2012β13 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
2012β13 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball | |
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Missouri Valley Tournament Champions Missouri Valley Regular Season Champions Las Vegas Invitational Champions | |
NCAA Tournament Midwest Region 7 Seed, Third Round | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 21 |
2012β13 record | 28β8 (13β5 MVC) |
Head coach | Greg McDermott (3rd year) |
Assistant coach | Darian DeVries (15th year) |
Assistant coach | Steve Lutz (3rd year) |
Assistant coach | Steve Merfeld (3rd year) |
Home arena | CenturyLink Center Omaha |
2012β13 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton β | 13 | β | 5 | .722 | 28 | β | 8 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 12 | β | 6 | .667 | 30 | β | 9 | .769 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 11 | β | 7 | .611 | 21 | β | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 10 | β | 8 | .556 | 21 | β | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 9 | β | 9 | .500 | 18 | β | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 8 | β | 10 | .444 | 18 | β | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 7 | β | 11 | .389 | 18 | β | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 7 | β | 11 | .389 | 15 | β | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 7 | β | 11 | .389 | 11 | β | 22 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 6 | β | 12 | .333 | 14 | β | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β 2013 MVC Tournament winner As of April 6, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2012β13 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University during the 2012β13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by third year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the CenturyLink Center Omaha and were in their final season as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 28β8, 13β5 in MVC play to be Missouri Valley regular season champions. They were also champions of the Missouri Valley Tournament, defeating Wichita State in the championship game, to earn an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, they defeated Cincinnati in the second round before losing in the third round to Duke.
Following the season, Creighton left the MVC to join the new Big East Conference.
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Rankings
Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Final |
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AP | #16 | #15 | #14 | #11 | #16 | #16 | #17 | #16 | #16 | #13 | #12 | #17 | #21 | #16 | RV | RV | RV | #23 | #22 | |
Coaches | #15 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #13 | #13 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #11 | #10 | #12 | #17 | #13 | #23 | RV | RV | RV | #24 | #21 |
Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/02/2012* 7:05 PM |
No. 16 | Mary | W 89β51 | |
β β β | β β β | β β β | CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,436) Omaha, NE | |||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/09/2012* 7:05 PM |
No. 16 | North Texas | W 71β51 | 1β0 |
21 β McDermott | 11 β McDermott | 4 β Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,139) Omaha, NE | |||
11/14/2012* 7:05 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 15 | UAB | W 77β60 | 2β0 |
18 β Josh Jones | 16 β Echenique | 6 β Gibbs & Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,755) Omaha, NE | |||
11/18/2012* 7:05 PM |
No. 15 | Presbyterian Las Vegas Invitational |
W 87β58 | 3β0 |
24 β McDermott | 8 β Echenique | 11 β Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,801) Omaha, NE | |||
11/20/2012* 7:05 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 14 | Longwood Las Vegas Invitational |
W 105β57 | 4β0 |
17 β McDermott & Echenique | 7 β Chatman | 6 β Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,826) Omaha, NE | |||
11/23/2012* 9:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 14 | vs. Wisconsin Las Vegas Invitational semifinals |
W 84β74 | 5β0 |
30 β McDermott | 8 β McDermott & Echenique | 7 β Gibbs | Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV | |||
11/24/2012* 10:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 14 | vs. Arizona State Las Vegas Invitational |
W 87β73 | 6β0 |
29 β McDermott | 9 β McDermott | 7 β Gibbs | Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV | |||
11/28/2012* 7:05 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 11 | Boise State MWCβMVC Challenge |
L 70β83 | 6β1 |
21 β McDermott | 4 β McDermott | 5 β Gibbs & Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,364) Omaha, NE | |||
12/01/2012* 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 11 | Saint Joseph's | W 80β51 | 7β1 |
23 β McDermott | 6 β McDermott, Echenique & Wragge | 9 β Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,390) Omaha, NE | |||
12/06/2012* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 16 | at Nebraska | W 64β42 | 8β1 |
27 β McDermott | 12 β Echenique | 10 β Gibbs | Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,368) Lincoln, NE | |||
12/09/2012* 1:05 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 16 | Akron | W 77β61 | 9β1 |
30 β McDermott | 7 β Echenique | 8 β Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,310) Omaha, NE | |||
12/15/2012* 10:00 PM, P12N |
No. 16 | at California | W 74β64 | 10β1 |
34 β McDermott | 11 β Echenique | 6 β Manigat | Haas Pavilion (8,116) Berkeley, CA | |||
12/19/2012* 7:05 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 17 | Tulsa | W 71β54 | 11β1 |
21 β Dingman | 8 β Echenique | 6 β Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,102) Omaha, NE | |||
12/29/2012 7:05 PM, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 16 | Evansville | W 87β70 | 12β1 (1β0) |
29 β McDermott | 13 β Echenique | 8 β Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,458) Omaha, NE | |||
01/02/2013 7:00 PM, FSN |
No. 16 | at Illinois State | W 79β72 | 13β1 (2β0) |
18 β Wragge | 9 β McDermott | 7 β Gibbs | Redbird Arena (8,813) Normal, IL | |||
01/05/2013 2:05 PM, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 16 | Indiana State | W 79β66 | 14β1 (3β0) |
25 β McDermott | 9 β McDermott & Echenique | 9 β Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,694) Omaha, NE | |||
01/08/2013 7:05 PM, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 13 | Drake | W 91β61 | 15β1 (4β0) |
22 β Wragge | 7 β McDermott | 9 β Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,073) Omaha, NE | |||
01/11/2013 7:05 PM, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 13 | at Missouri State | W 74β52 | 16β1 (5β0) |
39 β McDermott | 10 β McDermott | 4 β Chatman | JQH Arena (7,895) Springfield, MO | |||
01/15/2013 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 12 | Northern Iowa | W 79β68 | 17β1 (6β0) |
31 β McDermott | 6 β Gibbs | 7 β Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,391) Omaha, NE | |||
01/19/2013 3:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 12 | at Wichita State | L 64β67 | 17β2 (6β1) |
25 β McDermott | 13 β Echenique | 8 β Gibbs | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | |||
01/23/2013 7:05 PM, FSN |
No. 17 | at Drake | L 69β74 | 17β3 (6β2) |
19 β McDermott | 6 β McDermott & Echenique | 8 β Gibbs | Knapp Center (6,162) Des Moines, IA | |||
01/27/2013 7:00 PM, ESPNU |
No. 17 | at Southern Illinois | W 81β51 | 18β3 (7β2) |
21 β McDermott | 11 β Echenique | 6 β Gibbs, Chatman | SIU Arena (5,764) Carbondale, IL | |||
01/30/2013 7:00 PM, FSN |
No. 21 | Missouri State | W 91β77 | 19β3 (8β2) |
29 β McDermott | 10 β McDermott | 10 β Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,811) Omaha, NE | |||
02/02/2013 2:05 PM, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 21 | Bradley | W 75β58 | 20β3 (9β2) |
25 β McDermott | 7 β McDermott | 6 β Gibbs, Manigat | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,111) Omaha, NE | |||
02/06/2013 6:05 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 16 | at Indiana State | L 57β76 | 20β4 (9β3) |
13 β Artino | 7 β Echenique | 6 β Gibbs | Hulman Center (8,345) Terre Haute, IN | |||
02/09/2013 9:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 16 | Illinois State | L 72β75 | 20β5 (9β4) |
24 β McDermott | 13 β McDermott | 3 β McDermott ,Gibbs, Manigat | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,494) Omaha, NE | |||
02/13/2013 7:00 PM |
at Northern Iowa | L 54β61 | 20β6 (9β5) |
15 β McDermott | 12 β McDermott | 5 β Gibbs | McLeod Center (6,970) Cedar Falls, IA | ||||
02/16/2013 2:00 PM, ESPNU |
at Evansville | W 71β68 | 21β6 (10β5) |
21 β McDermott | 10 β McDermott | 6 β Gibbs | Ford Center (6,838) Evansville, IN | ||||
02/19/2013 7:05 PM, ESPN3 |
Southern Illinois | W 59β45 | 22β6 (11β5) |
13 β Gibbs, Artino | 7 β McDermott | 5 β Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,311) Omaha, NE | ||||
02/23/2013* 5:00 PM, ESPN |
at Saint Mary's BracketBusters |
L 66β74 | 22β7 |
22 β McDermott | 5 β Echenique, Gibbs | 7 β Gibbs | McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA | ||||
02/27/2013 7:00 PM |
at Bradley | W 80β62 | 23β7 (12β5) |
32 β McDermott | 11 β McDermott | 8 β Gibbs | Carver Arena (7,730) Peoria, IL | ||||
03/02/2013 1:00 PM, ESPN2 |
Wichita State | W 91β80 | 24β7 (13β5) |
41 β McDermott | 6 β McDermott | 8 β Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,613) Omaha, NE | ||||
2013 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
03/08/2013 12:05 PM, MVC TV/ESPN3 |
vs. Drake Quarterfinals |
W 65β53 | 25β7 |
23 β McDermott | 11 β Echenique | 8 β Gibbs | Scottrade Center (14,567) St. Louis, MO | ||||
03/09/2013 1:35 PM, MVC TV |
vs. Indiana State Semifinals |
W 64β43 | 26β7 |
25 β McDermott | 9 β McDermott | 5 β Gibbs | Scottrade Center (18,262) St. Louis, MO | ||||
03/10/2013 1:05 PM, CBS |
vs. Wichita State Championship |
W 68β65 | 27β7 |
16 β Manigat | 11 β Echenique | 7 β Chatman, Gibbs | Scottrade Center (16,659) St. Louis, MO | ||||
2013 NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
03/22/2013* 2:00 PM, CBS |
No. 22 (7 MW) | vs. (10 MW) Cincinnati Second Round |
W 67β63 | 28β7 |
27 β McDermott | 11 β McDermott | 7 β Manigat | Wells Fargo Center (20,125) Philadelphia, PA | |||
03/24/2013* 8:47 PM, TBS |
No. 22 (7 MW) | vs. No. 6 (2 MW) Duke Third Round |
L 50β66 | 28β8 |
21 β McDermott | 9 β McDermott | 4 β Gibbs | Wells Fargo Center (20,125) Philadelphia, PA | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest. |