2012–13 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2012–13 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Sun Belt Conference East Division Sun Belt 20–16 10–10 Ray Harper 1st Full Lawrence Brenneman David Boyden Phil Cunningham E. A. Diddle Arena Sun Belt Tournament champion NCAA Tournament round of 64 The 2012–13 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by head coach Ray Harper which was his first full year after coaching the final 19 games in 2011–12. They played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and were members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 20–16, 10–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.SBC 2016-17 Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 28 April 2020 They were champions of the Sun Belt tournament, winning the championship game over FIU, to earn an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Kansas.WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 T. J. Price and George Fant made the All-Conference Team; Fant and Brandon Harris were selected to the SBC Tournament Team, and Price was tournament MVP.2019-20 SBC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 23 June 2020 Roster 2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers y Kene Anyigbo 0 F 6 5 250 SO Bellaire, Texas Kevin Kaspar 1 G 6 0 172 SO Istanbul, Turkey Eddie Alcantara 2 F 6 5 205 FR Chicago, Illinois Caden Dickerson 10 F 6 5 195 JR Argyle, Texas Spencer Sheldon 11 G 5 11 165 SO Bowling Green, Kentucky Brandon Harris 12 G 6 1 170 JR Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Percy Blade 13 G 6 4 200 FR Louisville, Kentucky Jamal Crook 14 G 6 3 175 SR Louisville, Kentucky O'Karo Akamune y 15 F 6 7 210 JR Miami, Florida Aleksejs Rostov 20 C 6 10 225 FR Riga, Latvia Nigel Snipes 21 F 6 6 210 SO Marietta, Georgia Teeng Akol 32 F 6 11 220 SR yes Wian, Sudan Stephon Drane 24 F 6 7 225 SO Raleigh, North Carolina George Fant American football 44 y F 6 6 240 SO yes Bowling Green, Kentucky T. J. Price 52 y G 6 4 205 SO Slidell, Louisiana Ray Harper (Kentucky Wesleyan) Lawrence Brenneman (Geneva College) David Boyden (Western Kentucky) Phil Cunningham (Campbellsville) http://www.wkusports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=5400&SPID=2259&SPSID=28997 2012-03-13 Schedule 2012-13 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 29 April 2020 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 10/29/2012 7:00 pm yes Campbellsville E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,671 84–46 11/03/2012 7:00 pm yes Kentucky Wesleyan E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,576 83–71 |- !colspan=9| Regular Season 11/10/2012 7:30 pm yes yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 7,097 64–67 OT 0–1 11/13/2012 7:00 pm yes Austin Peay E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Cancún Challenge 4,160 74–54 1–1 11/17/2012 7:30 pm yes Western Carolina E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Cancún Challenge 5,124 92–81 2–1 11/20/2012 8:30 pm yes yes Iowa Moon Palace Resort Cancún, Mexico Cancún Challenge Semifinals 902 CBSSN 55–63 2–2 11/21/2012 6:00 pm yes yes DePaul Moon Palace Resort Cancún, Mexico Cancún Challenge 3rd Place Game 902 CBSSN 70–61 3–2 11/24/2012 7:30 pm yes Brescia E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,062 74–46 4–2 11/29/2012 7:30 pm yes Louisiana–Monroe Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA 1,517 ESPN3 65–54 5–2 (1–0) 12/01/2012 7:30 pm yes Troy Trojan Arena Troy, AL 1,121 ESPN3 75–71 6–2 (2–0) 12/05/2012 7:00 pm yes Southern Illinois E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,833 ESPN3 58–57 7–2 12/08/2012 3:00 pm yes IUPUI E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,255 ESPN3 77–57 8–2 12/16/2012 2:00 pm yes yes Murray State CFSB Center Murray, KY 7,080 ESPN3 70–75 8–3 12/18/2012 6:00 pm yes yes VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA 7,693 NBCSN 44–76 8–4 12/22/2012 7:30 pm yes yes Louisville 5 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN 10,728 ESPNU 55–78 Vacated 8–5 12/27/2012 7:00 pm FIU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,461 ESPN3 76–63 9–5 (3–0) 12/29/2012 7:00 pm North Texas E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,776 ESPN3 70–64 10–5 (4–0) 01/03/2013 7:30 pm yes Arkansas–Little Rock Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,871 ESPN3 67–75 10–6 (4–1) 01/05/2013 7:05 pm yes Arkansas State Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR 2,922 ESPN3 61–75 10–7 (4–2) 01/12/2013 7:00 pm Florida Atlantic E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,823 ESPN3 62–65 10–8 (4–3) 01/17/2013 7:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,914 ESPN3 72–49 11–8 (5–3) 01/19/2013 5:00 pm Arkansas–Little Rock E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,221 ESPN3 54–59 11–9 (5–4) 01/24/2013 7:05 pm yes South Alabama Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,335 ESPN3 57–65 11–10 (5–5) 01/26/2013 3:00 pm yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 10,105 ESPN2 53–72 11–11 (5–6) 01/31/2013 7:00 pm Troy E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,244 ESPN3 65–61 12–11 (6–6) 02/07/2013 7:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 3,528 70–59 13–11 (7–6) 02/09/2013 7:00 pm Arkansas State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,862 ESPN3 49–67 13–12 (7–7) 02/14/2013 6:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 1,331 ESPN3 78–84 13–13 (7–8) 02/16/2013 7:00 pm yes FIU U.S. Century Bank Arena Miami, FL 1,422 ESPN3 82–87 13–14 (7–9) 02/21/2013 7:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,623 ESPN3 75–57 14–14 (8–9) 02/23/2013 7:30 pm yes Louisiana–Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA 2,947 ESPN3 88–77 15–14 (9–9) 02/28/2013 7:00 pm South Alabama E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,024 ESPN3 79–73 16–14 (10–9) 03/02/2013 5:30 pm Middle Tennessee E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 7,326 ESPN3 62–70 16–15 (10–10) |- !colspan=9| 2013 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament 03/08/2013 6:00 pm yes 6 Louisiana–Monroe 11 Summit Arena Hot Springs, AR First Round N/A 74–60 17–15 03/09/2013 8:30 pm yes 6 South Alabama 3 Convention Center Court Hot Springs, AR Quarterfinals N/A 62–59 18–15 03/10/2013 9:18 pm yes 6 Arkansas State 2 Summit Arena Hot Springs, AR Semifinals N/A ESPN3 58–56 19–15 03/11/2013 6:00 pm yes 6 FIU 4 Summit Arena Hot Springs, AR Championship game N/A ESPN 65–63 20–15 |- !colspan=9| 2013 NCAA tournament 03/22/2013 9:07 pm yes yes 16 S Kansas 3 1 S Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Second Round 18,488 TNT 57–64 20–16 AP Poll Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region S=South Louisville’s win was later vacated by the NCAA due to recruiting violations by the Louisville basketball program.New York Times: Louisville Must Forfeit Basketball Championship Over Sex Scandal By Marc Tracy Feb. 20, 2018 retrieved 21 April 2020 References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons WKU WKU Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball