2012–13 Mercer Bears men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fifth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 24–12, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season conference championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Atlantic Sun tournament where they lost to Florida Gulf Coast. As a regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the 2013 NIT where they defeated Tennessee in the first round before losing in the second round to BYU.

2012–13 Mercer Bears men's basketball
Atlantic Sun regular season champions
NIT, Second round
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Record24–12 (14–4 A-Sun)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Spencer Wright
  • Doug Esleeck
  • Jake Nelp
Home arenaHawkins Arena
2012–13 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Mercer144 .7782412  .667
Florida Gulf Coast135 .7222611  .703
Stetson117 .6111516  .484
USC Upstate99 .5001617  .485
Jacksonville99 .5001418  .438
Northern Kentucky*99 .5001116  .407
North Florida810 .4441319  .406
East Tennessee State810 .4441022  .313
Lipscomb711 .3891218  .400
Kennesaw State216 .111327  .100
2013 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.