2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

2012–13 Montana Grizzlies men's basketball
Big Sky Regular Season Champions
Big Sky tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, round of 64
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record25–7 (19–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDahlberg Arena
Seasons
2012–13 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Montana 19 1   .950 25 7   .781
Weber State 18 2   .900 30 7   .811
North Dakota 12 8   .600 16 17   .485
Montana State 10 10   .500 13 17   .433
Northern Colorado 10 10   .500 13 18   .419
Sacramento State 8 12   .400 14 15   .483
Southern Utah 8 12   .400 11 20   .355
Northern Arizona 8 12   .400 11 21   .344
Eastern Washington 7 13   .350 10 21   .323
Portland State 5 15   .250 8 20   .286
Idaho State 5 15   .250 6 24   .200
Conference tournament winner


The 2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by seventh year head coach Wayne Tinkle, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 19–1 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They were also champions of the Big Sky tournament, winning the championship game over Weber State, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Syracuse 34–81.[1][2] The 47 win by Syracuse is the most lopsided win by a team seeded 3 or lower in the history of the tournament, breaking a record set only one hour prior when 5 seed VCU defeated 13 seed Akron by 46.

Roster

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Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
0 Morgan Young Guard 6–0 180 Freshman Lustre, Montana
2 Kevin Henderson Guard/Forward 6–5 190 Sophomore Auburn, Washington
5 Will Cherry Guard 6–1 177 Senior West Oakland, California
10 Jordan Gregory Guard 6–2 185 Sophomore Pueblo, Colorado
12 Jake Wiley Forward 6–6 205 Freshman Newport, Washington
15 Nick Emerson Forward 6–5 200 Freshman Columbia Falls, Montana
20 Keron DeShields Guard 6–2 177 Sophomre Baltimore, Maryland
22 Wes Knox Guard 6–4 Freshman Dillon, Montana
24 Spencer Coleman Forward 6–6.5 210 Junior Eugene, Oregon
32 Kareem Jamar Guard/Forward 6–5 210 Junior Venice, California
33 Michael Weisner Forward 6–7 185 Sophomore Walla Walla, Washington
40 Mathias Ward Forward 6–7 236 Senior Gig Harbor, Washington
41 Andy Martin Center 7–0 225 Freshman Casper, Wyoming
45 Eric Hutchison Forward 6–9 236 Junior Longview, Washington

