| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2012–13 |
| Team: | Northwestern Wildcats |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 13–19 |
| Conf Record: | 4–14 |
| Asst Coach3: | Ivan Vujic |
| Champion: | South Padre Island Invitational Champions |
The 2012–13 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2012–13 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Carmody's thirteenth and final season at Northwestern; on March 16, 2013, the university announced that he would not return to the team. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
| No. | Name | Position | Ht. | Wt. | Year | Hometown/High School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Alejandro Nate Carter | G | 6 - 3 | 185 | FR | Chicago, IL / MPHS |
| 1 | Drew Crawford | G/F | 6 - 5 | 210 | SR | Naperville, IL / Naperville Central |
| 3 | Dave Sobolewski | G | 6 - 1 | 190 | SO | Naperville, IL / Benet Academy |
| 4 | Alex Marcotullio | G | 6 - 3 | 195 | SR | Warren, MI / De La Salle |
| 10 | Mike Turner | F | 6 - 8 | 215 | RS FR | Chicago, IL / University of Chicago Lab. School |
| 11 | Reggie Hearn | G | 6 - 4 | 210 | JR | Fort Wayne, IN / Snider HS |
| 12 | Jared Swopshire | F | 6 - 8 | 210 | GS | St. Louis, MO / Louisville |
| 13 | Kale Abrahamson | G | 6 - 7 | 195 | FR | West Des Moines, IA / Valley HS |
| 14 | Tre Demps | G | 6 - 2 | 195 | RS FR | San Antonio, TX / Ronald Reagan HS |
| 15 | James Montgomery III | G | 6 - 4 | 190 | JR | Los Angeles, CA / Santa Monica |
| 22 | Alex Olah | C | 7 - 0 | 275 | FR | Timișoara, Romania / Traders Point Christian Academy |
| 23 | JerShon Cobb | G | 6 - 5 | 205 | SO | Decatur, GA / Columbia HS |
| 31 | Aaron Liberman | F/C | 6 - 10 | 215 | FR | Los Angeles, CA / Valley Torah HS |
| 34 | Sanjay Lumpkin | G/F | 6 - 6 | 195 | FR | Wayzata, MN / Benilde-St. Margaret's |
| 42 | Chier Ajou | C | 7 - 2 | 235 | FR | Aweil, South Sudan / Culver Academies / St. Thomas More |
| 45 | Nikola Cerina | F | 6 - 9 | 245 | RS JR | Topola, Serbia / Nikola Tesla Secondary School |
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|-!colspan=9| Exhibition|-!colspan=9| Regular season|-!colspan=12| Big Ten tournament