the 2013–2014 season saw the team improve to a 16–16 mark overall but have its sixth consecutive losing season in the conference. the team faced the loss of all five of its starters and its five top scorers following the season, due to graduation, transfers, and the like. in march 2014, the pac-12 announced that robinson would coach an all-star basketball team that would tour china in august. on may 5, 2014, robinson was fired from his position as the oregon state men's head basketball coach. he was given a $4 million buyout of the three remaining years on his contract. the team had failed to make the ncaa men's division i basketball championship or the national invitation tournament during robinson's tenure. his overall 93–104 record did make him the fourth-winningest coach in team history.