2012–13 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
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Missouri Valley Tournament Champions Missouri Valley Regular Season Champions Las Vegas Invitational Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Third Round | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 21 |
AP | No. 22 |
Record | 28–8 (13–5 MVC) |
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Home arena | CenturyLink Center Omaha |
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No. 22 Creighton † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 28 | – | 8 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 30 | – | 9 | .769 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 22 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2013 MVC tournament winner As of April 6, 2013 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2012–13 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University during the 2012–13 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 28–8, 13–5 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 89–51 | — – — | — – — | — – — | CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,436) Omaha, NE | ||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/09/2012* 7:05 pm |
No. 16 | North Texas | W 71–51 | 1–0 |
21 – McDermott | 11 – McDermott | 4 – Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,139) Omaha, NE | |||
11/14/2012* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 15 | UAB | W 77–60 | 2–0 |
18 – Josh Jones | 16 – Echenique | 6 – Gibbs & Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,755) Omaha, NE | |||
11/18/2012* 7:05 pm |
No. 15 | Presbyterian Las Vegas Invitational |
W 87–58 | 3–0 |
24 – McDermott | 8 – Echenique | 11 – Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,801) Omaha, NE | |||
11/20/2012* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 14 | Longwood Las Vegas Invitational |
W 105–57 | 4–0 |
17 – McDermott & Echenique | 7 – Chatman | 6 – Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,826) Omaha, NE | |||
11/23/2012* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 14 | vs. Wisconsin Las Vegas Invitational semifinals |
W 84–74 | 5–0 |
30 – McDermott | 8 – McDermott & Echenique | 7 – Gibbs | Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV | |||
11/24/2012* 10:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 14 | vs. Arizona State Las Vegas Invitational |
W 87–73 | 6–0 |
29 – McDermott | 9 – McDermott | 7 – Gibbs | Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV | |||
11/28/2012* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 11 | Boise State MWC–MVC Challenge |
L 70–83 | 6–1 |
21 – McDermott | 4 – McDermott | 5 – Gibbs & Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,364) Omaha, NE | |||
12/01/2012* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 11 | Saint Joseph's | W 80–51 | 7–1 |
23 – McDermott | 6 – McDermott, Echenique & Wragge | 9 – Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,390) Omaha, NE | |||
12/06/2012* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 16 | at Nebraska | W 64–42 | 8–1 |
27 – McDermott | 12 – Echenique | 10 – Gibbs | Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,368) Lincoln, NE | |||
12/09/2012* 1:05 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 16 | Akron | W 77–61 | 9–1 |
30 – McDermott | 7 – Echenique | 8 – Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,310) Omaha, NE | |||
12/15/2012* 10:00 pm, P12N |
No. 16 | at California | W 74–64 | 10–1 |
34 – McDermott | 11 – Echenique | 6 – Manigat | Haas Pavilion (8,116) Berkeley, CA | |||
12/19/2012* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 17 | Tulsa | W 71–54 | 11–1 |
21 – Dingman | 8 – Echenique | 6 – Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,102) Omaha, NE | |||
12/29/2012 7:05 pm, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 16 | Evansville | W 87–70 | 12–1 (1–0) |
29 – McDermott | 13 – Echenique | 8 – Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,458) Omaha, NE | |||
01/02/2013 7:00 pm, FSN |
No. 16 | at Illinois State | W 79–72 | 13–1 (2–0) |
18 – Wragge | 9 – McDermott | 7 – Gibbs | Redbird Arena (8,813) Normal, IL | |||
01/05/2013 2:05 pm, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 16 | Indiana State | W 79–66 | 14–1 (3–0) |
25 – McDermott | 9 – McDermott & Echenique | 9 – Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,694) Omaha, NE | |||
01/08/2013 7:05 pm, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 13 | Drake | W 91–61 | 15–1 (4–0) |
22 – Wragge | 7 – McDermott | 9 – Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,073) Omaha, NE | |||
01/11/2013 7:05 pm, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 13 | at Missouri State | W 74–52 | 16–1 (5–0) |
39 – McDermott | 10 – McDermott | 4 – Chatman | JQH Arena (7,895) Springfield, MO | |||
01/15/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 12 | Northern Iowa | W 79–68 | 17–1 (6–0) |
31 – McDermott | 6 – Gibbs | 7 – Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,391) Omaha, NE | |||
01/19/2013 3:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 12 | at Wichita State | L 64–67 | 17–2 (6–1) |
25 – McDermott | 13 – Echenique | 8 – Gibbs | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | |||
01/23/2013 7:05 pm, FSN |
No. 17 | at Drake | L 69–74 | 17–3 (6–2) |
19 – McDermott | 6 – McDermott & Echenique | 8 – Gibbs | Knapp Center (6,162) Des Moines, IA | |||
01/27/2013 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 17 | at Southern Illinois | W 81–51 | 18–3 (7–2) |
21 – McDermott | 11 – Echenique | 6 – Gibbs, Chatman | SIU Arena (5,764) Carbondale, IL | |||
01/30/2013 7:00 pm, FSN |
No. 21 | Missouri State | W 91–77 | 19–3 (8–2) |
29 – McDermott | 10 – McDermott | 10 – Chatman | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,811) Omaha, NE | |||
02/02/2013 2:05 pm, KMTV/ESPN3 |
No. 21 | Bradley | W 75–58 | 20–3 (9–2) |
25 – McDermott | 7 – McDermott | 6 – Gibbs, Manigat | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,111) Omaha, NE | |||
02/06/2013 6:05 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 16 | at Indiana State | L 57–76 | 20–4 (9–3) |
13 – Artino | 7 – Echenique | 6 – Gibbs | Hulman Center (8,345) Terre Haute, IN | |||
02/09/2013 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 16 | Illinois State | L 72–75 | 20–5 (9–4) |
24 – McDermott | 13 – McDermott | 3 – McDermott ,Gibbs, Manigat | CenturyLink Center Omaha (18,494) Omaha, NE | |||
02/13/2013 7:00 pm |
at Northern Iowa | L 54–61 | 20–6 (9–5) |
15 – McDermott | 12 – McDermott | 5 – Gibbs | McLeod Center (6,970) Cedar Falls, IA | ||||
02/16/2013 2:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Evansville | W 71–68 | 21–6 (10–5) |
21 – McDermott | 10 – McDermott | 6 – Gibbs | Ford Center (6,838) Evansville, IN | ||||
02/19/2013 7:05 pm, ESPN3 |
Southern Illinois | W 59–45 | 22–6 (11–5) |
13 – Gibbs, Artino | 7 – McDermott | 5 – Gibbs | CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,311) Omaha, NE | ||||
02/23/2013* 5:00 pm, ESPN |
at Saint Mary's BracketBusters |
L 66–74 | 22–7 |
22 – McDermott | 5 – Echenique, Gibbs | 7 – Gibbs | McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA | ||||
02/27/2013 7:00 pm |
at Bradley | W 80–62 | 23–7 (12–5) |
32 – McDermott | 11 – McDermott | 8 – Gibbs | Carver Arena (7,730) Peoria, IL | ||||
03/02/2013 1:00 pm, ESPN2 |
Wichita State | W 91–80 | 24–7 (13–5) |
41 – McDermott | 6 – McDermott | 8 – 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 65–53 | 25–7 |
23 – McDermott | 11 – Echenique | 8 – Gibbs | Scottrade Center (14,567) St. Louis, MO | ||||
03/09/2013 1:35 pm, MVC TV |
vs. Indiana State Semifinals |
W 64–43 | 26–7 |
25 – McDermott | 9 – McDermott | 5 – Gibbs | Scottrade Center (18,262) St. Louis, MO | ||||
03/10/2013 1:05 pm, CBS |
vs. Wichita State Championship |
W 68–65 | 27–7 |
16 – Manigat | 11 – Echenique | 7 – 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 67–63 | 28–7 |
27 – McDermott | 11 – McDermott | 7 – 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 50–66 | 28–8 |
21 – McDermott | 9 – McDermott | 4 – 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. |