2012–13 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2022 Basketball 2012–13 Memphis Tigers Memphis Tigers 2003-2021 wordmark.svg 250 Conference USA C-USA 18 19 31–5 16–0 Josh Pastner (4th year) Damon Stoudamire Aki Collins Jimmy Williams FedExForum C-USA Regular Season & Tournament Champions NCAA Tournament Round of 32 The 2012–13 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, the 92nd season of Tiger basketball. The Tigers were coached by head coach Josh Pastner, who was assisted by Damon Stoudamire, Jimmy Williams and Aki Collins. Stoudamire and Williams both assisted Pastner in 2011–12, and Collins left Marquette in May 2012 to join Pastner's staff. The Tigers played their home games at the FedExForum in Memphis. The 2012–13 season was the final season the Tigers participated in Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference in 2013–14. They finished the season 31–5, 16–0 in C-USA play to be Conference USA regular season champions. They also were champions of the Conference USA tournament, winning the championship game in two overtimes vs Southern Miss, to earn an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. In the tournament, they defeated Saint Mary's in the second round before losing in the third round to Michigan State. Pre-season The 2011–12 Memphis Tigers finished the season with a record of 26–9 (13–3 C-USA). The Tigers won the regular season C-USA title as well as the 2012 Conference USA men's basketball tournament to secure a berth in the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost in the second round to Saint Louis. In the off-season, the Tigers lost rising junior Will Barton to the NBA. However, rising sophomore Adonis Thomas, who projected as a possible first-round draft pick, decided to return to Memphis for his second season with the Tigers. The 2012–13 Tigers were ranked 17th in the pre-season AP poll and 16th in the pre-season coaches poll. On November 9, 2012, junior Geron Johnson was suspended by the NCAA for the season's first three games.NCAA imposes three-game suspension on Geron Johnson, by Brooks Hansen, Memphisroar.com, November 9, 2012 Departures #5 Will Barton, sophomore guard, NBA draft, Portland Trail Blazers #31 Preston Laird, senior guard #11 Wesley Witherspoon, senior forward Transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Charles Carmouche G 6' 2" 175 Senior New Orleans, Louisiana Transferred to Louisiana State University Drew Barham G/F 6'7" 195 RS Junior Memphis, TN Transferred to Gonzaga University Recruiting The Tigers signed wing Damien Wilson and power forward Shaq Goodwin in their 2012 recruiting class. After signing with Memphis, Goodwin was selected as a McDonald's All-American. The Tigers also received a commitment from junior college transfer Geron Johnson, a shooting guard. Johnson was rated as the best junior college player in the country and has two years of eligibility in Division 1. no no 2012 Shaquille Goodwin PF Decatur, GA Southwest DeKalb 6 8 245 11/8/2011 4 4 96 Geron Johnson SG Dayton, OH Dunbar High/Garden City C.C. 6 4 190 2/10/2012 4 4 JC Damien Wilson SF Austell, GA Oak Hill 6 6 190 5/14/2011 3 3 92 2012 Memphis Basketball Commitments 2011 Memphis Basketball Commits ESPN memphis 350 235 2012-03-17 yes Season summary The Tigers began the season ranked 17th in the AP poll, marking the third year in a row that the Tigers entered the season in the top 25. The Tigers were also the consensus favorite to win the 2013 Conference USA championship. The Tigers' roster was dominated by a fairly large junior class, including guard Joe Jackson, guard Chris Crawford, guard Antonio Barton, forward Tarik Black, and walk on guard Trey Draper. Guard Geron Johnson was also a junior in his first season with Memphis. In the early season Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, Memphis entered with high expectations. However, without Geron Johnson due to suspension in their first game, Memphis was beaten by unranked VCU and unranked Minnesota in its first two Atlantis games before defeating Northern Iowa. Minnesota guard and Memphis native Andre Hollins scored 41 points against his hometown team, while Memphis guard Joe Jackson was limited to 7 minutes of playing time. VCU and Minnesota both went on to be ranked in the AP top 25 after the tournament. The Atlantis results were disappointing for a Tiger squad which did not have a large number of difficult out of conference opponents remaining on its schedule. A positive note from the Tigers' trip to the Bahamas was the emergence of forward D.J. Stephens. Stephens, a senior, had been used sparingly while battling injuries and asthma during his first 3 years with the Tigers. Previously known for his extraordinary leaping ability and athleticism who would see time on the floor to bring energy to the team, Stephens began to demonstrate his all-around game, scoring 15 and grabbing 7 rebounds against Minnesota while seeing more than 20 minutes of playing time per game. In late November, junior captain Tarik Black walked out of practice and did not play in the Tigers' game against UT Martin as a result.