2012–13 VCU Rams men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 VCU Rams VCU Athletics logo 2012.png 200 Atlantic 10 Conference A10 23 27–9 12–4 Shaka Smart 4th Mike Rhoades Jeremy Ballard Will Wade Stuart C. Siegel Center NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2012–13 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was the 45th season of the university fielding a men's basketball program. Led by fourth-year head coach Shaka Smart, they played their home games at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. This was the Rams inaugural season in the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10), after spending the past 17 years in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 27–9, 12–4 in A10 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the 2013 Atlantic 10 tournament where they lost to Saint Louis. They received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament, their third straight NCAA Tournament appearance, where they defeated Akron in the first round before losing in the third round to Michigan. Preseason VCU was predicted to finish third in the Atlantic 10 preseason polls, which was released October 4, 2012 in Brooklyn, New York.http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/vcu-picked-third-richmond-th-in-a--poll/article_fd5fd148-313c-5748-a952-54e9baa3323e.html VCU picked third, Richmond 10th in A-10 poll Junior forward Juvonte Reddic was selected to the preseason Atlantic 10 third team, sophomore guard Brianté Weber was selected to the preseason Atlantic 10 All-Defensive team and freshman guard Melvin Johnson was selected to the preseason Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team. 2012–13 incoming team members 2012–13 team recruits no no 2012 Melvin Johnson SG Bronx, N.Y. St.Benedict's Prep 6 3 175 July 20, 2012 4 4 92 Jordan Burgess SF Midlothian, VA Benedictine High School 6 5 195 June 9, 2011 4 4 92 Justin Tuoyo C Lovejoy, GA Lovejoy High School 6 9 210 May 13, 2011 3 3 86 Mo Alie-Cox PF Lorton, VA Middleburg Academy 6 5 240 May 26, 2011 0 2 86 2012 VCU 2012 Basketball Commitments 2012 VCU Basketball Commits VCU 2012 Player Commits vcu 75 2670 June 14, 2011 yes Roster 2012 VCU Rams y Brianté Weber y 2 G 6 2 165 SO Chesapeake, VA Teddy Okereafor 5 G 6 3 195 SO London, ENG Darius Theus y 10 G 6 3 200 SR Portsmouth, VA Rob Brandenberg 11 G 6 2 180 JR Gahanna, OH Mo Alie-Cox y 12 F 6 6 260 FR Middleburg, VA I Juvonte Reddic y 15 F 6 9 235 JR Winston-Salem, NC Jordan Burgess 20 G 6 4 210 FR Midlothian, VA I Treveon Graham 21 G 6 5 215 SO Washington, D.C. y Jarred Guest 23 F 6 8 210 SO Columbia, SC Troy Daniels y 30 G 6 4 200 SR Roanoke, VA Justin Tuoyo 31 F 6 9 220 FR Hampton, VA Melvin Johnson 32 G 6 3 195 FR Bronx, NY D. J. Haley 33 C 7 0 250 JR Palmdale, CA David Hinton 34 F 6 9 235 SR Winston-Salem, NC Shaka Smart (Kenyon) Mike Rhoades (Lebanon Valley) Will Wade (Clemson) Jeremy Ballard (Colgate) http://www.vcuathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/roster 24 October 2012 Depth chart 000000 FFD700 000000 D.J. Haley Juvonte Reddic Treveon Graham Troy Daniels Darius Theus Jarred Guest Justin Tuoyo Brianté Weber Teddy Okereafor David Hinton Rob Brandenberg Melvin Johnson Offseason Incoming Freshman Jordan Burgess and Mo Alie-Cox were ruled ineligible to play in the 2012–13 season by NCAA because they were deemed to be partial qualifiers. Burgess was allowed to practice with the team while Alie-Cox was not. Both were able to remain on scholarship and will be eligible to play in 2013–14 as sophomores. The school never gave specifics as to why they were ruled ineligible by the NCAA.Pearrell Tim NCAA rules VCU's Burgess, Alie-Cox ineligible to play http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/ncaa-rules-vcu-s-burgess-alie-cox-ineligible-to-play/article_f5602ac8-189f-5607-8b09-a584730cb711.html richmond times-dispatch 5 December 2012 Guard Reco McCarver transferred from VCUhttp://www.wralsportsfan.com/college_basketball/story/11174062/ June 5, 2012 Campbell men's basketball adds two transfers 5 December 2012 to Campbell University. Heath Houston also left the team due to knee injuries.Holden Zachary Men's basketball Looks To Old and New Faces To Make Impacts This Season http://issuu.com/thecommonwealthtimes/docs/the_ct_issue_11.05.12__library/search?q=houston Commonwealth Times Rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 19 RV RV RV RV 24 RV 21 25 Coaches' RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 19 16 RV RV RV RV 24 25 19 22 23 RV-Receiving votes Schedule yes n |- !colspan=9 style="background:#VCU Rams 1; color:#VCU Rams 3;"| Exhibition November 1 7:30 pm yes Virginia Union Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA 94–44   0–0 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#VCU Rams 1; color:#VCU Rams 3;"| Non-conference regular season November 9 7:30 pm yes Florida Gulf Coast Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA 80–57 7,693 1–0 November 13 7:30 pm yes Wichita State Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA ESPNU 51–53 7,693 1–1 November 17 2:00 pm yes yes Winthrop Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, SC 90–54 1,726 2–1 November 22 7:00 pm yes yes Memphis 19 Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis tournament quarterfinals NBCSN 78–65 3,258 3–1 November 23 7:00 pm yes yes Duke 5 Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament semifinals NBCSN 58–67 3,474 3–2 November 24 7:00 pm yes yes Missouri 13 Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament 3rd place game NBCSN 65–68 3,451 3–3 November 28 7:30 pm yes Stetson Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA WTVR 6.3 92–56 7,693 4–3 December 1 7:00 pm yes Belmont Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA CSN 75–65 7,693 5–3 December 7 9:00 pm yes yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA Lumber Liquidators Hardwood Classic 83–70 8,080 6–3 December 15 4:00 pm yes Alabama Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA CBSSN 73–54 7,693 7–3 December 18 7:00 pm yes WKU Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA NBCSN 76–44 7,693 8–3 December 21 7:30 pm yes Longwood Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA WTVR 6.3 93–56 7,693 9–3 December 29 4:00 pm yes Fairleigh Dickinson Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA WTVR 6.1 96–67 7,693 10–3 January 2 7:00 pm yes yes East Tennessee State Alliance Center Johnson City, TN 109–58 3,066 11–3 January 5 5:00 pm yes Lehigh Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA NBCSN 59–55 7,693 12–3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#VCU Rams 1;"| Atlantic 10 regular season January 9 7:00 pm Dayton Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA 74–62 7,693 13–3 1–0 January 12 4:00 pm yes St. Bonaventure Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY WTVR 6.3 72–65 4,675 14–3 2–0 January 17 9:00 pm 22 Saint Joseph's Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA CBSSN 92–86 OT 7,693 15–3 3–0 January 19 7:00 pm 22 yes Duquesne Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA 90–63 6,278 16–3 4–0 January 24 7:00 pm 19 yes Richmond Robins Center Richmond, VA Capital City Classic CBSSN 74–86 OT 9,071 16–4 4–1 January 26 8:00 pm 19 La Salle Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA 61–69 7,693 16–5 4–2 January 30 7:00 pm yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI WTVR 6.3 70–64 6,632 17–5 5–2 February 2 7:00 pm Fordham Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA WTVR 6.1 81–65 7,693 18–5 6–2 February 9 7:00 pm yes Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC 68–61 8,794 19–5 7–2 February 14 9:00 pm Massachusetts Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA CBSSN 86–68 7,693 20–5 8–2 February 16 7:30 pm George Washington Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA CSN 84–57 7,693 21–5 9–2 February 19 9:00 pm 24 yes Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO CBSSN 62–76 10,027 21–6 9–3 February 23 2:00 pm 24 yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH CBSSN 75–71 10,039 22–6 10–3 March 2 12:00 pm Butler 20 Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA ESPN2 84–52 7,693 23–6 11–3 March 6 8:00 pm 21 Richmond Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA Capital City Classic CBSSN 93–82 7,693 24–6 12–3 March 10 12:00 pm 21 yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA CBS 76–84 10,206 24–7 12–4 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#VCU Rams 1;"| Atlantic 10 tournament Mar. 15 6:30 pm yes 25 2 Saint Joseph's 10 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Quarterfinals CSN 82–79 7,384 25–7 Mar. 16 4:00 pm yes 25 2 Massachusetts 6 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Semifinals CBSSN 71–62 N/A 26–7 Mar. 17 1:00 pm yes 25 2 Saint Louis 16 1 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Championship Game CBS 56–62 N/A 26–8 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#VCU Rams 1;"| NCAA tournament Mar. 21 9:45 pm yes yes 5 S Akron 12 S The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Second Round CBS 88–42 19,829 27–8 Mar. 23 12:15 pm yes yes 5 S Michigan 10 4 S The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Third Round CBS 53–78 21,723 27–9 Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region S=South Accolades Honors and awards Sophomore guard Brianté Weber was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player Of The Year. Junior forward Juvonte Reddic and Sophomore guard/forward Treveon Graham were named to the Second Team All Atlantic 10. Weber and Senior guard Darius Theus were named to the Atlantic-10 All-Defensive Team. Freshman guard Melvin Johnson was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team.Wyatt, Crews, Weber, Christon Claim Top Men's Basketball Honors http://www.atlantic10.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031213aaa.html 3 December 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130522130059/http://www.atlantic10.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031213aaa.html 22 May 2013 References VCU Category:VCU Rams men's basketball seasons VCU VCU Rams VCU Rams