2013–14 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

2013–14 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 11
Record29–9 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachDwayne Stephens (11th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBreslin Center
2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Michigan 15 3   .833 28 9   .757
No. 12 Wisconsin 12 6   .667 30 8   .789
No. 11 Michigan State 12 6   .667 29 9   .763
Nebraska 11 7   .611 19 13   .594
No. 22 Ohio State 10 8   .556 25 10   .714
Iowa 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Minnesota 8 10   .444 25 13   .658
Illinois 7 11   .389 20 15   .571
Indiana 7 11   .389 17 15   .531
Penn State 6 12   .333 16 18   .471
Northwestern 6 12   .333 14 19   .424
Purdue 5 13   .278 15 17   .469
2014 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2013–14 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2013–14 college basketball season. The Spartans, led by 19th-year head coach Tom Izzo, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference. MSU finished the season with a record of 29–9, 12–6 to finish in a tie for second place in Big Ten play. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten tournament, the Spartans defeated Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Michigan (avenging to regular season losses to the Wolverines) to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, MSU's 17th straight trip. As the No. 4 seed in the East region, they defeated Delaware, Harvard, and No. 1-seeded Virginia to reach the Elite Eight where they lost to eventual National Champion, UConn. The loss marked the first time in Tom Izzo's career that a player who played four years for Izzo had failed to reach a Final Four.