2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

This article is about 2012–13 Pitt men's basketball. For 2012–13 Pitt women's basketball, see 2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team.

2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, round of 64
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record24–9 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Pat Sandle (12th season)
  • Brandin Knight (5th season)
  • Bill Barton (2nd season)
Home arenaPetersen Events Center
(Capacity: 12,508)
Seasons
2012–13 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh, widely known as "Pitt", in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers' head coach was Jamie Dixon, in his 10th year as head coach and 14th overall at Pitt. The team played its home games in the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh and was in its final season as a member of the Big East Conference. Pitt played in the ACC the following season. They finished the conference season with 12–6 in the Big East Conference, which they placed 4th. In the postseason, they lost to Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament and lost in the first round of 2013 NCAA tournament to Wichita State to conclude the season with an overall record of 24–9.

Roster

2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 James Robinson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr DeMatha Catholic Mitchellville, Maryland
G 1 Tray Woodall Current redshirt 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr St. Anthony (Paterson, New Jersey) Brooklyn, New York
G 3 Cameron Wright Current redshirt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Benedictine Cleveland, Ohio
F 5 Durand Johnson Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, New Hampshire) Baltimore
F 11 Dante Taylor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr National Christian Academy (Oxon Hill, Maryland) Greenburgh, New York
G/F 12 Chris Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Teaneck Teaneck, New Jersey
C 13 Steven Adams 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr Notre Dame Prep (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) Rotorua, New Zealand
F 15 Aron Nwankwo 6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Baltimore City College Baltimore
G/F 21 Lamar Patterson Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Jr St. Benedict's (Newark, New Jersey) Lancaster, Pennsylvania
G/F 23 Trey Zeigler 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Jr Mount Pleasant
Central Michigan 		Detroit
G 24 Mike Lecak 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So North Canyon (Phoenix, Arizona)
Wheeling Jesuit 		Pittsburgh
C 33 Malcolm Gilbert 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania) Smyrna, Delaware
F 42 Talib Zanna Current redshirt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Maryland) Kaduna, Nigeria
F 44 J. J. Moore 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr South Kent Prep (South Kent, Connecticut) Brentwood, New York
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Pitt's 2012–13 schedule.[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Scrimmage
Sun. Oct. 14*
2:00 p.m., Pitt Panthers TV 		Blue-Gold Scrimmage
Fan Fest/Maggie Dixon Heart Health Fair 		Petersen Events Center 
Pittsburgh, PA
Exhibition
Fri. Oct. 26*
7:00 p.m., Pitt Panthers TV 		Indiana (PA) W 69–54  0–0
 Petersen Events Center (5,325)
Pittsburgh
Fri. Nov. 2*
7:00 p.m., Pitt Panthers TV 		Hawaii-Hilo W 77–45  0–0
 Petersen Events Center (6,115)
Pittsburgh
Regular season
Fri. Nov. 9*
6:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Mount St. Mary's W 80–48  1–0
 Petersen Events Center (8,928)
Pittsburgh
Mon. Nov. 12*
6:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Fordham
NIT Season Tip-Off 		W 86–51  2–0
 Petersen Events Center (6,425)
Pittsburgh
Tue. Nov. 13*
9:00 p.m., ESPNU 		Lehigh
NIT Season Tip-Off 		W 78-53  3–0
 Petersen Events Center (7,225)
Pittsburgh
Sat. Nov. 17*
7:00 p.m., Pitt Panthers TV 		Oakland W 72–62 OT 4–0
 Petersen Events Center (9,710)
Pittsburgh
Wed. Nov. 21*
9:30 p.m., ESPN2 		vs. No. 4 Michigan
NIT Season Tip-Off 		L 62–67  4–1
 Madison Square Garden (7,230)
New York
Fri. Nov. 23*
2:30 p.m., ESPN 		vs. Delaware
NIT Season Tip-Off 		W 85–59  5–1
 Madison Square Garden (7,198)
New York
Tue. Nov. 27*
7:00 p.m., Pitt Panthers TV/ESPN3 		Howard W 70–46  6–1
 Petersen Events Center (8,025)
Pittsburgh
Sat. Dec. 1*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Detroit W 74–61  7–1
 Petersen Events Center (9,179)
Pittsburgh
Wed. Dec. 5*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		vs. Duquesne
The City Game 		W 66–45  8–1
 Consol Energy Center (13,089)
Pittsburgh
Sat. Dec. 8*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		North Florida W 89–47  9–1
 Petersen Events Center (8,708)
Pittsburgh
Sat. Dec. 15*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Bethune-Cookman W 89–40  10–1
 Petersen Events Center (8,115)
Pittsburgh
Wed. Dec. 19*
7:00 p.m., Pitt Panthers TV 		Delaware State W 71–43  11–1
 Petersen Events Center (9,522)
Pittsburgh
Sun. Dec. 23*
5:00 p.m., Pitt Panthers TV/ESPN3 		Kennesaw State W 59–43  12–1
 Petersen Events Center (8,125)
Pittsburgh
Mon. Dec. 31
12:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 24 No. 14 Cincinnati L 61–70  12–2 (0–1)
 Petersen Events Center (12,510)
Pittsburgh
Sat. Jan. 5
11:00 a.m., ESPN2 		No. 24 at Rutgers L 62–67  12–3 (0–2)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (5,081)
Piscataway, New Jersey
Tue. Jan. 8
9:00 p.m., ESPNU 		at No. 19 Georgetown W 73–45  13–3 (1–2)
 Verizon Center (13,011)
Washington, D.C.
Sat. Jan. 12
12:00 p.m., ESPNU 		Marquette L 67–74 OT 13–4 (1–3)
 Petersen Events Center (12,513)
Pittsburgh
Wed. Jan. 16
7:00 p.m., ESPNU 		at Villanova W 58–43  14–4 (2–3)
 The Pavilion (6,500)
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Sat. Jan. 19
12:00 p.m., ESPN2 		Connecticut W 69–61  15–4 (3–3)
 Petersen Events Center (12,510)
Pittsburgh
Tue. Jan. 22
7:00 p.m., ESPN2 		at Providence W 68–64  16–4 (4–3)
 Dunkin' Donuts Center (7,452)
Providence, Rhode Island
Sat. Jan. 26
4:00 p.m., Root Sports Pittsburgh/ESPN3 		DePaul W 93–55  17–4 (5–3)
 Petersen Events Center (12,512)
Pittsburgh
Mon. Jan. 28
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		at No. 12 Louisville L 61–64  17–5 (5–4)
 KFC Yum! Center (22,411)
Louisville, Kentucky
Sat. Feb. 2
12:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 6 Syracuse W 65–55  18–5 (6–4)
 Petersen Events Center (12,632)
Pittsburgh
Mon. Feb. 4
9:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 23 Seton Hall W 56–46  19–5 (7–4)
 Petersen Events Center (10,253)
Pittsburgh
Sat. Feb. 9
6:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 23 at No. 17 Cincinnati W 62–52  20–5 (8–4)
 Fifth Third Arena (12,478)
Cincinnati
Sat. Feb. 16
1:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 16 at No. 18 Marquette L 69–79  20–6 (8–5)
 BMO Harris Bradley Center (17,308)
Milwaukee
Mon. Feb. 18
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 20 No. 25 Notre Dame L 42–51  20–7 (8–6)
 Petersen Events Center (12,556)
Pittsburgh
Sun. Feb. 24
12:00 p.m., Root Sports Pittsburgh/ESPN3 		No. 20 at St. John's W 63–47  21–7 (9–6)
 Madison Square Garden (9,129)
New York
Wed. Feb. 27
7:00 p.m., Root Sports Pittsburgh/ESPN3 		No. 23 South Florida W 64–44  22–7 (10–6)
 Petersen Events Center (12,320)
Pittsburgh
Sun. Mar. 3
12:00 p.m., Root Sports Pittsburgh/ESPN3 		No. 23 Villanova W 73–64 OT 23–7 (11–6)
 Petersen Events Center (12,553)
Pittsburgh
Sat. Mar. 9
2:00 p.m., WTAE TV/ESPN3 		No. 20 at DePaul W 81–66  24–7 (12–6)
 Allstate Arena (8,454)
Rosemont, Illinois
Postseason†
2013 Big East men's basketball tournament
Thu. Mar. 14
2:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 20 (4) vs. No. 16 (5) Syracuse
Quarterfinals 		L 59–62  24–8
 Madison Square Garden (20,057)
New York City
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship
Thu. Mar. 21*
1:40 p.m., TBS 		No. 20 (8) vs. No. (9) Wichita State
Second Round 		L 55–73  24–9
 EnergySolutions Arena (18,044)
Salt Lake City
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Division I AP Poll unless otherwise noted. †Postseason ranks represent seeds in the applicable tournament. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking Movement
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Postseason

Pitt was announced as one of the four eight seed in the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament on Sunday, March 17, 2013. They played in the West Region. Their first game was against nine seed Wichita State University on Thursday, March 21, in Salt Lake City at 1:40 in the afternoon. They lost with a final score of 73 to 55.

References

  1. ^ "Big East Conference Standings – 2012–13." ESPN.com. Retrieved: March 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "Pitt Men's Basketball 2012-2013 Schedule". PittsburghPanthers.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.