2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
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The 2012–13 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in early-January 2013, and concluded in March with the 2013 Big Ten men's basketball tournament at the United Center in Chicago. All conference regular season and tournament games were broadcast nationally. For the 37th consecutive season, the conference led the nation in attendance.
2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS |
2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
Regular season champions | Indiana |
Runners-up | Ohio State Michigan State |
Season MVP | Trey Burke |
Tournament | |
Champions | Ohio State |
Runners-up | Wisconsin |
Finals MVP | Aaron Craft |
Basketball seasons | |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Indiana | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 29 | – | 7 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Ohio State † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Michigan State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Michigan | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 31 | – | 8 | .795 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Wisconsin | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 25 | – | 13 | .658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2013 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The conference enjoyed nine postseason invitations including seven to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (NCAA Tournament). Eight of the nine postseason participants posted at least one win. The Conference compiled a 19–9 postseason record including a 14–7 record in the NCAA Tournament. Michigan was runner up in the NCAA Tournament and Iowa was runnerup in the 2013 National Invitation Tournament.
Trey Burke won almost every National Player of the Year award (Oscar Robertson Trophy, John R. Wooden Award, Associated Press POY, Sports Illustrated POY, NABC Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year), while Victor Oladipo won the Sporting News POY and Adolph Rupp Trophy. Oladipo also shared NABC Defensive Player of the Year with Jeff Withey. Four Big Ten athletes (Burke, Oladipo, Cody Zeller and Deshaun Thomas) earned 2013 NCAA All-American recognition (Burke, Oladipo and Zeller as consensus All-Americans). In addition, Jordan Hulls won the Senior CLASS Award and Aaron Craft earned Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year. Burke was the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Oladipo was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, and Craft was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2013 Big Ten tournament. Craft earned national defensive player of the year recognition by CBSSports.com. Burke also earned the Bob Cousy Award.
With Oladipo, Zeller and Burke being selected 2nd, 4th and 9th respectively in the 2013 NBA draft, the Big Ten had its first trio of top ten selections since the 1990 NBA draft. All five players who declared early for were drafted (Hardaway 24th and Thomas 58th).
Five teams were ranked in the preseason AP Poll and USA Today/ESPN Coaches' poll: Indiana (number 1 AP/number 1 Coaches), Ohio State (4/4) Michigan (5/5), Michigan State (14/14) and Wisconsin (23/21). Minnesota was also receiving votes.[1]
Preseason watchlists
Below are lists selected by notable committees prior to the season that represent what they anticipate to be the most likely candidates to be recognized at the end of the season for their specific awards. They are called watchlists because they are lists of players to watch for each award.
Wooden[2] | Naismith[3] | Senior CLASS[4] | |
Brandon Paul ILL | Y |
Y | |
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Christian Watford IND | Y |
Y |
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Cody Zeller IND | Y |
Y |
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Jordan Hulls IND | Y | ||
Trey Burke MICH | Y |
Y |
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Tim Hardaway Jr. MICH | Y |
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Keith Appling MSU | Y |
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Trevor Mbakwe MINN | Y |
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Drew Crawford NW | Y | ||
Aaron Craft OSU | Y |
Y |
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Deshaun Thomas OSU | Y |
Y |
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Tim Frazier PSU | Y |
Y |
Y |
Jared Berggren WIS | Y |
Preseason honors
The following players were selected to the CBS Sports, Associated Press, Sporting News and ESPN preseason All-American teams and the preseason media All-Big Ten team.[1][5][6]
CBS | AP | TSN | ESPN | SI | Big Ten | |
Cody Zeller | POY | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | POY |
Deshaun Thomas | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Y |
Trey Burke | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | Y |
Trevor Mbakwe | 3rd | |||||
Aaron Craft | 3rd | 2nd | Y | |||
Tim Frazier | Y |
Preseason national polls
AP | Coaches | SI | Athlon | Lindy's | Sporting News | Blue Ribbon | |
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Illinois | |||||||
Indiana | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Iowa | |||||||
Michigan | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Michigan State | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 7 |
Minnesota | |||||||
Nebraska | |||||||
Northwestern | |||||||
Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
Penn State | |||||||
Purdue | |||||||
Wisconsin | 23 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 23 |
Ohio State won the four-team Hall of Fame Tipoff tournament on November 18 at Mohegan Sun Arena.[7] Indiana won the four-team Legends Classic on November 20 at Barclays Center.[8] Illinois won the eight-team Maui Invitational Tournament on November 21 at Lahaina Civic Center.[9] Michigan won the sixteen-team NIT Season Tip-off tournament on November 23 at Madison Square Garden.[10] On November 24, Northwestern won the four-team South Padre Island Invitational.[11]
Early-season tournament victories
Name | Dates | No. teams | Champion |
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NIT Season Tip-Off | November 12–13, 21, 23 | 16 | Michigan |
Hall of Fame Tipoff | November 16–18 | 4 | Ohio State |
Legends Classic | November 19–20 | 4* | Indiana |
Maui Invitational tournament | November 19–21 | 8 | Illinois |
South Padre Island Invitational | November 23, 24 | 8 | Northwestern |
*Although these tournaments include more teams, only the number listed play for the championship.
2012 ACC–Big Ten Challenge
ACC–Big Ten Challenge results:
Date | Time | ACC Team | Big Ten Team | Location | Television | Attendance | Winner | Challenge Leader |
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November 27, 2012 | 7:15 pm | Virginia Tech | Iowa | Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, VA | ESPNU | 5,647 | Virginia Tech (95–79) | ACC (1–0) |
7:15 pm | Florida State | #21 Minnesota | Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL | ESPN2 | 7,941 | Minnesota (77–68) | Tied (1–1) | |
7:30 pm | #18 NC State | #3 Michigan | Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, MI | ESPN | 12,693 | Michigan (79–72) | Big Ten (2–1) | |
9:15 pm | Wake Forest | Nebraska | LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC | ESPNU | 6,508 | Nebraska (79–63) | Big Ten (3–1) | |
9:15 pm | Maryland | Northwestern | Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL | ESPN2 | 6,009 | Maryland (77–57) | Big Ten (3–2) | |
9:30 pm | #14 North Carolina | #1 Indiana | Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN | ESPN | 17,472 | Indiana (83–59) | Big Ten (4–2) | |
November 28, 2012 | 7:00 pm | Virginia | Wisconsin | Kohl Center • Madison, WI | ESPN2 | 16,690 | Virginia (60–54) | Big Ten (4–3) |
7:15 pm | Clemson | Purdue | Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC | ESPNU | 7,632 | Purdue (73–61) | Big Ten (5–3) | |
7:30 pm | Miami | #13 Michigan State | BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, FL | ESPN | 5,791 | Miami (67–59) | Big Ten (5–4) | |
9:00 pm | Georgia Tech | #22 Illinois | Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL | ESPN2 | 12,224 | Illinois (75–62) | Big Ten (6–4) | |
9:15 pm | Boston College | Penn State | Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA | ESPNU | 6,889 | Boston College (73–61) | Big Ten (6–5) | |
9:30 pm | #2 Duke | #4 Ohio State | Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC | ESPN | 9,314 | Duke (73–68) | Tied (6–6) |
*All Times Eastern
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of 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 | Wk 19 | Wk 20 | Final | ||
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Illinois | AP | 22 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||
C | 22 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||
Indiana | AP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Iowa | AP | |||||||||||||||||||||
C | RV | |||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | AP | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | T10 | |
C | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | |
Michigan State | AP | 14 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | |
C | 14 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 19 | T19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 13 | |
Minnesota | AP | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 18 | RV | RV | RV | ||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 18 | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||
Nebraska | AP | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Northwestern | AP | |||||||||||||||||||||
C | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | AP | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 7 | |
C | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |
Penn State | AP | |||||||||||||||||||||
C | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | AP | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Wisconsin | AP | 23 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 18 | |||||||
C | 21 | 20 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 22 | |||||||
By achieving high rankings throughout the season, the Big Ten was able to keep at least three teams in the top 10 of the national polls during 10 of the 11 weeks of the conference portion of the season. As a result, the Big Ten set a record for most matchups between two top 10 opponents in conference play with a total of 9 such games. Michigan played in six with a 3–3 record and Indiana played in five, winning all of them. Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State also played in top 10 games.[12]
Before the season, it was announced that for the sixth consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by CBS Sports, ESPN Inc. family of networks including ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Big Ten Network.[13] During the season, the Big Ten led the nation in attendance for the 37th consecutive season with an average attendance of 13,114, which paced the nation's conferences by over 2,400 per game.[14]
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.
Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Michigan | Michigan St | Minnesota | Nebraska | Northwestern | Ohio State | Penn State | Purdue | Wisconsin | |
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vs. Illinois | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
vs. Indiana | 1–0 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
vs. Iowa | 0–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
vs. Michigan | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | – | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
vs. Michigan State | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
vs. Minnesota | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
vs. Nebraska | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
vs. Northwestern | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
vs. Ohio State | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
vs. Penn State | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 |
vs. Purdue | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | – | 0–1 |
vs. Wisconsin | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | – |
Total | 8–10 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 4–14 | 13–5 | 2–16 | 8–10 | 12–6 |
On February 2, 2013, Michigan (number 1 AP/number 2 Coaches) and Indiana (3/3) appeared on ESPN's College GameDay at Assembly Hall.[15] Indiana won 81–73,[16] and the television broadcast of the game on ESPN set a Big Ten record for viewership with 4.035 million viewers.[17]
The Iowa vs. Nebraska game, scheduled for February 21, 2013 at the Devany Center, was rescheduled for February 23 due to a winter storm.[18]
These are the Big Ten standings including tiebreakers and conference tournament games.[19] Bold indicates the winner of the Big Ten tournament.
Clinched first round bye in the Big Ten tournament | ||
Played in first round of the Big Ten tournament | ||
Seed | School | Conf* | Tiebreak 1 | Tiebreak 2 | Conf** |
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#1 | Indiana | 14–4 | 15–5 | ||
#2 | Ohio State | 13–5 | 1–1 vs. MSU | 1–1 vs. IND | 16–5 |
#3 | Michigan State | 13–5 | 1–1 vs. OSU | 0–2 vs. IND | 14–6 |
#4 | Wisconsin | 12–6 | 1–0 vs. MICH | 14–7 | |
#5 | Michigan | 12–6 | 0–1 vs. WIS | 13–7 | |
#6 | Iowa | 9–9 | 10–10 | ||
#7 | Purdue | 8–10 | 2–1 vs. ILL/MIN | 8–11 | |
#8 | Illinois | 8–10 | 2–2 vs. MIN/PUR | 9–11 | |
#9 | Minnesota | 8–10 | 1–2 vs. ILL/PUR | 8–11 | |
#10 | Nebraska | 5–13 | 6–14 | ||
#11 | Northwestern | 4–14 | 4–15 | ||
#12 | Penn State | 2–16 | 2–17 | ||
*Regular season record
**Conference record including Big Ten tournament games
All tournament games were nationally broadcast.[13] The tournament set an attendance record with 124,000 spectators attending 6 sessions, shattering the 109,769 total set for the 2001 tournament.[20]
- Players of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.
On December 11, Paul also earned United States Basketball Writers Association Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week recognition.[39] On January 8, Burke earned the Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week.[40] On April 1, Burke earned ESPN.com Player of the Week recognition.[41]