# 2012–13 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

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The 2012–13 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Sean Miller and played home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
Seeded 6th in the West Region of the 2013 NCAA tournament, the team defeated (11) Belmont and (14) Harvard by a combined score of 40 points before losing 73–70 to (2) Ohio State in the Sweet Sixteen.
After starting the season undefeated in non-conference play the team went 12–6 in conference and fell to UCLA in the Pac-12 tournament semifinals. The team's mid-season record of 14–0 was the second best start in program history since the 1931–32 team opened the season 16–0.
Arizona entered the season ranked 11th in the Coaches and 12th in the AP preseason polls, climbed to 3rd in both after going undefeated into January, and then fell to 20th (Coaches) and 21st (AP) just prior to the start of the NCAA tournament.
Before the season began Sean Miller and his staff recruited the nation's 3rd-ranked class of 2012 and brought in three well-regarded transfers, among them starting point guard Mark Lyons, who led the team in scoring with 15.6 points-per-game, including 24.3 points-per-game in NCAA tournament play.

## Offseason
### Recruiting Class

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Kaleb Tarczewski C | Claremont, NH | St. Mark's School | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Aug 22, 2011 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Grant Jerrett PF | La Verne, CA | La Verne Lutheran H.S. | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Nov 27, 2010 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Brandon Ashley PF | Oakland, CA | Findlay College Prep | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Aug 29, 2011 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Gabe York SG | Orange, CA | Orange Lutheran H.S. | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Jul 10, 2011 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Jacob Hazzard PG | Los Angeles, CA | Loyola H.S. | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Apr 15, 2012 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #3 Rivals: #3 ESPN: #3 ||||||
| 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 Arizona Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

### Incoming Transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Mark Lyons | 2 | PG | 6'1" | 188 | Senior | Schenectady, New York | Lyons left Xavier to play his senior year at Arizona. He was eligible to play immediately under the NCAA's graduate transfer rule. |
| T. J. McConnell | 4 | PG | 6'1" | 180 | Junior | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | McConnell elected to transfer after his sophomore year at Duquesne and redshirted the 2012–13 season under NCAA transfer rules. |
| Matt Korcheck | 31 | PF | 6'9" | 220 | Junior | Tucson, Arizona | A junior college transfer from Cochise College, Korcheck elected to redshirt the season and have two years eligibility starting in 2013–14. |

### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Alex Jacobson | 50 | C | 7'0" | 253 | Senior | Santa Ana, California | Graduated |
| Jesse Perry | 33 | SF | 6'7" | 217 | Senior | St. Louis, Missouri | Graduated |
| Brendon Lavender | 24 | SG | 6'5" | 212 | Senior | Mesa, Arizona | Graduated |
| Kyle Fogg | 21 | SG | 6'3" | 188 | Senior | Brea, California | Graduated |
| Dondre Wise | 0 | PG | 6'1" | 220 | Senior | Houston, Texas | Graduated |
| Kyryl Natyazhko | 14 | C | 6'11" | 275 | Junior | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | Natyazhko announced his intention to turn professional in April, 2012. He played for Ukrainian club Azovmash Mariupol in 2012–2013. |
| Sidiki Johnson | 1 | PF | 6'8" | 235 | Freshman | Brooklyn, New York | Suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules, Johnson transferred to Providence in December 2011. |
| Josiah Turner | 11 | PG | 6'3" | 192 | Freshman | Sacramento, California | Suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules in March 2012, Turner transferred to SMU but withdrew to pursue a professional career. |

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | Kaleb Tarczewski | Grant Jerrett | | |
| PF | Brandon Ashley | Angelo Chol | | Matt Korcheck |
| SF | Solomon Hill | Kevin Parrom | Max Wiepking | Drew Mellon |
| SG | Nick Johnson | Gabe York | Quinton Crawford | |
| PG | Mark Lyons | Jordin Mayes | Jacob Hazzard | TJ McConnell |

## Preseason
### Summer Exhibition Tour

Practices began earlier than otherwise allowed by the NCAA in preparation for a six-day foreign tour to the Bahamas in August. (NCAA rules allow teams to conduct 10 practices in preparation for a foreign tour.) Although NCAA rules allow for foreign tours once every four years, the Bahamas tour was Arizona's first since 2006. It was the seventh in program history. The team won its games 136–66 and 99–57.

