2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

2012–13 Montana Grizzlies men's basketball

Big Sky Regular Season Champions Big Sky Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament East Region 13 Seed, Second Round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2012–13 record	25–7 (19–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Wayne Tinkle (7th year)
Assistant coach	Jonathan Metzger-Jones
Assistant coach	Freddie Owens
Assistant coach	Kerry Rupp
Home arena	Dahlberg Arena

	Conf				Overall
2012–13 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana †	19	–	1	.950	25	–	7	.781
Weber State	18	–	2	.900	30	–	7	.811
North Dakota	12	–	8	.600	16	–	17	.485
Montana State	10	–	10	.500	13	–	17	.433
Northern Colorado	10	–	10	.500	13	–	18	.419
Sacramento State	8	–	12	.400	14	–	15	.483
Southern Utah	8	–	12	.400	11	–	20	.355
Northern Arizona	8	–	12	.400	11	–	21	.344
Eastern Washington	7	–	13	.350	10	–	21	.323
Portland State	5	–	15	.250	8	–	20	.286
Idaho State	5	–	15	.250	6	–	24	.200


† 2013 Big Sky Tournament winner As of April 2, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by seventh year head coach Wayne Tinkle, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 19–1 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They were also champions of the Big Sky Tournament, winning the championship game over Weber State, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament where they lost in the second round to Syracuse 34–81. The 47 win by Syracuse is the most lopsided win by a team seeded 3 or lower in the history of the tournament, breaking a record set only one hour prior when 5 seed VCU defeated 13 seed Akron by 46.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Morgan Young	Guard	6–0	180	Freshman	Lustre, Montana
2	Kevin Henderson	Guard/Forward	6–5	190	Sophomore	Auburn, Washington
5	Will Cherry	Guard	6–1	177	Senior	West Oakland, California
10	Jordan Gregory	Guard	6–2	185	Sophomore	Pueblo, Colorado
12	Jake Wiley	Forward	6–6	205	Freshman	Newport, Washington
15	Nick Emerson	Forward	6–5	200	Freshman	Columbia Falls, Montana
20	Keron DeShields	Guard	6–2	177	Sophomre	Baltimore, Maryland
22	Wes Knox	Guard	6–4		Freshman	Dillon, Montana
24	Spencer Coleman	Forward	6–6.5	210	Junior	Eugene, Oregon
32	Kareem Jamar	Guard/Forward	6–5	210	Junior	Venice, California
33	Michael Weisner	Forward	6–7	185	Sophomore	Walla Walla, Washington
40	Mathias Ward	Forward	6–7	236	Senior	Gig Harbor, Washington
41	Andy Martin	Center	7–0	225	Freshman	Casper, Wyoming
45	Eric Hutchison	Forward	6–9	236	Junior	Longview, Washington

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/01/2012*		Lewis–Clark State	W 86–68		Dahlberg Arena (2,764)
Regular Season
11/09/2012*		at Colorado State	L 65–72	0–1	Moby Arena (5,833)
11/14/2012*		Minot State	W 82–53	1–1	Dahlberg Arena (2,748)
11/17/2012*		at Idaho	W 66–63	2–1	Memorial Gym (1,254)
11/24/2012*		San Diego	W 67–66	3–1	Dahlberg Arena (3,270)
11/28/2012*		vs. BYU	L 60–85	3–2	EnergySolutions Arena (12,378)
11/30/2012*		at San Francisco	L 68–78	3–3	War Memorial Gymnasium (1,313)
12/08/2012*		Carroll	W 78–58	4–3	Dahlberg Arena (3,198)
12/15/2012*		South Dakota State	L 67–68 ^2OT	4–4	Dahlberg Arena (3,408)
12/19/2012		at Northern Arizona	W 62–56	5–4 (1–0)	Walkup Skydome (664)
12/21/2012		at Sacramento State	W 61–60	6–4 (2–0)	Colberg Court (612)
01/03/2013		Eastern Washington	W 81–66	7–4 (3–0)	Dahlberg Arena (3,269)
01/05/2013		Portland State	W 62–55	8–4 (4–0)	Dahlberg Arena (3,907)
01/10/2013		at North Dakota	W 6:05 PM Big Sky TV ^77–62	9–4 (5–0)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,844)
01/12/2013		at Northern Colorado	W 85–77	10–4 (6–0)	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (355)
01/17/2013		Southern Utah	W 73–67	11–4 (7–0)	Dahlberg Arena (3,202)
01/19/2013		Montana State	W 76–71 ^OT	12–4 (8–0)	Dahlberg Arena (6,022)
01/24/2013		Idaho State	W 70–51	13–4 (9–0)	Dahlberg Arena (3,252)
01/26/2013		Weber State	W 76–74	14–4 (10–0)	Dahlberg Arena (5,815)
01/31/2013		at Portland State	W 81–68	15–4 (11–0)	Stott Center (1,307)
02/02/2013		at Eastern Washington	W 65–46	16–4 (12–0)	Reese Court (2,732)
02/07/2013		Northern Colorado	W 73–63	17–4 (13–0)	Dahlberg Arena (4,036)
02/09/2013		North Dakota	W 78–58	18–4 (14–0)	Dahlberg Arena (5,366)
02/14/2013		at Weber State	L 63–87	18–5 (14–1)	Dee Events Center (7,494)
02/16/2013		at Idaho State	W 61–54	19–5 (15–1)	Reed Gym (1,922)
02/23/2013*		at Davidson (BracketBusters)	L 87–93 ^OT	19–6	John M. Belk Arena (4,897)
03/02/2013		at Montana State	W 71–68	20–6 (16–1)	Worthington Arena (4,571)
03/04/2013		at Southern Utah	W 86–74 ^OT	21–6 (17–1)	Centrum Arena (3,183)
03/07/2013		Sacramento State	W 63–52	22–6 (18–1)	Dahlberg Arena (4,313)
03/09/2013		Northern Arizona	W 63–50	23–6 (19–1)	Dahlberg Arena (6,056)
2013 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/15/2013		Northern Colorado (Semifinals)	W 70–56	24–6	Dahlberg Arena (6,919)
03/16/2013		Weber State (Championship Game)	W 67–64	25–6	Dahlberg Arena (7,172)
2013 NCAA Tournament
03/21/2013*	#(13 E)	vs. #16 (4 E) Syracuse (Second Round)	L 34–81	25–7	HP Pavilion (17,997)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll () Tournament Rank. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region E=East.

References

Montana Grizzlies basketball

Venues	Dahlberg Arena (1953–present)

Culture & lore	Monte Up with Montana

People	Head coaches

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