2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2013–14 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Billy Kennedy, who is in his third season at Texas A&M. The team plays their home games at the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and will play in its second season as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball
CBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	18–16 (8–10 SEC)
Head coach	Billy Kennedy (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Glynn Cyprien Kyle Keller John Reese
Home arena	Reed Arena
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Florida †	18	–	0		1.000			36	–	3		.923
Kentucky	12	–	6		.667			29	–	11		.725
Georgia	12	–	6		.667			20	–	14		.588
Tennessee	11	–	7		.611			24	–	13		.649
Arkansas	10	–	8		.556			22	–	12		.647
Missouri	9	–	9		.500			23	–	12		.657
LSU	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
Ole Miss	9	–	9		.500			19	–	14		.576
Texas A&M	8	–	10		.444			18	–	16		.529
Vanderbilt	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
Alabama	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
Auburn	6	–	12		.333			14	–	16		.467
South Carolina	5	–	13		.278			14	–	20		.412
Mississippi State	3	–	15		.167			14	–	19		.424
† 2014 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1]

Before the season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Elston Turner	31	G	6'5"	220	RS Senior	Missouri City, Texas	Graduated
Jarod Jahns	42	F	6'6"	195	RS Senior	Spring, Texas	Graduated
Ray Turner	35	F	6'9"	230	Senior	Houston, Texas	Graduated
Keith Davis	4	C	6'10"	232	Junior	Dallas, Texas	Left team
Daniel Alexander	20	F	6'9"	215	RS Sophomore	Dripping Springs, Texas	Transferred to Grand Canyon

Recruits

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tony Trocha PF	Houston, Texas	St. Thomas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Nov 29, 2012
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (77)
Devante Fitzgerald SF	Stone Mountain, Georgia	Tucker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sep 23, 2012
	Recruit ratings: Rivals:    (75)
Tavario Miller PF	Houston, Texas	Wheatley	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Nov 20, 2012
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (70)
Overall recruit ranking:   Scout: Not Ranked    Rivals: Not Ranked    ESPN: Not Ranked
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Texas A&M 2013 Basketball Commitments". Rivals. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "2013 Texas A&M Basketball Commits". Scout. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. Retrieved August 20, 2013. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved August 20, 2013.

In addition to the three high school recruits signed, head coach Billy Kennedy also received a commitment from junior college transfer Jamal Jones (Lee College), a small forward from Searcy, Arkansas.

