2013–14 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears were led by fourth year head coach B. J. Hill and played their home games at the Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 11–9 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference tournament where they lost to Weber State. They were invited to the CollegeInsdier.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.

2013–14 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball
CIT, First round (vacated)
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	0-0 (18 wins, 14 loses vacated) (0-0 (11 wins, 9 loses vacated) Big Sky)
Head coach	B. J. Hill (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Will Hensley Joel Davidson Austin Hansen
Home arena	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion

2013–14 Big Sky men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Weber State †	14	–	6		.700			19	–	12		.613
Montana	12	–	8		.600			17	–	13		.567
North Dakota	12	–	8		.600			17	–	17		.500
Northern Arizona	12	–	8		.600			15	–	17		.469
Northern Colorado	11	–	9		.550			18	–	14		.563
Portland State	11	–	9		.550			17	–	15		.531
Eastern Washington	10	–	10		.500			15	–	16		.484
Sacramento State	10	–	10		.500			14	–	16		.467
Montana State	9	–	11		.450			14	–	17		.452
Idaho State	8	–	12		.400			11	–	18		.379
Southern Utah	1	–	19		.050			2	–	27		.069
† Conference tournament winner

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Corey Spence	Guard	5–9	175	Junior	Baltimore, Maryland
1	Derrick Barden	Forward	6–5	225	Senior	Detroit, Michigan
2	Xzaivier James	Guard	5–11	175	Senior	Greeley, Colorado
3	Jordan Wilson	Guard	5–7	155	Freshman	Los Angeles, California
4	Cameron Michael	Guard	6–5	185	Sophomore	Loveland, Colorado
5	Tevin Svihovec	Guard	6–2	190	Junior	Kingwood, Texas
10	Cody McDavis	Forward	6–8	230	Sophomore	Phoenix, Arizona
13	Dominique Lee	Forward	6–5	215	Junior	Oakland, California
15	Tate Unruh	Guard	6–4	180	Senior	Branson, Missouri
21	Brendan Keane	Center	6–9	245	Junior	Oakland, California
22	Tim Huskisson	Forward	6–5	210	Junior	Willard, Missouri
23	Collin Sanger	Forward	6–5	200	Freshman	Sterling, Colorado
24	Anthony Johnson	Guard	6–2	190	Freshman	Indianapolis, Indiana
30	Jon'te Dotson	Guard	6–3	185	Freshman	Denver, Colorado
33	Jeremy Verhagen	Forward	6–10	195	Freshman	Florence, Arizona
34	Connor Osborne	Center	6–9	260	Senior	Littleton, Colorado

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/08/2013* 7:00 pm, FSKC	at Kansas State	W 60–58	1–0	Bramlage Coliseum (12,004) Manhattan, KS
11/12/2013* 7:00 pm	Colorado Christian	W 98–74	2–0	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,516) Greeley, CO
11/20/2013* 7:00 pm, ALT	at New Mexico State Colorado State Challenge	L 63–67	2–1	Pan American Center (5,444) Las Cruces, NM
11/22/2013* 7:00 pm	at Colorado State Colorado State Challenge	L 65–72	2–2	Moby Arena (4,473) Fort Collins, CO
11/30/2013* 7:05 pm	Bethune-Cookman Colorado State Challenge	W 65–60	3–2	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (929) Greeley, CO
12/01/2013* 7:05 pm	Prairie View A&M Colorado State Challenge	W 87–70	4–2	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (203) Greeley, CO
12/10/2013* 7:05 pm	Colorado College	W 96–57	5–2	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (N/A) Greeley, CO
12/16/2013* 7:05 pm	UC Riverside	W 63–60	6–2	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (952) Greeley, CO
12/22/2013* 4:00 pm	at Wyoming	L 59–72	6–3	Arena-Auditorium (4,513) Laramie, WY
12/29/2013 7:05 pm	North Dakota	W 84–66	7–3 (1–0)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (912) Greeley, CO
01/04/2014 7:00 pm	Southern Utah	W 91–55	8–3 (2–0)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (987) Greeley, CO
01/09/2014 7:05 pm, ALT	Weber State	W 70–51	9–3 (3–0)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,102) Greeley, CO
01/11/2014 7:05 pm	at Idaho State	W 82–75	10–3 (4–0)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,453) Greeley, CO
01/16/2014 7:00 pm	at Montana State	L 55–70	10–4 (4–1)	Worthington Arena (2,609) Bozeman, MT
01/18/2014 7:00 pm	at Montana	W 84–73	11–4 (5–1)	Dahlberg Arena (4,106) Missoula, MT
01/23/2014 7:05 pm	Northern Arizona	W 87–72	12–4 (6–1)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,601) Greeley, CO
01/25/2014 7:05 pm	Sacramento State	W 72–62	13–4 (7–1)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,271) Greeley, CO
01/30/2014 8:00 pm	at Portland State	L 57–80	13–5 (7–2)	Stott Center (1,500) Portland, OR
02/01/2014 3:05 pm	at Eastern Washington	L 90–94 OT	13–6 (7–3)	Reese Court (1,440) Cheney, WA
02/06/2014 7:00 pm	at Idaho State	L 70–73	13–7 (7–4)	Holt Arena (1,498) Pocatello, ID
02/08/2014 7:00 pm	at Weber State	L 65–79	13–8 (7–5)	Dee Events Center (8,151) Ogden, UT
02/13/2014 7:05 pm, ALT	Montana	W 89–86 OT	14–8 (8–5)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,453) Greeley, CO
02/15/2014 7:05 pm, ALT	Montana State	W 83–73	15–8 (9–5)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,929) Greeley, CO
02/20/2014 6:30 pm, FSAZ	at Northern Arizona	W 74–59	16–8 (10–5)	Walkup Skydome (1,164) Flagstaff, AZ
02/22/2014 8:05 pm	at Sacramento State	L 58–79	16–9 (10–6)	Colberg Court (877) Sacramento, CA
02/27/2014 7:05 pm	Eastern Washington	L 66–80	16–10 (10–7)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,786) Greeley, CO
03/01/2014 7:05 pm	Portland State	L 68–77	16–11 (10–8)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,630) Greeley, CO
03/04/2014 6:00 pm	at North Dakota	L 90–94	16–12 (10–9)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,767) Grand Forks, ND
03/08/2014 5:00 pm	at Southern Utah	W 77–52	17–12 (11–9)	Centrum Arena (888) Cedar City, UT
Big Sky tournament
03/13/2014 4:30 pm	Northern Arizona Quarterfinals	W 62–60	18–12	Dee Events Center (N/A) Ogden, UT
03/14/2014 7:00 pm	at Weber State Semifinals	L 63–66 OT	18–13	Dee Events Center (5,228) Ogden, UT
CIT
03/19/2014* 7:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi First round	L 71–82	18–14	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (953) Greeley, CO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.