2012–13 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
Appearance
2012–13 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball | |
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Global Sports Classic champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64 | |
Conference | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
Record | 22–12 (9–9 Big East) |
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Home arena | Fifth Third Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Louisville†** | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 35 | – | 5 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Georgetown | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Marquette | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Pittsburgh | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Syracuse | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 30 | – | 10 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Notre Dame | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut* | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2013 Big East tournament winner As of March 30, 2013[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties. |
The 2012–13 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats, led by seventh year head coach Mick Cronin, played their home games at Fifth Third Arena and were members of the Big East Conference.
Offseason
[edit]Departing players
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Octavius Ellis | 2 | F | 6'9" | 210 | Freshmen | Memphis, Tennessee | Dismissed,[2] transferred to Trinity Valley CC |
Dion Dixon | 3 | G | 6'3" | 195 | Senior | Chicago, Illinois | Graduated |
Yancy Gates | 34 | F | 6'9" | 260 | Senior | Cincinnati, Ohio | Graduated |
Incoming Transfers
[edit]Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Titus Rubles | F | 6'7" | 220 | Junior | Dallas, TX | Junior college transferred from Blinn College[3] |
David Nyarsuk | C | 7'1" | 230 | Junior | Juba, South Sudan | Junior college transferred from Mountain State University[4] |
Recruiting class of 2013
[edit]US college sports recruiting information for 2013 recruits | ||||||
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Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
Troy Caupain SG |
Midlothian, Virginia | Cosby High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Jun 8, 2012 | |
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Kevin Johnson SG |
Cincinnati, Ohio | Summit Country Day School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Jun 11, 2012 | |
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Jamaree Strickland C |
Oakland, California | Queen City Prep (NC) | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Nov 16, 2012 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Deshaun Moorman SG |
Brandon, Florida | Faith Baptist School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Nov 16, 2012 | |
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Jermaine Lawrence PF |
Sparta, New Jersey | Pope John XXIII Regional High School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Feb 3, 2013 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 26 ESPN: 24 | ||||||
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Roster
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Depth chart
[edit]Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Cheikh Mbodj | David Nyarsuk | |
PF | Justin Jackson | Titus Rubles | Kelvin Gaines |
SF | JaQuon Parker | Shaq Thomas | |
SG | Sean Kilpatrick | Jermaine Sanders | Alex Eppensteiner |
PG | Cashmere Wright | Ge'Lawn Guyn | Jeremiah Davis III |
Source[5]
Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 29, 2012* 7:00pm |
No. 24 | Grand Valley State | W 80–60 | – |
Fifth Third Arena (5,375) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 5, 2012* 7:00pm |
No. 24 | Bellarmine | W 86–51 | – |
Fifth Third Arena (5,457) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 11, 2012* 2:00pm, FSOH |
No. 24 | Tennessee-Martin | W 80–57 | 1–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (5,728) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 13, 2012* 7:00pm, ESPN3 |
No. 24 | Mississippi Valley State | W 102–60 | 2–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (5,617) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 18, 2012* 2:00pm, FSOH |
No. 24 | North Carolina A&T Global Sports Classic |
W 93–39 | 3–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (5,582) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 20, 2012* 7:00pm, FSOH |
No. 22 | Campbell Global Sports Classic |
W 91–72 | 4–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (5,924) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 23, 2012* 6:30pm, CBSSN |
No. 22 | vs. Iowa State Global Sports Classic Semifinals |
W 78–70 | 5–0 |
Thomas & Mack Center (16,730) Paradise, NV | ||||||
November 24, 2012* 10:30pm, CBSSN |
No. 22 | vs. Oregon Global Sports Classic Championship |
W 77–66 | 6–0 |
Thomas & Mack Center (13,954) Paradise, NV | ||||||
December 1, 2012* 3:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 17 | Alabama SEC–Big East Challenge |
W 58–56 | 7–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (10,155) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 6, 2012* 7:00pm, FSOH |
No. 11 | Arkansas–Little Rock | W 87–53 | 8–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (6,127) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 8, 2012* 2:00pm, FSOH/ESPN3 |
No. 11 | Maryland–Eastern Shore | W 92–60 | 9–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (6,423) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 15, 2012* 2:00pm, CBSSN |
No. 11 | vs. Marshall | W 72–56 | 10–0 |
Charleston Civic Center (5,432) Charleston, WV | ||||||
December 19, 2012* 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 11 | vs. Xavier Crosstown Classic |
W 60–45 | 11–0 |
U.S. Bank Arena (14,528) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 22, 2012* 4:00pm, FSOH |
No. 11 | Wright State | W 68–58 | 12–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (9,248) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
December 27, 2012* 9:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 8 | New Mexico | L 54–55 | 12–1 |
Fifth Third Arena (10,627) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
Big East Regular Season | |||||||||||
December 31, 2012 12:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 14 | at No. 24 Pittsburgh | W 70–61 | 13–1 (1–0) |
Petersen Events Center (12,510) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
January 5, 2013 4:00pm, ESPNU |
No. 14 | St. John's | L 52–53 | 13–2 (1–1) |
Fifth Third Arena (8,142) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
January 7, 2013 6:30pm, ESPN2 |
No. 21 | No. 17 Notre Dame | L 60–66 | 13–3 (1–2) |
Fifth Third Arena (10,293) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
January 12, 2013 8:00pm, BIG EAST Network/FSOH/ESPN3 |
No. 21 | at Rutgers | W 68–58 | 14–3 (2–2) |
The RAC (5,560) Piscataway, NJ | ||||||
January 15, 2013 8:30pm, BIG EAST Network/FSOH/ESPN3 |
at DePaul | W 75–70 | 15–3 (3–2) |
Allstate Arena (8,120) Rosemont, IL | |||||||
January 19, 2013 7:00pm, ESPNU |
No. 25 Marquette | W 71–69 OT | 16–3 (4–2) |
Fifth Third Arena (12,812) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 21, 2013 3:30pm, ESPN |
No. 21 | at No. 3 Syracuse | L 55–57 | 16–4 (4–3) |
Carrier Dome (24,281) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
January 30, 2013 7:00pm, BIG EAST Network/FSOH/ESPN3 |
No. 24 | Rutgers | W 62–54 | 17–4 (5–3) |
Fifth Third Arena (11,024) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
February 2, 2013 11:00am, ESPNU |
No. 24 | at Seton Hall | W 65–59 | 18–4 (6–3) |
Prudential Center (6,961) Newark, NJ | ||||||
February 6, 2013 7:00pm, BIG EAST Network/FSOH/ESPN3 |
No. 17 | at Providence | L 50–54 | 18–5 (6–4) |
Dunkin' Donuts Center (7,837) Providence, RI | ||||||
February 9, 2013 6:00pm, ESPN |
No. 17 | No. 23 Pittsburgh | L 52–62 | 18–6 (6–5) |
Fifth Third Arena (12,478) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
February 12, 2013 8:00pm, BIG EAST Network/FSOH/ESPN3 |
Villanova | W 68–50 | 19–6 (7–5) |
Fifth Third Arena (9,534) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 15, 2013 9:00pm, ESPN |
No. 15 Georgetown | L 55–62 | 19–7 (7–6) |
Fifth Third Arena (12,842) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 21, 2013 7:00pm, ESPN |
at Connecticut | L 66–73 OT | 19–8 (7–7) |
XL Center (11,131) Hartford, CT | |||||||
February 24, 2013 2:00pm, CBS |
at No. 25 Notre Dame | L 41–62 | 19–9 (7–8) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
March 2, 2013 2:00pm, BIG EAST Network/WKRC/ESPN3 |
Connecticut | W 61–56 | 20–9 (8–8) |
Fifth Third Arena (12,432) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
March 4, 2013 7:00pm, ESPN |
at No. 8 Louisville Rivalry |
L 51–67 | 20–10 (8–9) |
KFC Yum! Center (22,739) Louisville, KY | |||||||
March 9, 2013 4:00pm, Big East Network/FSOH/ESPN3 |
South Florida | W 61–53 OT | 21–10 (9–9) |
Fifth Third Arena (11,572) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
March 13, 2013 12:00pm, ESPN |
(9) | vs. (8) Providence Second Round |
W 61–44 | 22–10 |
Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY | ||||||
March 14, 2013 12:00pm, ESPN |
(9) | vs. (1) No. 5 Georgetown Quarterfinals |
L 43–62 | 22–11 |
Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 22, 2013* 3:00pm, CBS |
(10 MW) | vs. (7 MW) Creighton Second Round |
L 63–67 | 22–12 |
Wells Fargo Center (20,125) Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest. |
Awards and milestones
[edit]Big East Conference honors
[edit]All-Big East Second Team
[edit]- Sean Kilpatrick
Player of the Week
[edit]- Week 2: Sean Kilpatrick
- Week 10: Sean Kilpatrick
Rankings
[edit]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 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 21 | RV | 21 | 24 | 17 | |||||
Coaches | 25 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 17 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Big East Conference Standings – 2012–13." ESPN.com. Retrieved: March 18, 2013.
- ^ "Octavius Ellis dismissed from UC". Cincinnati Enquirer. May 19, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ "Titus Rubles - Men's Basketball".
- ^ "David Nyarsuk - Men's Basketball".
- ^ "2012-13 Cincinnati Bearcats Roster and Stats".
- ^ "2012-2013 Cincinnati Men's Basketball Schedule". cstv.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ "Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "2021-22 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Preseason". Archived from the original on March 6, 2010.