# 2012–13 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Frank Haith, who was in his second year at Missouri. The team played its home games at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, and played its first season in the Southeastern Conference after leaving the Big 12 Conference.

## Roster

Notes:
* For 2012–13 commitments, see the Missouri recruiting page at rivals.com, part of Yahoo! Sports.
* Jabari Brown transferred from Oregon after that school's fall 2011 term. He became eligible once Missouri's 2012 fall semester ended on December 14.
* Jordan Clarkson sat out the 2012–13 season due to NCAA transfer rules. He will have two more years of eligibility.
* Alex Oriakhi was immediately eligible this season because Connecticut was barred from NCAA postseason play in 2012–13, his only remaining season of eligibility, due to Academic Progress Rate violations.
* Michael Dixon Jr., a senior guard who was expected to start, was suspended before the season for an unnamed violation of team rules. He had also been accused of sexual assault in August 2012, but local prosecutors decided not to file charges. On November 30, Missouri announced that Dixon, who had not played this season, had left the school and would transfer.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| Oct. 29, 2012 7:00 p.m., FSN | No. 14 | Northwest Missouri State | W 91-58 | 0–0 | 22 – Ross | 10 – Oriakhi | 11 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (7,741) Columbia, MO |
| Nov. 4, 2012 2:00 p.m., FSN | No. 14 | Missouri Southern | W 86-60 | 0-0 | 20 – Jankovic | 8 – Bowers | 7 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (7,324) Columbia, MO |
| Regular season |||||||||
| Nov. 10, 2012* 4:00 p.m., FSN | No. 14 | SIU Edwardsville | W 83–69 | 1–0 | 20 – Bowers | 15 – Oriakhi | 9 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (10,054) Columbia, MO |
| Nov. 13, 2012* 7:00 p.m., FSN | No. 14 | Alcorn State | W 91–54 | 2–0 | 21 – Pressey | 11 – Webster-Chan | 4 – Jankovic | Mizzou Arena (8,013) Columbia, MO |
| Nov. 16, 2012* 7:00 p.m., FSN | No. 14 | Nicholls State | W 74–54 | 3–0 | 17 – Oriakhi | 10 – Oriakhi | 3 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (9,519) Columbia, MO |
| Nov. 22, 2012* 12:00 p.m., AXS TV | No. 13 | vs. Stanford Battle 4 Atlantis | W 78–70 | 4–0 | 19 – Bowers | 11 – Ross | 8 – Pressey | Atlantis Resort (3,217) Nassau, Bahamas |
| Nov. 23, 2012* 8:30 p.m., NBCSN | No. 13 | vs. No. 2 Louisville Battle 4 Atlantis | L 61–84 | 4–1 | 15 – Oriakhi, Pressey | 8 – Oriakhi | 7 – Pressey | (3,153) Atlantis Resort |
| Nov. 24, 2012* 6:00 p.m., NBCSN | No. 13 | vs. VCU Battle 4 Atlantis | W 68–65 | 5–1 | 14 – Bowers | 11 – Bowers | 8 – Pressey | (3,451) Atlantis Resort |
| Dec. 1, 2012* 2:00 p.m., FSN/ESPN3 | No. 16 | Appalachian State | W 72–56 | 6–1 | 23 – Bowers | 9 – Ross | 7 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (9,388) Columbia, MO |
| Dec. 4, 2012* 7:00 p.m., FSN/ESPN3 | No. 12 | SE Missouri State | W 81–65 | 7–1 | 26 – Bowers | 11 – Bell | 5 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (7,905) Columbia, MO |
| Dec. 8, 2012* 2:00 p.m., FSN/ESPN3 | No. 12 | Tennessee State | W 68–38 | 8–1 | 18 – Bowers | 10 – Bowers, Oriakhi | 4 – Webster-Chan | Mizzou Arena (10,338) Columbia, MO |
| Dec. 17, 2012* 7:00 p.m., FSN/ESPN3 | No. 12 | South Carolina State | W 102–51 | 9–1 | 16 – Ross | 11 – Oriakhi | 6 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (10,613) Columbia, MO |
| Dec. 22, 2012* 5:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 12 | vs. No. 10 Illinois Braggin' Rights | W 82–73 | 10–1 | 23 – Bowers | 14 – Oriakhi | 11 – Pressey | Scottrade Center (21,933) St. Louis, MO |
| Dec. 28, 2012* 9:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 7 | at UCLA | L 94–97 $^{OT}$ | 10–2 | 19 – Pressey | 9 – Bowers | 19 – Pressey | Pauley Pavilion (11,854) Los Angeles, CA |
| Jan. 5, 2013* 3:00 p.m., FSN/ESPN3 | No. 12 | Bucknell | W 66–64 | 11–2 | 26 – Pressey | 8 – Bowers | 5 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (13,856) Columbia, MO |
| SEC Regular Season |||||||||
| Jan. 8, 2013 6:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 10 | Alabama | W 84–68 | 12–2 (1–0) | 22 – Brown | 10 – Oriakhi | 13 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (13,895) Columbia, MO |
| Jan. 12, 2013 7:00 p.m., FSN | No. 10 | at Ole Miss | L 49–64 | 12–3 (1–1) | 13 – Brown | 7 – Bell, Brown | 5 – Pressey | Tad Smith Coliseum (9,173) Oxford, MS |
| Jan. 16, 2013 7:00 p.m., SECN/ESPN3 | No. 17 | Georgia | W 79–62 | 13–3 (2–1) | 15 – Brown, Ross | 8 – Oriakhi | 6 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (12,797) Columbia, MO |
| Jan 19, 2013 1:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 17 | at No. 10 Florida | L 52–83 | 13–4 (2–2) | 16 – Brown | 5 – Criswell | 6 – Pressey | O'Connell Center (12,597) Gainesville, FL |
| Jan. 22, 2013 6:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 22 | South Carolina | W 71–65 | 14–4 (3–2) | 21 – Ross | 11 – Oriakhi | 7 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (11,830) Columbia, MO |
| Jan. 26, 2013 4:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 22 | Vanderbilt | W 81–59 | 15–4 (4–2) | 21 – Brown | 12 – Oriakhi | 6 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO |
| Jan. 30, 2013 7:00 p.m., SECN/ESPN3 | No. 17 | at LSU | L 70–73 | 15–5 (4–3) | 25 – Pressey | 9 – Criswell | 5 – Pressey | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,804) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Feb. 2, 2013 12:45 p.m., SECN/ESPN3 | No. 17 | Auburn | W 91–77 | 16–5 (5–3) | 24 – Bell | 6 – Oriakhi | 10 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (12,313) Columbia, MO |
| Feb. 7, 2013 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 21 | at Texas A&M | L 68–70 | 16–6 (5–4) | 15 – Oriakhi | 8 – Oriakhi | 4 – Pressey | Reed Arena (5,484) College Station, TX |
| Feb. 9, 2013 12:00 p.m., CBS | No. 21 | Ole Miss | W 98–79 | 17–6 (6–4) | 22 – Oriakhi, Pressey | 18 – Oriakhi | 4 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (14,013) Columbia, MO |
| Feb. 13, 2013 7:00 p.m., SECN/ESPN3 | | at Mississippi State | W 78–36 | 18–6 (7–4) | 24 – Bell | 10 – Oriakhi | 8 – Pressey | Humphrey Coliseum (6,007) Starkville, MS |
| Feb. 16, 2013 3:00 p.m., ESPN | | at Arkansas | L 71–73 | 18–7 (7–5) | 25 – Bell | 11 – Oriakhi | 3 – Brown, Ross | Bud Walton Arena (19,004) Fayetteville, AR |
| Feb. 19, 2013 8:00 p.m., ESPN | | No. 5 Florida | W 63–60 | 19–7 (8–5) | 17 – Bowers | 10 – Bowers | 10 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO |
| Feb. 23, 2013 8:00 p.m., ESPN | | at Kentucky ESPN College GameDay | L 83–90 $^{OT}$ | 19–8 (8–6) | 27 – Pressey | 15 – Oriakhi | 10 – Pressey | Rupp Arena (24,380) Lexington, KY |
| Feb. 28, 2013 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at South Carolina | W 90–68 | 20–8 (9–6) | 24 – Bell | 5 – Pressey, Criswell | 9 – Pressey | Colonial Life Arena (9,360) Columbia, SC |
| Mar. 2, 2013 3:00 p.m., SECN/ESPN3 | | LSU | W 89–76 | 21–8 (10–6) | 23 – Bowers | 10 – Bowers, Oriakhi | 8 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (14,212) Columbia, MO |
| Mar. 5, 2013 6:00 p.m., ESPN | | Arkansas | W 93–63 | 22–8 (11–6) | 24 – Bowers | 11 – Bowers | 6 – Pressey | Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO |
| Mar. 9, 2013 3:00 p.m., ESPN | | at Tennessee | L 62–64 | 22–9 (11–7) | 20 – Bowers | 6 – Oriakhi, Ross | 9 – Pressey | Thompson–Boling Arena (21,767) Knoxville, TN |
| 2013 SEC Tournament |||||||||
| Mar. 14, 2013 9:20 p.m., SECN/ABC/ESPN3 | (6) | vs. (11) Texas A&M Second Round | W 62–50 | 23–9 | 13 – Oriakhi | 10 – Oriakhi, Ross | 5 – Pressey | Bridgestone Arena (11,798) Nashville, TN |
| Mar. 15, 2013 9:00 p.m., SECN/ESPN3 | (6) | vs. (3) Ole Miss Quarterfinals | L 62–64 | 23–10 | 16 – Oriakhi | 9 – Oriakhi | 7 – Pressey | Bridgestone Arena (18,192) Nashville, TN |
| 2013 NCAA tournament |||||||||
| Mar. 21, 2013* 8:34 p.m., TBS | (9 MW) | vs. (8 MW) Colorado State Second Round | L 72–84 | 23–11 | 20 – Pressey | 4 – Bowers, Criswell | 7 – Pressey | Rupp Arena (16,632) Lexington |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest. |||||||||

### Summer European Exhibition Tour

Missouri competed in an exhibition trip to Europe in August. The NCAA allows teams 10 extra practices before international exhibition tours like these. With many new players Coach Haith wanted to use the extra playing time and practices to help build team chemistry similar to what Mizzou did in 2008–09 with the Canadian tour. The 08–09 team ended up 31–7 and made the NCAA tournament's Elite EightSource:

### 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis

On Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 22–24), Missouri participated in a tournament held in the Bahamas. The eight-team field has been announced as Missouri, Stanford, Memphis, Northern Iowa, Duke, Minnesota, VCU, and Louisville.Source: