The 2012–13 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's eighth season at BYU and the Cougars second season in the West Coast Conference. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center. The Cougars finished the regular season at 21–11, good for third place in the WCC. The Cougars accepted an invitation to the NIT, where they lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Baylor. The Cougars finished with an overall record of 24–12, one win away from what would have been a seventh consecutive 25-win season.
Before the season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Austin Nelson 3 G 160 Henderson, Nevada LDS mission (returning in 2014-15) Jaren Sweeney 15 G/F 190 Mesa, Arizona LDS mission (returning in 2014-15) Damarcus Harrison 24 G 190 Provo, Utah Original plan to serve LDS mission; Transferred to Clemson Michael Boswell 35 F 215 Aloha, Oregon Noah Hartsock 34 F 230 Bartlesville, Oklahoma Graduated- Signed contract in Euroleague Basketball with Belgium's Generali Okapi Aalstar Charles Abouo 1 G/F 215 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Graduated Nick Martineau 14 G 170 Fruit Heights, Utah Graduated Early Chris Collinsworth 41 F 215 Provo, Utah Retired after 3rd surgery in 3 seasons Stephen Rogers 21 F 195 Mesa, Arizona Retired Due to Continual Knee Problems
Recruiting Through the course of the fall and spring letter of intent days, the Cougars would bolster their lineup. On November 11, Coach Rose announced that Cory Calvert and Jordan Chatman had signed letters of intent to play for BYU. He revealed then that both Calvert and Chatman planned to serve church missions before joining the team, meaning they wouldn't become part of the BYU team until the 2014–15 season. Freshman Cooper Ainge, son of former BYU great Danny Ainge, announced he would walk-on at BYU. He plans to play for 1 year before departing on a mission. The spring national Letter of Intent Signing Days began on April 10, 2012 and ran through May 16. On the first day of eligibility, Raúl Delgado and Agustín Ambrosino signed letters of intent. Both will come in as juniors and have two years of eligibility. On April 20, it was announced that Cory Calvert would play one season before going on his mission, just as Ainge is doing, because he wouldn't have time to get into playing shape for the 2014–15 season after his mission.
2012–13 Return Missionaries BYU would also get a boost from 2 return missionaries in the form of Tyler Haws and Kyle Rose. Haws would return to BYU on April 18, 2012 to get ready to play. In Haws first season at BYU (2009–10), Haws would average 11.3 points and 4.2 rebounds a game while helping BYU to a 30–6 record. Rose is the nephew of head coach Dave Rose and will be playing his first regular season for BYU after redshirting the 2009-10 season.
2012–13 media
Television information On the April 30 episode of True Blue, it was announced that fall practice would begin October 12. The Blue-White Scrimmage took place on October 24, and the Cougars had their first scrimmage on October 26. BYUtvsports.com and BYUtv provided coverage of the inter-squad match and the scrimmages. All home games and conference road games aired on BYUtv or on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ROOT.
Media Day BYU Basketball Media Day was held Wednesday, August 10 from 8:30 AM– 2:30 PM. Jarom Jordan recapped the 2011-12 season and then interviewed every player on the 2012-13 BYU Basketball roster. The day ended with a Dave Rose press conference and then player interviews with various media organizations.
It was also announced on Media Day that BYUtv Sports would carry all home broadcasts that ESPN had not picked up while BYUtvsports.com would exclusively carry the 2012 Cougar Classic.
BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates
KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM- Flagship Station (Salt Lake City/ Provo, UT and ksl.com) BYU Radio- Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, and byuradio.org) KTHK- Blackfoot/ Idaho Falls/ Pocatello/ Rexburg, ID KMGR- Manti, UT KSUB- Cedar City, UT KDXU- St. George, UT
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=8 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#002654;"| Exhibition
!colspan=8 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season
!colspan=8 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#002654;"| 2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
!colspan=8 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#002654;"| 2013 National Invitation Tournament
Game summaries
Cougar Tipoff Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Steve Cleveland, and Shaun Gordon
Exhibition: Southeastern Oklahoma State Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Kory Aldous
Exhibition: Findlay Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Robbie Bullough
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: Tennessee State Series History: First Meeting Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Robbie Bullough
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: Georgia State Series History: First Meeting Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: Florida State Series History: BYU leads series 1-0 Broadcasters: Brian Anderson, Greg Anthony, Steve Smith, Craig Sager, and Seth Davis
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: #20 Notre Dame Series History: Notre Dame leads series 4-3 Broadcasters: Brian Anderson, Greg Anthony, Steve Smith, Craig Sager, and Seth Davis
Texas-San Antonio Series History: First Meeting Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough
Cal State Northridge Series History: BYU leads series 4-0 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough
Montana Series History: BYU leads series 23-10 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough
At Iowa State Series History: Iowa State leads series 4-0 Broadcasters: John Walters and Eric Heft
Utah Series History: BYU leads series 128-125 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Robbie Bullough
At Weber State Series History: BYU leads series 27-10 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough (Jarom Jordan and Steve Cleveland Halftime)
Eastern New Mexico Series History: BYU leads series 1-0 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Robbie Bullough
At Baylor Series History: BYU leads series 5-3 Broadcasters: Mark Neely and Bruce Pearl
Northern Arizona Series History: Series even 1-1 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough
Virginia Tech Series History: BYU leads series 2-0 Broadcasters: Rich Cellini and Steve Cleveland
Loyola Marymount Series History: Loyola Marymount leads series 3-2 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough
At San Francisco Series History: BYU leads series 7-5 Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (Jarom Jordan and Steve Cleveland Halftime)
Pepperdine Series History: BYU leads series 6-4 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough
At Santa Clara Series History: BYU leads series 17-5 Broadcasters: Barry Tompkins and Brad Holland
Saint Mary's Series History: BYU leads series 8-4 Broadcasters: Rich Cellini and Miles Simon
San Diego Series History: BYU leads series 5-0 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Robbie Bullough
At #10 Gonzaga Series History: Gonzaga leads series 3-2 Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Stephen Bardo
At Portland Series History: BYU leads series 7-0 Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein and Steve Cleveland
At Pepperdine Series History: BYU leads series 7-4 Broadcasters: Ari Wolfe and Jarron Collins
Santa Clara Series History: BYU leads series 18-5 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Robbie Bullough
At San Diego Series History: BYU leads series 6-0 Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler
San Francisco Series History: BYU leads series 8-5 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Robbie Bullough
Portland Series History: BYU leads series 8-0 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Robbie Bullough
Utah State Series History: BYU leads series 136-92 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough
This game was originally scheduled for December 5. However, the day before the game, Utah State player Danny Berger collapsed at practice, stopped breathing, and had to be revived. Berger was in critical condition at a hospital in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray, but quickly improved and was released on December 8. Both schools agreed to postpone and reschedule the game. On the day of Berger's release, the game's new date of February 19 was announced.
At Saint Mary's Series History: BYU leads series 8-5 Broadcasters: Kanoa Leahey and Sean Farnham
#2 Gonzaga Series History: Gonzaga leads series 4-2 Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Mark Adams
At Loyola Marymount Series History: Series even 3-3 Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein and Danny Schayes
WCC Quarterfinals: vs. San Diego Series History: BYU leads series 5-1 Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham
NIT 1st Round: Washington Series History: Washington leads series 10-8 Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein and Sean Farnham
NIT 2nd Round: Mercer Series History: First Meeting Broadcasters: Dave Pasch and Bill Walton
NIT Quarterfinal: at Southern Miss Series History: First Meeting Broadcasters: Dave Neal and Joe Dean, Jr.
NIT Semifinal: Baylor Series History: BYU leads series 5-4 Broadcasters: Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich, and Bill Raftery (ESPN2); Brad Sham and Steve Lappas (Dial Global)
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Post-season Awards Tyler Haws won the following post-season awards for the 2013-13 season: District 9 First Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches First Team All District by the United States Basketball Writers Association All-West Coast Conference Team by the league's coaches
Brandon Davies won the following post-season awards for the 2012-13 season: District 9 Second Team by the national Association of Basketball Coaches First Team All District by the United States Basketball Writers Association All-West Coast Conference Team by the league's coaches
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