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2012*
7:00 pm, Big Sky TV
Lewis–Clark State W 86–68 
Dahlberg Arena (2,764)
Missoula, MT
Regular season
11/09/2012*
7:00 pm
at Colorado State L 65–72  0–1
Moby Arena (5,833)
Fort Collins, CO
11/14/2012*
7:00 pm, Big Sky TV
Minot State W 82–53  1–1
Dahlberg Arena (2,748)
Missoula, MT
11/17/2012*
8:00 pm
at Idaho W 66–63  2–1
Memorial Gym (1,254)
Moscow, ID
11/24/2012*
6:00 pm, Big Sky TV
San Diego W 67–66  3–1
Dahlberg Arena (3,270)
Missoula, MT
11/28/2012*
7:00 pm, BYUtv
vs. BYU L 60–85  3–2
EnergySolutions Arena (12,378)
Salt Lake City, UT
11/30/2012*
8:00 pm
at San Francisco L 68–78  3–3
War Memorial Gymnasium (1,313)
San Francisco, CA
12/08/2012*
7:00 pm, Big Sky TV
Carroll W 78–58  4–3
Dahlberg Arena (3,198)
Missoula, MT
12/15/2012*
7:00 pm, Big Sky TV
South Dakota State L 67–68 2OT 4–4
Dahlberg Arena (3,408)
Missoula, MT
12/19/2012
6:35 pm, NAU-TV/Big Sky TV
at Northern Arizona W 62–56  5–4
(1–0)
Walkup Skydome (664)
Flagstaff, AZ
12/21/2012
8:05 pm, Big Sky TV
at Sacramento State W 61–60  6–4
(2–0)
Colberg Court (612)
Sacramento, CA
01/03/2013
7:05 pm, Big Sky TV
Eastern Washington W 81–66  7–4
(3–0)
Dahlberg Arena (3,269)
Missoula, MT
01/05/2013
7:05 pm, Big Sky TV
Portland State W 62–55  8–4
(4–0)
Dahlberg Arena (3,907)
Missoula, MT
01/10/2013
6:05 pm, Big Sky TV
at North Dakota W  77–62 9–4
(5–0)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,844)
Grand Forks, ND
01/12/2013
4:35 pm, ALT/Big Sky TV
at Northern Colorado W 85–77  10–4
(6–0)
Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (355)
Greeley, CO
01/17/2013
7:05 pm, Big Sky TV
Southern Utah W 73–67  11–4
(7–0)
Dahlberg Arena (3,202)
Missoula, MT
01/19/2013
7:00 pm, Max Media/Big Sky TV
Montana State W 76–71 OT 12–4
(8–0)
Dahlberg Arena (6,022)
Missoula, MT
01/24/2013
7:00 pm, Big Sky TV
Idaho State W 70–51  13–4
(9–0)
Dahlberg Arena (3,252)
Missoula, MT
01/26/2013
7:05 pm, Big Sky TV
Weber State W 76–74  14–4
(10–0)
Dahlberg Arena (5,815)
Missoula, MT
01/31/2013
8:35 pm, Big Sky TV
at Portland State W 81–68  15–4
(11–0)
Stott Center (1,307)
Portland, OR
02/02/2013
7:05 pm, SWX/Big Sky TV
at Eastern Washington W 65–46  16–4
(12–0)
Reese Court (2,732)
Cheney, WA
02/07/2013
7:00 pm, Big Sky TV
Northern Colorado W 73–63  17–4
(13–0)
Dahlberg Arena (4,036)
Missoula, MT
02/09/2013
7:05 pm, Big Sky TV
North Dakota W 78–58  18–4
(14–0)
Dahlberg Arena (5,366)
Missoula, MT
02/14/2013
7:05 pm, Big Sky TV
at Weber State L 63–87  18–5
(14–1)
Dee Events Center (7,494)
Ogden, UT
02/16/2013
7:05 pm, Big Sky TV
at Idaho State W 61–54  19–5
(15–1)
Reed Gym (1,922)
Pocatello, ID
02/23/2013*
1:00 pm, ESPNU
at Davidson
BracketBusters
L 87–93 OT 19–6
John M. Belk Arena (4,897)
Davidson, NC
03/02/2013
7:00 pm, Max Media/Big Sky TV
at Montana State W 71–68  20–6
(16–1)
Worthington Arena (4,571)
Bozeman, MT
03/04/2013
7:05 pm, Big Sky TV
at Southern Utah W 86–74 OT 21–6
(17–1)
Centrum Arena (3,183)
Cedar City, UT
03/07/2013
7:00 pm, Big Sky TV
Sacramento State W 63–52  22–6
(18–1)
Dahlberg Arena (4,313)
Missoula, MT
03/09/2013
7:00 pm, Big Sky TV
Northern Arizona W 63–50  23–6
(19–1)
Dahlberg Arena (6,056)
Missoula, MT
Big Sky tournament
03/15/2013
8:00 pm, Big Sky TV
Northern Colorado
Semifinals
W 70–56  24–6
Dahlberg Arena (6,919)
Missoula, MT
03/16/2013
7:00 pm, ESPNU
Weber State
Championship Game
W 67–64  25–6
Dahlberg Arena (7,172)
Missoula, MT
NCAA tournament
03/21/2013*
8:41 pm, truTV
No. (13 E) vs. No. 16 (4 E) Syracuse
Second Round
L 34–81  25–7
HP Pavilion (17,997)
San Jose, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll () Tournament Rank. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region E=East.

References

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  1. ^ "Montana beats Weber State, wins Big Sky tourney". Deseret News. March 15, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Kevin (March 22, 2013). "Syracuse destroys Montana in rout, 81-34, to close out first day of NCAA Tournament". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 4, 2024.