The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Kevin Ollie.

They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic tournament where they lost to SMU.

The Huskies finished the 2013–14 season with a record of 32-8 overall, including 12–6 in American Athletic play.

They lost in the championship game of the 2014 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament to Louisville.

They received at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament which they beat Saint Joseph's and Villanova in the second and third rounds, Iowa State and Michigan State in the sweet sixteen and elite eight to make it to the final four, where they beat the Florida Gators in the national semifinal round and the Kentucky Wildcats in the 2014 National Championship Game.