2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
| 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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| Regular season | November 2012 – March 2013 |
| NCAA Tournament | 2013 |
| Tournament dates | March 2013 – April 2013 |
| National Championship | Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
The 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season beginning in November 2012 with the (2K Sports Classic) and ending with the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game in April 2013 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The tournament begins with four first-round games on March 2013 in Dayton, Ohio, US, followed by second and third rounds on March 2013. Regionals games will be played on March 2013, with the Final Four will be played on March and April 2013.
Season headlines
Milestones and records
Conference membership changes
The 2012–13 season saw the first wave of membership changes resulting from a major realignment of NCAA Division I conferences. The cycle began in 2010 with the Big Ten and the then-Pac-10 publicly announcing their intentions to expand. The fallout from these conferences' moves later affected a majority of D-I conferences.
| School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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| Fresno State Bulldogs | WAC | Mountain West |
| Hawaiʻi Warriors | WAC | (Big West in other sports) |
| Missouri Tigers | Big 12 | SEC |
| Nevada Wolf Pack | WAC | Mountain West |
| TCU Horned Frogs | Mountain West | Big 12 |
| Texas A&M Aggies | Big 12 | SEC |
| Texas State Bobcats | Southland | WAC |
| UTSA Roadrunners | Southland | WAC |
| West Virginia Mountaineers | Big East | Big 12 |
| Seattle Redhawks | Independent | WAC |
| Denver Pioneers | Sun Belt Conference | WAC |
New arenas
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Major rule changes
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Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls.
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Regular seasonA number of early-season tournaments marked the beginning of the college basketball season. Early-season tournaments
*Although these tournaments include more teams, only the number listed play for the championship. Conference standingsConference winners and tournamentsThirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. As of 2012, the Great West Conference does not have an automatic bid to the NCAA Men or Women's College Tournament but the men's tourney champion does receive an automatic bid to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Statistical leaders
Postseason tournamentsNCAA tournamentFinal Four – Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Tournament upsetsFor this list, a "major upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.
National Invitation tournamentAfter the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the NCAA invited 32 teams to participate in the National Invitation Tournament. The tournament began on March 2013, with all games prior to the semifinals played on campus sites. The semifinals and final were respectively held on March 2013 at the traditional site of Madison Square Garden. NIT Semifinals and FinalPlayed at Madison Square Garden in New York City
College Basketball InvitationalThe fifth College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament was held beginning March 2013 and ended with a best-of-three final, which went to the maximum number of games and ended on March 2013. Template:4TeamBracket-3GameFinal CollegeInsider.com Postseason TournamentThe fourth CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was held beginning March 2013 and ended with a championship game on March 2013. This tournament places an emphasis on selecting successful teams from "mid-major" conferences who were left out of the NCAA Tournament and NIT.
Award winnersConsensus All-American teamsThe following players are recognized as the 2013 Consensus All-Americans:
Major player of the year awards
Major freshman of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
Other major awards
Coaching changesA number of teams changed coaches during and after the season.
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