# 2012–13 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Marty Wilson's second full season at Pepperdine. The Waves played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 4–12 in WCC play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the WCC tournament to San Diego.

## Before the season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Dane Suttle Jr. | 14 | G/F | 6'6" | 210 | Senior | Los Angeles, CA | Graduated |
| Richard Branning | 11 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Senior | Menlo Park, CA | Graduated |
| Don Martin | 33 | G | 6'4" | 195 | Senior | Gladstone, MO | Graduated |
| Corbin Moore | 44 | C | 6'10" | 235 | Senior | Cypress, CA | Graduated |
| Taylor Darby | 41 | F | 6'8" | 230 | Senior | San Marcos, CA | Graduated; Signed a contract with Bohemios in Uruguay |
| Hector Harold | 21 | F | 6'7" | 205 | Sophomore | Pasadena, CA | Transferred to Vermont |
| Joshua Lowery | 10 | G | 6'3" | 195 | Junior | Phoenix, AZ | Transferred to Grand Canyon |
| Ramon Eaton | 24 | F | 6'8" | 200 | Freshman | Sacramento, CA | Transferred to New Mexico JC |

### Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for 2012 recruits :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Stacy Davis F | Laveen, AZ | Betty H. Fairfax | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Sep 22, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 86 |||||||
| Atif Russell F | Katy, TX | Seven Lakes | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Oct 21, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Brendan Lane F | Rocklin, CA | UCLA | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 223 lb (101 kg) | Apr 11, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: TR |||||||
| Jett Raines F | Coppell, TX | Coppell | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | N/A | Apr 12, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Malte Kramer F | San Luis Obispo, CA | Cuesta College | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Apr 13, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: JC |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr |||||||
| 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: "Pepperdine Waves 2012 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2012 Pepperdine Waves Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN 2012 Pepperdine Waves Basketball recruits". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. |||||||

## Schedule and results

All non-conference home games, and conference home games not picked up by the WCC regional packages, are shown on TV-32 in Malibu, known as Pepperdine TV. They are also shown on pepperdinesports.com at no cost for all fans to enjoy.
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 11/03/2012* 5:00 pm, TV-32 | Cal Lutheran | W 81–49 | 0–0 | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,178) Malibu, CA |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| 11/09/2012* 7:30 pm | at Cal State Northridge | L 75–81 | 0–1 | Matadome (1,256) Northridge, CA |
| 11/13/2012* 6:30 pm, Pac-12 | at California | L 62–79 | 0–2 | Haas Pavilion (6,403) Berkeley, CA |
| 11/16/2012* 7:00 pm, TV-32 | Washington State | W 58–56 $^{OT}$ | 1–2 | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,210) Malibu, CA |
| 11/20/2012* 5:00 pm, Legacy Sports Network | at Houston Baptist | W 57–53 $^{OT}$ | 2–2 | Sharp Gymnasium (815) Houston, TX |
| 11/24/2012* 7:00 pm, TV-32 | UC Irvine | W 72–62 | 3–2 | Firestone Fieldhouse (662) Malibu, CA |
| 11/29/2012* 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | at Montana State | W 76–66 | 4–2 | Worthington Arena (2,472) Bozeman, MT |
| 12/01/2012* 6:05 pm, UVU-TV | at Utah Valley | L 63–67 $^{OT}$ | 4–3 | UCCU Center (3,427) Orem, UT |
| 12/05/2012* 7:00 pm, TV-32 | UC Riverside | W 62–40 | 5–3 | Firestone Fieldhouse (921) Malibu, CA |
| 12/08/2012* 9:00 pm, OC Sports | at Hawaii | W 63–56 | 6–3 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,931) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/16/2012* 5:00 pm, TV-32 | Central Michigan | L 77–80 | 6–4 | Firestone Fieldhouse (707) Malibu, CA |
| 12/19/2012* 2:00 pm | vs. Alabama State Tulane Classic | W 66–58 | 7–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,502) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/20/2012* 5:00 pm | at Tulane Tulane Classic | L 54–69 | 7–5 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,571) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/28/2012* 7:30 pm, TV-32 | Fresno Pacific | W 60–59 | 8–5 | Firestone Fieldhouse (535) Malibu, CA |
| WCC regular season |||||
| 01/03/2013 6:00 pm, TWC SportsNet/ROOT | No. 10 Gonzaga | L 62–78 | 8–6 (0–1) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,938) Malibu, CA |
| 01/05/2013 7:00 pm, WCC Digital | Portland | W 54–47 | 9–6 (1–1) | Firestone Fieldhouse (892) Malibu, CA |
| 01/10/2013 6:00 pm, BYUtv | at BYU | L 51–76 | 9–7 (1–2) | Marriott Center (14,888) Provo, UT |
| 01/12/2013 7:00 pm, WCC Digital | San Diego | L 50–62 | 9–8 (1–3) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,047) Malibu, CA |
| 01/19/2013 7:00 pm, WCC Digital | Santa Clara | L 76–83 | 9–9 (1–4) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,191) Malibu, CA |
| 01/24/2013 6:00 pm, TWC SportsNet | at Loyola Marymount | W 60–57 | 10–9 (2–4) | Gersten Pavilion (3,130) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/26/2013 3:00 pm, TWC SportsNet | at Saint Mary's | L 72–84 | 10–10 (2–5) | McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA |
| 01/31/2013 7:00 pm, TWC SportsNet | BYU | L 61–63 | 10–11 (2–6) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,824) Malibu, CA |
| 02/02/2013 2:30 pm, TWC SportsNet | San Francisco | L 78–86 | 10–12 (2–7) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,071) Malibu, CA |
| 02/07/2013 8:00 pm, ROOT | at No. 6 Gonzaga | L 56–82 | 10–13 (2–8) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 02/09/2013 1:00 pm, TWC SportsNet | at Portland | W 72–68 $^{OT}$ | 11–13 (3–8) | Chiles Center (1,565) Portland, OR |
| 02/14/2013 7:00 pm, WCC Digital | Loyola Marymount | W 52–50 | 12–13 (4–8) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,138) Malibu, CA |
| 02/16/2013 7:00 pm, WCC Digital | at Santa Clara | L 60–70 | 12–14 (4–9) | Leavey Center (2,603) Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/23/2013 6:00 pm, TWC SportsNet | at San Francisco | L 58–64 | 12–15 (4–10) | War Memorial Gymnasium (2,321) San Francisco, CA |
| 02/27/2013 8:00 pm, ESPNU | Saint Mary's | L 48–87 | 12–16 (4–11) | Firestone Fieldhouse (926) Malibu, CA |
| 03/02/2013 12:00 pm, TWC SportsNet | at San Diego | L 69–76 | 12–17 (4–12) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (2,209) San Diego, CA |
| 2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament |||||
| 03/07/2013 8:30 pm, BYUtv | vs. San Diego Second Round | L 59–62 | 12–18 | Orleans Arena (7,896) Las Vegas, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |||||