# 2012–13 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by 12th year head coach Will Brown, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–7 in America East play to finish in fifth place. They were champions of the America East tournament, winning the championship over Vermont, to earn an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Duke.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/09/2012* 6:30 pm | | Duquesne | W 69–66 | 1–0 | SEFCU Arena (N/A) Albany, NY |
| 11/11/2012* 2:00 pm | | at No. 4 Ohio State Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off | L 60–82 | 1–1 | Value City Arena (13,497) Columbus, OH |
| 11/13/2012* 11:30 pm, P12N | | at Washington Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off | W 63–62 | 2–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,041) Seattle, WA |
| 11/17/2012* 2:30 pm | | vs. UMKC Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off | W 62–59 | 3–1 | Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, CT |
| 11/18/2012* 2:00 pm | | vs. Loyola (MD) Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off | L 64–67 | 3–2 | Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, CT |
| 11/20/2012* 7:30 pm | | at South Carolina State | W 83–55 | 4–2 | SHM Memorial Center (N/A) Orangeburg, SC |
| 11/26/2012* 7:00 pm | | Wagner | W 66–63 | 5–2 | SEFCU Arena (2,256) Albany, NY |
| 12/01/2012* 7:30 pm | | at Siena | W 69–56 | 6–2 | Times Union Center (10,229) Albany, NY |
| 12/05/2012* 7:00 pm | | St. Francis Brooklyn | W 77–73 | 7–2 | SEFCU Arena (2,542) Albany, NY |
| 12/08/2012* 2:00 pm | | at Colgate | W 67–61 | 8–2 | Cotterell Court (N/A) Hamilton, NY |
| 12/12/2012* 7:00 pm | | South Carolina State | W 70–61 | 9–2 | SEFCU Arena (2,371) Albany, NY |
| 12/21/2012* 7:00 pm | | Quinnipiac | L 57–59 | 9–3 | SEFCU Arena (2,146) Albany, NY |
| 12/28/2012* 7:00 pm | | at Navy | W 71–61 | 10–3 | Alumni Hall (2,431) Annapolis, MD |
| 12/31/2012* 4:00 pm | | Brown | W 57–50 | 11–3 | SEFCU Arena (2,432) Albany, NY |
| 01/02/2013 7:00 pm | | UMBC | W 65–48 | 12–3 (1–0) | SEFCU Arena (1,821) Albany, NY |
| 01/05/2013 2:00 pm | | at Vermont | L 45–70 | 12–4 (1–1) | Patrick Gym (2,311) Burlington, VT |
| 01/07/2013 7:00 pm, TWCS | | at Binghamton | W 71–59 | 13–4 (2–1) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,864) Vestal, NY |
| 01/12/2013 7:30 pm | | Maine | W 76–63 | 14–4 (3–1) | SEFCU Arena (2,949) Albany, NY |
| 01/16/2013 7:00 pm | | at New Hampshire | W 68–62 | 15–4 (4–1) | Lundholm Gym (578) Durham, NH |
| 01/19/2013 7:00 pm | | at Hartford | W 56–46 | 16–4 (5–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,996) Hartford, CT |
| 01/23/2013 7:00 pm | | Boston University | L 80–85 $^{OT}$ | 16–5 (5–2) | SEFCU Arena (3,685) Albany, NY |
| 01/26/2013 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Vermont | L 43–50 | 16–6 (5–3) | SEFCU Arena (4,182) Albany, NY |
| 01/29/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | L 49–65 | 16–7 (5–4) | SEFCU Arena (N/A) Albany, NY |
| 02/02/2013 7:30 pm | | Binghamton | W 79–46 | 17–7 (6–4) | SEFCU Arena (4,392) Albany, NY |
| 02/06/2013 7:00 pm | | at UMBC | W 79–56 | 18–7 (7–4) | Retriever Activities Center (1,707) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/09/2013 3:00 pm | | at Maine | L 52–66 | 18–8 (7–5) | Alfond Arena (1,139) Orono, ME |
| 02/16/2013 7:00 pm | | Hartford | W 75–49 | 19–8 (8–5) | SEFCU Arena (2,906) Albany, NY |
| 02/20/2013 7:00 pm | | at Boston University | L 69–79 | 19–9 (8–6) | Case Gym (712) Boston, MA |
| 02/23/2013* 1:00 pm | | at Fairfield BracketBusters | W 58–50 | 20–9 | Webster Bank Arena (3,678) Bridgeport, CT |
| 02/28/2013 7:00 pm | | New Hampshire | W 56–49 | 21–9 (9–6) | SEFCU Arena (N/A) Albany, NY |
| 03/03/2013 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | L 70–75 | 21–10 (9–7) | Pritchard Gymnasium (1,630) Stony Brook, NY |
| America East tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2013 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine Quarterfinals | W 50–49 | 22–10 | SEFCU Arena (N/A) Albany, NY |
| 03/10/2013 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Stony Brook Semifinals | W 61–59 | 23–10 | SEFCU Arena (N/A) Albany, NY |
| 03/16/2013 11:30 am, ESPN2 | | at Vermont Championship Game | W 53–49 | 24–10 | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 03/22/2013* 12:15 pm, CBS | No. (15 MW) | vs. No. 6 (2 MW) Duke Second Round | L 61–73 | 24–11 | Wells Fargo Center (20,125) Philadelphia, PA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest. ||||||