2012–13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

2012–13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball

NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Conference USA
2012–13 record	27–10 (12–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Donnie Tyndall (1st year)
Assistant coach	Wade O'Connor
Assistant coach	Jareem Dowling
Assistant coach	Adam Howard
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum

	Conf				Overall
2012–13 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#20 Memphis †	16	–	0	1.000	31	–	5	.861
Southern Miss	12	–	4	.750	27	–	10	.730
UTEP	10	–	6	.625	18	–	14	.563
East Carolina	9	–	7	.563	23	–	12	.657
UCF*	9	–	7	.563	20	–	11	.645
Tulsa	8	–	8	.500	17	–	16	.515
Houston	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
UAB	7	–	9	.438	16	–	17	.485
Tulane	6	–	10	.375	20	–	15	.571
Marshall	6	–	10	.375	13	–	19	.406
SMU	5	–	11	.313	15	–	17	.469
Rice	1	–	15	.063	5	–	26	.161

† 2013 C-USA Tournament winner As of April 2, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions

The 2012–13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by first year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–10, 12–4 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Conference USA Tournament where they lost to Memphis in two overtimes. They received an invitation to the 2013 National Invitation Tournament where they Charleston Southern in the first round and Louisiana Tech in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to BYU.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
4	Dwayne Davis	Forward	6–5	205	Senior	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5	Neil Watson	Guard	5–11	170	Junior	Kansas City, Kansas
10	Cedric Jenkins	Guard	6–2	195	Junior	LaPlace, Louisiana
11	Daveon Boardingham	Forward	6–7	225	Junior	Newark, New Jersey
12	Rahard McGill	Guard	6–4	200	Senior	Havana, Florida
13	Chip Armelin	Guard	6–3	195	Sophomore	Sulphur, Louisiana
15	Deon Edwin	Guard	6–2	195	Freshman	British Virgin Islands
21	Norville Carey	Forward	6–5	230	Freshman	British Virgin Islands
22	Aaron Brown	Forward	6–5	210	Sophomore	Hackensack, New Jersey
23	Jerrold Brooks	Guard	6–0	185	Junior	Rochester, New York
24	Jonathan Mills	Forward	6–5	240	Senior	Chicago, Illinois
25	Jamie Chapman	Forward	6–3	175	Freshman	Mobile, Alabama
32	Christian Robbins	Forward	6–9	225	Freshman	Foxworth, Mississippi
34	Johnny Zuppardo	Forward	6–8	210	Sophomore	Metarie, Louisiana
44	Michael Craig	Forward	6–5	230	Junior	Phoenix, Arizona

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/01/2012*		St. Catharine College	W 85–51	–	Reed Green Coliseum (3,129)
11/06/2012*		Charleston (WV)	W 72–58	–	Reed Green Coliseum (3,010)
Regular Season
11/10/2012*		WKU	W 67–64 ^OT	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum (7,097)
11/15/2012*		at Georgia (Legends Classic)	W 62–60 ^OT	2–0	Stegeman Coliseum (4,521)
11/19/2012*		at Sam Houston State (Legends Classic)	W 61–49	3–0	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,089)
11/20/2012*		vs. UC Irvine (Legends Classic)	W 69–65	4–0	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (502)
11/21/2012*		vs. Liberty (Legends Classic)	W 74–56	5–0	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (224)
11/27/2012*		Denver	W 61–50	6–0	Reed Green Coliseum (3,597)
12/01/2012*		at New Mexico State	L 60–68	6–1	Pan American Center (5,206)
12/4/2012*		at #8 Arizona	L 55–63	6–2	McKale Center (13,419)
12/08/2012*		at Louisiana Tech	L 55–65	6–3	Thomas Assembly Center (2,575)
12/15/2012*		Grambling State	W 93–45	7–3	Reed Green Coliseum (3,297)
12/18/2012*		at Georgia State	W 69–67	8–3	GSU Sports Arena (1,167)
12/22/2012*		at Wichita State	L 51–59	8–4	Intrust Bank Arena (9,619)
12/28/2012*		at Morehead State	W 94–58	9–4	Ellis Johnson Arena (3,012)
12/31/2012*		William Carey	W 89–59	10–4	Reed Green Coliseum (4,077)
01/03/2013*		Dillard	W 135–41	11–4	Reed Green Coliseum (2,779)
01/09/2013		at Rice	W 75–52	12–4 (1–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,411)
01/12/2013		Houston	W 73–54	13–4 (2–0)	Reed Green Coliseum (4,198)
01/16/2013		at SMU	W 74–70	14–4 (3–0)	Moody Coliseum (3,207)
01/19/2013		UAB	W 74–59	15–4 (4–0)	Reed Green Coliseum (5,863)
01/23/2013		Marshall	W 102–46	16–4 (5–0)	Reed Green Coliseum (4,106)
01/26/2013		at Tulsa	W 62–59	17–4 (6–0)	Reynolds Center (5,230)
02/02/2013		at UAB	W 79–75	18–4 (7–0)	Bartow Arena (5,103)
02/06/2013		at UCF	L 58–60	18–5 (7–1)	UCF Arena (4,648)
02/09/2013		Memphis	L 76–89	18–6 (7–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (7,864)
02/13/2013		Tulane	W 71–60	19–6 (8–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (3,701)
02/16/2013		at East Carolina	W 86–82 ^OT	20–6 (9–2)	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (6,011)
02/20/2013		UTEP	W 45–39	21–6 (10–2)	Reed Green Coliseum (3,701)
02/23/2013		#21 Memphis	L 73–89	21–7 (10–3)	FedExForum (17,857)
03/02/2013		East Carolina	W 88–69	22–7 (11–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (4,151)
03/05/2013		at Marshall	L 84–88	22–8 (11–4)	Cam Henderson Center (5,364)
03/09/2013		UCF	W 70–62	23–8 (12–4)	Reed Green Coliseum (3,774)
2013 Conference USA Tournament
03/14/2013		vs. UAB (Quarterfinals)	W 81–66	24–8	BOK Center (5,976)
03/15/2013		vs. UTEP (Semifinals)	W 85–67	25–8	BOK Center (8,006)
03/16/2013		vs. #20 Memphis (Championship Game)	L 79–91 ^2OT	25–9	BOK Center (7,019)
2013 NIT
03/20/2013*	#(1)	(8) Charleston Southern (First Round)	W 78–71	26–9	Reed Green Coliseum (5,018)
03/25/2013*	#(1)	(5) Louisiana Tech (Second Round)	W 63–52	27–9	Reed Green Coliseum (5,922)
03/27/2013*	#(1)	(3) BYU (Quarterfinals)	L 62–79	27–10	Reed Green Coliseum (7,679)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NIT is Seed within Region.

References

Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball

Venues	Reed Green Coliseum (1965–present)

Culture & lore	History "Southern Mississippi to the Top"

People	Head coaches

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