# 2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

The 2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by seventh year head coach Wayne Tinkle, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 19–1 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They were also champions of the Big Sky tournament, winning the championship game over Weber State, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Syracuse 34–81. The 47 win by Syracuse is the most lopsided win by a team seeded 3 or lower in the history of the tournament, breaking a record set only one hour prior when 5 seed VCU defeated 13 seed Akron by 46.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Morgan Young | Guard | 6–0 | 180 | Freshman | Lustre, Montana |
| 2 | Kevin Henderson | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 190 | Sophomore | Auburn, Washington |
| 5 | Will Cherry | Guard | 6–1 | 177 | Senior | West Oakland, California |
| 10 | Jordan Gregory | Guard | 6–2 | 185 | Sophomore | Pueblo, Colorado |
| 12 | Jake Wiley | Forward | 6–6 | 205 | Freshman | Newport, Washington |
| 15 | Nick Emerson | Forward | 6–5 | 200 | Freshman | Columbia Falls, Montana |
| 20 | Keron DeShields | Guard | 6–2 | 177 | Sophomre | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 22 | Wes Knox | Guard | 6–4 | | Freshman | Dillon, Montana |
| 24 | Spencer Coleman | Forward | 6–6.5 | 210 | Junior | Eugene, Oregon |
| 32 | Kareem Jamar | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 210 | Junior | Venice, California |
| 33 | Michael Weisner | Forward | 6–7 | 185 | Sophomore | Walla Walla, Washington |
| 40 | Mathias Ward | Forward | 6–7 | 236 | Senior | Gig Harbor, Washington |
| 41 | Andy Martin | Center | 7–0 | 225 | Freshman | Casper, Wyoming |
| 45 | Eric Hutchison | Forward | 6–9 | 236 | Junior | Longview, Washington |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2012* 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | Lewis–Clark State | W 86–68 | | Dahlberg Arena (2,764) Missoula, MT |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/09/2012* 7:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 65–72 | 0–1 | Moby Arena (5,833) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/14/2012* 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | Minot State | W 82–53 | 1–1 | Dahlberg Arena (2,748) Missoula, MT |
| 11/17/2012* 8:00 pm | | at Idaho | W 66–63 | 2–1 | Memorial Gym (1,254) Moscow, ID |
| 11/24/2012* 6:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | San Diego | W 67–66 | 3–1 | Dahlberg Arena (3,270) Missoula, MT |
| 11/28/2012* 7:00 pm, BYUtv | | vs. BYU | L 60–85 | 3–2 | EnergySolutions Arena (12,378) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 11/30/2012* 8:00 pm | | at San Francisco | L 68–78 | 3–3 | War Memorial Gymnasium (1,313) San Francisco, CA |
| 12/08/2012* 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | Carroll | W 78–58 | 4–3 | Dahlberg Arena (3,198) Missoula, MT |
| 12/15/2012* 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | South Dakota State | L 67–68 $^{2OT}$ | 4–4 | Dahlberg Arena (3,408) Missoula, MT |
| 12/19/2012 6:35 pm, NAU-TV/Big Sky TV | | at Northern Arizona | W 62–56 | 5–4 (1–0) | Walkup Skydome (664) Flagstaff, AZ |
| 12/21/2012 8:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | at Sacramento State | W 61–60 | 6–4 (2–0) | Colberg Court (612) Sacramento, CA |
| 01/03/2013 7:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | Eastern Washington | W 81–66 | 7–4 (3–0) | Dahlberg Arena (3,269) Missoula, MT |
| 01/05/2013 7:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | Portland State | W 62–55 | 8–4 (4–0) | Dahlberg Arena (3,907) Missoula, MT |
| 01/10/2013 6:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | at North Dakota | W $^{77–62}$ | 9–4 (5–0) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,844) Grand Forks, ND |
| 01/12/2013 4:35 pm, ALT/Big Sky TV | | at Northern Colorado | W 85–77 | 10–4 (6–0) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (355) Greeley, CO |
| 01/17/2013 7:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | Southern Utah | W 73–67 | 11–4 (7–0) | Dahlberg Arena (3,202) Missoula, MT |
| 01/19/2013 7:00 pm, Max Media/Big Sky TV | | Montana State | W 76–71 $^{OT}$ | 12–4 (8–0) | Dahlberg Arena (6,022) Missoula, MT |
| 01/24/2013 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | Idaho State | W 70–51 | 13–4 (9–0) | Dahlberg Arena (3,252) Missoula, MT |
| 01/26/2013 7:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | Weber State | W 76–74 | 14–4 (10–0) | Dahlberg Arena (5,815) Missoula, MT |
| 01/31/2013 8:35 pm, Big Sky TV | | at Portland State | W 81–68 | 15–4 (11–0) | Stott Center (1,307) Portland, OR |
| 02/02/2013 7:05 pm, SWX/Big Sky TV | | at Eastern Washington | W 65–46 | 16–4 (12–0) | Reese Court (2,732) Cheney, WA |
| 02/07/2013 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | Northern Colorado | W 73–63 | 17–4 (13–0) | Dahlberg Arena (4,036) Missoula, MT |
| 02/09/2013 7:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | North Dakota | W 78–58 | 18–4 (14–0) | Dahlberg Arena (5,366) Missoula, MT |
| 02/14/2013 7:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | at Weber State | L 63–87 | 18–5 (14–1) | Dee Events Center (7,494) Ogden, UT |
| 02/16/2013 7:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | at Idaho State | W 61–54 | 19–5 (15–1) | Reed Gym (1,922) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/23/2013* 1:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Davidson BracketBusters | L 87–93 $^{OT}$ | 19–6 | John M. Belk Arena (4,897) Davidson, NC |
| 03/02/2013 7:00 pm, Max Media/Big Sky TV | | at Montana State | W 71–68 | 20–6 (16–1) | Worthington Arena (4,571) Bozeman, MT |
| 03/04/2013 7:05 pm, Big Sky TV | | at Southern Utah | W 86–74 $^{OT}$ | 21–6 (17–1) | Centrum Arena (3,183) Cedar City, UT |
| 03/07/2013 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | Sacramento State | W 63–52 | 22–6 (18–1) | Dahlberg Arena (4,313) Missoula, MT |
| 03/09/2013 7:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | Northern Arizona | W 63–50 | 23–6 (19–1) | Dahlberg Arena (6,056) Missoula, MT |
| Big Sky tournament ||||||
| 03/15/2013 8:00 pm, Big Sky TV | | Northern Colorado Semifinals | W 70–56 | 24–6 | Dahlberg Arena (6,919) Missoula, MT |
| 03/16/2013 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | Weber State Championship Game | W 67–64 | 25–6 | Dahlberg Arena (7,172) Missoula, MT |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/21/2013* 8:41 pm, truTV | No. (13 E) | vs. No. 16 (4 E) Syracuse Second Round | L 34–81 | 25–7 | HP Pavilion (17,997) San Jose, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll Tournament Rank. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region E=East. ||||||