2012–13 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

2012–13 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2013 Pac-12 Tournament winner ; As of March 23, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

2012–13 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
2012–13 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
Charleston Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2012–13 record	21–12 (10–8 Pac–12)
Head coach	Tad Boyle;
Assistant coaches	Tom Abatemarco; Jean Prioleau; Mike Rohn;
Home arena	Coors Events Center
	Seasons ← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Tad Boyle was in his third season at Colorado. They were members of the Pac-12 Conference and played their home games at the Coors Events Center. They finished the season 21–12, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament where they lost in the second round to Illinois.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Askia Booker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California
F	1	Wesley Gordon	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Colorado Springs, Colorado
F	2	Xavier Johnson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Santa Ana, California
G	3	Xavier Talton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Sterling, Colorado
G	5	Eli Stalzer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Santa Ana, California
F	11	Chris Jenkins	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Detroit, Michigan
G	13	Kevin Nelson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Albuquerque, New Mexico
G	14	Beau Gamble	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Boulder, Colorado
C	15	Shane Harris-Tunks	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS Jr	Liverpool, NSW, Australia
F	21	André Roberson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	San Antonio, Texas
G	23	Sabatino Chen	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Louisville, Colorado
G	25	Spencer Dinwiddie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Woodland Hills, California
G	31	Jeremy Adams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	Madison, Mississippi
C	32	Ben Mills	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Hartland, Wisconsin
F	40	Josh Scott	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Monument, Colorado

Head coach

Tad Boyle (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Source

2012–13 Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/09/2012* 5:00 pm, P12N		Wofford	W 74–59	1–0	Coors Events Center (10,611) Boulder, CO
11/15/2012* 10:30 am, ESPN3		vs. Dayton Charleston Classic Quarterfinal	W 67–57	2–0	TD Arena (1,381) Charleston, SC
11/16/2012* 10:30 am, ESPNU		vs. No. 16 Baylor Charleston Classic Semifinal	W 60–58	3–0	TD Arena (3,177) Charleston, SC
11/18/2012* 6:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. Murray State Charleston Classic Championship	W 81–74	4–0	TD Arena (3,291) Charleston, SC
11/25/2012* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 23	Air Force	W 89–74	5–0	Coors Events Center (10,607) Boulder, CO
11/27/2012* 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 19	Texas Southern	W 85–80 ^2OT	6–0	Coors Events Center (8,325) Boulder, CO
12/01/2012* 8:00 pm, RTRM	No. 19	at Wyoming	L 69–76	6–1	Arena-Auditorium (8,240) Laramie, WY
12/05/2012* 8:30 pm, P12N		Colorado State	W 70–61	7–1	Coors Events Center (11,708) Boulder, CO
12/08/2012* 12:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 9 Kansas	L 54–90	7–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/12/2012* 8:00 pm		at Fresno State	W 50–43	8–2	Save Mart Center (6,599) Fresno, CA
12/21/2012* 6:30 pm, P12N		Northern Arizona	W 98–51	9–2	Coors Events Center (10,034) Boulder, CO
12/29/2012* 12:00 pm, P12N		Hartford	W 80–52	10–2	Coors Events Center (10,228) Boulder, CO
01/03/2013 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 3 Arizona	L 83–92 ^OT	10–3 (0–1)	McKale Center (14,545) Tucson, AZ
01/06/2013 6:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona State	L 56–65	10–4 (0–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (6,298) Tempe, AZ
01/10/2013 8:00 pm, ESPNU		USC	W 66–60	11–4 (1–2)	Coors Events Center (10,344) Boulder, CO
01/12/2013 12:00 pm, P12N		UCLA	L 75–78	11–5 (1–3)	Coors Events Center (9,696) Boulder, CO
01/16/2013 9:30 pm, P12N		at Washington	L 54–64	11–6 (1–4)	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,184) Seattle, WA
01/19/2013 8:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 58–49	12–6 (2–4)	Beasley Coliseum (5,418) Pullman, WA
01/24/2013 8:00 pm, ESPNU		Stanford	W 75–54	13–6 (3–4)	Coors Events Center (11,212) Boulder, CO
01/27/2013 1:30 pm, FSN		California	W 81–71	14–6 (4–4)	Coors Events Center (10,132) Boulder, CO
02/02/2013 12:30 pm, FSN		at Utah	L 55–58	14–7 (4–5)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,977) Salt Lake City, UT
02/07/2013 8:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 19 Oregon	W 48–47	15–7 (5–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (8,862) Eugene, OR
02/10/2013 7:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	W 72–68	16–7 (6–5)	Gill Coliseum (4,819) Corvallis, OR
02/14/2013 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 9 Arizona	W 71–58	17–7 (7–5)	Coors Events Center (11,120) Boulder, CO
02/16/2013 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Arizona State	L 62–63 ^OT	17–8 (7–6)	Coors Events Center (10,926) Boulder, CO
02/21/2013 8:00 pm, P12N		Utah	W 60–50	18–8 (8–6)	Coors Events Center (9,823) Boulder, CO
02/27/2013 9:00 pm, ESPN2		at Stanford	W 65–63	19–8 (9–6)	Maples Pavilion (4,395) Stanford, CA
03/02/2013 3:00 pm, ESPNU		at California	L 46–62	19–9 (9–7)	Haas Pavilion (10,679) Berkeley, CA
03/07/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 19 Oregon	W 76–53	20–9 (10–7)	Coors Events Center (11,013) Boulder, CO
03/09/2013 2:30 pm, P12N		Oregon State	L 58–64	20–10 (10–8)	Coors Events Center (10,105) Boulder, CO
2013 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament
03/13/2013 3:50 pm, P12N		vs. Oregon State First Round	W 74–68	21–10	MGM Grand Garden Arena (7,451) Paradise, NV
03/14/2013 3:42 pm, P12N		vs. No. 18 Arizona Quarterfinals	L 69–79	21–11	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,915) Paradise, NV
2013 NCAA Tournament
03/22/2013* 2:44 pm, TNT	No. (10 E)	vs. (7 E) Illinois Second Round	L 49–57	21–12	Frank Erwin Center (13,784) Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region E=East.

v t Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
Venues	(1924–1937) Balch Fieldhouse (1937–1979) CU Events Center (1979–present)
Culture & lore	"CU Fight Song" Ralphie the Buffalo CU Pep Band
People	Statistical leaders
	1942–43 1943–44 1996–97 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2012–13 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 24 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	25	–	10	.714
No. 25 Oregon †	12	–	6	.667	28	–	9	.757
No. 21 Arizona	12	–	6	.667	27	–	8	.771
California	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Colorado	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	22	–	13	.629
Stanford	9	–	9	.500	19	–	15	.559
Washington	9	–	9	.500	18	–	16	.529
USC	9	–	9	.500	14	–	18	.438
Utah	5	–	13	.278	15	–	18	.455
Oregon State	4	–	14	.222	14	–	18	.438
Washington State	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406


† 2013 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of March 23, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

2012–13 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

Roster[]

2012–13 Schedule and results[]

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