2012–13 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team


The 2012–13 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Mark Gottfried in his second season. The team played their home games at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC tournament where they lost to Miami (FL). They received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Temple.

2012–13 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, round of 64
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record24–11 (11–7 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPNC Arena
Seasons
2012–13 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Miami (FL) 15 3   .833 29 7   .806
No. 6 Duke 14 4   .778 30 6   .833
North Carolina 12 6   .667 25 11   .694
Virginia 11 7   .611 23 12   .657
NC State 11 7   .611 24 11   .686
Florida State 9 9   .500 18 16   .529
Maryland 8 10   .444 25 13   .658
Boston College 7 11   .389 16 17   .485
Georgia Tech 6 12   .333 16 15   .516
Wake Forest 6 12   .333 13 18   .419
Clemson 5 13   .278 13 18   .419
Virginia Tech 4 14   .222 13 19   .406
2013 ACC tournament winner
As of April 2, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

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National pundits talked a lot about the Wolfpack in their early preseason discussions of the top teams in the country. NC State returned its top four leading scorers from the 2011-12 season in C. J. Leslie (14.7 ppg), Lorenzo Brown (12.7 ppg), Scott Wood (12.4 ppg) and Richard Howell (10.8 ppg). In addition, NC State landed Rodney Purvis, Tyler Lewis, and T. J. Warren to wrap up a Top 10 recruiting class. ESPN’s Andy Katz had the Wolfpack as the top rated ACC squad, at No. 6, in his early predictions.[1] His counterpart, Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn, had the Wolfpack listed as the No. 5 team in the nation according to his power rankings.[citation needed] NC State was ranked 20th in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll following its Sweet Sixteen run in the NCAA Tournament.[2]

Class of 2012 Signees

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tyler Lewis
G
Statesville, North Carolina Oak Hill Academy (VA) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Oct 28, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 94
Rodney Purvis
G
Raleigh, North Carolina Upper Room Christian Academy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sep 30, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 96
T. J. Warren
F
Durham, North Carolina Brewster Academy (NH) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Nov 2, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 96
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 5   Rivals: 7  ESPN: 10
  • 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:

  • "North Carolina State 2012 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  • "2012 North Carolina State Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  • "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 12, 2012.

Roster

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2012–13 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 0 Rodney Purvis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Raleigh, North Carolina
F 1 Richard Howell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 257 lb (117 kg) Sr Marietta, Georgia
G 2 Lorenzo Brown 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Jr Roswell, Georgia
F 5 C. J. Leslie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Holly Springs, North Carolina
G 10 Chase Cannon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Fr Morehead City, North Carolina
G 12 Tyler Lewis 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 157 lb (71 kg) Fr Statesville, North Carolina
F 13 Thomas de Thaey* 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 244 lb (111 kg) So Dendermonde, Belgium
C 14 Jordan Vandenberg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 264 lb (120 kg) RS Jr Melbourne, Australia
F 15 Scott Wood 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 169 lb (77 kg) Sr Marion, Indiana
G 20 Jay Lewis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Sr Greensboro, North Carolina
G 22 Ralston Turner 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Jr Muscle Shoals, Alabama
F 24 T. J. Warren 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Fr Durham, North Carolina
G 30 Staats Battle 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 191 lb (87 kg) So Raleigh, North Carolina
F 34 Jevoni Robinson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 216 lb (98 kg) So Charlotte, North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 10/10/2012

* Left team November 26, 2012

Schedule and results

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NC State's January 12 win over (AP) #1 Duke was the program's sixth win over an AP #1 program and their second over Duke as the AP #1 team.[3] NC State's last win over an AP #1 team was Feb. 15, 2004, also over Duke.[4] ESPN's College GameDay covered the January 26th game against UNC, marking the first and only time that the Wolfpack have appeared on the basketball version of the program.[5]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2012*
7:00 pm
No. 6 Belmont Abbey W 105–80 
 21  Brown   9  3 tied   5  Howell  PNC Arena (11,335)
Raleigh, NC
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2012*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 6 Miami (OH) W 97–59  1–0
 11  Leslie   10  Howell   7  Brown  PNC Arena (19,065)
Raleigh, NC
November 15, 2012*
5:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 6 vs. Penn State
Puerto Rico Tip-Off Quarterfinals
W 72–55  2–0
 22  Warren   8  Warren   4  Brown  Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (N/A)
Bayamón, PR
November 16, 2012*
5:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 6 vs. Massachusetts
Puerto Rico Tip-Off semifinals
W 94–76  3–0
 21  Warren   9  Howell   10  Brown  Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (N/A)
Bayamón, PR
November 18, 2012*
6:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 6 vs. Oklahoma State
Puerto Rico Tip-Off Finals
L 56–76  3–1
 16  Purvis   5  Brown   2  Tied  Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (6,872)
Bayamón, PR
November 23, 2012*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 16 UNC Asheville W 82–80  4–1
 23  Howell   15  Howell   4  Brown  PNC Arena (17,228)
Raleigh, NC
November 27, 2012*
7:30 pm, ESPN
No. 18 at No. 3 Michigan
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 72–79  4–2
 18  Warren   10  Leslie   10  Brown  Crisler Center (12,693)
Ann Arbor, MI
December 4, 2012*
9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 25 vs. Connecticut
Jimmy V Classic
W 69–65  5–2
 16  Tied   13  Leslie   5  Brown  Madison Square Garden (11,840)
New York City, NY
December 8, 2012*
1:00 pm, FSSO/ESPN3
No. 25 Cleveland State W 80–63  6–2
 19  Leslie   10  Howell   6  Brown  Reynolds Coliseum (7,234)
Raleigh, NC
December 15, 2012*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 25 Norfolk State W 84–62  7–2
 21  Warren   19  Howell   7  Brown  PNC Arena (12,384)
Raleigh, NC
December 18, 2012*
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 25 Stanford W 88–79  8–2
 24  Brown   12  Howell   5  Brown  PNC Arena (15,772)
Raleigh, NC
December 22, 2012*
3:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 25 St. Bonaventure W 92–73  9–2
 33  Leslie   8  Leslie   11  Brown  PNC Arena (16,288)
Raleigh, NC
December 29, 2012*
12:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 23 Western Michigan W 84–68  10–2
 19  Leslie   9  Howell   4  Purvis  PNC Arena (12,576)
Raleigh, NC
December 31, 2012*
5:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 23 UNC Greensboro W 89–68  11–2
 21  Leslie   13  Howell   9  Brown  PNC Arena (12,207)
Raleigh, NC
ACC Regular Season
January 5, 2013
4:15 pm, ESPN2
No. 23 at Boston College W 78–73  12–2 (1–0)
 19  Purvis   11  Howell   8  Brown  Conte Forum (6,248)
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 9, 2013
8:00 pm, ACCN/ESPN3
No. 20 Georgia Tech W 83–70  13–2 (2–0)
 21  Brown   12  Howell   10  Brown  PNC Arena (18,118)
Raleigh, NC
January 12, 2013
12:00 pm, ESPN
No. 20 No. 1 Duke W 84–76  14–2 (3–0)
 25  Leslie   18  Howell   13  Brown  PNC Arena (19,557)
Raleigh, NC
January 16, 2013
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 at Maryland L 50–51  14–3 (3–1)
 17  Brown   13  Howell   4  Brown  Comcast Center (17,950)
College Park, MD
January 20, 2013
6:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 14 Clemson W 66–62  15–3 (4–1)
 21  Warren   12  Howell   5  Brown  PNC Arena (19,557)
Raleigh, NC
January 22, 2013
7:00 pm, RSN/ESPN3
No. 18 at Wake Forest L 84–86  15–4 (4–2)
 18  Purvis   16  Howell   10  Brown  LJVM Coliseum (11,542)
Winston-Salem, NC
January 26, 2013
7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 18 North Carolina
Carolina–State Game and ESPN College GameDay
W 91–83  16–4 (5–2)
 20  Brown   14  Howell   11  Brown  PNC Arena (19,577)
Raleigh, NC
January 29, 2013
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 19 at Virginia L 55–58  16–5 (5–3)
 20  Leslie   14  Leslie   6  Howell  John Paul Jones Arena (10,977)
Charlottesville, VA
February 2, 2013
4:00 pm, CBS
No. 19 No. 14 Miami (FL) L 78–79  16–6 (5–4)
 18  Leslie   12  Leslie   5  Lewis  PNC Arena (19,557)
Raleigh, NC
February 7, 2013
9:00 pm, ACCN/ESPN3
at No. 4 Duke L 85–98  16–7 (5–5)
 23  Howell   9  Howell   6  Lewis  Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
February 10, 2013
1:00 pm, ACCN/ESPN3
at Clemson W 58–57  17–7 (6–5)
 16  Howell   11  Howell   4  Brown  Littlejohn Coliseum (9,455)
Clemson, SC
February 16, 2013
2:00 pm, ESPN2
Virginia Tech W 90–86 OT 18–7 (7–5)
 22  Wood   16  Howell   7  Brown  PNC Arena (18,257)
Raleigh, NC
February 19, 2013
7:00 pm, ESPN2
Florida State W 84–66  19–7 (8–5)
 31  Warren   13  Warren   9  Brown  PNC Arena (17,011)
Raleigh, NC
February 23, 2013
4:00 pm, ESPN
at North Carolina
Carolina–State Game
L 65–76  19–8 (8–6)
 19  Wood   17  Howell   12  Brown  Dean E. Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 27, 2013
8:00 pm, ACCN/ESPN3
Boston College W 82–64  20–8 (9–6)
 21  Purvis   10  Howell   6  Brown  PNC Arena (15,807)
Raleigh, NC
March 3, 2013
6:00 pm, ESPNU
at Georgia Tech W 70–57  21–8 (10–6)
 18  Howell   8  Wood   7  Brown  McCamish Pavilion (8,600)
Atlanta, GA
March 6, 2013
9:00 pm, ACCN/ESPN3
Wake Forest W 81–66  22–8 (11–6)
 19  Leslie   10  Leslie   7  Brown  PNC Arena (16,892)
Raleigh, NC
March 9, 2013
2:00 pm, ESPN2
at Florida State L 67–71  22–9 (11–7)
 18  Wood   9  Tied   8  Brown  Donald L. Tucker Center (6,730)
Tallahassee, FL
2013 ACC Tournament
March 14, 2013
2:30 pm, ESPNU
vs. Virginia Tech
First round
W 80–63  23–9
 22  Howell   12  Howell   12  Brown  Greensboro Coliseum (22,169)
Greensboro, NC
March 15, 2013
2:41 pm, ESPN2
vs. Virginia
Quarterfinals
W 75–56  24–9
 23  Wood   12  Howell   6  Brown  Greensboro Coliseum (22,169)
Greensboro, NC
March 16, 2013
1:00 pm, ESPN
vs. No. 9 Miami
Semifinals
L 71–81  24–10
 21  Wood   11  Howell   8  Brown  Greensboro Coliseum (22,169)
Greensboro, NC
2013 NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2013*
1:40 pm, TBS
(8 E) vs. (9 E) Temple
Second round
L 72–76  24–11
 22  Brown   15  Howell   9  Brown  UD Arena (12,353)
Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region E=East.

Rankings

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Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Final
AP 6 6 16 18 25 25 25 23 23 20 14 18 19
Coaches 6 6 15 18 24 25 RV 25 25 21 15 18 19

References

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