Roster

2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Shawn Smith 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) RS Fr Faith Baptist Christian Jacksonville, Florida F 4 Tavario Miller 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Fr Wheatley (TX) Long Island, Bahamas G 5 Jordan Green 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Flower Mound Flower Mound, Texas G 10 Blake McDonald 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Klein Spring, Texas G 11 J-Mychal Reese 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) So Bryan Bryan, Texas G 12 Fabyon Harris 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Sr Southern Idaho Chicago G 13 Juan Aparicio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) So Second Baptist (TX) Bogotá, Colombia F 14 Kourtney Roberson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Jr Arcadia Arcadia, Louisiana F 15 Davonte Fitzgerald 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Fr Tucker Tucker, Georgia G 20 Don Thomas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Lee College Spring, Texas G 21 Alex Caruso 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 183 lb (83 kg) So A&M Consolidated College Station, Texas G 23 Jamal Jones 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Jr Lee College Wynne, Arkansas F 24 Antwan Space 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 224 lb (102 kg) RS So Florida State DeSoto, Texas G 25 Kyle Dobbins 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Fr Memorial Houston, Texas C 45 Dylan Johns 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 227 lb (103 kg) RS Fr Copleston Ipswich, England	Head coach Billy Kennedy (Southeastern Louisiana) Assistant coach(es) Glenn Cyprien (Texas–San Antonio) Kyle Keller (Oklahoma State) John Reese (Angelo State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1* 7:00 pm		UT Permian Basin	W 80–70	0–0	13 – Harris	8 – Space	4 – Green	Reed Arena (4,122) College Station, Texas
Non-conference games
Nov 8* 7:00 pm, FSSW		Buffalo	W 82–58	1–0	15 – Green, Roberson	11 – Roberson	8 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,969) College Station, Texas
Nov 11* 7:00 pm, FSSW		Mississippi Valley State	W 91–67	2–0	24 – Roberson	10 – Roberson	5 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,240) College Station, Texas
Nov 15* 8:00 pm, FSSW		Rice	W 68–65	3–0	19 – Roberson	9 – Roberson	7 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,816) College Station, Texas
Nov 19* 7:00 pm, FSSW		Prairie View A&M	W 75–65	4–0	15 – Caruso	8 – Smith	4 – Caruso, Harris	Reed Arena (4,194) College Station, Texas
Nov 24* 3:00 pm, FSSW		vs. Sam Houston State Corpus Christi Challenge	W 79–62	5–0	12 – Space	9 – Space	5 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,218) College Station, Texas
Nov 26* 7:00 pm, FSSW		vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff Corpus Christi Challenge	W 88–55	6–0	18 – Jones	7 – Roberson	4 – Harris	Reed Arena (4,351) College Station, Texas
Nov 29* 9:00 pm, CBSSN		vs. Missouri State Corpus Christi Challenge	L 67–73	6–1	16 – Roberson	7 – Space	3 – Caruso	American Bank Center (1,613) Corpus Christi, Texas
Nov 30* 5:30 pm, CBSSN		vs. SMU Corpus Christi Challenge	L 52–55	6–2	12 – Fitzgerald	10 – Roberson	2 – Harris	American Bank Center (N/A) Corpus Christi, Texas
Dec 4* 7:00 pm, ESPN3/FSSW		Houston	W 74–57	7–2	21 – Jones	7 – Jones, Roberson	6 – Green	Reed Arena (4,850) College Station, Texas
Dec 14* 7:00 pm, FSSW		McNeese State	W 73–60	8–2	16 – Jones	5 – Jones	7 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,392) College Station, Texas
Dec 21* 6:15 pm, ESPNU		vs. Oklahoma Big 12/SEC Challenge	L 52–64	8–3	10 – Green	13 – Roberson	4 – Caruso	Toyota Center (N/A) Houston
Dec 31* 7:00 pm, FSSW		North Texas	L 41–61	8–4	10 – Caruso	6 – Roberson	2 – Caruso, Green	Reed Arena (4,564) College Station, Texas
Jan 4* 3:00 pm, FSSW		Texas–Pan American	W 63–46	9–4	16 – Jones	10 – Roberson	6 – Caruso	Reed Arena (5,278) College Station, Texas
Conference games
Jan 8 8:00 pm, FSSW		Arkansas	W 69–53	10–4 (1–0)	17 – Fitzgerald	8 – Jones	11 – Caruso	Reed Arena (5,102) College Station, Texas
Jan 11 5:00 pm, FSSW		at Tennessee	W 57–56	11–4 (2–0)	23 – Jones	6 – Roberson	8 – Caruso	Thompson–Boling Arena (18,079) Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 15 7:00 pm, SEC TV		South Carolina	W 75–67	12–4 (3–0)	22 – Jones	4 – 3 tied	7 – Caruso	Reed Arena (9,257) College Station, Texas
Jan 18 12:30 pm, SEC TV		at Mississippi State	L 72–81 OT	12–5 (3–1)	24 – Jones	6 – Caruso	4 – Caruso, Harris	Humphrey Coliseum (7,073) Starkville, Mississippi
Jan 21 8:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 14 Kentucky	L 51–68	12–6 (3–2)	12 – Caruso, Fitzgerald	4 – Caruso, Smith	3 – Caruso	Rupp Arena (22,634) Lexington, Kentucky
Jan 25 12:00 pm, ESPNU		Vanderbilt	L 55–66	12–7 (3–3)	14 – Roberson	10 – Roberson	3 – Jones, Smith	Reed Arena (6,520) College Station, Texas
Jan 29 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at South Carolina	L 52–80	12–8 (3–4)	9 – Jones, Smith	5 – Harris, Jones	2 – Caruso, Green, Harris, Space	Colonial Life Arena (9,950) Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 1 3:00 pm, SEC TV		at No. 3 Florida	L 36–69	12–9 (3–5)	7 – Jones, Roberson	7 – Roberson	3 – Caruso	O'Connell Center (12,426) Gainesville, Florida
Feb 5 8:00 pm, CSS		Mississippi State	W 72–52	13–9 (4–5)	20 – Jones	7 – Jones	10 – Caruso	Reed Arena (4,626) College Station, Texas
Feb 8 7:00 pm, CSS		at Georgia	L 50–62	13–10 (4–6)	17 – Jones	7 – Roberson	1 – Caruso, Jones, McDonald	Stegeman Coliseum (5,831) Athens, Georgia
Feb 12 8:00 pm, CSS		LSU	W 83–73	14–10 (5–6)	19 – Jones	10 – Roberson	4 – Smith	Reed Arena (4,782) College Station, Texas
Feb 15 12:30 pm, SEC TV		at Vanderbilt	L 54–57 OT	14–11 (5–7)	17 – Jones	13 – Jones	5 – Caruso	Memorial Gymnasium (9,059) Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 20 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Alabama	W 63–48	15–11 (6–7)	19 – Jones	12 – Space	4 – Roberson, Space	Reed Arena (7,089) College Station, Texas
Feb 22 2:00 pm, ESPNU		Tennessee	W 68–65 OT	16–11 (7–7)	14 – Caruso, Jones	7 – Space	7 – Caruso	Reed Arena (6,432) College Station, Texas
Feb 26 7:00 pm, SEC TV		at LSU	L 49–68	16–12 (7–8)	12 – Green	8 – Roberson	5 – Caruso	Maravich Center (7,689) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mar 1 6:00 pm, FSSW		Ole Miss	W 71–60	17–12 (8–8)	21 – Jones	7 – Caruso	9 – Caruso	Reed Arena (6,811) College Station, Texas
Mar 5 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Missouri	L 56–57	17–13 (8–9)	– – –	– – –	– – –	Mizzou Arena (–) Columbia, Missouri
Mar 8 3:00 pm, SEC TV		Auburn	L 64–69	17–14 (8–10)	– – –	– – –	– – –	Reed Arena (5,254) College Station, Texas
SEC tournament
Mar 13 12:00 pm, ABC/SECN		vs. Missouri Second round	L 83–91 2OT	17–15	28 – Caruso	8 – Caruso	7 – Caruso	Georgia Dome (–) Atlanta
CBI
Mar 19* 7:00 pm, FCS Pacific		Wyoming First round	W 59–43	18–15	14 – Roberson	11 – Space	10 – Caruso	Reed Arena (2,346) College Station, Texas
Mar 24* 8:00 pm		at Illinois State Quarterfinals	L 55–62	18–16	15 – Space	7 – Roberson	6 – Caruso	Redbird Arena (3,251) Normal, Illinois
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.