2012–13 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee MT Logomark.svg 150 Sun Belt Conference East Division Sun Belt 28–6 19–1 Kermit Davis 11th Win Case Greg Grensing Monte Towe Murphy Center Sun Belt East Division and overall regular season Champions NCAA tournament Midwest Region 11 Seed First Four The 2012–13 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by 11th year head coach Kermit Davis, played their home games at the Murphy Center and were members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 19–1 in Sun Belt play to become Sun Belt regular season champions. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament where they lost to FIU. They received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament, their first tournament bid since 1989, where they lost in the First Four round to Saint Mary's. This was the Blue Raiders last season as a member of the Sun Belt. In July, 2013, they will become a member of Conference USA. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Zane Gibson Guard 6–2 180 Junior Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 Neiko Hunter Forward 6–7 215 Junior Eutaw, Alabama 3 James Gallman Guard 5–11 180 Senior Knoxville, Tennessee 4 Finoy Perkins Forward 6-4 200 Junior Memphis, Tennessee 5 Trantell Knight Guard 6–1 195 Junior Rentz, Georgia 10 Jaqawn Raymond Guard 6–4 200 Sophomore Statesboro, Georgia 11 Blake Johnson Guard 5-10 160 Freshman Memphis, Tennessee 12 Shawn Jones Forward 6–8 227 Junior Hialeah, Florida 13 Bruce Massey Guard 6–3 195 Senior Germantown, Maryland 14 Marcos Knight Guard 6–2 210 Senior Rentz, Georgia 15 Raymond Cintron Guard 6–0 195 Senior San Juan, Puerto Rico 21 Torin Walker Center 6–11 248 Junior Columbus, Georgia 22 Jason Jones Guard/Forward 6–6 195 Senior Memphis, Tennessee 24 Kerry Hammonds Guard/Forward 6–5 200 Junior Murfreesboro, Tennessee 30 JT Sulton Forward 6–8 230 Senior Yazoo City, Mississippi 32 Gavin Gibson Guard 6–4 205 Sophomore Chattanooga, Tennessee 42 Jacquez Rozier Forward 6–7 210 Sophomore Waynesboro, Georgia Schedule http://www.goblueraiders.com/schedule.cfm/sport/mensbasketball/season/2012 Middle Tennessee 2012-2013 Men's Basketball Schedule | GoBlueRaiders.… 2012-12-17 https://archive.today/20130124154501/http://www.goblueraiders.com/schedule.cfm/sport/mensbasketball/season/2012 2013-01-24 dead 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/05/2012 7:00 pm yes Auburn–Montgomery Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 2,912 107–65 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/09/2012 7:45 pm yes Alabama State Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN Global Sports Main Event 5,806 97–53 1–0 11/13/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Savannah State Tiger Arena Savannah, GA Global Sports Main Event 890 58–55 2–0 11/18/2012 3:00 p.m. yes yes Florida 10 Tampa Bay Times Forum Tampa, FL Global Sports Main Event 7,161 Sun/FS South 45–66 2–1 11/20/2012 6:00 pm yes yes UCF UCF Arena Orlando, FL Global Sports Main Event 4,118 75–61 3–1 11/24/2012 6:00 pm yes Texas Southern Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,411 79–52 4–1 11/29/2012 7:00 pm yes Louisiana–Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA 1,881 72–58 5–1 (1–0) 12/02/2012 1:00 pm yes yes Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH 2,711 77–82 OT 5–2 12/05/2012 7:00 pm yes UAB Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,587 ESPN3 84–64 6–2 12/08/2012 4:00 pm yes Ole Miss Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 6,107 ESPN3 65–62 7–2 12/13/2012 6:00 pm yes yes Belmont Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 2,562 ESPN3 49–64 7–3 12/18/2012 7:00 pm yes Tennessee State Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,717 77–48 8–3 12/21/2012 8:00 pm yes yes Vanderbilt Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN 8,307 ESPNU 56–52 9–3 12/29/2012 5:00 pm FIU Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,422 69–52 10–3 (2–0) 12/31/2012 7:00 pm North Texas Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,872 ESPNU 75–57 11–3 (3–0) 01/03/2013 7:05 pm yes Arkansas State Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR 2,937 60–66 OT 11–4 (3–1) 01/05/2013 7:20 pm yes South Alabama Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,602 60–56 12–4 (4–1) 01/10/2013 7:00 pm Florida Atlantic Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,806 62–52 13–4 (5–1) 01/12/2013 4:30 pm yes Louisiana–Monroe Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA 1,185 66–57 14–4 (6–1) 01/17/2013 7:00 pm Arkansas–Little Rock Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,215 ESPN3 82–50 15–4 (7–1) 01/19/2013 5:30 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,220 82–60 16–4 (8–1) 01/24/2013 7:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 3,423 72–64 17–4 (9–1) 01/26/2013 3:00 pm WKU Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 10,105 ESPN2 72–53 18–4 (10–1) 01/31/2013 6:40 pm yes FIU U.S. Century Bank Arena Miami, FL 1,143 66–64 19–4 (11–1) 02/02/2013 6:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 2,786 73–56 20–4 (12–1) 02/07/2013 7:00 pm Arkansas State Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,307 ESPN3 73–60 21–4 (13–1) 02/09/2013 5:00 pm Troy Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,942 93–41 22–4 (14–1) 02/16/2013 7:00 pm yes Arkansas–Little Rock Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,985 66–61 23–4 (15–1) 02/21/2013 7:00 pm South Alabama Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,712 ESPN3 85–50 24–4 (16–1) 02/23/2013 5:40 pm Louisiana–Monroe Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 7,026 87–46 25–4 (17–1) 02/28/2013 7:30 pm yes Troy Trojan Arena Troy, AL 1,674 66–56 26–4 (18–1) 03/02/2013 5:30 pm yes WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 7,326 ESPN3 70–62 27–4 (19–1) |- !colspan=9| 2013 Sun Belt tournament 03/09/2013 6:30 pm yes Louisiana–Lafayette Summit Arena Hot Springs, AR Quarterfinals N/A ESPN3 81–66 28–4 03/10/2013 6:30 pm yes FIU Summit Arena Hot Springs, AR Semifinals N/A 57–61 28–5 |- !colspan=9| 2013 NCAA tournament 03/19/2013 8:22 pm yes yes (11 MW) (11 MW) Saint Mary's UD Arena Dayton, OH First Four truTV 54–67 12,027 28–6 AP Poll Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest References Category:Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball seasons Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders