2012–13 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 23–13 12–6 Anthony Grant 4th Dan Hipsher 4th John Brannen 4th Tony Pujol 3rd Coleman Coliseum(Capacity: 15,316) 2K Sports Classic Champions NIT Quarterfinals The 2012–13 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2012–13 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Anthony Grant, who was in his fourth season at Alabama after posting a 21–12 record in the 2011–12 season, where the Crimson Tide finished fifth in the SEC and received a bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The team played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Pre-season The 2011–12 season was the third under head coach Anthony Grant and was the 99th season of basketball in the school's history. The squad finished the season 21–12 overall (9–7 SEC) and finished in 5th place. They were defeated by Florida in the quarterfinals of the 2012 SEC men's basketball tournament, and they lost to Creighton in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes JaMychal Green 1 C 6'8" 235 Senior Montgomery, Alabama Graduated Ben Eblen 2 G 6'0" 191 Junior Isle of Palms, South Carolina Left team Tony Mitchell Tony Mitchell (basketball, born 1989) 5 F 6'6" 215 Junior Swainsboro, Georgia Entered 2012 NBA draft Charles Hankerson 10 G 6'4" 210 Sophomore Miami, Florida Transferred to Wyoming Class of 2012 signees no no 2012 Devonta Pollard F Porterville, Mississippi Kemper County 6 7 190 2012-06-01 5 5 97 2012 Alabama Basketball Commitments 2012 Alabama Basketball Commits ESPN alabama 567 333 NR NR NR 2012-05-25 yes Roster 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide y Carl Engström basketball y 4 C 7 1 285 JR y Ystad, Sweden Trevor Lacey y 5 G 6 3 215 SO Huntsville, Alabama Trevor Releford 12 G 6 0 195 JR y Shawnee Mission, Kansas Moussa Gueye 14 C 7 0 255 JR Dakar, Senegal Nick Jacobs 15 F 6 8 265 SO Atlanta Levi Randolph 20 G 6 5 205 SO y Madison, Alabama Rodney Cooper 21 F 6 6 215 SO Phenix City, Alabama Andrew Steele 22 G 6 4 225 SR yes y Birmingham, Alabama Devonta Pollard y 24 F 6 8 200 FR Porterville, Mississippi Retin Obasohan y 32 G 6 1 210 FR yes Antwerp, Belgium Anthony Grant (Dayton) Dan Hipsher (Bowling Green) John Brannen (Marshall) Tony Pujol (Sterling College) http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf Depth chart 990000 FFFFFF 990000 Nick Jacobs Rodney Cooper Levi Randolph Trevor Lacey Trevor Releford Moussa Gueye Devonta Pollard Andrew Steele Retin Obasohan Carl Engström Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition November 6, 2012 7:00 pm yes Stillman Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama Jacobs 16 Pollard 7 Lacey 4 76–68 10,547 - |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season November 9, 2012 8:00 pm yes South Dakota State Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2K Sports Classic ESPNU Releford 18 Randolph 6 Steele 4 70–67 11,669 1–0 November 11, 2012 5:00 pm yes West Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama Lacey 23 Cooper 7 Lacey 4 80–49January 2025 medicmedic 10,443 2–0 November 15, 2012 6:00 pm yes yes Oregon State Madison Square Garden New York, NY 2K Sports Classic ESPN2 Lacey 20 Pollard 4 Releford 5 65–62 6,149 3–0 November 16, 2012 6:30 pm yes yes Villanova Madison Square Garden New York 2K Sports Classic ESPN2 Releford 25 Tied 5 Tied 4 77–55 6,177 4–0 November 23, 2012 7:00 pm yes Charleston Southern Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama Releford 22 Engstrom 8 Tied 6 59–46 12,425 5–0 November 27, 2012 7:00 pm yes Lamar Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama Cooper 17 Gueye 9 Cooper, Lacey, Randolph 3 75–47 10,436 6–0 December 1, 2012 2:00 pm yes yes #17 Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati SEC–Big East Challenge ESPN2 Lacey 16 Lacey 7 Lacey 3 56–58 10,155 6–1 December 5, 2012 8:00 pm yes Dayton Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama CSS/ESPN3 Lacey 16 Cooper 7 Lacey 5 76–81 11,460 6–2 December 15, 2012 3:00 pm yes yes VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, Virginia CBSSN Pollard 13 Pollard 8 Lacey, Slaughter 2 54–73 7,693 6–3 December 19, 2012 7:00 pm yes yes Texas Tech United Spirit Arena Lubbock, Texas ESPN3 Crockett 22 Crockett 11 Robinson 4 66–62 7,172 7–3 December 22, 2012 1:00 pm yes Mercer Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama CSS/ESPN3 Releford 19 Cooper 7 Lacey 3 59–66 10,243 7–4 December 30, 2012 5:00 pm yes Tulane Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama ESPNU Jacobs, Lacey 12 Lacey, Gueye 6 Releford, Lacey, Randolph 2 50–53 12,445 7–5 January 5, 2013 3:00 pm yes Oakland Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama CSS/ESPN3 Releford 18 Gueye 9 Lacey 7 65–45 10,081 8–5 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC Regular Season January 8, 2013 6:00 pm yes Missouri 10 Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri ESPN Releford 26 Cooper 7 Releford 3 68–84 13,895 8–6 (0–1) January 12, 2013 12:00 pm Tennessee Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama ESPN2 Releford, Lacey 15 Randolph 6 Cooper, Randolph 3 68–65 12,093 9–6 (1–1) January 16, 2013 8:00 pm yes Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi CSS/ESPN3 Randolph 18 Jacobs 11 Lacey 6 75–43 7,182 10–6 (2–1) January 19, 2013 5:00 pm Texas A&M Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama FSN/ESPN3 Releford 15 Lacey 6 Lacey 5 50–49 13,741 11–6 3–1 January 22, 2013 8:00 pm Kentucky Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama ESPN Jacobs 14 Cooper 6 Lacey 4 59–55 15,383 12–6 (4–1) January 26, 2013 1:00 pm yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 Releford 18 Cooper, Lacey 4 Releford, Lacey 4 53–54 18,791 12–7 (4–2) January 31, 2013 8:00 pm Arkansas Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama ESPN2 Lacey 14 Gueye, Pollard 7 Randolph 3 59–56 11,132 13–7 (5–2) February 2, 2013 3:00 pm yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee SECN/ESPN3 Lacey 17 Cooper 7 Tied 2 58–54 12,345 14–7 (6–2) February 6, 2013 7:00 pm yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, Alabama SECN/ESPN3 Releford, Cooper 11 Cooper, Randolph 7 Randolph 3 37–49 7,502 14–8 (6–3) February 9, 2013 7:00 pm LSU Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama ESPN2 Jacobs 15 Lacey 7 Steele 4 60–57 13,511 15–8 (7–3) February 12, 2013 8:00 pm yes Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia ESPNU Cooper 14 Randolph 7 Lacey 3 52–45 5,385 16–8 (8–3) February 16, 2013 3:00 pm South Carolina Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama SECN/ESPN3 Lacey 17 Randolph 9 Releford 5 68–58 13,112 17–8 (9–3) February 20, 2013 7:00 pm Mississippi State Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama SECN/ESPN3 Cooper 20 Cooper 10 Releford 5 64–56 10,682 18–8 (10–3) February 23, 2013 12:45 pm yes LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana SECN/ESPN3 Releford 36 Cooper 9 Releford 3 94–97 3OT 8,200 18–9 (10–4) February 26, 2013 6:00 pm Auburn Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama ESPNU Releford 21 Jacobs 10 Tied 2 61–43 12,633 19–9 (11–4) March 2, 2013 11:00 am yes #8 Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPN Releford 12 Tied 5 Releford 4 52–64 11,624 19–10 (11–5) March 5, 2013 8:00 pm yes Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi ESPNU Lacey 19 Jacobs 9 Lacey 7 83–87 5,913 19–11 (11–6) March 9, 2013 3:00 pm Georgia Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama SECN/ESPN3 Releford 19 Jacobs 5 Releford, Lacey 2 61–58 13,166 20–11 (12–6) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 SEC tournament March 15, 2013 2:30 pm yes yes 4 Tennessee 5 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Quarterfinals SECN/ESPNU Randolph 15 Jacobs 12 Lacey 2 58–48 15,649 21–11 March 16, 2013 12:00 pm yes yes 4 Florida 13 1 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee SEC Tournament semifinals ABC/ESPN3 Releford 12 Gueye, Lacey 5 Releford, Lacey 2 51–61 14,574 21–12 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 NIT March 19, 2013 8:00 pm yes 1 Northeastern 8 Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama First Round ESPN2 Randolph 13 Gueye, Jacobs, Pollard 6 Lacey 4 62–43 2,889 22–12 March 23, 2013 11:00 am yes 1 Stanford 4 Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama Second Round ESPN Randolph 16 Pollard 8 Releford, Cooper, Pollard 2 66–54 6,148 23–12 March 26, 2013 6:30 pm yes 1 Maryland 2 Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama Quarterfinals ESPN Randolph 15 Cooper 5 Lacey 8 57–58 9,479 23–13 |- AP Poll Central Time. (#)Tournament seed within region Source: 2012–13 Schedule. Rolltide.com Rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR See also Iron Bowl of Basketball 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References Alabama Category:Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball seasons Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide