2012–13 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by first year head coach Jim Christian, played their home games at the Convocation Center and were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 14–2 in the East Division to claim a share of the East Division and MAC overall regular season championship with Akron. They lost in the championship game of the MAC Tournament to Akron. They were invited to the 2013 NIT where they lost in the first round to Denver.
2012–13 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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MAC Regular Season Co-Champions MAC East Division Co-Champions | |
NIT, First Round | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
East Division | |
2012–13 record | 24–10 (14–2 MAC) |
Head coach | Jim Christian (1st season) |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Akron † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 20 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo* | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2013 MAC Tournament winner As of March 27, 2013 *Ineligible for postseason due to APR penalties; Rankings from AP Poll |
The Ohio University Bobcat fans continued to show support for the team leading the MAC in fan attendance for the 7th time in the last 8 seasons, averaging just under 7,000 fans attending each game.[1]
Roster
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Bill Wuczynski
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/03/2012* 2:00 PM |
Mercyhurst | W 82–42 | Convocation Center (4,613) Athens, OH | ||||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/10/2012* 2:00 PM |
Portland | W 81–52 | 1–0 |
Convocation Center (12,194) Athens, OH | |||||||
11/16/2012* 7:00 PM |
UNC Wilmington | W 85–47 | 2–0 |
Convocation Center (6,317) Athens, OH | |||||||
11/18/2012* 2:00 PM |
Wofford | W 73–50 | 3–0 |
Convocation Center (4,718) Athens, OH | |||||||
11/20/2012* 7:00 PM |
Hampton | W 75–67 | 4–0 |
Convocation Center (4,087) Athens, OH | |||||||
11/24/2012* 2:00 PM |
Richmond | W 73–48 | 5–0 |
Convocation Center (4,211) Athens, OH | |||||||
11/28/2012* 7:00 PM |
St. Bonaventure | W 69–64 | 6–0 |
Convocation Center (6,389) Athens, OH | |||||||
12/01/2012* 7:00 PM |
at Robert Morris | L 76–84 | 6–1 |
Charles L. Sewall Center (1,163) Moon Township, PA | |||||||
12/05/2012* 7:00 PM, CBSSN |
at Memphis | L 58–84 | 6–2 |
FedExForum (15,669) Memphis, TN | |||||||
12/08/2012* 2:00 PM |
Oakland | W 78–61 | 7–2 |
Convocation Center (5,346) Athens, OH | |||||||
12/15/2012* 2:00 PM |
Winthrop | L 49–50 | 7–3 |
Convocation Center (5,421) Athens, OH | |||||||
12/19/2012* 7:50 PM |
at Massachusetts | L 76–85 | 7–4 |
Mullins Center (3,821) Amherst, MA | |||||||
12/22/2012* 2:00 PM |
Maryland–Eastern Shore | W 93–57 | 8–4 |
Convocation Center (4,448) Athens, OH | |||||||
12/29/2012* 8:00 PM |
at Oklahoma | L 63–74 | 8–5 |
Lloyd Noble Center (10,036) Norman, OK | |||||||
01/05/2013* 2:00 PM |
Marshall | W 94–57 | 9–5 |
Convocation Center (6,971) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/09/2013 7:00 PM, STO/ESPN3 |
Buffalo | W 86–68 | 10–5 (1–0) |
Convocation Center (4,846) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/12/2013 2:00 PM |
at Western Michigan | W 61–59 | 11–5 (2–0) |
University Arena (3,229) Kalamazoo, MI | |||||||
01/16/2013 7:00 PM |
Northern Illinois | W 81–63 | 12–5 (3–0) |
Convocation Center (7,648) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/19/2013 6:00 PM, STO/ESPN3 |
Toledo | W 76–67 | 13–5 (4–0) |
Convocation Center (7,388) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/23/2013 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Miami (OH) | W 74–62 | 14–5 (5–0) |
Millett Hall (2,202) Oxford, OH | |||||||
01/26/2013 6:00 PM, STO/ESPN3 |
at Kent State | W 69–68 | 15–5 (6–0) |
MAC Center (5,453) Kent, OH | |||||||
02/02/2013 5:00 PM, ESPNU |
at Akron | L 72–86 | 15–6 (6–1) |
James A. Rhodes Arena (5,770) Akron, OH | |||||||
02/06/2013 7:00 PM |
at Ball State | W 69–42 | 16–6 (7–1) |
John E. Worthen Arena (3,114) Muncie, IN | |||||||
02/09/2013 2:00 PM |
Bowling Green | W 72–63 | 17–6 (8–1) |
Convocation Center (10,846) Athens, OH | |||||||
02/13/2013 7:00 PM |
at Central Michigan | W 82–63 | 18–6 (9–1) |
McGuirk Arena (1,211) Mount Pleasant, MI | |||||||
02/16/2013 11:00 AM, ESPNU |
Kent State | W 78–75 OT | 19–6 (10–1) |
Convocation Center (8,483) Athens, OH | |||||||
02/20/2013 ^ 7:00 PM |
Eastern Michigan | W 73–50 | 20–6 (11–1) |
Convocation Center (5,932) Athens, OH | |||||||
02/23/2013* 10:00 PM, ESPN2 |
at Belmont BracketBusters |
L 62–81 | 20–7 |
Curb Event Center (4,813) Nashville, TN | |||||||
02/27/2013 7:00 PM, STO |
Akron | L 81–88 OT | 20–8 (11–2) |
Convocation Center (11,109) Athens, OH | |||||||
03/02/2013 12:00 PM, STO/ESPN3 |
at Bowling Green | W 78–65 | 21–8 (12–2) |
Stroh Center (2,662) Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
03/05/2013 7:00 PM, TWCS |
at Buffalo | W 72–69 | 22–8 (13–2) |
Alumni Arena (3,132) Amherst, NY | |||||||
03/09/2013 4:00 PM, STO/ESPN3 |
Miami (OH) | W 58–54 | 23–8 (14–2) |
Convocation Center (8,428) Athens, OH | |||||||
MAC Tournament | |||||||||||
03/15/2013 9:00 PM, STO/ESPN3 |
vs. Western Michigan Semifinals |
W 74–63 | 24–8 |
Quicken Loans Arena (10,324) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
03/16/2013 6:30 PM, ESPN2 |
vs. Akron Championship Game |
L 46–65 | 24–9 |
Quicken Loans Arena (12,102) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
NIT | |||||||||||
03/19/2013* 9:15 PM, ESPN3 |
at Denver First Round |
L 57–61 | 24–10 |
Magness Arena (2,094) Denver, CO | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
^ Game was originally scheduled for 1/30/2013, but was postponed due to the closure of the Ohio campus following an armed robbery near the university.
References
- ""Best Fans in the MAC" Shatter Records in 2012-2013". ohiobobcats.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2014.