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.

2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2013–14 record19–15 (9–7 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chad O'Donnell
  • Jeremy Friel
  • Jon Iati
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
2013–14 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Vermont151 .938  2211  .667
Stony Brook133 .813  2311  .676
Hartford106 .625  1716  .515
Albany97 .563  1915  .559
UMass Lowell*88 .500  1018  .357
UMBC511 .313  921  .300
Binghamton412 .250  723  .233
Maine412 .250  623  .207
New Hampshire412 .250  624  .200
2014 America East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition

Roster

2013–14 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Anthony Odunsi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrTyler Sugar Land, Texas
G 3 D. J. Evans 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)175 lb (79 kg) SrEast Mississippi Brandon, Mississippi
F 4 Levan Shengelia 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)250 lb (113 kg) JrOdessa Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
G 5 Anders Haas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg) SoState College of Florida
Bishop O'Dowd
Copenhagen, Denmark
F 10 Mike Rowley 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)230 lb (104 kg) FrKnox Grammar School Sydney, Australia
F 11 Luke Devlin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)235 lb (107 kg) SrNewington College Sydney, Australia
G 12 Peter Hooley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg) SoConcordia College Hahndorf, South Australia
G 13 Reece Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)200 lb (91 kg) SoWoodlands White Plains, New York
F 14 Sam Rowley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)200 lb (91 kg) JrKnox Grammar School Sydney, Australia
F 15 Ede Egharevba 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg) SoMidland Queens, New York
F 20 Gary Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg) SrOxnard (CA) Moreno Valley, California
F 22 Dave Wiegmann 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg) SrSouthwestern Illinois Breese, Illinois
F 24 Dallas Ennema 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg) FrSheldon Sheldon, Iowa
C 44 John Puk 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)235 lb (107 kg) SrWaterloo 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

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
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.

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