# 2012–13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

The 2012–13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by first year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–10, 12–4 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Conference USA tournament where they lost to Memphis in two overtimes. They received an invitation to the 2013 National Invitation Tournament where they Charleston Southern in the first round and Louisiana Tech in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to BYU.
In 2016, the NCAA vacated all 27 wins (including 12 conference wins) due to participation of academically ineligible players.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 4 | Dwayne Davis | Forward | 6–5 | 205 | Senior | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 5 | Neil Watson | Guard | 5–11 | 170 | Junior | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 10 | Cedric Jenkins | Guard | 6–2 | 195 | Junior | LaPlace, Louisiana |
| 11 | Daveon Boardingham | Forward | 6–7 | 225 | Junior | Newark, New Jersey |
| 12 | Rahard McGill | Guard | 6–4 | 200 | Senior | Havana, Florida |
| 13 | Chip Armelin | Guard | 6–3 | 195 | Sophomore | Sulphur, Louisiana |
| 15 | Deon Edwin | Guard | 6–2 | 195 | Freshman | British Virgin Islands |
| 21 | Norville Carey | Forward | 6–5 | 230 | Freshman | British Virgin Islands |
| 22 | Aaron Brown | Forward | 6–5 | 210 | Sophomore | Hackensack, New Jersey |
| 23 | Jerrold Brooks | Guard | 6–0 | 185 | Junior | Rochester, New York |
| 24 | Jonathan Mills | Forward | 6–5 | 240 | Senior | Chicago, Illinois |
| 25 | Jamie Chapman | Forward | 6–3 | 175 | Freshman | Mobile, Alabama |
| 32 | Christian Robbins | Forward | 6–9 | 225 | Freshman | Foxworth, Mississippi |
| 34 | Johnny Zuppardo | Forward | 6–8 | 210 | Sophomore | Metarie, Louisiana |
| 44 | Michael Craig | Forward | 6–5 | 230 | Junior | Phoenix, Arizona |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2012* 7:30 pm | | St. Catharine College | W 85–51 | – | Reed Green Coliseum (3,129) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 11/06/2012* 8:15 pm | | Charleston (WV) | W 72–58 | – | Reed Green Coliseum (3,010) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2012* 7:30 pm | | WKU | W 67–64 $^{OT}$ | 1–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (7,097) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 11/15/2012* 7:00 pm, FSN | | at Georgia Legends Classic | W 62–60 $^{OT}$ | 2–0 | Stegeman Coliseum (4,521) Athens, GA |
| 11/19/2012* 7:00 pm | | at Sam Houston State Legends Classic | W 61–49 | 3–0 | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,089) Huntsville, TX |
| 11/20/2012* 5:00 pm | | vs. UC Irvine Legends Classic | W 69–65 | 4–0 | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (502) Huntsville, TX |
| 11/21/2012* 5:00 pm | | vs. Liberty Legends Classic | W 74–56 | 5–0 | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (224) Huntsville, TX |
| 11/27/2012* 7:00 pm | | Denver | W 61–50 | 6–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (3,597) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 12/01/2012* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Mexico State | L 60–68 | 6–1 | Pan American Center (5,206) Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/4/2012* 8:30 pm, Pac-12 | | at No. 8 Arizona | L 55–63 | 6–2 | McKale Center (13,419) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/08/2012* 7:00 pm | | at Louisiana Tech | L 55–65 | 6–3 | Thomas Assembly Center (2,575) Ruston, LA |
| 12/15/2012* 6:30 pm | | Grambling State | W 93–45 | 7–3 | Reed Green Coliseum (3,297) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 12/18/2012* 6:00 pm | | at Georgia State | W 69–67 | 8–3 | GSU Sports Arena (1,167) Atlanta, GA |
| 12/22/2012* 7:00 pm | | at Wichita State | L 51–59 | 8–4 | Intrust Bank Arena (9,619) Wichita, KS |
| 12/28/2012* 6:30 pm | | at Morehead State | W 94–58 | 9–4 | Ellis Johnson Arena (3,012) Morehead, KY |
| 12/31/2012* 2:30 pm | | William Carey | W 89–59 | 10–4 | Reed Green Coliseum (4,077) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/03/2013* 7:00 pm | | Dillard | W 135–41 | 11–4 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,779) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/09/2013 7:00 pm | | at Rice | W 75–52 | 12–4 (1–0) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,411) Houston, TX |
| 01/12/2013 2:00 pm | | Houston | W 73–54 | 13–4 (2–0) | Reed Green Coliseum (4,198) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/16/2013 7:00 pm | | at SMU | W 74–70 | 14–4 (3–0) | Moody Coliseum (3,207) Dallas, TX |
| 01/19/2013 5:00 pm, CSS | | UAB | W 74–59 | 15–4 (4–0) | Reed Green Coliseum (5,863) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/23/2013 6:00 pm, CSS | | Marshall | W 102–46 | 16–4 (5–0) | Reed Green Coliseum (4,106) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/26/2013 3:05 pm | | at Tulsa | W 62–59 | 17–4 (6–0) | Reynolds Center (5,230) Tulsa, OK |
| 02/02/2013 7:00 pm, CSS | | at UAB | W 79–75 | 18–4 (7–0) | Bartow Arena (5,103) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/06/2013 6:00 pm | | at UCF | L 58–60 | 18–5 (7–1) | UCF Arena (4,648) Orlando, FL |
| 02/09/2013 3:00 pm, CBSSN | | Memphis | L 76–89 | 18–6 (7–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (7,864) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/13/2013 7:00 pm | | Tulane | W 71–60 | 19–6 (8–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (3,701) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/16/2013 4:00 pm | | at East Carolina | W 86–82 $^{OT}$ | 20–6 (9–2) | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (6,011) Greenville, NC |
| 02/20/2013 7:00 pm | | UTEP | W 45–39 | 21–6 (10–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (3,701) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/23/2013 12:00 pm, FSN | | No. 21 Memphis | L 73–89 | 21–7 (10–3) | FedExForum (17,857) Memphis, TN |
| 03/02/2013 7:00 pm | | East Carolina | W 88–69 | 22–7 (11–3) | Reed Green Coliseum (4,151) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 03/05/2013 6:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Marshall | L 84–88 | 22–8 (11–4) | Cam Henderson Center (5,364) Huntington, WV |
| 03/09/2013 7:00 pm | | UCF | W 70–62 | 23–8 (12–4) | Reed Green Coliseum (3,774) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 2013 Conference USA tournament ||||||
| 03/14/2013 12:00 pm, CBSSN | | vs. UAB Quarterfinals | W 81–66 | 24–8 | BOK Center (5,976) Tulsa, OK |
| 03/15/2013 3:00 pm, CBSSN | | vs. UTEP Semifinals | W 85–67 | 25–8 | BOK Center (8,006) Tulsa, OK |
| 03/16/2013 10:30 am, CBS | | vs. No. 20 Memphis Championship Game | L 79–91 $^{2OT}$ | 25–9 | BOK Center (7,019) Tulsa, OK |
| 2013 NIT ||||||
| 03/20/2013* 8:15 pm, ESPN3 | No. (1) | (8) Charleston Southern First Round | W 78–71 | 26–9 | Reed Green Coliseum (5,018) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 03/25/2013* 9:00 pm, ESPNU | No. (1) | (5) Louisiana Tech Second Round | W 63–52 | 27–9 | Reed Green Coliseum (5,922) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 03/27/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. (1) | (3) BYU Quarterfinals | L 62–79 | 27–10 | Reed Green Coliseum (7,679) Hattiesburg, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NIT is Seed within Region. ||||||