2012–13 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 2012–13 Niagara Purple Eagles Basketball NiagaraUWordmark.png 150 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 19–14 13–5 Joe Mihalich 14th Kyle Neptune Mike Farrelly Shane Nichols Gallagher Center MAAC Regular Season Champions NIT First Round The 2012–13 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Eagles, led by 14th year head coach Joe Mihalich, played their home games at the Gallagher Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 13–5 in MAAC play win the regular season conference championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the MAAC tournament where they lost to Iona.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/330690315 Iona 79, Niagara 73 ESPN March 10, 2013 February 15, 2024 As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the 2013 NIT where they lost in the first round to Maryland. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 T. J. Cline Forward 6–8 220 Freshman Plano, Texas 1 Malcolm Lemmons Guard 6–3 195 Junior Washington, D.C. 2 Devon White Center 6–8 240 Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5 Tahjere McCall Guard 6–4 160 Freshman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Juan'ya Green Guard 6–3 195 Sophomore Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 Ameen Tanksley Guard 6–6 200 Sophomore Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12 Scooter Gillette Forward 6–8 210 Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14 Antoine Mason Guard 6–3 210 Sophomore Queens, New York 22 Skylar Jones Guard 6–5 195 Junior Alexandria, Virginia 24 Rayvon Harris Guard/Forward 6–5 215 Sophomore Raleigh, North Carolina 30 Joe Thomas Forward 6–7 220 Sophomore Miami, Florida 32 Marvin Jordan Guard 5–11 175 Junior Peoria, Illinois Schedule no 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/09/2012 9:00 pm yes yes no Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 2K Sports Classic 3,206 83–102 0–1 11/13/2012 7:00 pm yes no Saint Francis (PA) Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,714 86–69 1–1 11/16/2012 7:00 pm yes no Bucknell Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 2K Sports Classic 1,814 71–88 1–2 11/18/2012 4:30 pm yes no New Mexico State Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 2K Sports Classic 1,593 86–83 2–2 11/24/2012 4:00 pm yes yes no St. Bonaventure Blue Cross Arena Rochester, NY Fibertech Classic 4,758 75–80 2–3 11/28/2012 7:00 pm yes no Iona Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,918 72–83 2–4 (0–1) 12/02/2012 2:00 pm yes yes no Central Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI 1,003 64–66 2–5 12/05/2012 7:30 pm yes no Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD 743 62–61 3–5 (1–1) 12/08/2012 7:30 pm yes yes no Buffalo Alumni Arena Amherst, NY 4,012 67–77 3–6 12/12/2012 7:00 pm yes no Hartford Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,556 75–59 4–6 12/16/2012 2:00 pm yes no Vermont Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,491 68–58 5–6 12/21/2012 7:00 pm yes yes no Notre Dame 22 Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 8,043 ESPNU 67–89 5–7 01/03/2013 7:00 pm no Marist Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,159 94–72 6–7 (2–1) 01/05/2013 3:00 pm no Fairfield Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,445 71–67 7–7 (3–1) 01/08/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 748 74–75 OT 7–8 01/11/2013 7:00 pm yes no Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ 1,103 77–58 8–8 (4–1) 01/13/2013 1:00 pm yes no Fairfield Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 3,376 67–64 9–8 (5–1) 01/17/2013 7:00 pm no Siena Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,449 87–64 10–8 (6–1) 01/19/2013 3:00 pm no Manhattan Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,557 64–60 11–8 (7–1) 01/25/2013 7:00 pm yes no Siena Times Union Center Albany, NY 6,387 78–69 12–8 (8–1) 01/27/2013 4:00 pm yes no Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY Battle of the Bridge 2,196 ESPN3 66–65 13–8 (9–1) 01/31/2013 7:00 pm no Iona Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,856 ESPN3 93–90 OT 14–8 (10–1) 02/02/2013 3:00 pm no Loyola (MD) Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,481 87–89 2OT 14–9 (10–2) 02/07/2013 7:30 pm yes no Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ 1,603 69–72 14–10 (10–3) 02/10/2013 2:00 pm no Canisius Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY Battle of the Bridge 2,400 70–77 14–11 (10–4) 02/15/2013 8:00 pm yes no Marist McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY 1,054 ESPN3 57–54 15–11 (11–4) 02/17/2013 2:00 pm yes no Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY 2,332 60–56 16–11 (12–4) 02/23/2013 3:00 pm yes no Northwestern State Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY BracketBusters 1,704 ESPN3 92–76 17–11 02/28/2013 7:00 pm no Rider Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,948 59–68 17–12 (12–5) 03/02/2013 3:00 pm no Saint Peter's Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,665 78–61 18–12 (13–5) |- !colspan=9| 2013 MAAC tournament 03/09/2013 2:30 pm yes no Siena MassMutual Center Springfield, MA Quarterfinals 1,900 ESPN3 74–62 19–12 03/10/2013 2:00 pm yes no Iona MassMutual Center Springfield, MA Semifinals 2,421 ESPN3 73–79 19–13 |- !colspan=9| 2013 NIT 03/19/2013 7:00 pm yes yes no Maryland Comcast Center College Park, MD First Round ESPN2 70–86 4,053 19–14 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball seasons Niagara Niagara Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball