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

2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season
Color:	072e67
Color Text:	efe3bb
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	125px
Duration:	December 31, 2012 through March 9, 2013
No Of Teams:	15
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Georgetown, Louisville, & Marquette
Season Champ Name:	Co-Champions
Mvp:	Otto Porter
Mvp Link:	Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2013 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Louisville
Finals Runner-Up:	Syracuse
Finals Mvp:	Peyton Siva (LOU)
Seasonslistnames:	Big East Conference men's basketball
Prevseason Link:	2011–12 Big East Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:	2011–12
Nextseason Link:	2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:	2013–14

The 2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012 and ended with the 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden March 12–16, 2013 in Manhattan, New York. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting on December 31, 2012. 2012-13 marked the 34th year of the Big East, and the 2013 men's basketball Championship marked the 31st anniversary of the Big East at Madison Square Garden, the longest-running conference tournament at one venue in the country. With West Virginia now in the Big 12, the 2012-13 Big East Conference schedule included 4 repeat games.

UConn was ineligible for postseason tournament participation due to low APR scores, The Huskies were also ineligible for the 2013 Big East tournament; the school unsuccessfully appealed the ruling.^[1]

The 2012–13 season was the last for the Big East in its original form. In December 2012, the seven Big East schools that do not sponsor Division I FBS football—DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova, collectively called the "Catholic 7"—announced they would leave the Big East to start a new conference of their own.^[2] On March 8, 2013, the "Catholic 7" and the remaining Big East schools announced a separation agreement.^[3] Under the agreement, the "Catholic 7" purchased the Big East name and the contract with Madison Square Garden for the conference tournament, and began operating under the Big East name beginning on July 1, 2013.^[3] The remaining schools, which kept the charter of the original Big East, announced on April 3 that they would operate as the American Athletic Conference (The American).^[4] This was also the final season for Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse, all of which left for the ACC on July 1, 2013. On the same day, SMU, UCF, Memphis, Houston, and Temple became full members of The American.

Preseason

Coaching changes

Jim Calhoun of Connecticut announced his retirement on September 13, 2012. Kevin Ollie, an assistant under Calhoun for the previous two years, was named Calhoun's successor.^[5]

Predicted Big East results

At Big East media day on October 17, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Big East teams.^{[6] [7]}

	Big East Coaches^[8]	Big East Writers^[9]
T-1.	Louisville (14)	Louisville (15)
2	Syracuse	Syracuse
3.	Notre Dame (1)	Notre Dame
4.	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
5.	Georgetown	Pittsburgh
6.	Pittsburgh	Georgetown
7.	Marquette	Marquette
8.	South Florida	South Florida
9.	Connecticut	Connecticut
10.	St. John's	St. John's
11.	Rutgers	Rutgers
12.	Villanova	Villanova
13.	DePaul	Providence
14.	Seton Hall	Seton Hall
15.	Providence	DePaul

first place votes

2012-13 Preseason All-Big East Teams

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Big East Preseason Player of the Year: Peyton Siva, Louisville
Big East Preseason Rookie of the Year: Steven Adams, Pittsburgh

Preseason Watchlists

Regular season

Head coaches

Mick Cronin, Cincinnati

Kevin Ollie, Connecticut

Oliver Purnell, DePaul

John Thompson III, Georgetown

Rick Pitino, Louisville

Buzz Williams, Marquette

Mike Brey, Notre Dame

Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh

Ed Cooley, Providence

Mike Rice, Rutgers

Steve Lavin, St. John's

Kevin Willard, Seton Hall

Stan Heath, South Florida

Jim Boeheim, Syracuse

Jay Wright, Villanova

Composite matrix

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

	Cincinnati	Connecticut	DePaul	Georgetown	Louisville	Marquette	Notre Dame	Pittsburgh	Providence	Rutgers	St. John's	Seton Hall	South Florida	Syracuse	Villanova
UCONN	DEP	GTOWN	UL	MARQ	ND	PITT	PROV	RUT	STJ	SHU	USF	CUSE	NOVA -->	vs. Cincinnati	–	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0-1	1–0	0–1
vs. Connecticut	1–1	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1)	1–1	0–1	1–0
vs. DePaul	1–0	2–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Georgetown	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0
vs. Louisville	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	–	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0
vs. Marquette	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	–	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0
vs. Notre Dame	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
vs. Pittsburgh	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2
vs. Providence	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	–	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–2
vs. Rutgers	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	–	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. St. John's	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	–	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. Seton Hall	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	–	0–1	1–0	0–1
vs. South Florida	1-0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	–	1–0	2–0
vs. Syracuse	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–1
vs. Villanova	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	–	CONN	DEP	GTOWN	UL	MARQ	ND	PITT	PROV	RUT	STJ	SHU	USF	SYR	VILL	-->
Total	9–9	10–8	2–16	14-4	14–4	14–4	11–7	12–6	9–9	5–13	8–10	3–15	3–15	11–7	10–8

As of completion of games on March 6th

Rankings

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

Legend

		Improvement in ranking.
		Drop in ranking.
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		RV	Received votes, but were not ranked.
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		AP	AP Poll
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		C	ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
т	Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

2012–13 Big East Conference Weekly Rankings

		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	FINAL
Cincinnati	AP	24	24	22	17	11	11	11	8	14	21	RV	21	24	17	RV	RV
C	RV	24	20	16	12	12	11	8	15	20	24	20	23	17	RV	RV
Connecticut	AP		23	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV					RV			RV
C		RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV						RV
DePaul	AP
C
Georgetown	AP	RV			20	15	15	15	15	15	19	RV	RV	RV	20	15	11	7	5 (2)	5 (2)	8
C				25	23	21	21	18	16	22	RV	RV	RV	21	15	11	8	5	5	8
Louisville	AP	2(20)	2 (18)	2 (19)	5	5	6	5	4	4	3	1 (36)	5	12	11	12	10	10	8	8	2 (20)
C	2 (5)	2 (4)	2 (5)	6	6	6	4	3	4	4	1 (18)	5	13	12	12	10	9	6 (1)	6 (1)	2 (1)
Marquette	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV	25	RV	25	24	18	17	22	15	15	15
C	RV	RV	RV	RV						RV	RV	RV	25	RV	20	20	22	17	17	16
Notre Dame	AP	22	20	RV	RV	22	22	22	21	21	17	20	24	RV	25	21	25	21	24	24	23
C	23	21	RV	RV	25	24	22	20	19	16	20	23	RV	RV	21	25	20	24	24	RV
Pittsburgh	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	16	20	23	20	22	20
C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	22	RV		RV	RV	25	17	22	RV	22	22	22
Providence	AP
C
Rutgers	AP
C
St. John's	AP
C
Seton Hall	AP
C
South Florida	AP
C
Syracuse	AP	9	8	6	6	4	4	3	9	7	7	6	3 (8)	6	9	6	8	12	17	17	16
C	9	8	6	5	4	4	3	7	7	7	6	4 (2)	6	9	7	8	12	16	16	18
Villanova	AP
C

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Weekly honors

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big East names a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week	Rookie of the week
November 19, 2012	Shabazz Napier, G, Connecticut	Ryan Arcidiacono, G, Villanova
November 26, 2012	Sean Kilpatrick, G, Cincinnati	JaKarr Sampson, F, St. John's
December 3, 2012	James Southerland, G, Syracuse	James Robinson, G, Pittsburgh
December 10, 2012	Fuquan Edwin, G, Seton Hall	JaKarr Sampson, F, St. John's
December 17, 2012	Chane Behanan, F, Louisville	JaKarr Sampson, F, St. John's
December 23, 2012	Victor Rudd, F, South Florida	Omar Calhoun, G, Connecticut
December 31, 2012	Russ Smith, G, Louisville	Ryan Arcidiacono, G, Villanova
January 7, 2013	Brandon Triche, G, Syracuse	Ryan Arcidiacono, G, Villanova
January 14, 2013
January 21, 2013
January 28, 2013
February 4, 2013
February 11, 2013
February 18, 2013
February 25, 2013
March 3, 2013

Postseason

Big East tournament

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

• March 12–16, 2013– Big East Conference Basketball Tournament, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, NY.

2013 Big East men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First Round March 12	Second Round March 13	Quarterfinals March 14	Semifinals March 15	Championship March 16
1.	Georgetown †	14–4	24–5	2-1 vs. LOU and MARQ	Bye	Bye	vs. Cincinnati W 43–62	vs. Syracuse L 58–55
2.	Louisville †	14–4	26–5	1-1 vs. GTWN and MARQ	Bye	Bye	vs Villanova W 74–55	vs Notre Dame W 69–57	vs Syracuse W 78–61
3.	Marquette †	14–4	23–7	1-2 vs. GTWN and LOU	Bye	Bye	vs Notre Dame L 73–65
4.	Pittsburgh †	12–6	24–7		Bye	Bye	vs Syracuse L 59–62
5.	Syracuse	11–7	23–8	1-0 vs ND	Bye	vs Seton Hall W 75–63	vs Pittsburgh W 62–59	vs Georgetown W 58–55	vs Louisville L 61–78
6.	Notre Dame	11–7	23–8	0-1 vs SYR	Bye	vs Rutgers W 69–61	vs Marquette W 73–65	vs Louisville L 57–69
7.	Villanova	10–8	19–12		Bye	vs St. John's W 66–53	vs Louisville L 55–74
8.	Providence	9-9	17–13	1-0 vs CIN	Bye	vs Cincinnati L 44–61
9.	Cincinnati	9-9	21–10	0-1 vs. PROV	Bye	vs Providence W 61–44	vs Georgetown L 43–62
10.	St. John's	8–10	16–14		Bye	vs Villanova L 53–66
11.	Rutgers	5–13	14–15		vs DePaul W 76–57	vs Notre Dame L 61–69
12.	Seton Hall	3–15	14–17		vs South Florida W 46-42 OT	vs Syracuse L 63–75
13.	South Florida	3–15	12–18		vs Seton Hall L 42-46 OT
14.	DePaul	2–16	11–20		vs Rutgers L 57–76
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament. Connecticut is ineligible due to Academic Progress Rate violations.

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	Midwest	Louisville	16 North Carolina A&T - Mar. 21, Lexington - W, 79–48	8 Colorado State - Mar. 23, Lexington - W, 82–56	12 Oregon - Mar. 29, Indianapolis - W, 77–69	2 Duke - Mar. 31, Indianapolis - W, 85–63	9 Wichita State - Apr. 6, Atlanta - W, 72–68	4 Michigan - Apr. 8, Atlanta - W, 82–76
2	South	Georgetown	15 Florida Gulf Coast - Mar. 22, Philadelphia - L, 68–78
3	East	Marquette	14 Davidson - Mar. 21, Lexington - W, 59–58	6 Butler - Mar. 23, Lexington - W, 74–72	2 Miami - Mar. 28, Washington, D.C. - W, 71–61	4 Syracuse - Mar. 30, Washington, D.C. - L, 39–55
4	East	Syracuse	13 Montana - Mar. 21, San Jose - W, 81–34	12 California - Mar. 23, San Jose - W, 66–60	1 Indiana - Mar. 28, Washington, D.C. - W, 61–50	3 Marquette - Mar. 30, Washington, D.C. - W, 55–39	4 Michigan - Apr. 6, Atlanta - L, 56–61
7	West	Notre Dame	10 Iowa State - Mar. 22, Dayton - L, 58–76
8	West	Pittsburgh	9 Wichita State - Mar. 21, Salt Lake City - L, 55–73
9	South	Villanova	8 North Carolina - Mar. 22, Kansas City - L, 71–78
10	Midwest	Cincinnati	7 Creighton - Mar. 22, Philadelphia - L, 63–67
	8 Bids	W-L (%):	3–5	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	TOTAL: 13–7

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2013 National Invitation Tournament.

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
4	Kentucky	Providence	5 Charlotte - Mar. 20, Providence - W, 75–66	8 Robert Morris - Mar. 25, Providence - W, 77–68	2 Baylor - Mar. 27, Waco - L, 68–79
5	Virginia	St. John's	4 St. Joseph's - Mar. 19, Philadelphia - W, 63–61	1 Virginia - Mar. 24, Charlottesville - L, 50–68
	2 Bids	W-L (%):	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	TOTAL: 3–2

Awards and honors

Conference awards and teams

The Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Scholar Athlete of the Year awards are announced, after the conclusion of the first session of the Big East tournament. The remainder of the individual awards are announced at the conclusion of the regular season.

2013 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Otto Porter, Georgetown
Coach of the Year	John Thompson III, Georgetown
Defensive Player of the Year	Gorgui Dieng, Louisville
Rookie of the Year	JaKarr Sampson, St. John's
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Peyton Siva, Louisville
Most Improved Player	Kadeem Batts, Providence; Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse
Sixth Man Award	Davante Gardner, Marquette
Sportsmanship Award	Junior Cadougan, Marquette

2013 All-Big East Men's Basketball Teams^[14]							publisher=CTNNews.com
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Honorable Mention	All Rookie Team
Shabazz Napier, G., CONN Otto Porter†, F., GEO Gorgui Dieng, F./C., LOU Russ Smith, F., LOU Jack Cooley, F./C., ND Bryce Cotton, G., PROV	Sean Kilpatrick, G., CINC Vander Blue, G., MAR Jerian Grant, G., ND Michael Carter-Williams, G., SYR C. J. Fair, F., SYR	Markel Starks, G., GTWN Peyton Siva, G., LOU Tray Woodall, F./C., PITT Brandon Triche, G., SYR JayVaughn Pinkston, F., PRI	Davante Gardner, F., MARQ Kadeem Batts, G., PROV JaKarr Sampson, F., SJU Fuquan Edwin, G., SET	Omar Calhoun, G., CONN D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, G., GTWN Steven Adams, C., PITT Chris Obekpa, C., SJU JaKarr Sampson†, F., SJU Ryan Arcidiacono†, G., VILL
† - denotes unanimous selection

National awards and teams

Players

Award finalists

NBA draft

Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft.^[15] Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013 NBA Draft Combine.^[16]

The following list includes all Big East players who were drafted in the 2013 NBA draft.

Player	Position	School	Round	Pick	Team
Otto Porter	SF	Georgetown	1	3	Washington Wizards
Michael Carter-Williams	PG	Syracuse	1	11	Philadelphia 76ers
Steven Adams	C	Pittsburgh	1	12	Oklahoma City Thunder
Gorgui Dieng	C	Louisville	1	21	Utah Jazz
Ricky Ledo	SG	Providence	2	43	Milwaukee Bucks
Peyton Siva	PG	Louisville	2	56	Detroit Pistons

See also

• 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• 2012–13 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
• 2012–13 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Providence Friars men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team
• 2012–13 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
• 2012–13 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
• 2012–13 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

See also

• 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

Notes and References

1. Web site: UConn among 10 teams banned from 2013 NCAA tournament for poor academic results. CBSNews Sports. 8 September 2012.
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/sports/ncaabasketball/seven-basketball-schools-vote-to-leave-big-east.html?ref=sports It’s Official: An Exodus Will Redraw the Big East
3. News: Catholic 7 departing June 30 . Brett . McMurphy . Andy . Katz . Andy Katz . ESPN.com . March 8, 2013 . March 8, 2013.
4. New Name in College Sports - Current BIG EAST Enters New Era as 'American Athletic Conference' . Big East Conference (original) . April 3, 2013 . April 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130407022202/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/243706/New-Name-in-College-Sports---Current-BIG-EAST-Enters-New-Era-as--American-Athletic-Conference-.aspx . April 7, 2013 . dead . mdy-all .
5. News: Blaudschun, Mark . Carry, Jack. Connecticut's Jim Calhoun to retire after 26 seasons. 13 September 2012. USA Today. 13 September 2012.
6. News: Connecticut, Syracuse Tie For First Place In Preseason Coaches' Poll . . October 19, 2011 . October 28, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111020104856/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/228746/Connecticut,-Syracuse-Tie-For-First-Place-In-Preseason-Coaches%E2%80%99-Poll-.aspx . October 20, 2011 . dead .
7. News: Pittsburgh's Gibbs Selected BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year . . October 19, 2011 . October 28, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111020105043/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/228745/Pittsburgh-s-Gibbs-Selected-BIG-EAST-Preseason-Player-of-the-Year-.aspx . October 20, 2011 .
8. News: Louisville Chosen Unanimously For First Place In Preseason Coaches' Poll. Big East Conference. October 17, 2012. October 17, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020100357/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/237995/Louisville-Chosen-Unanimously-For-First-Place-In-Preseason-Coaches%E2%80%99-Poll.aspx. October 20, 2012. dead.
9. Web site: Louisville tops Big East writers' poll; Cardinals dominate all-league teams. The Post-Standard. 2012-10-17. 2012-10-17.
10. News: Louisville's Siva Named BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year. https://archive.today/20130414073415/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/237994/Louisville%E2%80%99s-Siva-Named-BIG-EAST-Preseason-Player-of-the-Year.aspx. dead. April 14, 2013. Big East Conference. October 17, 2012. October 17, 2012.
11. Web site: Borzello. Jeff. Naismith announces early-season watch list. cbs sports. 13 November 2012.
12. Web site: Metcalf. Myron. Wooden Award preseason top 50 unveiled. 8 November 2012. espn. 13 November 2012.
13. Web site: 2021-22 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Preseason. https://web.archive.org/web/20100306040632/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings. dead. March 6, 2010.
14. Web site: Napier named All-Big East First Team, Calhoun on All-Rookie Team. Big East Conference. 2013-03-10. 2015-04-17. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714112207/http://blog.ctnews.com/uconnbasketball/2013/03/10/napier-named-all-big-east-first-team-calhoun-on-all-rookie-team/. dead.
15. 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.
16. Web site: Complete NBA Draft Combine invite list. 2013-05-14. 2013-05-02. NBC Sports. Helin, Kurt.