   9  Rowley   3  Wiegmann  Fleisher Center (600)
Newark, NJ
12/04/2013*
7:00 pm
at Holy Cross L 57–62  4–4
 19  Hooley   7  Rowley   4  Evans  Hart Center (1,374)
Worcester, MA
12/10/2013*
7:00 pm
at Brown W 74–68  5–4
 20  Rowley   7  Shengelia   3  Hooley  Pizzitola Sports Center (N/A)
Providence, RI
12/14/2013*
7:00 pm
Colgate L 60–69  5–5
 21  Rowley   11  Rowley   4  Johnson  SEFCU Arena (1,821)
Albany, NY
12/20/2013*
7:00 pm
Yale W 70–62  6–5
 14  Evans   9  Evans   4  Devlin  SEFCU Arena (2,108)
Albany, NY
12/23/2013*
7:00 pm
at Drake L 63–71  6–6
 16  Puk   7  Puk   5  Hooley  Knapp Center (3,389)
Des Moines, IA
12/31/2013*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Pittsburgh W 58–46  6–7
 18  Evans   8  Rowley   5  Rowley  Petersen Events Center (10,049)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/04/2014
7:00 pm
Hartford W 81–58  7–7 (1–0)
 25  Hooley   9  Puk   6  Hooley  SEFCU Arena (2,556)
Albany, NY
01/08/2014
7:00 pm
UMBC W 73–72 2OT 8–7 (2–0)
 27  Hooley   12  Rowley   4  Evans  SEFCU Arena (2,145)
Albany, NY
01/11/2014
7:00 pm
at Vermont L 38–68  8–8 (2–1)
 9  Johnson   5  Tied   2  Johnson  Patrick Gym (2,583)
Burlington, VT
01/15/2014
7:00 pm
at UMass Lowell L 66–70 OT 8–9 (2–2)
 13  Tied   9  Egharevba   6  Evans  Costello Athletic Center (243)
Lowell, MA
01/18/2014
2:00 pm
at Maine W 85–78  9–9 (3–2)
 28  Johnson   5  Rowley   6  Hooley  Memorial Gym (1,181)
Orono, ME
01/20/2014
7:00 pm
Binghamton W 66–60  10–9 (4–2)
 17  Hooley   7  Tied   4  Hooley  SEFCU Arena (2,956)
Albany, NY
01/23/2014
7:00 pm
at New Hampshire L 56–60  10–10 (4–3)
 22  Evans   8  Rowley   2  Hooley  Lundholm Gym (N/A)
Durham, NH
01/29/2014
7:00 pm
Stony Brook W 77–67  11–10 (5–3)
 19  Johnson   11  Rowley   4  Evans  SEFCU Arena (2,482)
Albany, NY
02/01/2014
7:30 pm, ESPN3
Vermont
Big Purple Growl, Homecoming
L 45–55  11–11 (5–4)
 11  Hooley   7  Rowley   4  Hooley  SEFCU Arena (4,583)
Albany, NY
02/05/2014
7:00 pm
UMass Lowell W 73–56  12–11 (6–4)
 21  Hooley   9  Puk   5  Evans  SEFCU Arena (1,435)
Albany, NY
02/08/2014
7:00 pm
at Hartford L 54–67  12–12 (6–5)
 14  Rowley   11  Rowley   1  5 Tied  Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (2,230)
Hartford, CT
02/12/2014
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBC L 69–71  12–13 (6–6)
 21  Hooley   7  Johnson   4  Evans  Retriever Activities Center (1,161)
Baltimore, MD
02/15/2014
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine W 74–63  13–13 (7–6)
 21  Hooley   7  Puk   5  Tied  SEFCU Arena (2,912)
Albany, NY
02/19/2014
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton W 57–48  14–13 (8–6)
 13  Hooley   10  Rowley   4  Evans  Binghamton University Events Center (3,067)
Vestal, NY
02/27/2014
7:00 pm
New Hampshire W 66–48  15–13 (9–6)
 19  Rowley   6  Rowley   3  Hooley  SEFCU Arena (1,980)
Albany, NY
03/02/2014
2:00 pm
at Stony Brook L 68–73  15–14 (9–7)
 15  Tied   8  Tied   5  Evans  Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630)
Stony Brook, NY
America East tournament
03/08/2014
2:30 pm, ESPN3
UMBC
Quarterfinals
W 86–56  16–14
 30  Hooley   7  Devlin   4  Evans  SEFCU Arena (2,631)
Albany, NY
03/09/2014
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont
Semifinals
W 67–58  17–14
 26  Hooley   13  Johnson   1  Tied  SEFCU Arena (2,724)
Albany, NY
03/15/2014
11:30 am, ESPN2
at Stony Brook
Championship
W 69–60  18–14
 18  Rowley   10  Johnson   3  Tied  Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630)
Stony Brook, NY
NCAA tournament
03/18/2014*
6:40 pm, truTV
(16 S) vs. (16 S) Mount St. Mary's
First Four
W 71–64  19–14
 22  Evans   13  Rowley   3  Tied  University of Dayton Arena (12,077)
Dayton, OH
03/20/2014*
4:10 pm, TBS
(16 S) vs. (1 S) No. 1 Florida
Second round
L 55–67  19–15
 21  Evans   7  Evans   4  Rowley  Amway Center (16,074)
Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=South Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References edit

  1. ^ Miller, Rusty (March 18, 2014). "Mount St. Mary's bounced in First Four by Albany". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Long, Mark (March 20, 2014). "Top-seeded Florida pulls away, beats Albany, 67-55". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved February 4, 2024.