# 2012–13 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by eighth year head coach Steve Pikiell and played their home games at Pritchard Gymnasium. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 14–2 in America East play to become America East regular season champions. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East tournament where they lost to Albany. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the 2013 NIT. The Seawolves defeated Massachusetts in the first round for their first ever postseason tournament victory in school history. They lost in the second round to Iowa.

## Previous season

After being picked second, behind the Boston Terriers, in the conference coaches preseason poll the Seawolves exceeded expectations capturing their second regular season championship in three years. Stony Brook went 5–6 through the non-conference regular season. Among their losses were Indiana, Northwestern, Boston College, and Rutgers in the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival. Despite the slow start, the Seawolves cruised through the conference season capturing a program record 14 wins and 2 losses to earn the title. In the America East tournament Stony Brook went on to defeat the Binghamton Bearcats and Albany Great Danes to advance to their second consecutive championship game. The following week Stony Brook faced off against Vermont at the Stony Brook Arena falling by a score of 43–51. Despite their championship exit, Stony Brook participated in the 2012 NIT First Round falling by the score of 63–61 in the last bucket to end their season.

## Before the season
### Losses

The Seawolves lost to graduation Danny Carter, all-time points leader Bryan Dougher, Dallis Joyner, and Al Rapier.

### Recruitment

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Carson Puriefoy G | Wenonah, New Jersey, U.S. | Bishop Eustace | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Ahmad Reid G | Port Washington, NY | Berkshire School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Jameel Warney F | Plainfield, NJ | Roselle Catholic | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Ryan Burnett G | Richmond, VA | Benedictine Prep | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

### Ranking and polls

Stony Brook was chosen second, behind the Vermont Catamounts, in the 2012 America East Preseason Coaches Poll ahead Boston University.

## Coaching

| Name | Type | College | Graduating year |
| Steve Pikiell | Head coach | Connecticut | 1990 |
| Jay Young | Associate head coach | Marist | 1986 |
| Lamar Chapman | Assistant coach | Lane | 1993 |
| Dan Rickard | Assistant coach | Stony Brook | 2004 |
| Ricky Lucas | Director of Basketball Operations | Stony Brook | 2008 |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/09/2012* 9:00 pm | | at Marist | W 60–57 | 1–0 | McCann Field House (1,904) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 11/11/2012* 4:00 pm | | Mount Ida | W 93–57 | 2–0 | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,170) Stony Brook, NY |
| 11/13/2012* 6:00 am, ESPN | | at Rider ESPN Tip-Off Marathon | W 54–46 | 3–0 | Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, NJ |
| 11/18/2012* 2:00 pm | | Sacred Heart | L 62–64 | 3–1 | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,137) Stony Brook, NY |
| 11/24/2012* 2:00 pm | | Canisius | W 82–75 | 4–1 | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,014) Stony Brook, NY |
| 11/25/2012* 2:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | | at No. 21 Connecticut | L 62–73 | 4–2 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,474) Storrs, CT |
| 11/28/2012* 7:00 pm | | at Cornell | W 76–53 | 5–2 | Newman Arena (1,816) Ithaca, NY |
| 12/1/2012* 2:00 pm | | Eastern Illinois | W 66–52 | 6–2 | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,323) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/11/2012* 7:00 pm | | at St. Francis Brooklyn | W 77–61 | 7–2 | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (262) Brooklyn, NY |
| 12/18/2012* 7:00 pm | | at Sacred Heart | W 64–59 | 8–2 | William H. Pitt Center (319) Fairfield, CT |
| 12/21/2012* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maryland | L 69–76 | 8–3 | Comcast Center (10,721) College Park, MD |
| 12/28/2012* 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | | at Seton Hall | L 59–60 | 8–4 | Prudential Center (7,288) Newark, NJ |
| 01/01/2013* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Manhattan | W 50–44 | 9–4 | Draddy Gymnasium (1,634) Bronx, NY |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/05/2013 2:00 pm | | New Hampshire | W 65–49 | 10–4 (1–0) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/09/2013 7:00 pm | | at Binghamton | W 62–37 | 11–4 (2–0) | Events Center (1,835) Vestal, NY |
| 01/12/2013 2:00 pm | | Hartford | W 73–59 | 12–4 (3–0) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/15/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Boston University | W 75–48 | 13–4 (4–0) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/18/2013 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Vermont | L 73–81 | 13–5 (4–1) | Patrick Gym (2,964) Burlington, VT |
| 01/23/2013 7:00 pm | | at UMBC | W 67–60 | 14–5 (5–1) | Retriever Activities Center (1,131) Baltimore, MD |
| 01/26/2013 2:00 pm | | Maine | W 79–69 | 15–5 (6–1) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/29/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Albany | W 65–49 | 16–5 (7–1) | Albany, NY (N/A) SEFCU Arena |
| 02/02/2013 4:00 pm | | at New Hampshire | W 56–54 | 17–5 (8–1) | Durham, NH (912) Lundholm Gym |
| 02/10/2013 2:50 pm | | at Hartford | L 55–60 | 17–6 (8–2) | Chase Arena at RFP (1,398) West Hartford, CT |
| 02/12/2013 7:00 pm | | Binghamton | W 73–47 | 18–6 (9–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,311) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/15/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Vermont | W 65–48 | 19–6 (10–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/19/2013 7:00 pm, Optimum 118 | | UMBC | W 83–39 | 20–6 (11–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/24/2013 1:00 pm | | at Maine | W 69–53 | 21–6 (12–2) | Alfond Arena (1,282) Orono, ME |
| 02/28/2013 7:00 pm | | at Boston University | W 71–55 | 22–6 (13–2) | Case Gym (1,712) Boston, MA |
| 03/03/2013 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Albany | W 75–70 | 23–6 (14–2) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| 2013 America East tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2013 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Binghamton Quarterfinals | W 72–49 | 24–6 | SEFCU Arena (N/A) Albany, NY |
| 03/10/2013 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Albany Semifinals | L 59–61 | 24–7 | SEFCU Arena (N/A) Albany, NY |
| 2013 NIT ||||||
| 03/20/2013* 7:15 pm, ESPN3 | No. (7) | at (2) Massachusetts First Round | W 71–58 | 25–7 | William D. Mullins Memorial Center (2,173) Amherst, MA |
| 03/22/2013* 9:30 pm, ESPNU | No. (7) | at (3) Iowa Second Round | L 63–75 | 25–8 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,400) Iowa City, IA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region. ||||||