2012–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2012–13 Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball 2012–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg 300px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 23–13 8–10 John Groce Dustin Ford Paris Parham Jamall Walker 1st 1st 1st 1st Assembly Hall Maui Invitational Tournament Champions NCAA Tournament round of 32 Brandon Paul Tracy Abrams Nnanna Egwu Brandon Paul D.J. Richardson The 2012–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first year head coach John Groce, the Illini played their home games at Assembly Hall and were members of the Big Ten Conference. Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Sam Maniscalco 0 G 6'0" 180 GS Senior Chicago Graduated Crandall Head 4 G 6'4" 190 Sophomore Matteson, Illinois Transferred to Southern Methodist Meyers Leonard 12 C 7'1" 245 Sophomore Robinson, Illinois Drafted 11th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers Jean Selus 25 G 6'2" 195 Senior Montreal Graduated Additions Incoming transfers no no 2012 Sam McLaurin PF Havana, Florida East Gadsden (FL) / Coastal Carolina 6 8 230 2012-05-03 2 0 Rayvonte Rice SG Champaign, Illinois Centennial (IL) / Drake 6 4 220 2012-04-25 3 0 85 Preferred Walk-On no no 2012 Mike LaTulip SG Mt. Prospect, Illinois Prospect HS 6 0 165 04/30/2012 2012 2012 Illinois Basketball Commitment List LaTulip Accepted as Preferred Walk-On 2012 Illinois Basketball Recruiting Commits illinois 169 356 2012-09-20 yes Roster 2012 Illinois Fighting Illini y yes Sam McLaurin 0 F 6 8 230 GS Havana, Florida East Gadsden High School/Coastal Carolina n D.J. Richardson 1 G 6 3 195 SR Peoria, Illinois Central High School y C Joseph Bertrand 2 G 6 5 195 JR y Sterling, Illinois Sterling High School y basketball Brandon Paul 3 G 6 4 200 SR Gurnee, Illinois Warren Township High School y C Mike LaTulip 10 G 6 0 165 FR Arlington Heights, Illinois Prospect High School n Tracy Abrams 13 G 6 1 185 SO Chicago, Illinois Mount Carmel High School y C Mike Shaw 15 F 6 8 230 SO Chicago, Illinois De La Salle Institute n Myke Henry 20 G/F 6 6 230 SO Chicago, Illinois Orr Academy High School y Devin Langford 21 G/F 6 7 200 FR y Huntsville, Alabama Lee High School n Ibby Djimde 23 F/C 6 8 250 SO Bamako, Mali Huntington Prep School n Rayvonte Rice 24 G 6 4 240 JR yes Champaign, Illinois Centennial high School/Drake y Kevin Berardini 31 G 6 0 175 JR y Lake Forest, Illinois Lake Forest High School/Loyola Marymount n Nnanna Egwu 32 F/C 6 11 245 SO Chicago, Illinois St. Ignatius College Prep y C Tyler Griffey 42 F 6 8 235 SR Wildwood, Missouri Lafayette High School y John Groce (Taylor) Dustin Ford (Ohio) Jamall Walker (Saint Louis) Paris Parham (Minnesota State) https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2012-13 2012-09-01 Schedule Source:https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2012-13 2012-13 Men's Basketball Schedule yes yes y |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Exhibition |- 10/27/2012 7:00 pm yes 2012 Lewis Flyers Lewis Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois 79–47 Richardson 12 Griffey 9 Abrams, Paul 2 14,299 – |- 11/04/2012 3:00 pm yes 2012 West Chester Golden Rams West Chester Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois 75–66 Abrams 17 Egwu 11 Abrams, Paul, Richardson 2 11,492 – |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- 11/09/2012 7:00 pm yes Colgate Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois Maui Invitational Opening Round 75–55 Paul 20 Paul 8 Abrams, Paul 5 14,683 1–0 |- 11/12/2012 7:00 pm yes St. Francis (NY) Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois ESPN3 89–64 Griffey 17 Bertrand, Egwu, Griffey 5 Paul 6 11,640 2–0 |- 11/16/2012 11:30 pm yes yes Hawaii Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI 78–77 OT Paul 25 Richardson 6 Abrams 3 7,550 3–0 |- 11/19/2012 11:00 pm yes yes USC Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Quarterfinals ESPN2 94–64 Paul 26 Paul, Egwu, Abrams, McLaurin 6 Abrams 8 2,400 4–0 |- 11/20/2012 9:30 pm yes yes 2012 Chaminade Silverswords Chaminade Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Semifinals ESPN2 84–61 Bertrand 14 Henry 7 Paul 4 2,400 5–0 |- 11/21/2012 9:00 pm yes yes Butler Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Title Game ESPN 78–61 Paul 20 Richardson 9 Paul, Richardson 4 2,400 6–0 |- 11/25/2012 3:00 pm yes Gardner–Webb Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 63–62 Bertrand, Griffey, Paul, Richardson 13 Bertrand, Paul 6 Paul 4 12,565 7–0 |- 11/28/2012 8:00 pm yes Georgia Tech Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois ACC-Big Ten Challenge ESPN2 22 75–62 Bertrand, Paul 15 Paul 7 Paul 7 12,224 8–0 |- 12/04/2012 7:00 pm yes Western Carolina Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois 13 72–64 Paul 14 Griffey 6 Abrams 3 14,191 9–0 |- 12/08/2012 9:00 pm yes yes Gonzaga 10 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington ESPN2 13 85–74 Paul 35 Richardson 6 Abrams 5 6,000 10–0 |- 12/11/2012 7:00 pm yes Norfolk State Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois ESPN3 10 64–54 Paul 14 Paul 8 Griffey 3 14,144 11–0 |- 12/16/2012 5:00 pm ys Eastern Kentucky Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois ESPNU 10 66–53 Paul 17 Paul 9 Richardson 7 15,029 12–0 12/22/2012 5:00 pm yes yes Missouri 12 Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri Braggin' Rights ESPN2 10 73–82 Paul 23 Egwu 9 Paul 5 21,933 12–1 12/29/2012 1:15 pm yes yes Auburn United Center Chicago BTN 12 81–79 Abrams 27 Abrams 8 Abrams 5 18,136 13–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season |- 01/02/2013 7:30 pm yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana BTN 11 61–68 Paul 15 Richardson 9 Abrams 5 9,874 13–2 (0–1) |- 01/05/2013 1:15 pm Ohio State 8 Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 11 74–55 Paul 19 Egwu 8 Abrams 5 16,618 14–2 (1–1) |- 01/09/2013 8:00 pm Minnesota 8 Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 12 67–84 Paul 21 Egwu 9 Egwu, Richardson, Abrams 2 16,618 14–3 (1–2) |- 01/12/2013 1:15 pm yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin BTN 12 51–74 Richardson 16 Bertrand 7 Bertrand, Shaw 1 17,249 14–4 (1–3) |- 01/17/2013 7:15 pm Northwestern Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 23 54–68 Rivalry Paul 21 Griffey 6 Abrams 4 16,618 14–5 (1–4) |- 01/22/2013 7:30 pm yes Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska BTN 71–51 Richardson 30 Egwu 10 Paul, Abrams 3 9,556 15–5 (2–4) |- 01/27/2012 5:00 pm Michigan 2 Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 60–74 Paul 15 Egwu 10 Abrams 3 16,618 15–6 (2–5) |- 01/31/2013 6:00 pm yes Michigan State 13 Breslin Center East Lansing, Michigan ESPN 75–80 Abrams 16 Abrams 5 Abrams 6 14,797 15–7 (2–6) |- 02/03/2013 2:30 pm Wisconsin Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 68–74 Bertrand 17 Egwu, Bertrand 7 Abrams, Paul 3 15,073 15–8 (2–7) |- 02/07/2013 6:00 pm Indiana 1 Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois Rivalry ESPN 74–72 Richardson 23 Griffey 8 Paul, Abrams 3 16,618 16–8 (3–7) |- 02/10/2013 5:00 pm yes Minnesota 18 Williams Arena Minneapolis BTN 57–53 Griffey 16 Abrams 6 Abrams 6 14,625 17–8 (4–7) |- 02/13/2013 8:00 pm Purdue Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 79–59 Richardson 18 Bertrand 12 Abrams 7 13,464 18–8 (5–7) |- 02/17/2013 6:30 pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois BTN 62–41 Rivalry Richardson 18 Richardson 8 Paul 5 8,117 19–8 (6–7) |- 02/21/2013 7:15 pm Penn State Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 64–59 Richardson 18 McLaurin 5 Richardson, Abrams 3 14,356 20–8 (7–7) |- 02/24/2013 12:00 pm yes Michigan 7 Crisler