2012–13 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season explained

2012–13 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
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Color Text:	ffffff
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	180px
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	CBS, ESPN, FSN
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Kansas, Kansas State
Season Champ Name:	2013 Big 12 Champions
Mvp:	Marcus Smart
Mvp Link:	Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Pierre Jackson
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2013 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Kansas
Finals Runner-Up:	Kansas State
Finals Mvp:	Jeff Withey
Seasonslistnames:	Basketball
Prevseason Year:	2011–12
Nextseason Year:	2013–14

The 2012–13 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the regular-season in November. Conference play began in early January 2013 and concluded in March with the 2013 Big 12 men's basketball tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. This was the first season in the Big 12 for two former Mountain West and Big East teams, as the TCU Horned Frogs and the West Virginia Mountaineers, respectively, played their first seasons in the conference.

Preseason

	Big 12 Coaches^[1]
1.	Kansas (9)
2.	Baylor (1)
3.	Oklahoma State
4.	Texas
5.	Kansas State
6.	West Virginia
7.	Oklahoma
8.	Iowa State
9.	Texas Tech
10.	TCU

first place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Teams

• Player of the Year: Pierre Jackson, Baylor
• Newcomer of the Year: Amath M'Baye, Oklahoma
• Freshman of the Year: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

See main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

	Pre	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
Baylor	AP	19	16	24	RV	RV						RV		RV
C	18	17	21	RV	RV								RV								RV
Iowa State	AP												RV	RV
C		RV									RV	RV									RV
Kansas	AP	7	7	12	10	9	9	9	6	6	6	4	3	2	5	14	9	6	4	7	3
C	7	7	11	10	9	9	8	6	6	6	4	2	1	5	13	9	5	3	6	3	8
Kansas State	AP	RV	RV	RV					25	25	18	16	11	18	13	10	13	13	9	11	12
C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	23	18	13	21	15	11	13	13	10	12	14	20
Oklahoma	AP															RV
C							RV							RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Oklahoma State	AP	RV		20	15	23	24	24	22	22	RV				22	17	14	15	13	14	17
C	RV		22	17	22	23	24	22	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	16	14	18	14	15	19	RV
TCU	AP
C
Texas	AP	RV	RV	RV
C	24	25	RV	RV
Texas Tech	AP
C
West Virginia	AP	RV	RV
C

Conference Schedules

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	Baylor	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech	West Virginia
ISU	KU	KSU	OU	OSU	TCU	UT	TTU	WVU -->	vs. Baylor	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2
vs. Iowa State	0–2	–	2-0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2
vs. Kansas	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Kansas State	0–2	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Oklahoma	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Oklahoma State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. TCU	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	2–0	2–0	2–0
vs. Texas	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	–	0–2	2–0
vs. Texas Tech	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2)	2–0	–	2–0
vs. West Virginia	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	ISU	KU	KSU	OU	OSU	TCU	UT	TTU	WVU -->
Total	9–9	11–7	14–4	14–4	11–7	13–5	2–16	7–11	3–15	6–12

Baylor

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#003015; color:#FECB00;"| Big 12 Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#003015"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

Iowa State

|-!colspan=12 style=""| Big 12 Regular Season|- !colspan=12 style=""| 2013 Big 12 Tournament|-|-|-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

Kansas

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#0049AF; color:#F20030;"| Big 12 Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#0049AF"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

Kansas State

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#512888"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

Oklahoma

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#960018; color:#FFFDD0;"| Big 12 Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#960018"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

Oklahoma State

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"| Big 12 Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#000000"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

TCU

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#520063; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 Regular season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#520063"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-conference game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

Texas

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#CC5500"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

Texas Tech

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:#000000;"| Big 12 Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#CC0000"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

West Virginia

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#003366; color:#FFCC00;"| Big 12 Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#003366"|2013 Big 12 tournament |-| colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region.|}

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

See main article: 2013 Big 12 men's basketball tournament.

• March 13–16, 2013– Big 12 Conference Basketball Tournament, Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO.

2013 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First Round March 13	Quarterfinals March 14	Semifinals March 15	Championship March 16
1.	‡Kansas	14–4	29–5	2–0 vs KSST	Bye	9 Texas Tech	5 Iowa State	2 Kansas State
2.	†Kansas State	14–4	27–7	0–2 vs KAN	Bye	7 Texas	3 Oklahoma State	1 Kansas
3.	†Oklahoma State	13–5	24–8		Bye	6 Baylor	2 Kansas State
4.	†Oklahoma	11–7	20–11	1–1 vs IAST; 1–1 vs KAN	Bye	5 Iowa State
5.	†Iowa State	11–7	22–11	1–1 vs OKLA; 0–2 vs KAN	Bye	4 Oklahoma	1 Kansas
6.	†Baylor	9–9	18–14		Bye	3 Oklahoma State
7.	Texas	7–11	16–17		10 TCU	2 Kansas State
8.	West Virginia	6–12	13–19		9 Texas Tech
9.	Texas Tech	3–15	11–20		8 West Virginia	1 Kansas
10.	TCU	2–16	11–21		7 Texas
‡ – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seed	Region	School	Second Round	Third Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	South	Kansas	16 Western Kentucky - Mar. 22, Kansas City - W, 64–57	8 North Carolina - Mar. 24, Kansas City - W, 70–58	4 Michigan - Mar. 29, Arlington - L, 85–87
4	West	Kansas State	13 La Salle - Mar. 22, Kansas City - L, 61–63
5	Midwest	Oklahoma State	12 Oregon - Mar. 21, San Jose - L, 55–68
10	West	Iowa State	7 Notre Dame - Mar. 22, Dayton - W, 76–58	2 Ohio State - Mar. 24, Dayton - L, 75–78
10	South	Oklahoma	7 San Diego State - Mar. 22, Philadelphia - L, 55–70
	5 Bids	W-L (%):	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	TOTAL: 3–5

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2013 National Invitation Tournament.

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
2	Kentucky	Baylor	7 Long Beach State - Mar. 20, Waco - W, 112–66	3 Arizona State - Mar. 22, Waco - W, 89–86	4 Providence - Mar. 27, Waco - W, 79–68	3 BYU - Apr. 2, New York - W, 76–70	3 Iowa - Apr. 4, New York - W, 74–54
	1 Bid	W-L (%):	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	TOTAL: 5–0

College Basketball Invitational

See main article: 2013 College Basketball Invitational.

School	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Texas	Houston - Mar. 20, Houston - L, 72–73
W-L (%):	0–1	0–0	0–0	TOTAL: 0–1

NBA draft

Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft.^[3] Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013 NBA Draft Combine.^[4] The following conference players were drafted:

• Ben McLemore, Sacramento Kings, 1st round, 7th overall
• Jeff Withey, Portland Trail Blazers, 2nd round, 39th overall
• Pierre Jackson, Philadelphia 76ers, 2nd round, 42nd overall
• Romero Osby, Orlando Magic, 2nd round, 51st overall

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Ben McLemore	SG	Freshman	Kansas
Marcus Smart	PG	Freshman	Oklahoma State
Jeff Withey	C	Senior	Kansas

All-Big 12 Awards and Teams

• Player of the Year: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
• Defensive Player of the Year: Jeff Withey, Kansas
• Newcomer of the Year: Will Clyburn, Iowa State
• Freshman of the Year: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
• Sixth Man Award: Tyrus McGee, Iowa State
• Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Melvin Ejim, Iowa State
• Coach of the Year: Bruce Weber, Kansas State

All-Big 12 First Team

• Ben McLemore, Kansas, G
• Jeff Withey, Kansas, C
• Rodney McGruder, Kansas State, G
• Romero Osby, Oklahoma, F
• Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State, G

All-Big 12 Second Team

• Pierre Jackson, Baylor, G
• Will Clyburn, Iowa State, G
• Travis Releford, Kansas, G
• Ángel Rodríguez, Kansas State, G
• Markel Brown, Oklahoma State, G

All-Big 12 Third Team

• Isaiah Austin, Baylor, C
• Melvin Ejim, Iowa State, F
• Amath M'Baye, Oklahoma, F
• Steven Pledger, Oklahoma, G
• Le'Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State, G/F

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

• Cory Jefferson (Baylor)
• Korie Lucious (Iowa State)
• Tyrus McGee (Iowa State)
• Elijah Johnson (Kansas)
• Shane Southwell (Kansas State)
• Michael Cobbins (Oklahoma State)
• Jaye Crockett (Texas Tech)
• Eron Harris (West Virginia)
• Deniz Kilicli (West Virginia)

Big 12 All-Defensive Team

• Chris Babb, Iowa State, G
• Travis Releford, Kansas, G
• Jeff Withey, Kansas, C
• Angel Rodriguez, Kansas State, G
• Michael Cobbins, Oklahoma State, F
• Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State, G

Big 12 All-Rookie Team

• Isaiah Austin, Baylor, C
• Will Clyburn, Iowa State, G
• Georges Niang, Iowa State, F
• Ben McLemore, Kansas, G
• Amath M'Baye, Oklahoma, F
• Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State, G

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External links

• Big 12 Men's Basketball

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kansas Unanimous Choice To Win Big 12 Men's Basketball Title. Big 12 Conference. October 20, 2012.
2. Web site: Jackson Leads Preseason All-Big 12 Squad.
3. Web site: NBA announces early entry candidates for 2013 NBA Draft. 2013-05-03. 2013-05-01. NBA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20130504083653/http://www.nba.com/2013/news/05/01/2013-draft-early-entry-candidates-official-release/index.html. 2013-05-04. dead.
4. Web site: Complete NBA Draft Combine invite list. 2013-05-14. 2013-05-02. NBC Sports. Helin, Kurt.
5. News: 2013 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards Announced. Big12Sports.com. 2017-01-12.