2012–13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

The 2012–13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by first year head coach Donnie Tyndall, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–10, 12–4 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Conference USA tournament where they lost to Memphis in two overtimes. They received an invitation to the 2013 National Invitation Tournament where they Charleston Southern in the first round and Louisiana Tech in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to BYU.

2012–13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
NIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceConference USA
Record010, 27 wins vacated (04 C-USA, 12 wins vacated)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Wade O'Connor
  • Jareem Dowling
  • Adam Howard
Home arenaReed Green Coliseum
2012–13 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Memphis160 1.000315  .861
Southern Miss124 .7502710  .730
UTEP106 .6251814  .563
East Carolina97 .5632312  .657
UCF*97 .5632011  .645
Tulsa88 .5001716  .515
Houston79 .4382013  .606
UAB79 .4381617  .485
Tulane610 .3752015  .571
Marshall610 .3751319  .406
SMU511 .3131517  .469
Rice115 .063526  .161
2013 C-USA tournament winner
As of April 2, 2013
Rankings from AP poll
*Ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions

In 2016, the NCAA vacated all 27 wins (including 12 conference wins) due to participation of academically ineligible players.

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