2012–13 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 16–17 8–10 Kevin Stallings 14th Brad Frederick Tom Richardson David Cason Memorial Gymnasium The 2012–13 Vanderbilt Commodores Men's Basketball Team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2012–13 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Kevin Stallings, in his fourteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team plays their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Previous season After a 21–10 regular season that fell short of lofty preseason expectations, the Commodores captured their first SEC tournament championship in 61 seasons on March 11, 2012, by defeating top-ranked Kentucky in the SEC Tournament finals.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=320710096 https://web.archive.org/web/20211028020027/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=320710096 dead October 28, 2021 Vanderbilt ends Kentucky's 24-game win streak to win SEC tournament March 11, 2012 March 11, 2012 The Commodores advanced to their third consecutive NCAA tournament where they defeated Harvard in the second round before falling the third round to Wisconsin to finish the season 25–11. Departures Vanderbilt suffered devastating personnel losses after the 2011–12 season; of their six leading scorers, five graduated and the other declared for the 2012 NBA draft. In all, the Commodores lost 88.1% of their scoring from 2011 to 2012.http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/sports/commitment-boosts-vanderbilt-basketballs-effort-replenish Commitment boosts Vanderbilt basketball's effort to replenish Jerome Boettcher Nashville City Paper May 3, 2012 September 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120905211928/http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/sports/commitment-boosts-vanderbilt-basketballs-effort-replenish September 5, 2012 dead Also, the Commodores' returning players had started a total of three games in the 2011–12 season.http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092212aaa.html MBB News and Notes Vanderbilt University Sports Information September 22, 2012 December 1, 2012 Of the 14 SEC teams in the 2012–13 season, Vanderbilt was one of only three that did not return a player who averaged double figures in points in the previous season, and the only team that returned fewer starts was Kentucky, which did not return a single player who had started a game in 2011–12. In addition, for the second straight offseason, a Vanderbilt assistant accepted a Division I head coaching position. In the 2011 offseason, King Rice left to become the head coach at Monmouth.http://www.gomuhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62254&SPID=6806&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14300&ATCLID=205126034 Monmouth to Announce King Rice as New Head Men's Basketball Coach Monmouth University Sports Information April 1, 2011 September 27, 2012 This offseason, Dan Muller returned to his alma mater of Illinois State.http://www.goredbirds.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050812aae.html Muller Returns to Illinois State, as Head Coach Illinois State University Sports Information May 8, 2012 September 27, 2012 Stallings chose not to hire a new assistant. Previously, he had rotated the administrative role of director of basketball operations among his assistants. This season, he named former Commodores player Dan Cage as director of basketball operations and removed that role from his assistants.http://blogs.tennessean.com/vanderbilt/2012/07/03/vanderbilt-promotes-cage-finalizes-mens-basketball-staff/ Vanderbilt promotes Cage, finalizes men's basketball staff Jeff Lockridge The Tennessean July 3, 2012 September 27, 2012 (paywall) Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Festus Ezeli 3 C 83 6'11" 255 4 Senior (redshirt) Benin City, Nigeria Graduated Lance Goulbourne 1 5 G/F 80 6'8" 230 4 Senior Brooklyn, New York Graduated Jordan Smart 1 12 SG 78 6'6" 200 3 Junior (redshirt) Lexington, Kentucky Graduated; did not return to teamhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/vanderbilt/2012/02/29/vanderbilts-kevin-stallings-has-no-plans-to-retire-wants-to-coach-through-2019/ Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings has no plans to retire, wants to coach through 2019 Jeff Lockridge The Tennessean February 29, 2012 December 1, 2012 (paywall) John Jenkins basketball 23 SG 75 6'3" 210 3 Junior Hendersonville, Tennessee Declared for NBA drafthttps://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/story/2012-04-09/john-jenkins-vanderbilt-nba/54135998/1 John Jenkins leaving Vanderbilt a year early for NBA April 9, 2012 September 27, 2012 USA Today Associated Press Aaron Noll 1 14 SF 79 6'7" 220 4 Senior Fort Mitchell, Kentucky Graduated Jeffery Taylor 44 G/F 79 6'7" 225 4 Senior Norrköping, Sweden Graduated Steve Tchiengang 1 33 PF 81 6'9" 245 4 Senior Douala, Cameroon Graduated Brad Tinsley 1 PG 76 6'4" 220 4 Senior Oregon City, Oregon Graduated Roster 2012 Vanderbilt Commodores y Rod Odom 0 F 6 9 215 JR Central Islip, New York y Eric McClellan 1 G 6 4 180 SO yes Austin, Texas Kedren Johnson 2 G 6 4 215 SO Lewisburg, Tennessee Alex Gendelman 5 G 6 0 180 FR Purchase, New York W Nathan Watkins 10 G 6 5 190 FR Brentwood, Tennessee W Kyle Fuller 11 G 6 1 200 JR Moreno Valley, California Carter Josephs 14 G 5 10 165 FR San Antonio, Texas W Kevin Bright 15 G 6 5 210 FR Mannheim, Germany A.J. Astroth 20 G 6 6 200 FR Tampa, Florida Sheldon Jeter 21 F 6 7 215 FR Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Dai-Jon Parker 24 G 6 3 190 SO Baton Rouge, Louisiana Shelby Moats 34 F 6 8 225 SO Waconia, Minnesota James Siakam 35 F 6 6 210 SO y Douala, Cameroon Josh Henderson 40 c 6 11 230 SO y Roanoke, Virginia Kevin Stallings (Purdue) Brad Frederick (North Carolina) Tom Richardson (St. Xavier (IL)) David Cason (Illinois State) http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/vand-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2012-09-26 Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12| Exhibition Nov. 2, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes St. Xavier Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee Siakam 22 Siakam 17 Fuller 6 77–69 – Nov. 5, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes Delta State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee Johnson 18 Siakam 7 Fuller 3 69–48 – |- !colspan=12| Non-conference regular season Nov. 10, 2012 3:00 p.m. yes Nicholls State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee Hunter 21 Hunter 10 McBeath 3 80–65 7,655 1–0 Nov. 16, 2012 10:00 p.m. yes yes Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, Oregon Pac-12 Fuller 17 Bright 8 Johnson 3 48–74 9,137 1–1 Nov. 22, 2012 1:00 p.m. yes yes Davidson HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, Florida ESPN2 Old Spice Classic Johnson 28 Fuller 6 Bright 2 62–75 3,423 1–2 Nov. 23, 2012 3:00 p.m. yes yes Marist HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, Florida ESPNU Old Spice Classic Siakam 8 Tied 8 Johnson 3 33–50 2,927 1–3 Nov. 25, 2012 2:00 p.m. yes yes UTEP HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, Florida ESPN3 Old Spice Classic 7th place Johnson 17 Odom 7 Fuller 5 73–49 1,080 2–3 Dec. 1, 2012 4:00 p.m. yes Villanova Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee ESPN2 SEC-Big East Challenge Odom 14 Bright 12 Tied 4 52–62 9,365 2–4 Dec. 6, 2012 6:30 p.m. yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati ESPNU Fuller 25 Bright 10 Fuller 5 66–64 OT 10,011 3–4 Dec. 15, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes Alabama A&M Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee Johnson 19 Bright 8 Tied 3 71–46 9,880 4–4 Dec. 17, 2012 8:00 p.m. yes Cornell Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee ESPNU Fuller 17 Odom 7 Tied 3 66–55 9,716 5–4 Dec. 21, 2012 8:00 p.m. yes yes Middle Tennessee Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee ESPNU Johnson 25 Bright 6 Tied 2 52–56 8,307 5–5 Dec. 29, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes Butler 18 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee ESPNU Fuller 10 Tied 5 Johnson 4 49–68 11,990 5–6 Jan. 2, 2013 7:00 p.m. yes William & Mary Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee CSS/ESPN3 Jeter 14 Henderson 7 Fuller 4 64–50 9,965 6–6 |- !colspan=12| SEC Regular Season Jan. 10, 2013 8:00 p.m. Kentucky Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee ESPN Johnson 18 Moats 10 Johnson 6 58–60 14,316 6–7 (0–1) Jan. 12, 2013 5:00 p.m. yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas FSN/ESPN3 Jeter 8 Siakam 7 Tied 2 33–56 14,315 6–8 (0–2) Jan. 15, 2013 8:00 p.m. Ole Miss Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee ESPNU Johnson 19 Moats 8 Johnson 8 79–89 OT 8,851 6–9 (0–3) Jan. 19, 2013 12:30 p.m. yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, South Carolina SECN/ESPN3 Fuller 12 Johnson 8 Johnson 4 58–51 11,175 7–9 (1–3) Jan. 23, 2013 7:00 p.m. Auburn Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee ESPN3 Johnson 15 Johnson 7 Tied 4 73–61 9,961 8–9 (2–3) Jan. 26, 2013 4:00 p.m. yes #22 Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri ESPNU Odom 17 Siakam 4 Tied 3 59–81 15,061 8–10 (2–4) Jan. 29, 2013 6:00 p.m. yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPNU Johnson 14 Jeter 7 Tied 2 57–58 16,391 8–11 (2–5) Feb. 2, 2013 3:00 p.m. Alabama Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee SECN/ESPN3 Johnson 15 Johnson 7 Tied 3 54–58 12,345 8–12 (2–6) Feb. 6, 2013 7:00 p.m. yes LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana ESPN3 Odom 20 Parker 9 Johnson 5 56–57 7,075 8–13 (2–7) Feb. 9, 2013 12:30 p.m. Arkansas Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee SECN/ESPN3 Odom 15 Bright 7 Johnson 5 67–49 10,886 9–13 (3–7) Feb. 13, 2013 7:00 p.m. Tennessee Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee SECN/ESPN3 Johnson 11 Bright 11 Johnson 4 46–58 12,868 9–14 (3–8) Feb. 16, 2013 5:30 p.m. Texas A&M Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee FSN/ESPN3 Odom 19 Odom 7 Fuller 6 63–56 11,269 10–14 (4–8) Feb. 20, 2013 7:00 p.m. yes Kentucky Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky SECN/ESPN3 Johnson 17 Parker 7 Johnson 7 70–74 22,887 10–15 (4–9) Feb. 23, 2013 12:45 p.m. yes Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi SECN/ESPN3 Bright 15 Parker 13 Parker 6 72–31 6,442 11–15 (5–9) Feb. 27, 2013 8:00 p.m. Georgia Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee FSN/ESPN3 Johnson 17 Bright 6 Johnson 5 63–62 10,211 12–15 (6–9) Mar. 2, 2013 8:00 p.m. yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, Alabama ESPN2 Johnson 16 Bright 8 Johnson 8 62–55 7,295 13–15 (7–9) Mar. 6, 2013 7:00 p.m. yes #11 Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida SECN/ESPN3 Johnson 15 Tied 6 Tied 1 40–66 10,504 13–16 (7–10) Mar. 9, 2013 12:30 p.m. South Carolina Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee SECN Tied 18 Odom 8 Tied 3 74–64 10,279 14–16 (8–10) |- !colspan=12| 2013 SEC tournament Mar. 14, 2013 6:30 p.m. yes Arkansas Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Second round SECN/ESPN3 Odom 20 Tied 7 Johnson 5 75–72 11,798 15–16 Mar. 15, 2013 6:30 p.m. yes Kentucky Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Quarterfinals SECN/ESPN3 Parker 12 Tied 6 Johnson 3 64–48 18,192 16–16 Mar. 16, 2013 2:30 p.m. yes Ole Miss Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Semifinals ABC Johnson 12 Bright 8 Johnson 3 52–64 14,574 16–17 |- | colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. 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