2012–13 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

2012–13 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

NCAA Tournament South Region 11 Seed, Third Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2012–13 record	21–13 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tubby Smith
Assistant coach	Ron Jirsa
Assistant coach	Saul Smith
Assistant coach	Vince Taylor
Home arena	Williams Arena

	Conf				Overall
2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Indiana	14	–	4	.778	29	–	7	.806
#7 Ohio State †	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
#9 Michigan State	13	–	5	.722	27	–	9	.750
#10 Michigan	12	–	6	.667	31	–	8	.795
#18 Wisconsin	12	–	6	.667	23	–	12	.657
Iowa	9	–	9	.500	25	–	13	.658
Illinois	8	–	10	.444	23	–	13	.639
Minnesota	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	16	–	18	.471
Nebraska	5	–	13	.278	15	–	18	.455
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
Penn State	2	–	16	.111	10	–	21	.323

† 2013 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2012-13 college basketball season. It was the sixth and final season for team's head coach, Tubby Smith, who was fired shortly after the conclusion of the season. The Golden Gophers, members of the Big Ten Conference, played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished with a record of 21–13 overall, 8–10 in Big Ten for a three-way tie for 7th place. They lost to Illinois in the first round in the 2013 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and lost in the third round to Florida.

Coach Tubby Smith's firing was announced on March 25, 2013. On April 3, 2013, it was verbally agreed upon that Richard Pitino would become the new Gophers basketball coach.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous team(s)
00	Julian Welch	6'3"	195	G	Sr.	Elk Grove, CA, U.S.	Franklin HS
1	Andre Hollins	6'1"	200	G	So.	Memphis, TN, U.S.	White Station HS
3	Wally Ellenson	6'4"	200	G	Fr.	Rice Lake, WI, U.S.	Rice Lake HS
10	Oto Osenieks	6'8"	205	F	RSo.	Riga, Latvia	Brehm Prep
11	Joe Coleman	6'4"	208	G	So.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Hopkins HS
13	Maverick Ahanmisi	6'2"	192	G	Jr.	Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.	Stoneridge Prep
15	Maurice Walker	6'10"	289	F	RSo.	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada	Brewster Academy
20	Austin Hollins	6'4"	185	G	Jr.	Germantown, TN, U.S.	Germantown HS
22	Chris Halvorsen	6'8"	214	F	RJr.	St. Paul, MN, U.S.	Henry Sibley HS
24	Charles Buggs	6'8"	198	F	Fr.	Arlington, TX, U.S.	Hargrave Military Academy
30	Andre Ingram	6'7"	213	F	Sr.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Minnesota Transitions
32	Trevor Mbakwe	6'8"	245	F	GSr.	Saint Paul, MN, U.S.	St. Bernard's HS Miami Dade College
33	Rodney Williams	6'7"	200	F	Sr.	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	Robbinsdale Cooper HS
34	Kendal Shell	6'0"	190	G	So.	St. Louis, MO, U.S.	Webster Groves HS
55	Elliott Eliason	6'11"	260	C	RSo.	Chadron, NE, U.S.	Chadron HS

2012–13 schedule and results

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/01/2012*		Minnesota State	W 81–56	–	Williams Arena (8,907)
11/05/2012*		Southwest Baptist	W 86–59	–	Williams Arena (8,654)
Regular season
11/09/2012*		American	W 72–36	1–0	Williams Arena (10,172)
11/12/2012*		Toledo	W 82–56	2–0	Williams Arena (11,028)
11/15/2012*		Tennessee State	W 72–43	3–0	Williams Arena (10,107)
11/18/2012*		Richmond	W 72–57	4–0	Williams Arena (11,341)
11/22/2012*		vs. #5 Duke (Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal)	L 71–89	4–1	Imperial Arena (3,511)
11/23/2012*		vs. #19 Memphis (Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation Round)	W 84–75	5–1	Imperial Arena (1,462)
11/24/2012*		vs. Stanford (Battle 4 Atlantis 5th place game)	W 66–63	6–1	Imperial Arena (1,845)
11/27/2012*	#21	at Florida State (ACC–Big Ten Challenge)	W 77–68	7–1	Donald L. Tucker Center (7,941)
12/01/2012*	#21	North Florida	W 87–59	8–1	Williams Arena (10,173)
12/04/2012*	#14	South Dakota State	W 88–64	9–1	Williams Arena (10,213)
12/08/2012*	#14	at USC	W 71–57	10–1	Galen Center (3,271)
12/11/2012*	#13	North Dakota State	W 70–57	11–1	Williams Arena (10,472)
12/22/2012*	#13	Lafayette	W 75–50	12–1	Williams Arena (14,625)
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2012	#9	#18 Michigan State	W 76–63	13–1 (1–0)	Williams Arena (14,625)
01/06/2013	#9	Northwestern	W 69–51	14–1 (2–0)	Williams Arena (12,750)
01/09/2013	#8	at #12 Illinois	W 84–67	15–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall (16,618)
01/12/2013	#8	at #5 Indiana	L 81–88	15–2 (3–1)	Assembly Hall (17,472)
01/17/2013	#9	#5 Michigan	L 75–83	15–3 (3–2)	Williams Arena (14,625)
01/23/2013	#12	at Northwestern	L 48–55	15–4 (3–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,112)
01/26/2013	#12	at Wisconsin	L 44–45	15–5 (3–4)	Kohl Center (17,249)
01/29/2013	#23	Nebraska	W 84–65	16–5 (4–4)	Williams Arena (12,672)
02/03/2013	#23	Iowa	W 62–59	17–5 (5–4)	Williams Arena (14,625)
02/06/2013	#18	at #12 Michigan State	L 50–61	17–6 (5–5)	Breslin Center (14,797)
02/10/2013	#18	Illinois	L 53–57	17–7 (5–6)	Williams Arena (14,625)
02/14/2013		#20 Wisconsin	W 58–53 ^OT	18–7 (6–6)	Williams Arena (14,625)
02/17/2013		at Iowa	L 51–72	18–8 (6–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,400)
02/20/2013		at #18 Ohio State	L 45–71	18–9 (6–8)	Value City Arena (16,378)
02/26/2013		#1 Indiana	W 77–73	19–9 (7–8)	Williams Arena (14,625)
03/02/2013		Penn State	W 73–44	20–9 (8–8)	Williams Arena (12,562)
03/06/2013		at Nebraska	L 51–53	20–10 (8–9)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,194)
03/09/2013		at Purdue	L 73–89	20–11 (8–10)	Mackey Arena (14,082)
2013 Big Ten Tournament
03/14/2013		vs. Illinois (First Round)	L 49–51	20–12	United Center (N/A)
2013 NCAA Tournament
03/22/2013*	#(S 11)	vs. (S 6) UCLA (Second Round)	W 83–63	21–12	Frank Erwin Center (13,825)
03/24/2013*	#(S 11)	vs. (S 3) Florida (Third Round)	L 64–78	21–13	Frank Erwin Center (N/A)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

National Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	21	14	13	13	11	9	8	9	12	23	18	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	16	16	14	13	10	12	14	24	18	NR	RV

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
(RV)		Received Votes
T		Tied

References

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)

Culture & lore	History Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 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 2014–15 2015–16

Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics