2013–14 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

2013–14 Houston Cougars men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record17–16 (8–10 The American)
Head coach
Associate head coachAlvin Brooks
Assistant coaches
  • Johnny Estelle
  • Ronnie Hamilton
Home arenaHofheinz Pavilion
2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Louisville* † 15 3   .833 31 6   .838
No. 15 Cincinnati 15 3   .833 27 7   .794
No. 18 UConn 12 6   .667 32 8   .800
SMU 12 6   .667 27 10   .730
Memphis 12 6   .667 24 10   .706
Houston 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
Rutgers 5 13   .278 12 21   .364
UCF 4 14   .222 13 18   .419
Temple 4 14   .222 9 22   .290
South Florida 3 15   .167 12 20   .375
The American Tournament winner
As of March 15th, 2014
*Louisville: 29 reg. season games, 3 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(31-6)(15-3)
Rankings from AP poll

The 2013–14 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the first for the Cougars as members of the American Athletic Conference. The team, coached by James Dickey in his fourth year, played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. They finished the season 17–16, 8–10 in conference play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Conference tournament where they lost to Louisville.

After the season, Dickey stepped down for personal reasons. He was 64–62 in four seasons, and was replaced by Kelvin Sampson.