2012–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Appearance
2012–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Maui Invitational Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, round of 32 | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 23–13 (8–10 Big Ten) |
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MVP | Brandon Paul |
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Home arena | Assembly Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Indiana | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 29 | – | 7 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Ohio State † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Michigan State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Michigan | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 31 | – | 8 | .795 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Wisconsin | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 25 | – | 13 | .658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2013 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2012–13 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first year head coach John Groce, the Illini played their home games at Assembly Hall and were members of the Big Ten Conference.
Offseason
[edit]Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Sam Maniscalco | 0 | G | 6'0" | 180 | GS Senior | Chicago | Graduated |
Crandall Head | 4 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Sophomore | Matteson, Illinois | Transferred to Southern Methodist |
Meyers Leonard | 12 | C | 7'1" | 245 | Sophomore | Robinson, Illinois | Drafted 11th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers |
Jean Selus | 25 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | Montreal | Graduated |
Additions
[edit]Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Sam McLaurin PF |
Havana, Florida | East Gadsden (FL) / Coastal Carolina | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | May 3, 2012 | |
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Rayvonte Rice SG |
Champaign, Illinois | Centennial (IL) / Drake | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Apr 25, 2012 | |
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Preferred Walk-On
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Mike LaTulip SG |
Mt. Prospect, Illinois | Prospect HS | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Apr 30, 2012 | |
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Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
10/27/2012* 7:00 pm |
Lewis | W 79–47 | – |
12 – Richardson | 9 – Griffey | 2 – Abrams, Paul | Assembly Hall (14,299) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
11/04/2012* 3:00 pm |
West Chester | W 75–66 | – |
17 – Abrams | 11 – Egwu | 2 – Abrams, Paul, Richardson | Assembly Hall (11,492) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/09/2012* 7:00 pm |
Colgate Maui Invitational Opening Round |
W 75–55 | 1–0 |
20 – Paul | 8 – Paul | 5 – Abrams, Paul | Assembly Hall (14,683) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
11/12/2012* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
St. Francis (NY) | W 89–64 | 2–0 |
17 – Griffey | 5 – Bertrand, Egwu, Griffey | 6 – Paul | Assembly Hall (11,640) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
11/16/2012* 11:30 pm |
at Hawaiʻi | W 78–77 OT | 3–0 |
25 – Paul | 6 – Richardson | 3 – Abrams | Stan Sheriff Center (7,550) Honolulu, HI | ||||
11/19/2012* 11:00 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. USC Maui Invitational Quarterfinals |
W 94–64 | 4–0 |
26 – Paul | 6 – Paul, Egwu, Abrams, McLaurin | 8 – Abrams | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||
11/20/2012* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. Chaminade Maui Invitational Semifinals |
W 84–61 | 5–0 |
14 – Bertrand | 7 – Henry | 4 – Paul | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||
11/21/2012* 9:00 pm, ESPN |
vs. Butler Maui Invitational Title Game |
W 78–61 | 6–0 |
20 – Paul | 9 – Richardson | 4 – Paul, Richardson | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||
11/25/2012* 3:00 pm, BTN |
Gardner–Webb | W 63–62 | 7–0 |
13 – Bertrand, Griffey, Paul, Richardson | 6 – Bertrand, Paul | 4 – Paul | Assembly Hall (12,565) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
11/28/2012* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 22 | Georgia Tech ACC-Big Ten Challenge |
W 75–62 | 8–0 |
15 – Bertrand, Paul | 7 – Paul | 7 – Paul | Assembly Hall (12,224) Champaign, Illinois | |||
12/04/2012* 7:00 pm |
No. 13 | Western Carolina | W 72–64 | 9–0 |
14 – Paul | 6 – Griffey | 3 – Abrams | Assembly Hall (14,191) Champaign, Illinois | |||
12/08/2012* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 13 | at No. 10 Gonzaga | W 85–74 | 10–0 |
35 – Paul | 6 – Richardson | 5 – Abrams | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, Washington | |||
12/11/2012* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 10 | Norfolk State | W 64–54 | 11–0 |
14 – Paul | 8 – Paul | 3 – Griffey | Assembly Hall (14,144) Champaign, Illinois | |||
12/16/2012 5:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 10 | Eastern Kentucky | W 66–53 | 12–0 |
17 – Paul | 9 – Paul | 7 – Richardson | Assembly Hall (15,029) Champaign, Illinois | |||
12/22/2012* 5:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 10 | vs. No. 12 Missouri Braggin' Rights |
L 73–82 | 12–1 |
23 – Paul | 9 – Egwu | 5 – Paul | Scottrade Center (21,933) St. Louis, Missouri | |||
12/29/2012* 1:15 pm, BTN |
No. 12 | vs. Auburn | W 81–79 | 13–1 |
27 – Abrams | 8 – Abrams | 5 – Abrams | United Center (18,136) Chicago | |||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
01/02/2013 7:30 pm, BTN |
No. 11 | at Purdue | L 61–68 | 13–2 (0–1) |
15 – Paul | 9 – Richardson | 5 – Abrams | Mackey Arena (9,874) West Lafayette, Indiana | |||
01/05/2013 1:15 pm, BTN |
No. 11 | No. 8 Ohio State | W 74–55 | 14–2 (1–1) |
19 – Paul | 8 – Egwu | 5 – Abrams | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, Illinois | |||
01/09/2013 8:00 pm, BTN |
No. 12 | No. 8 Minnesota | L 67–84 | 14–3 (1–2) |
21 – Paul | 9 – Egwu | 2 – Egwu, Richardson, Abrams | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, Illinois | |||
01/12/2013 1:15 pm, BTN |
No. 12 | at Wisconsin | L 51–74 | 14–4 (1–3) |
16 – Richardson | 7 – Bertrand | 1 – Bertrand, Shaw | Kohl Center (17,249) Madison, Wisconsin | |||
01/17/2013 7:15 pm, BTN |
No. 23 | Northwestern Rivalry |
L 54–68 | 14–5 (1–4) |
21 – Paul | 6 – Griffey | 4 – Abrams | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, Illinois | |||
01/22/2013 7:30 pm, BTN |
at Nebraska | W 71–51 | 15–5 (2–4) |
30 – Richardson | 10 – Egwu | 3 – Paul, Abrams | Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,556) Lincoln, Nebraska | ||||
01/27/2012 5:00 pm, BTN |
No. 2 Michigan | L 60–74 | 15–6 (2–5) |
15 – Paul | 10 – Egwu | 3 – Abrams | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
01/31/2013 6:00 pm, ESPN |
at No. 13 Michigan State | L 75–80 | 15–7 (2–6) |
16 – Abrams | 5 – Abrams | 6 – Abrams | Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, Michigan | ||||
02/03/2013 2:30 pm, BTN |
Wisconsin | L 68–74 | 15–8 (2–7) |
17 – Bertrand | 7 – Egwu, Bertrand | 3 – Abrams, Paul | Assembly Hall (15,073) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
02/07/2013 6:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 1 Indiana Rivalry |
W 74–72 | 16–8 (3–7) |
23 – Richardson | 8 – Griffey | 3 – Paul, Abrams | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
02/10/2013 5:00 pm, BTN |
at No. 18 Minnesota | W 57–53 | 17–8 (4–7) |
16 – Griffey | 6 – Abrams | 6 – Abrams | Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis | ||||
02/13/2013 8:00 pm, BTN |
Purdue | W 79–59 | 18–8 (5–7) |
18 – Richardson | 12 – Bertrand | 7 – Abrams | Assembly Hall (13,464) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
02/17/2013 6:30 pm, BTN |
at Northwestern Rivalry |
W 62–41 | 19–8 (6–7) |
18 – Richardson | 8 – Richardson | 5 – Paul | Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, Illinois | ||||
02/21/2013 7:15 pm, BTN |
Penn State | W 64–59 | 20–8 (7–7) |
18 – Richardson | 5 – McLaurin | 3 – Richardson, Abrams | Assembly Hall (14,356) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
02/24/2013 12:00 pm, ESPN |
at No. 7 Michigan | L 58–71 | 20–9 (7–8) |
10 – Abrams, Paul, Richardson | 5 – Abrams, Egwu | 4 – Richardson | Crisler Center (12,693) Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||||
03/02/2013 4:15 pm, BTN |
Nebraska | W 72–65 | 21–9 (8–8) |
16 – Abrams | 9 – Henry | 5 – Paul | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, Illinois | ||||
03/05/2013 6:00 pm, BTN |
at Iowa Rivalry |
L 55–63 | 21–10 (8–9) |
18 – Paul | 9 – Paul | 4 – Abrams | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,566) Iowa City, Iowa | ||||
03/10/2013 11:30 am, ESPN |
at No. 14 Ohio State | L 55–68 | 21–11 (8–10) |
21 – Paul | 8 – Henry | 4 – Abrams | Value City Arena (19,049) Columbus, Ohio | ||||
Big Ten tournament | |||||||||||
03/14/2013 11:00 am, BTN |
(8) | vs. (9) Minnesota First Round |
W 51–49 | 22–11 |
25 – Paul | 6 – Egwu | 2 – Abrams, Paul, Richardson | United Center (N/A) Chicago | |||
03/15/2013 11:00 am, ESPN |
(8) | vs. (1) No. 3 Indiana Quarterfinals |
L 64–80 | 22–12 |
16 – Paul, Abrams | 7 – McLaurin | 2 – Richardson, Abrams | United Center Chicago | |||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
03/22/2013* 3:44 pm, TNT |
(7 E) | vs. (10 E) Colorado Second Round |
W 57–49 | 23–12 |
17 – Paul | 8 – Egwu | 6 – Abrams | Frank Erwin Center (13,784) Austin, Texas | |||
03/24/2013* 8:04 pm, TNT |
(7 E) | vs. (2 E) No. 5 Miami Third Round |
L 59–63 | 23–13 |
18 – Paul | 12 – Egwu | 2 – Paul, Richardson, Abrams | Frank Erwin Center (14,520) Austin, Texas | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
National rankings
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AP[2] | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 23 | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||
Coaches[3] | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 22 | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV |
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Season Statistics
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | Avg | Average per game |
FG | Field-goals made | FGA | Field-goal attempts | Off | Offensive rebounds |
Def | Defensive rebounds | A | Assists | TO | Turnovers |
Blk | Blocks | Stl | Steals | High | Team high |
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Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | TO | Blk | Stl |
Paul, Brandon | 26 | 25 | 815 | 31.3 | 435 | 16.7 | 133 | 328 | .405 | 56 | 168 | .333 | 113 | 157 | .720 | 17 | 95 | 112 | 4.3 | 74 | 77 | 19 | 33 |
Richardson, D.J. | 26 | 26 | 866 | 33.3 | 326 | 12.5 | 104 | 274 | .380 | 62 | 184 | .337 | 56 | 67 | .836 | 18 | 91 | 109 | 4.2 | 42 | 32 | 5 | 41 |
Abrams, Tracy | 26 | 25 | 726 | 27.9 | 281 | 10.8 | 101 | 242 | .417 | 23 | 79 | .291 | 56 | 78 | .718 | 23 | 73 | 96 | 3.7 | 92 | 69 | 2 | 38 |
Bertrand, Joseph | 26 | 2 | 612 | 23.5 | 219 | 8.4 | 87 | 166 | .524 | 15 | 44 | .341 | 30 | 37 | .811 | 44 | 77 | 121 | 4.7 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 25 |
Griffey, Tyler | 26 | 18 | 568 | 21.8 | 197 | 7.6 | 74 | 165 | .448 | 30 | 91 | .330 | 19 | 26 | .731 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 3.5 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 15 |
Egwu, Nnanna | 26 | 26 | 639 | 24.6 | 170 | 6.5 | 77 | 171 | .450 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 15 | 24 | .625 | 51 | 71 | 122 | 4.7 | 15 | 30 | 34 | 18 |
McLaurin, Sam | 26 | 8 | 554 | 21.3 | 111 | 4.3 | 42 | 87 | .483 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 26 | 46 | .565 | 60 | 31 | 91 | 3.5 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 11 |
Henry, Myke | 25 | 0 | 261 | 10.4 | 83 | 3.3 | 28 | 76 | .368 | 14 | 39 | .359 | 13 | 18 | .722 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 1.8 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 8 |
LaTulip, Mike | 15 | 0 | 35 | 2.3 | 19 | 1.3 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Shaw, Mike | 13 | 0 | 47 | 3.6 | 12 | 0.9 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Berardini, Kevin | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Langford, Devin | 19 | 0 | 77 | 4.1 | 10 | 0.5 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Djimde, Ibby | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | 39 | 40 | 79 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 26 | 5225 | 1868 | 71.8 | 658 | 1536 | 0.428 | 209 | 627 | 0.333 | 343 | 471 | 0.728 | 315 | 580 | 895 | 34.4 | 282 | 306 | 108 | 193 | ||
Opponents | 26 | 5225 | 1724 | 66.3 | 601 | 1412 | 0.426 | 170 | 486 | 0.35 | 352 | 512 | 0.688 | 296 | 610 | 906 | 34.8 | 312 | 379 | 70 | 144 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2012-13 Men's Basketball Schedule".
- ^ AP Top 25, Rivals.com, retrieved 12-2-2012.
- ^ USA Today/ESPN, Rivals.com, retrieved 12-2-2012.
- ^ "Illinois Season Statistics". FightingIllini.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.