### Red-Blue Game

Arizona's annual pre-season Red-Blue scrimmage took place at McKale Center on October 21, selling out for the second-straight season. A half-time ceremony celebrated the 25-year anniversary of the 1987-88 basketball team, the first in program history to reach the Final Four. The team's 35 victories remain the most in school history. Members of the team present included Tucson-native Sean Elliott, Arizona's all-time leading scorer, with 2,555 career points; Steve Kerr, whose 57.8% three-point field-goal percentage in the 1987–88 season is the best in NCAA history (with a minimum of 100 shots made); and Anthony Cook, who recorded a program-best 278 career blocked-shots.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/31/2012* 6:30 pm | No. 12 | Humboldt State | W 108–67 | – | McKale Center (12,431) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/06/2012* 6:30 pm | No. 12 | Chico State | W 98–60 | – | McKale Center (12,268) Tucson, AZ |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2012* 4:00 pm, P12N | No. 12 | Charleston Southern | W 82–73 | 1–0 | McKale Center (14,503) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/15/2012* 8:00 pm, FSN | No. 12 | UTEP | W 71–52 | 2–0 | McKale Center (13,576) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/19/2012* 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | Long Beach State | W 94–72 | 3–0 | McKale Center (13,382) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/28/2012* 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | Northern Arizona | W 93–50 | 4–0 | McKale Center (13,003) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/01/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 9 | at Texas Tech | W 85–57 | 5–0 | United Spirit Arena (10,782) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/04/2012* 7:30 pm, P12N | No. 8 | Southern Miss | W 63–55 | 6–0 | McKale Center (13,419) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/08/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 8 | at Clemson | W 66–54 | 7–0 | Littlejohn Coliseum (8,509) Clemson, SC |
| 12/15/2012* 8:00 pm, ESPN | No. 8 | No. 5 Florida | W 65–64 | 8–0 | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/18/2012* 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 4 | Oral Roberts | W 89–64 | 9–0 | McKale Center (13,067) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/22/2012* 8:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 4 | vs. East Tennessee State Diamond Head Classic quarterfinals | W 73–53 | 10–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (8,120) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/23/2012* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 4 | vs. Miami (FL) Diamond Head Classic semifinals | W 69–50 | 11–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (6,564) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/25/2012* 8:15 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | vs. No. 17 San Diego State Diamond Head Classic championship | W 68–67 | 12–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (6,514) Honolulu, HI |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2013 6:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 3 | Colorado | W 92–83 $^{OT}$ | 13–0 (1–0) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/05/2013 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 3 | Utah | W 60–57 | 14–0 (2–0) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/10/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 4 | at Oregon | L 66–70 | 14–1 (2–1) | Matthew Knight Arena (9,544) Eugene, OR |
| 01/12/2013 6:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 4 | at Oregon State | W 80–70 | 15–1 (3–1) | Gill Coliseum (7,224) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/19/2013 12:30 pm, FSN | No. 7 | at Arizona State | W 71–54 | 16–1 (4–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (10,900) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/24/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 6 | UCLA | L 73–84 | 16–2 (4–2) | McKale Center (14,617) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/26/2013 5:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 6 | USC | W 74–50 | 17–2 (5–2) | McKale Center (14,578) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/31/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 8 | at Washington | W 57–53 | 18–2 (6–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (8,535) Seattle, WA |
| 02/02/2013 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at Washington State | W 79–65 | 19–2 (7–2) | Beasley Coliseum (6,002) Pullman, WA |
| 02/06/2013 7:00 pm, ESPNews | No. 7 | Stanford | W 73–66 | 20–2 (8–2) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/10/2013 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | California | L 69–77 | 20–3 (8–3) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/14/2013 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Colorado | L 58–71 | 20–4 (8–4) | Coors Events Center (11,120) Boulder, CO |
| 02/17/2013 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Utah | W 68–64 | 21–4 (9–4) | Huntsman Center (11,712) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/20/2013 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | Washington | W 70–52 | 22–4 (10–4) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/23/2013 1:00 pm, FSN | No. 12 | Washington State | W 73–56 | 23–4 (11–4) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/27/2013 7:30 pm, P12N | No. 11 | at USC | L 78–89 | 23–5 (11–5) | Galen Center (4,207) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/02/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 11 | at UCLA ESPN College GameDay | L 69–74 | 23–6 (11–6) | Pauley Pavilion (13,727) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/09/2013 2:30 pm, FSN | No. 18 | Arizona State | W 73–58 | 24–6 (12–6) | McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 Tournament ||||||
| 03/14/2013 2:30 pm, P12N | (4) No. 18 | vs. (5) Colorado Quarterfinals | W 79–69 | 25–6 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,915) Paradise, NV |
| 03/15/2013 7:00 pm, P12N | (4) No. 18 | vs. (1) No. 21 UCLA Semifinals | L 64–66 | 25–7 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (13,151) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/21/2013* 5:30 pm, TNT | (6 W) No. 21 | vs. No. 11 W Belmont First Round | W 81–64 | 26–7 | EnergySolutions Arena (14,345) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 03/23/2013* 3:10 pm, TNT | (6 W) No. 21 | vs. No. 14 W Harvard Second Round | W 74–51 | 27–7 | EnergySolutions Arena (16,060) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 03/28/2013* 4:47 pm, TBS | (6 W) No. 21 | vs. (2 W) No. 7 Ohio State Sweet Sixteen | L 70–73 | 27–8 | Staples Center (18,232) Los Angeles, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Standard Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region W=West. ||||||

## Awards
### Solomon Hill

* 2012 Diamond Head Classic MVP, All-Tournament Team
* Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
* USBWA All-District IX Team
* NABC All-District 20 First Team

### Nick Johnson

* Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

### Mark Lyons

* 2012 Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament Team
* Pac-12 Player of the Week – January 21, 2013
* Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
* USBWA All-District IX Team
* NABC All-District 20 First Team

### Kaleb Tarczewski

* Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Freshmen Team

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ¦¦ Increase in ranking. ¦¦ Decrease in ranking. ¦¦ Not ranked the previous week. :
| Poll | Pre | 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 | Wk 19 | Post | Final |
| AP | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 21 | - |
| Coaches | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 14 |