2012–13 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team

American college basketball season November 2024 March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Creighton Bluejays Creighton Bluejays Wordmark.gif 150 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 21 22 28–8 13–5 Greg McDermott (3rd year) Darian DeVries (15th year) Steve Lutz (3rd year) Steve Merfeld (3rd year) CenturyLink Center Omaha Missouri Valley tournament championsMissouri Valley Regular Season ChampionsLas Vegas Invitational Champions NCAA Tournament Round of 32 The 2012–13 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by third year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the CenturyLink Center Omaha and were in their final season as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 28–8, 13–5 in MVC play to be Missouri Valley regular season champions. They were also champions of the Missouri Valley tournament, defeating Wichita State in the championship game, to earn an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/basketball/bradley-hoops/2013/03/10/creighton-beats-wichita-state-68/41973055007/ Creighton beats Wichita State 68-65 to win MVC tourney Journal Star Dave Reynolds March 9, 2013 November 1, 2024 In the tournament, they defeated Cincinnati in the second round before losing in the third round to Duke. Following the season, Creighton left the MVC to join the Big East Conference. Roster 2012 Creighton Bluejays y yes Gregory Echenique y 00 C 6 9 260 SR yes Guatire, Venezuela St. Benedict's Austin Chatman 1 G 6 0 185 SO The Colony, Texas The Colony Taylor Stormberg 2 G 6 0 190 JR Omaha, Nebraska Creighton Prep Doug McDermott y 3 F 6 8 225 JR Ames, Iowa Ames Josh Jones 5 G 6 2 200 SR Omaha, Nebraska Central Grant Gibbs basketball y 10 G 6 5 210 SR Marion, Iowa Linn-MarGonzaga Andre Yates 11 G 6 0 185 FR Dayton, Ohio Dunbar Jahenns Manigat 12 G 6 1 175 JR Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Elite Academy Isaiah Zierden 21 G 6 2 175 FR St. Louis Park, Minnesota Benilde-St. Margaret's Avery Dingman 22 G 6 6 205 SO Branson, Missouri Branson Geoffrey Groselle y 23 C 7 0 250 FR Plano, Texas Plano West Nevin Johnson 24 F 6 5 200 FR Houston, Texas Spring Joe Kelling 30 G 6 0 185 SR Kansas City, Kansas St. James Academy Will Artino y 31 C 6 11 230 SO Waukee, Iowa Waukee Ethan Wragge y 34 F 6 7 225 JR Eden Prairie, Minnesota Eden Prairie Alex Olsen 40 F 6 6 190 FR Council Bluffs, Iowa Lincoln Mogboluwaga Oginni 50 F 6 8 220 FR St. Louis, Missouri Saint Louis University HS Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa) Darian DeVries (Northern Iowa) Steve Lutz (Texas Lutheran) Steve Merfeld (Wisconsin-La Crosse) https://web.archive.org/web/20121005051610/http://www.gocreighton.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=1000&SPID=69&SPSID=89384 2012-10-11 Rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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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 Final AP #16 #15 #14 #11 #16 #16 #17 #16 #16 #13 #12 #17 #21 #16 RV RV RV #23 #22 Coaches #15 #13 #12 #11 #13 #13 #13 #12 #11 #11 #10 #12 #17 #13 #23 RV RV RV #24 #21 Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/02/2012 7:05 pm yes 16 Mary CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 15,436 — — — — — — 89–51 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/09/2012 7:05 pm yes 16 North Texas CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 17,139 McDermott 21 McDermott 11 Gibbs 4 71–51 1–0 11/14/2012 7:05 pm yes 15 UAB CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 15,755 ESPN3 Josh Jones 18 Echenique 16 Gibbs & Chatman 6 77–60 2–0 11/18/2012 7:05 pm yes 15 Presbyterian CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE Las Vegas Invitational 16,801 McDermott 24 Echenique 8 Chatman 11 87–58 3–0 11/20/2012 7:05 pm yes 14 Longwood CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE Las Vegas Invitational 15,826 ESPN3 McDermott & Echenique 17 Chatman 7 Gibbs 6 105–57 4–0 11/23/2012 9:00 pm yes yes 14 Wisconsin Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational semifinals N/A ESPN2 McDermott 30 McDermott & Echenique 8 Gibbs 7 84–74 5–0 11/24/2012 10:00 pm yes yes 14 Arizona State Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational N/A ESPN2 McDermott 29 McDermott 9 Gibbs 7 87–73 6–0 11/28/2012 7:05 pm yes 11 Boise State CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE MWC–MVC Challenge 16,364 ESPN3 McDermott 21 McDermott 4 Gibbs & Chatman 5 70–83 6–1 12/01/2012 2:00 pm yes 11 Saint Joseph's CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 17,390 ESPN3 McDermott 23 McDermott, Echenique & Wragge 6 Gibbs 9 80–51 7–1 12/06/2012 7:00 pm yes yes 16 Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE Rivalry 13,368 ESPN3 McDermott 27 Echenique 12 Gibbs 10 64–42 8–1 12/09/2012 1:05 pm yes 16 Akron CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 16,310 ESPN3 McDermott 30 Echenique 7 Gibbs 8 77–61 9–1 12/15/2012 10:00 pm yes yes 16 California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 8,116 P12N McDermott 34 Echenique 11 Manigat 6 74–64 10–1 12/19/2012 7:05 pm yes 17 Tulsa CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 15,102 ESPN3 Dingman 21 Echenique 8 Gibbs 6 71–54 11–1 12/29/2012 7:05 pm 16 Evansville CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 18,458 KMTV/ESPN3 McDermott 29 Echenique 13 Chatman 8 87–70 12–1 (1–0) 01/02/2013 7:00 pm yes 16 Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 8,813 FSN Wragge 18 McDermott 9 Gibbs 7 79–72 13–1 (2–0) 01/05/2013 2:05 pm 16 Indiana State CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 17,694 KMTV/ESPN3 McDermott 25 McDermott & Echenique 9 Chatman 9 79–66 14–1 (3–0) 01/08/2013 7:05 pm 13 Drake CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 18,073 KMTV/ESPN3 Wragge 22 McDermott 7 Chatman 9 91–61 15–1 (4–0) 01/11/2013 7:05 pm yes 13 Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 7,895 KMTV/ESPN3 McDermott 39 McDermott 10 Chatman 4 74–52 16–1 (5–0) 01/15/2013 7:00 pm 12 Northern Iowa CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 17,391 ESPN3 McDermott 31 Gibbs 6 Gibbs 7 79–68 17–1 (6–0) 01/19/2013 3:00 pm yes 12 Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 ESPN2 McDermott 25 Echenique 13 Gibbs 8 64–67 17–2 (6–1) 01/23/2013 7:05 pm yes 17 Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 6,162 FSN McDermott 19 McDermott & Echenique 6 Gibbs 8 69–74 17–3 (6–2) 01/27/2013 7:00 pm yes 17 Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 5,764 ESPNU McDermott 21 Echenique 11 Gibbs, Chatman 6 81–51 18–3 (7–2) 01/30/2013 7:00 pm 21 Missouri State CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 16,811 FSN McDermott 29 McDermott 10 Chatman 10 91–77 19–3 (8–2) 02/02/2013 2:05 pm 21 Bradley CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 18,111 KMTV/ESPN3 McDermott 25 McDermott 7 Gibbs, Manigat 6 75–58 20–3 (9–2) 02/06/2013 6:05 pm yes 16 Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 8,345 ESPN3 Artino 13 Echenique 7 Gibbs 6 57–76 20–4 (9–3) 02/09/2013 9:00 pm 16 Illinois State CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 18,494 ESPN2 McDermott 24 McDermott 13 McDermott, Gibbs, Manigat 3 72–75 20–5 (9–4) 02/13/2013 7:00 pm yes Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 6,970 McDermott 15 McDermott 12 Gibbs 5 54–61 20–6 (9–5) 02/16/2013 2:00 pm yes Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 6,838 ESPNU McDermott 21 McDermott 10 Gibbs 6 71–68 21–6 (10–5) 02/19/2013 7:05 pm Southern Illinois CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 17,311 ESPN3 Gibbs, Artino 13 McDermott 7 Gibbs 5 59–45 22–6 (11–5) 02/23/2013 5:00 pm yes yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA BracketBusters 3,500 ESPN McDermott 22 Echenique, Gibbs 5 Gibbs 7 66–74 22–7 02/27/2013 7:00 pm yes Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 7,730 McDermott 32 McDermott 11 Gibbs 8 80–62 23–7 (12–5) 03/02/2013 1:00 pm Wichita State CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE 18,613 ESPN2 McDermott 41 McDermott 6 Gibbs 8 91–80 24–7 (13–5) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball tournament |- 03/08/2013 12:05 pm yes 1 Drake 9 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals 14,567 MVC TV/ESPN3 McDermott 23 Echenique 11 Gibbs 8 65–53 25–7 03/09/2013 1:35 pm yes 1 Indiana State 5 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Semifinals 18,262 MVC TV McDermott 25 McDermott 9 Gibbs 5 64–43 26–7 03/10/2013 1:05 pm yes 1 Wichita State 2 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Championship 16,659 CBS Manigat 16 Echenique 11 Chatman, Gibbs 7 68–65 27–7 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 NCAA tournament |- 03/22/2013 2:00 pm yes yes 22 7 MW Cincinnati 10 MW Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA Second Round 20,125 CBS McDermott 27 McDermott 11 Manigat 7 67–63 28–7 03/24/2013 8:47 pm yes yes 22 7 MW Duke 6 2 MW Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA Third Round 20,125 TBS McDermott 21 McDermott 9 Gibbs 4 50–66 28–8 AP Poll Central Time. 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