2012–13 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

2012–13 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball

Big East regular season co–champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
Coaches	#11
AP	#11
2012–13 record	26–9 (14–4 Big East)
Head coach	Buzz Williams
Assistant coach	Brad Autry
Assistant coach	Isaac Chew
Home arena	BMO Harris Bradley Center

	Conf				Overall
2012–13 Big East men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 Louisville†	14	–	4	.778	35	–	5	.875
#8 Georgetown	14	–	4	.778	25	–	7	.781
#15 Marquette	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
#20 Pittsburgh	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
#16 Syracuse	11	–	7	.611	30	–	10	.750
#23 Notre Dame	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
Villanova	10	–	8	.556	20	–	14	.588
Connecticut*	10	–	8	.556	20	–	10	.667
Cincinnati	9	–	9	.500	22	–	12	.647
Providence	9	–	9	.500	19	–	15	.559
St. John's	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Rutgers	5	–	13	.278	15	–	16	.484
Seton Hall	3	–	15	.167	15	–	18	.455
South Florida	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387
DePaul	2	–	16	.111	11	–	21	.344

† 2013 Big East Tournament winner As of March 30, 2013^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties

The 2012–13 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Marquette was coached by Buzz Williams and played their home games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI. The Golden Eagles were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 14–4 in Big East play to finish in a three way tie for the conference title with Georgetown and Louisville. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Davidson, Butler, and Miami (FL) to advance to the Elite Eight were they lost to Syracuse.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Jamil Wilson	6'7"	210	F	Jr.	Racine, WI, U.S.	Horlick HS/Oregon
1	Jamal Ferguson	6'4"	180	G	Fr.	Norfolk, VA, U.S.	Maury HS
4	Todd Mayo	6'3"	190	G	So.	Huntington, WV, U.S.	Notre Dame Prep
5	Junior Cadougan	6'1"	205	G	Sr.	Toronto, ON, Canada	Christian Life Center Academy
10	Juan Anderson	6'6"	205	F	So.	Oakland, CA, U.S.	Castro Valley HS
12	Derrick Wilson	6'1"	215	G	So.	Anchorage, AK, U.S.	The Hotchkiss School
13	Vander Blue	6'4"	190	G	Jr.	Madison, WI, U.S.	Madison Memorial HS
22	Trent Lockett	6'5"	210	G	Sr.	Golden Valley, MN, U.S.	Hopkins HS/ Arizona State
23	Jake Thomas	6'3"	190	G	Jr.	Racine, WI, U.S.	St. Catherine's HS/South Dakota
25	Steve Taylor, Jr.	6'7"	230	F	Fr.	Chicago, IL, U.S.	Simeon Career Academy
30	Dillon Flood	6'4"	200	G	So.	Lemont, IL, U.S.	Benet Academy
33	Garrett Swanson	6'7"	200	F	So.	Spokane, WA, U.S.	Mead HS
42	Chris Otule	6'10"	250	C	Sr.	Richmond, TX, U.S.	Fort Bend HS
54	Davante Gardner	6'8"	290	F	Jr.	Suffolk, VA, U.S.	Kings Fork HS

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
November 9*		vs. #4 Ohio State (Carrier Classic)	No Contest		USS Yorktown (–)
November 11*		Colgate (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational)	W 84–63	1–0	BMO Harris Bradley Center (13,065)
November 13*		Southeastern Louisiana	W 64–53	2–0	BMO Harris Bradley Center (12,587)
November 19*		vs. Butler (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational)	L 71–72	2–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
November 20*		vs. Mississippi State (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational)	W 89–62	3–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
November 21*		vs. USC (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational)	W 72–64	4–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
November 26*		UMBC	W 79–46	5–1	BMO Harris Bradley Center (12,679)
November 29*		at #7 Florida (SEC–Big East Challenge)	L 49–82	5–2	Stephen C. O'Connell Center (10,245)
December 8*		Wisconsin	W 60–50	6–2	BMO Harris Bradley Center (18,588)
December 15*		Savannah State	W 71–51	7–2	BMO Harris Bradley Center (13,366)
December 19*		at Green Bay	L 47–49	7–3	Resch Center (6,733)
December 22*		LSU	W 84–80	8–3	BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,309)
December 29*		North Carolina Central	W 75–66	9–3	BMO Harris Bradley Center (13,600)
January 1		Connecticut	W 82–76 ^OT	10–3 (1–0)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,159)
January 5		#15 Georgetown	W 49–48	11–3 (2–0)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (15,433)
January 12		at Pittsburgh	W 74–67 ^OT	12–3 (3–0)	Petersen Events Center (12,513)
January 16	#25	Seton Hall	W 69–62	13–3 (4–0)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (13,842)
January 19	#25	at Cincinnati	L 69–71 ^OT	13–4 (4–1)	Fifth Third Arena (12,812)
January 26		Providence	W 81–71	14–4 (5–1)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (15,140)
January 28	#25	South Florida	W 63–50	15–4 (6–1)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (15,136)
February 3	#25	#12 Louisville	L 51–70	15–5 (6–2)	KFC Yum! Center (21,418)
February 6	#24	at South Florida	W 70–47	16–5 (7–2)	USF Sun Dome (5,186)
February 9	#24	DePaul	W 89–78	17–5 (8–2)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (16,176)
February 11	#18	at #15 Georgetown	L 55–63	17–6 (8–3)	Verizon Center (11,821)
February 16	#18	#16 Pittsburgh	W 79–69	18–6 (9–3)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (17,308)
February 19	#17	at Seton Hall	W 67–46	19–6 (10–3)	Prudential Center (6,224)
February 23	#17	at Villanova	L 56–60	19–7 (10–4)	The Pavilion (6,500)
February 25	#22	#12 Syracuse	W 74–71	20–7 (11–4)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (16,049)
March 2	#22	#21 Notre Dame	W 72–64	21–7 (12–4)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (19,093)
March 5	#15	at Rutgers	W 60–54	22–7 (13–4)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (5,021)
March 9	#15	at St. John's	W 69–67 ^OT	23–7 (14–4)	Madison Square Garden (12,474)
2013 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
March 14	#12	vs. #24 Notre Dame (Quarterfinals)	L 65–73	23–8	Madison Square Garden (20,057)
2013 NCAA Tournament
March 21*	#15 (3 E)	vs. (14 E) Davidson (Second Round)	W 59–58	24–8	Rupp Arena (14,622)
March 23*	#15 (3 E)	vs. (6 E) Butler (Third Round)	W 74–72	25–8	Rupp Arena (20,601)
March 28*	#15 (3 E)	vs. #5 (2 E) Miami (FL) (Sweet Sixteen)	W 71–61	26–8	Verizon Center (19,731)
March 30*	#15 (3 E)	vs. #16 (4 E) Syracuse (Elite Eight)	L 39–55	26–9	Verizon Center (19,801)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

References

↑ "Big East Conference Standings - 2012-13." ESPN.com. Retrieved: March 18, 2013.

Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball

Venues	Old Gym (1922–1974) Milwaukee Arena (1974–1988) BMO Harris Bradley Center (1988–present) Al McGuire Center (practice)

Culture & lore	"Ring Out Ahoya" "Jump Around Guy"

People	Head coaches NBA players

Seasons	1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics