2012–13 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Indiana	14	–	4	.778	29	–	7	.806
No. 7 Ohio State †	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
No. 9 Michigan State	13	–	5	.722	27	–	9	.750
No. 10 Michigan	12	–	6	.667	31	–	8	.795
No. 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 time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2012* 7:00 PM		Minnesota State	W 81–56	–	Williams Arena (8,907) Minneapolis, MN
11/05/2012* 7:00 PM		Southwest Baptist	W 86–59	–	Williams Arena (8,654) Minneapolis, MN
Regular season
11/09/2012* 7:00 PM		American	W 72–36	1–0	Williams Arena (10,172) Minneapolis, MN
11/12/2012* 7:00 PM		Toledo	W 82–56	2–0	Williams Arena (11,028) Minneapolis, MN
11/15/2012* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Tennessee State	W 72–43	3–0	Williams Arena (10,107) Minneapolis, MN
11/18/2012* 6:00 PM, BTN		Richmond	W 72–57	4–0	Williams Arena (11,341) Minneapolis, MN
11/22/2012* 2:30 PM, AXS TV		vs. No. 5 Duke Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal	L 71–89	4–1	Imperial Arena (3,511) Nassau, BAH
11/23/2012* 12:00 PM, AXS TV		vs. No. 19 Memphis Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation Round	W 84–75	5–1	Imperial Arena (1,462) Nassau, BAH
11/24/2012* 2:30 PM, AXS TV		vs. Stanford Battle 4 Atlantis 5th place game	W 66–63	6–1	Imperial Arena (1,845) Nassau, BAH
11/27/2012* 6:15 PM, ESPN2	No. 21	at Florida State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 77–68	7–1	Donald L. Tucker Center (7,941) Tallahassee, FL
12/01/2012* 1:00 PM	No. 21	North Florida	W 87–59	8–1	Williams Arena (10,173) Minneapolis, MN
12/04/2012* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 14	South Dakota State	W 88–64	9–1	Williams Arena (10,213) Minneapolis, MN
12/08/2012* 9:30 PM, P12N	No. 14	at USC	W 71–57	10–1	Galen Center (3,271) Los Angeles, CA
12/11/2012* 8:00 PM, BTN	No. 13	North Dakota State	W 70–57	11–1	Williams Arena (10,472) Minneapolis, MN
12/22/2012* 6:00 PM, BTN	No. 13	Lafayette	W 75–50	12–1	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2012 1:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 9	No. 18 Michigan State	W 76–63	13–1 (1–0)	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
01/06/2013 6:00 PM, BTN	No. 9	Northwestern	W 69–51	14–1 (2–0)	Williams Arena (12,750) Minneapolis, MN
01/09/2013 8:00 PM, BTN	No. 8	at No. 12 Illinois	W 84–67	15–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
01/12/2013 11:00 AM, BTN	No. 8	at No. 5 Indiana	L 81–88	15–2 (3–1)	Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, IN
01/17/2013 6:00 PM, ESPN	No. 9	No. 5 Michigan	L 75–83	15–3 (3–2)	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
01/23/2013 8:00 PM, BTN	No. 12	at Northwestern	L 48–55	15–4 (3–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,112) Evanston, IL
01/26/2013 1:00 PM, BTN	No. 12	at Wisconsin	L 44–45	15–5 (3–4)	Kohl Center (17,249) Madison, WI
01/29/2013 8:00 PM, BTN	No. 23	Nebraska	W 84–65	16–5 (4–4)	Williams Arena (12,672) Minneapolis, MN
02/03/2013 12:00 PM, BTN	No. 23	Iowa	W 62–59	17–5 (5–4)	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
02/06/2013 6:00 PM, BTN	No. 18	at No. 12 Michigan State	L 50–61	17–6 (5–5)	Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
02/10/2013 5:00 PM, BTN	No. 18	Illinois	L 53–57	17–7 (5–6)	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
02/14/2013 6:00 PM, ESPN		No. 20 Wisconsin	W 58–53 ^OT	18–7 (6–6)	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
02/17/2013 1:00 PM, BTN		at Iowa	L 51–72	18–8 (6–7)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,400) Iowa City, IA
02/20/2013 6:00 PM, BTN		at No. 18 Ohio State	L 45–71	18–9 (6–8)	Value City Arena (16,378) Columbus, OH
02/26/2013 6:00 PM, ESPN		No. 1 Indiana	W 77–73	19–9 (7–8)	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
03/02/2013 2:00 PM, BTN		Penn State	W 73–44	20–9 (8–8)	Williams Arena (12,562) Minneapolis, MN
03/06/2013 8:00 PM, BTN		at Nebraska	L 51–53	20–10 (8–9)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,194) Lincoln, NE
03/09/2013 11:00 AM, BTN		at Purdue	L 73–89	20–11 (8–10)	Mackey Arena (14,082) West Lafayette, IN
2013 Big Ten Tournament
03/14/2013 11:00 AM, BTN		vs. Illinois First Round	L 49–51	20–12	United Center (N/A) Chicago, IL
2013 NCAA Tournament
03/22/2013* 9:21 PM, TruTV	No. (S 11)	vs. (S 6) UCLA Second Round	W 83–63	21–12	Frank Erwin Center (13,825) Austin, TX
03/24/2013* 5:10 PM, TNT	No. (S 11)	vs. (S 3) Florida Third Round	L 64–78	21–13	Frank Erwin Center (N/A) Austin, TX
*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

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Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics