2013–14 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team

2013–14 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record21–6 (9–5 Southland)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Prince Johnson
  • Brian Curtis
  • Daryl Ward
Home arenaMcDermott Convocation Center
2013–14 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stephen F. Austin 18 0   1.000 32 3   .914
Texas A&M–CC 14 4   .778 18 16   .529
Sam Houston State 13 5   .722 24 11   .686
Northwestern State 12 6   .667 17 14   .548
Incarnate Word* 9 5   .643 21 6   .778
Oral Roberts 10 8   .556 17 16   .515
Nicholls State 10 8   .556 14 15   .483
McNeese State 9 9   .500 11 20   .355
New Orleans** 8 10   .444 11 15   .423
Southeastern Louisiana 7 11   .389 12 18   .400
Central Arkansas 5 13   .278 8 21   .276
Lamar 3 15   .167 4 26   .133
Abilene Christian* 2 12   .143 11 20   .355
Houston Baptist 2 16   .111 6 25   .194
2014 Southland tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition
**ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties

The 2013–14 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by eighth year head coach Ken Burmeister and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center. They were new members of the Southland Conference.

This was year 1 of a 4-year transitional period for Incarnate Word from DII to DI. During year 1 they only played conference opponents once, with the exception of Abilene Christian, and were classified as a DII school for scheduling purposes. Since Abilene Christian was also transitioning, they played them twice. Incarnate Word could not win the regular season basketball title for the 2013–14 season.

In years 2–4 Incarnate Word will be classified as a DI school for scheduling purposes. They will increase the number of conference games, and they can win the regular season conference title. However Incarnate Word cannot participate in the conference tournament until the 2017–18 season, at which time they will also be able to enter the post-season tournaments, should they win the conference.

They finished this season 21–6, 9–5 in Southland play to finish in fifth place.