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/22007678/memphis-forward-tarik-black-to-considering-transfer Homehttp://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/nov/28/tigers-junior-forward-tarik-black-miss-thursdays-g/ Tigers junior forward Tarik Black miss Thursdays commercialappeal.com November 28, 2012 6 March 2023 April 15, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130415042006/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/nov/28/tigers-junior-forward-tarik-black-miss-thursdays-g/ dead Black, whose playing time had decreased, was reportedly considering a transfer, though he came back to the team and finished out the season with the Tigers before announcing his intention to transfer as a graduate at season's end.http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/apr/09/tarik-black-leave-university-memphis/ Tarik Black leave University Memphis commercialappeal.com April 9, 2013 6 March 2023 April 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130414141248/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/apr/09/tarik-black-leave-university-memphis/ dead On December 15, the Tigers faced the only ranked opponent left on their regular season schedule, #6 Louisville. The Tigers opened a large lead in the first half against the Cardinals and were up by 7 at halftime. However, the veteran Cardinals defeated Memphis in the end, with Joe Jackson leading the Tigers with 23 points. Louisville went on to win the 2013 national championship. After the December 15 home loss to Louisville, however, the Tigers began a winning streak that persisted for over two months. Wins during that stretch included at Tennessee, Harvard, at Southern Miss, and UCF. Guard Antonio Barton suffered a foot fracture in the road victory over Southern Miss on February 9. Riding a 14-game winning streak, the Tigers reentered the top 25 in both polls on February 11, 2013. With a win over Southern Miss on February 23, Memphis clinched the regular season Conference USA title. The Tigers finished the season undefeated in Conference USA play. Junior Joe Jackson was named CUSA player of the year and coach Josh Pastner was named coach of the year in the conference. Senior DJ Stephens finished the season as the CUSA blocks leader and was named defensive player of the year. Freshman Shaq Goodwin was named to the all freshman team, junior Chris Crawford the sixth man of the year, Jackson to the all conference first team, and three Tigers (sophomore Adonis Thomas, junior Geron Johnson, and Stephens) to the all conference third team. The Tigers defeated 2 seed Southern Miss in the CUSA tournament final in double overtime. Chris Crawford was named the tournament MVP, having set a career high in 3 pointers made (7) and points (30) in the Tigers semi-final game against Tulsa and scoring 20+ points in each of the Tigers' three tournament games. Memphis was given a 6 seed in the Midwest region of the 2013 NCAA tournament. The Tigers defeated 11 seed St. Mary's in the round of 64 before losing to 3 seed Michigan State in the round of 32. Roster 2012 Memphis Tigers #0C1C8C #FFFFFF #8E9295 #0C1C8C Ferrakohn Hall y 0 F 6 8 220 SR Memphis, Tennessee Joe Jackson basketball 1 y G 6 1 171 JR Memphis, Tennessee C Antonio Barton 2 G 6 2 178 JR Baltimore, Maryland Chris Crawford basketball, born 1992 y 3 G 6 4 218 JR Memphis, Tennessee C Adonis Thomas 4 G/F 6 7 y 240 SO Memphis, Tennessee Shaq Goodwin y 5 F 6 8 246 FR Decatur, Georgia Tarik Black y 10 C 6 9 262 JR Memphis, Tennessee C Damon Wilson 11 G 6 6 180 FR Mableton, Georgia Anthony Cole 12 G 6 0 184 FR Arlington, Tennessee Hippolyte Tsafack 14 F 6 8 235 SO yes Yaoundé, Cameroon Trey Draper 15 G 5 10 170 JR Memphis, Tennessee Charles Holt 23 G 5 10 175 SR Jackson, Tennessee D. J. Stephens y 30 G/F 6 5 188 SR Killeen, Texas Stan Simpson 32 C 6 10 236 SR Carterville, Illinois Geron Johnson y 55 G 6 5 177 JR Dayton, Ohio Josh Pastner (Arizona) Damon Stoudamire (Arizona) David "Aki" Collins (Clark Atlanta University) Jimmy Williams (Ashland University) http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mem-m-baskbl-mtt.html Sept 5, 2012 Schedule 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/07/2012 7:00 pm yes 17 Christian Brothers FedEx Forum Memphis, TN   65–54 – |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/12/2012 6:30 pm yes 17 North Florida FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 15,668 CSS 81–66 1–0 11/17/2012 7:00 pm yes 17 Samford FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Game 16,275 65–54 2–0 11/22/2012 6:00 pm yes yes 19 VCU Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal 3,258 NBCSN 65–78 2–1 11/23/2012 12:00 pm yes yes 19 Minnesota Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation Round 1,462 AXS TV 75–84 2–2 11/24/2012 12:00 pm yes yes 19 Northern Iowa Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis 7th place game 1,113 AXS TV 52–47 3–2 11/29/2012 7:00 pm yes Tennessee–Martin FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 15,398 FSSO/SPSO 93–65 4–2 12/05/2012 6:00 pm yes Ohio FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 15,669 CBSSN 84–58 5–2 12/08/2012 12:00 pm yes Austin Peay FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 15,249 FSSO/SPSO 83–65 6–2 12/15/2012 1:30 pm yes Louisville 6 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 18,392 FSN 78–87 6–3 12/20/2012 7:00 pm yes Lipscomb FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 15,454 FSSO/SPSO 62–56 7–3 12/28/2012 7:00 pm yes Oral Roberts FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 16,410 CSS 72–57 8–3 12/30/2012 7:00 pm yes Loyola FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 16,455 CSS 78–64 9–3 01/04/2013 7:00 pm yes yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 19,535 ESPN2 85–80 10–3 01/09/2013 7:00 pm East Carolina FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 15,341 FSSO/SPSO 67–54 11–3 (1–0) 01/12/2013 7:30 pm UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 8,107 CSS 69–53 12–3 (2–0) 01/16/2013 6:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,837 CSS 77–51 13–3 (3–0) 01/19/2013 11:30 am yes Harvard FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 16,204 FSN 60–50 14–3 01/22/2013 7:00 pm Tulane FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 15,466 FSSO/SPSO 71–60 15–3 (4–0) 01/26/2013 1:00 pm Marshall FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 16,386 FSN 73–72 16–3 (5–0) 01/30/2013 6:00 pm yes East Carolina Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC 6,246 75–68 17–3 (6–0) 02/02/2013 1:00 pm Tulsa FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 16,196 CBSSN 94–64 18–3 (7–0) 02/06/2013 7:00 pm yes SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX 5,170 60–52 19–3 (8–0) 02/09/2013 3:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 7,864 CBSSN 89–76 20–3 (9–0) 02/13/2013 7:00 pm 22 UCF FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 16,544 CBSSN 93–71 21–3 (10–0) 02/16/2013 7:00 pm yes 22 Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 6,116 CBSSN 71–59 22–3 (11–0) 02/20/2013 8:00 pm 21 Houston FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 16,791 CSS 81–74 23–3 (12–0) 02/23/2013 12:00 pm 21 Southern Miss FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 17,857 FSN 89–73 24–3 (13–0) 02/26/2013 6:00 pm yes yes 19 Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 9,475 ESPN2 62–64 24–4 03/02/2013 12:00 pm yes 19 UCF UCF Arena Orlando, FL 6,447 FSN 76–67 25–4 (14–0) 03/05/2013 8:00 pm yes 25 UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 11,581 CBSSN 56–54 26–4 (15–0) 03/09/2013 11:00 am 25 UAB FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 18,289 CBSSN 86–71 27–4 (16–0) |- !colspan=9| 2013 Conference USA men's basketball tournament 03/14/2013 6:00 pm yes 20 1 Tulane 8 BOK Center Tulsa, OK Quarterfinals 7,050 CBSSN 81–68 28–4 03/15/2013 5:45 pm yes 20 1 Tulsa 5 BOK Center Tulsa, OK Semifinals 8,006 CBSSN 85–74 29–4 03/16/2013 10:30 am yes 20 1 Southern Miss 2 BOK Center Tulsa, OK Championship Game 7,019 CBS 91–79 2OT 30–4 |- !colspan=9|2013 NCAA tournament 03/21/2013 1:45 pm yes yes 19 6 MW Saint Mary's 11 MW The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Second Round 18,863 CBS 54–52 31–4 03/23/2013 1:45 pm yes yes 19 6 MW Michigan State 9 3 MW The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Third Round 21,723 CBS 48–70 31–5 |- AP Poll Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest 2012-2013 Memphis Men's Basketball Schedule http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mem-m-baskbl-sched.html cstv.com 5 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120722050217/http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mem-m-baskbl-sched.html 2012-07-22 dead Rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (rv) Received votes but unranked. 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