2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 Basketball 2012–13 Montana Grizzlies Montana Griz logo.svg 150 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 25–7 19–1 Wayne Tinkle 7th Jonathan Metzger-Jones Freddie Owens Kerry Rupp Dahlberg Arena Big Sky Regular Season ChampionsBig Sky tournament champions NCAA Tournament round of 64 The 2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by seventh year head coach Wayne Tinkle, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 19–1 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They were also champions of the Big Sky tournament, winning the championship game over Weber State, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Syracuse 34–81.https://www.deseret.com/2013/3/16/20449551/montana-beats-weber-state-wins-big-sky-tourney Montana beats Weber State, wins Big Sky tourney Deseret News March 15, 2013 February 4, 2024https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/03/22/syracuse-destroys-montana-in-rout-81-34-to-close-out-first-day-of-ncaa-tournament/ Syracuse destroys Montana in rout, 81-34, to close out first day of NCAA Tournament Kevin Armstrong New York Daily News March 22, 2013 February 4, 2024 The 47 win by Syracuse is the most lopsided win by a team seeded 3 or lower in the history of the tournament, breaking a record set only one hour prior when 5 seed VCU defeated 13 seed Akron by 46. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Morgan Young Guard 6–0 180 Freshman Lustre, Montana 2 Kevin Henderson Guard/Forward 6–5 190 Sophomore Auburn, Washington 5 Will Cherry Guard 6–1 177 Senior West Oakland, California 10 Jordan Gregory Guard 6–2 185 Sophomore Pueblo, Colorado 12 Jake Wiley Forward 6–6 205 Freshman Newport, Washington 15 Nick Emerson Forward 6–5 200 Freshman Columbia Falls, Montana 20 Keron DeShields Guard 6–2 177 Sophomre Baltimore, Maryland 22 Wes Knox Guard 6–4 Freshman Dillon, Montana 24 Spencer Coleman Forward 6–6.5 210 Junior Eugene, Oregon 32 Kareem Jamar Guard/Forward 6–5 210 Junior Venice, California 33 Michael Weisner Forward 6–7 185 Sophomore Walla Walla, Washington 40 Mathias Ward Forward 6–7 236 Senior Gig Harbor, Washington 41 Andy Martin Center 7–0 225 Freshman Casper, Wyoming 45 Eric Hutchison Forward 6–9 236 Junior Longview, Washington Schedule 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/01/2012 7:00 pm yes Lewis–Clark State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 2,764 Big Sky TV 86–68 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/09/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO 5,833 65–72 0–1 11/14/2012 7:00 pm yes Minot State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 2,748 Big Sky TV 82–53 1–1 11/17/2012 8:00 pm yes yes Idaho Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 1,254 66–63 2–1 11/24/2012 6:00 pm yes San Diego Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,270 Big Sky TV 67–66 3–1 11/28/2012 7:00 pm yes yes BYU EnergySolutions Arena Salt Lake City, UT 12,378 BYUtv 60–85 3–2 11/30/2012 8:00 pm yes yes San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA 1,313 68–78 3–3 12/08/2012 7:00 pm yes Carroll Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,198 Big Sky TV 78–58 4–3 12/15/2012 7:00 pm yes South Dakota State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,408 Big Sky TV 67–68 2OT 4–4 12/19/2012 6:35 pm yes Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ 664 NAU-TV/Big Sky TV 62–56 5–4 1–0 12/21/2012 8:05 pm yes Sacramento State Colberg Court Sacramento, CA 612 Big Sky TV 61–60 6–4 2–0 01/03/2013 7:05 pm Eastern Washington Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,269 Big Sky TV 81–66 7–4 3–0 01/05/2013 7:05 pm Portland State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,907 Big Sky TV 62–55 8–4 4–0 01/10/2013 6:05 pm w yes North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND 1,844 Big Sky TV 77–62 9–4 5–0 01/12/2013 4:35 pm yes Northern Colorado Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion Greeley, CO 355 ALT/Big Sky TV 85–77 10–4 6–0 01/17/2013 7:05 pm Southern Utah Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,202 Big Sky TV 73–67 11–4 7–0 01/19/2013 7:00 pm Montana State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 6,022 Max Media/Big Sky TV 76–71 OT 12–4 8–0 01/24/2013 7:00 pm Idaho State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,252 Big Sky TV 70–51 13–4 9–0 01/26/2013 7:05 pm Weber State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 5,815 Big Sky TV 76–74 14–4 10–0 01/31/2013 8:35 pm yes Portland State Stott Center Portland, OR 1,307 Big Sky TV 81–68 15–4 11–0 02/02/2013 7:05 pm yes Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, WA 2,732 SWX/Big Sky TV 65–46 16–4 12–0 02/07/2013 7:00 pm Northern Colorado Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 4,036 Big Sky TV 73–63 17–4 13–0 02/09/2013 7:05 pm North Dakota Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 5,366 Big Sky TV 78–58 18–4 14–0 02/14/2013 7:05 pm yes Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, UT 7,494 Big Sky TV 63–87 18–5 14–1 02/16/2013 7:05 pm yes Idaho State Reed Gym Pocatello, ID 1,922 Big Sky TV 61–54 19–5 15–1 02/23/2013 1:00 pm yes yes Davidson John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC BracketBusters 4,897 ESPNU 87–93 OT 19–6 03/02/2013 7:00 pm yes Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT 4,571 Max Media/Big Sky TV 71–68 20–6 16–1 03/04/2013 7:05 pm yes Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT 3,183 Big Sky TV 86–74 OT 21–6 17–1 03/07/2013 7:00 pm Sacramento State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 4,313 Big Sky TV 63–52 22–6 18–1 03/09/2013 7:00 pm Northern Arizona Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 6,056 Big Sky TV 63–50 23–6 19–1 |- !colspan=9| Big Sky tournament 03/15/2013 8:00 pm Northern Colorado Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT Semifinals Big Sky TV 70–56 6,919 24–6 03/16/2013 7:00 pm Weber State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT Championship Game ESPNU 67–64 7,172 25–6 |- !colspan=9|NCAA tournament 03/21/2013 8:41 pm yes yes (13 E) (4 E) Syracuse 16 HP Pavilion San Jose, CA Second Round 17,997 truTV 34–81 25–7 AP Poll () Tournament Rank Mountain Time. 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