They were the last team to finish the regular season and enter the NCAA tournament unbeaten until Kentucky did it the next year.

[2] They spent most of the season in the top 10 of both major polls, rising as high as #2 in late February.

Two days later, and playing their 5th and final straight game at St. Louis' Scottrade Center, Fred VanVleet's three-point attempt at the end-of-game buzzer against Kentucky bounced harmlessly off the rim, and so went their attempt to become the first men's team in 38 years to win the title undefeated.

[4] Sources: Roster Last update: 2013-11-08 Fred VanVleet was named one of the ten semi-finalists for the Naismith College Player of the Year Award.

[6][7] Early has earned 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American second team recognition from the United States Basketball Writers Association, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), NBC Sports,[8] and USA Today as well as third team recognition from the Associated Press (AP) and honorable mention recognition from Bleacher Report.