Basketball season
The 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2013 and ended with the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, whose Final Four was played in Arlington, Texas on April 5, 2014, followed by the national championship game on April 7.
Conference membership changes.
The 2013–14 season saw the largest wave of membership changes resulting from a major realignment of NCAA Division I conferences. The cycle began in 2010 with the Big Ten and the then-Pac-10 publicly announcing their intentions to expand. The fallout from these conferences' moves later affected a majority of D-I conferences. The most significant developments this season were:
In addition, four schools began the transition up from Division II starting this season. These schools were ineligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play until completing their D-I transitions in 2017.
The 2013–14 season was also the last for several other teams in their current conferences:
Season outlook.
Pre-season polls.
The top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.
Regular season.
Early-season tournaments.
A number of early-season tournaments took place in November and December 2013.
Conferences.
Conference winners and tournaments.
Thirty-one conference seasons concluded with a single-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that won their regular-season titles were given the number one seed in their respective conference tournaments. Conference tournament winners received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Ivy League was the only NCAA Division I conference that did not hold a conference tournament, instead sending its regular-season champion to the NCAA tournament.
Division I independents.
One school played as a Division I independent.
Informal championships.
Villanova finished with a 4–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
Statistical leaders.
Source for additional stats categories
Postseason tournaments.
NCAA tournament.
Final Four – AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Tournament upsets.
For this list, a "major upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.
National Invitation tournament.
After the NCAA tournament field is announced, the NCAA invited 32 teams to participate in the National Invitation Tournament. The tournament began on March 18, 2014 with all games prior to the semifinals played on campus sites. The semifinals and final were respectively held on April 1 and 3 at the traditional site of Madison Square Garden in New York City.
College Basketball Invitational.
The sixth College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament began on March 18, 2014 and will end with a best-of-three final scheduled for March 31, April 2, and April 5; the final went the full three games. This tournament featured 16 teams who were left out of the NCAA tournament and NIT.
CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament.
The fifth CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was held beginning March 17, 2014 and ending with a championship game on April 3, 2014. This tournament places an emphasis on selecting successful teams from "mid-major" conferences who were left out of the NCAA tournament and NIT. 32 teams participated in this tournament.
Award winners.
Consensus All-American teams.
The following players are recognized as the 2014 Consensus All-Americans:
 
Coaching changes.
A number of teams changed coaches during and after the season.
References.
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