Center Ann Arbor, Michigan ESPN 58–71 Abrams, Paul, Richardson 10 Abrams, Egwu 5 Richardson 4 12,693 20–9 (7–8) |- 03/02/2013 4:15 pm Nebraska Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois BTN 72–65 Abrams 16 Henry 9 Paul 5 16,618 21–9 (8–8) |- 03/05/2013 6:00 pm yes Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa Rivalry BTN 55–63 Paul 18 Paul 9 Abrams 4 14,566 21–10 (8–9) 03/10/2013 11:30 am yes Ohio State 14 Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio ESPN 55–68 Paul 21 Henry 8 Abrams 4 19,049 21–11 (8–10) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|Big Ten tournament 03/14/2013 11:00 am yes 8 Minnesota 9 United Center Chicago First Round BTN 51–49 Paul 25 Egwu 6 Abrams, Paul, Richardson 2 N/A 22–11 03/15/2013 11:00 am yes 8 Indiana 3 1 United Center Chicago Quarterfinals ESPN 64–80 Paul, Abrams 16 McLaurin 7 Richardson, Abrams 2   22–12 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament 03/22/2013 3:44 pm yes yes 7 E Colorado 10 E Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas Second Round TNT 57–49 Paul 17 Egwu 8 Abrams 6 13,784 23–12 03/24/2013 8:04 pm yes yes 7 E Miami 5 2 E Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas Third Round TNT 59–63 Paul 18 Egwu 12 Paul, Richardson, Abrams 2 14,520 23–13 |- Central Time National rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Final APAP Top 25, Rivals.com, retrieved 12-2-2012. NR NR NR NR 22 13 10 10 12 11 12 23 NR NR RV RV RV RV CoachesUSA Today/ESPN, Rivals.com, retrieved 12-2-2012. NR NR NR NR 22 14 10 10 15 14 13 22 RV NR RV RV RV RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes T   Tied Season Statistics Legend   GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game   FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds  Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers  Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high + Individual Player Statistics (As of February 15, 2013) http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2012-2013/teamcume.html#TEAM.IND Illinois Season Statistics FightingIllini.com 2012-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20130227001303/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2012-2013/teamcume.html#TEAM.IND 2013-02-27 dead Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl Paul, Brandon 26 25 815 31.3 435 16.7 133 328 .405 56 168 .333 113 157 .720 17 95 112 4.3 74 77 19 33 Richardson, D.J. 26 26 866 33.3 326 12.5 104 274 .380 62 184 .337 56 67 .836 18 91 109 4.2 42 32 5 41 Abrams, Tracy 26 25 726 27.9 281 10.8 101 242 .417 23 79 .291 56 78 .718 23 73 96 3.7 92 69 2 38 Bertrand, Joseph 26 2 612 23.5 219 8.4 87 166 .524 15 44 .341 30 37 .811 44 77 121 4.7 18 30 4 25 Griffey, Tyler 26 18 568 21.8 197 7.6 74 165 .448 30 91 .330 19 26 .731 31 59 90 3.5 16 22 17 15 Egwu, Nnanna 26 26 639 24.6 170 6.5 77 171 .450 1 5 .200 15 24 .625 51 71 122 4.7 15 30 34 18 McLaurin, Sam 26 8 554 21.3 111 4.3 42 87 .483 1 2 .500 26 46 .565 60 31 91 3.5 13 19 17 11 Henry, Myke 25 0 261 10.4 83 3.3 28 76 .368 14 39 .359 13 18 .722 23 22 45 1.8 4 17 7 8 LaTulip, Mike 15 0 35 2.3 19 1.3 4 9 .444 3 8 .375 8 8 1.000 0 2 2 0.1 0 1 0 0 Shaw, Mike 13 0 47 3.6 12 0.9 4 8 .500 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 1 8 9 0.7 2 1 0 2 Berardini, Kevin 8 0 9 1.1 5 0.6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 0 2 2 0.3 2 1 0 0 Langford, Devin 19 0 77 4.1 10 0.5 4 9 .444 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 7 8 15 0.8 4 1 3 2 Djimde, Ibby 10 0 16 1.6 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.2 0 0 0 0 Team 39 40 79 6 Total 26 5225 1868 71.8 658 1536 0.428 209 627 0.333 343 471 0.728 315 580 895 34.4 282 306 108 193 Opponents 26 5225 1724 66.3 601 1412 0.426 170 486 0.35 352 512 0.688 296 610 906 34.8 312 379 70 144 References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team