2012–13 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Charles Koch Arena, which has a capacity of 10,506.[1] They played one home game at Intrust Bank Arena. They were in their 68th season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and 107th season overall. They were led by sixth-year head coach Gregg Marshall. They finished the season 30–9, 12–6 in Missouri Valley play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Missouri Valley tournament where they lost to Creighton. They received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. They received a 9 seed in the West Region, where they defeated 8 seed Pittsburgh and 1 seed Gonzaga to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the West Region semifinals they defeated 13 seed La Salle and 2 seed Ohio State in the regional finals to be crowned West Region Champions and advance to the Final Four for the second time in school history and first time since 1965. In the Final Four they lost to Louisville.

2012–13 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball
Cancún Challenge Champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
Record30–9 (12–6 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCharles Koch Arena (10,506)
Seasons
2012–13 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Creighton 13 5   .722 28 8   .778
Wichita State 12 6   .667 30 9   .769
Northern Iowa 11 7   .611 21 15   .583
Evansville 10 8   .556 21 15   .583
Indiana State 9 9   .500 18 15   .545
Illinois State 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
Missouri State 7 11   .389 11 22   .333
Bradley 7 11   .389 18 17   .514
Drake 7 11   .389 15 17   .469
Southern Illinois 6 12   .333 14 17   .452
2013 MVC tournament winner
As of April 6, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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2012–13 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Chadrack Lufile 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jr Assumption
Coffeyville CC
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
F 1 Derail Green 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Klein Forest Houston, TX
G 2 Malcolm Armstead 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Central Park Christian
Chipola JC/Oregon
Florence, AL
G 3 Evan Wessel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) So Wichita Heights Wichita, KS
G 5 Demetric Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Sr Cheyenne Las Vegas, NV
F 11 Cleanthony Early 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Pine Bush
Sullivan CC
Middletown, NY
G 14 Joe Mitchell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Jr Wichita Southeast
Hutchinson CC
Wichita, KS
G 15 Nick Wiggins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Jr Godby
Wabash Valley
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
C 20 Kadeem Coleby 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr Christian Life Center
Daytona College
Nassau, Bahamas
C 21 Ehimen Orukpe 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 251 lb (114 kg) Sr Lifeline Educational Center
Three Rivers CC
Lagos, Nigeria
F 22 Carl Hall 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Sr Bleckley County High School
NW Florida State
Cochran, GA
G 23 Fred VanVleet 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Auburn Rockford, IL
G 31 Ron Baker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Scott City Scott City, KS
G 32 Tekele Cotton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 lb (92 kg) So Whitefield Academy Smyrna, GA
F 33 Zach Bush 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Eisenhower Wichita, KS
F 50 Jake White 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) So Chaska Chaska, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2012*
7:05 pm
Pittsburg State W 100–56   
 23  Early   8  Early   5  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (9,810)
Wichita, KS
Regular Season
11/10/2012*
7:05 pm
NC Central W 71–57  1–0
 18  Baker   13  Hall   6  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,491)
Wichita, KS
11/13/2012*
6:00 pm, ESPNU
at VCU W 53–51  2–0
 13  Early   11  Hall   6  Armstead  Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,693)
Richmond, VA
11/15/2012*
7:00 pm
Western Carolina
Cancún Challenge
W 79–63  3–0
 21  Early   8  Early   3  Armstead, Baker  Charles Koch Arena (10,186)
Wichita, KS
11/17/2012*
2:00 pm
Howard
Cancún Challenge
W 69–50  4–0
 11  Hall, Williams   6  Hall, Williams   4  Williams  Charles Koch Arena (10,183)
Wichita, KS
11/20/2012*
6:00 pm, CBSSN
vs. DePaul
Cancún Challenge Semifinals
W 75–62  5–0
 18  Williams   9  Early   3  Armstead  Moon Palace Golf and Spa Resort (902)
Cancun, Mexico
11/21/2012*
8:30 pm, CBSSN
vs. Iowa
Cancún Challenge Championship
W 75–63  6–0
 25  Early   9  Early   5  Armstead  Moon Palace Golf and Spa Resort (902)
Cancun, Mexico
11/28/2012*
7:05 pm
Tulsa W 86–60  7–0
 16  Hall   11  Hall   5  Baker, Van Vleet  Charles Koch Arena (10,389)
Wichita, KS
12/02/2012*
4:00 pm
at Air Force W 72–69  8–0
 21  Hall   10  Hall   6  Wessel  Clune Arena (1,793)
Colorado Springs, CO
12/08/2012*
7:05 pm
No. 24 Northern Colorado W 80–54  9–0
 16  Early   10  Lufile   5  Van Vleet  Charles Koch Arena (10,307)
Wichita, KS
12/13/2012*
6:00 pm, FS South
No. 23 at Tennessee L 60–69  9–1
 21  Hall   9  Hall   4  Cotton  Thompson–Boling Arena (15,215)
Knoxville, TN
12/20/2012*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Charleston Southern W 65–53  10–1
 20  Early   12  Lufile   3  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,112)
Wichita, KS
12/22/2012*
7:00 pm
Southern Miss W 59–51  11–1
 17  Williams   8  Wiggins   3  Armstead  Intrust Bank Arena (9,619)
Wichita, KS
12/30/2012
5:00 pm, MVC-TV/ESPN3
Northern Iowa W 66–41  12–1 (1–0)
 16  Early   8  White   5  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
Wichita, KS
01/02/2013
7:05 pm, ESPN3
at Drake W 75–63  13–1 (2–0)
 18  Wiggins   7  Cotton   6  Williams  Knapp Center (2,792)
Des Moines, IA
01/06/2013
4:30 pm, ESPNU
at Bradley W 69–63  14–1 (3–0)
 24  Early   9  Orukpe   3  Williams, Armstead  Carver Arena (7,317)
Peoria, IL
01/09/2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 23 Southern Illinois W 82–76  15–1 (4–0)
 39  Early   9  Orukpe   9  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,306)
Wichita, KS
01/13/2013
3:35 pm, ESPN3
No. 23 at Evansville L 67–71  15–2 (4–1)
 21  Armstead   10  White   5  Williams  Ford Center (5,485)
Evansville, IN
01/16/2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Illinois State W 74–62  16–2 (5–1)
 16  Early   10  Hall   7  Cotton  Charles Koch Arena (10,323)
Wichita, KS
01/19/2013
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 Creighton W 67–64  17–2 (6–1)
 17  Hall   13  Hall   5  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
Wichita, KS
01/23/2013
7:05 pm, ESPN3
No. 20 at Missouri State W 62–52  18–2 (7–1)
 17  Early   11  Early   2  Armstead, Cotton, Early, Williams  JQH Arena (6,448)
Springfield, MO
01/26/2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 20 Bradley W 73–39  19–2 (8–1)
 12  Wiggins   9  White   8  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
Wichita, KS
01/29/2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 15 Indiana State L 55–68  19–3 (8–2)
 15  Early   11  Early   4  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,216)
Wichita, KS
02/02/2013
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 15 at Northern Iowa L 52–57  19–4 (8–3)
 20  Hall   6  Early, Cotton   3  Armstead  McLeod Center (6,023)
Cedar Falls, IA
02/05/2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Southern Illinois L 62–64  19–5 (8–4)
 15  Williams   7  Williams   6  Armstead  SIU Arena (4,852)
Carbondale, IL
02/09/2013
6:30 pm, MVC-TV/ESPN3
Missouri State W 79–50  20–5 (9–4)
 16  Early   10  Orkupe   5  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
Wichita, KS
02/13/2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Drake W 71–56  21–5 (10–4)
 17  van Vleet   10  Hall   9  van Vleet  Charles Koch Arena (10,211)
Wichita, KS
02/17/2013
7:00 pm, ESPNU
at Illinois State W 68–67  22–5 (11–4)
 18  Armstead   7  Williams   6  Armstead  Redbird Arena (8,668)
Normal, IL
02/19/2013
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Indiana State W 66–62  23–5 (12–4)
 19  Early   7  Williams   3  Armstead  Hulman Center (6,169)
Terre Haute, IN
02/23/2013*
3:00 pm, ESPN2
Detroit
ESPN BracketBusters
W 94–79  24–5
 20  Armstead   7  Hall, Early   6  Armstead  Charles Koch Arena (10,425)
Wichita, KS
02/27/2013
7:00 pm
Evansville L 56–59  24–6 (12–5)
 12  Cotton   9  Cotton   4  van Vleet  Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
Wichita, KS
03/02/2013
1:00 pm, ESPN2
at Creighton L 80–91  24–7 (12–6)
 18  Williams   6  Hall   6  Williams  CenturyLink Center (18,613)
Omaha, NE
2013 Missouri Valley Tournament
03/08/2013
6:05 pm, ESPN3
(2) vs. (7) Missouri State
Quarterfinals
W 69–59  25–7
 18  Hall   12  Hall   5  Armstead  Scottrade Center (14,004)
St. Louis, MO
03/09/2013
4:05 pm, ESPN3
(2) vs. (6) Illinois State
Semifinals
W 66–51  26–7
 16  Hall   9  Armstead   3  Armstead, Williams  Scottrade Center (18,262)
St. Louis, MO
03/10/2013
1:05 pm, CBS
(2) vs. (1) Creighton
Championship
L 65–68  26–8
 28  Armstead   9  Armstead   3  Armstead  Scottrade Center (16,659)
St. Louis, MO
2013 NCAA Tournament
03/21/2013*
12:40 pm, TBS
(9 W) vs. (8 W) No. 20 Pittsburgh
Second Round
W 73–55  27–8
 22  Armstead   7  Early   5  Armstead  EnergySolutions Arena (18,044)
Salt Lake City, UT
03/23/2013*
7:40 pm, TNT
(9 W) vs. (1 W) No. 1 Gonzaga
Third Round
W 76–70  28–8
 16  Baker, Early   7  Early   4  Baker  EnergySolutions Arena (16,060)
Salt Lake City, UT
03/28/2013*
9:34 pm, TBS
(9 W) vs. (13 W) La Salle
Sweet Sixteen
W 72–58  29–8
 18  Armstead   9  Orukpe   4  Armstead  Staples Center (18,232)
Los Angeles, CA
03/30/2013*
6:10 pm, CBS
(9 W) vs. (2 W) No. 7 Ohio State
Elite Eight
W 70–66  30–8
 14  Armstead   7  Armstead, Early   3  Armstead  Staples Center (17,998)
Los Angeles, CA
04/06/2013*
5:09 pm, CBS
(9 W) vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Louisville
Final Four
L 68–72  30–9
 24  Early   10  Early   7  Armstead  Georgia Dome (75,350)
Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time[2] (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region W=West MW=Midwest.

References

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  1. ^ "Koch Arena". Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "Wichita State Shockers Schedule 2012–13".
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