2012-13 SEASON RECAP
The 2012 season was historic as the Aggies of North Carolina A&T finished with only the 2nd undefeated season in the history of college basketball.
It's been a stunning turnaround for the program that won only 8 games as recently as 2006. Head Coach James Keesee (and athletic director) took a voluntary demotion in 2007 and let young wonderkid Levell Garrett take over the program for two years. When Keessee returned in 2009 to helm the program - his alma mater - that he'd run since in 1989, it was a totlaly different program. Four straight NCAA appearances, a groundbreaking national championship in 2010 led the Aggies program to move from the historically black MEAC conference to the American Athletic Conference.
Now they've won two national titles in three years, it's an unprecedented run.
NCAA TOURNAMENT REPORT
Two 16 seeds lost for the first time ever in the same tournament. #1 Portland was downed by giant killers Louisiana Monroe & Albany took down #1 Butler. Neither made it to the Sweet 16.
ELITE 8 TEAMS
Utah State, Utah, Georgia, Baylor (coached by Levell Garrett), North Carolina A&T, Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Florida
St. Mary's won the NIT
Maryland won the CBI (a year after winning the NIT. They'll fire their coach.)
Brown won the CIT.
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2012 Player Stats Leaders
# PLAYER POS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO TEAM
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1 Najeem Morrison SF 31.6 22.2 6.9 1.3 1.3 0.1 3.1 NJIT
2 Eric Carter SG 29.0 22.2 3.3 1.2 1.8 0.3 2.4 Cal State Bakersfield
3 Ezrah McDonald SF 28.1 21.2 4.2 1.5 2.4 1.0 2.3 North Carolina A&T
4 Don Brown SF 29.4 20.1 2.9 1.3 1.3 0.7 3.3 Sacred Heart
5 Lucius Steffens PG 30.9 19.9 3.7 1.6 1.2 0.1 2.1 Florida Atlantic
6 Brian Yoshinori SG 29.1 19.9 5.8 4.0 1.4 0.4 2.5 Hawaii
7 Nathan Bailly SG 29.4 19.6 2.7 0.8 0.9 0.5 3.3 Michigan State
8 Nelson Hagy SF 27.3 19.6 4.3 1.6 1.2 0.1 2.6 Texas A&M
9 Richard Simpson PG 29.1 19.1 2.4 1.6 1.5 0.1 3.0 Incarnate Word
10 Pepe Ruiz SG 29.0 18.9 1.6 1.2 2.2 0.4 2.4 Wichita State
Here's the final polls of the season.
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Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. North Carolina A&T (72) 39-0 1800 1 American Athletic Conference
2. Georgia Tech 30-6 1728 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. New Jersey A&M 31-3 1589 4 Atlantic North Conference
4. Portland 31-3 1559 5 West Coast Conference
5. Georgia 31-7 1555 3 Southeastern Conference
6. California 25-10 1432 6 Pacific-12 Conference
7. Denver 29-5 1411 8 Summit League
8. Butler 23-9 1251 7 Big East Conference
9. UC Davis 30-5 1205 13 Big West Conference
10. Baylor 29-8 1159 10 Big 12 Conference
11. Utah 26-9 1149 9 Pacific-12 Conference
12. Arizona State 25-10 912 23 Pacific-12 Conference
13. Villanova 25-11 831 19 Big East Conference
14. Boston College 23-9 757 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
15. Utah State 27-11 742 12 Pacific-12 Conference
16. La Salle 24-8 628 18 Atlantic North Conference
17. Pepperdine 21-11 621 15 Big East Conference
18. Milwaukee 28-7 610 16 Horizon League
19. Georgetown 23-11 569 NR Big East Conference
20. LSU 25-11 506 NR Southeastern Conference
21. Tulsa 27-8 350 21 American Athletic Conference
22. Indiana 24-10 319 20 Big Ten Conference
23. Tennessee 25-11 270 NR Southeastern Conference
24. Pittsburgh 25-10 173 14 Atlantic Coast Conference
25. Loyola Chicago 25-9 156 22 Missouri Valley Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Hawaii 27-9 52 Mountain West Conference
St. John's 23-10 37 Big East Conference
Fresno State 25-9 9 Mountain West Conference
Penn State 25-11 9 Big Ten Conference
Bucknell 26-7 5 Patriot League
Iowa State 21-11 3 Big 12 Conference
The Citadel 25-9 3 Southern Conference
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Mid Major Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. New Jersey A&M (38) 31-3 1763 1 Atlantic North Conference
2. Portland (34) 31-3 1758 2 West Coast Conference
3. Denver 29-5 1654 3 Summit League
4. UC Davis 30-5 1590 4 Big West Conference
5. La Salle 24-8 1507 5 Atlantic North Conference
6. Milwaukee 28-7 1448 6 Horizon League
7. VCU 21-11 1358 7 Atlantic North Conference
8. Cornell 23-9 1231 8 Ivy League
9. The Citadel 25-9 1222 9 Southern Conference
10. Old Dominion 24-8 1081 11 Conference USA
11. Northern Connecticut 23-10 1009 12 Atlantic North Conference
12. George Mason 21-13 990 20 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. Detroit 24-10 919 19 Horizon League
14. Bucknell 26-7 868 13 Patriot League
15. UNC Wilmington 25-10 850 15 Colonial Athletic Association
16. Richmond 20-10 804 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Duquesne 20-12 628 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
18. UTSA 23-11 544 14 Conference USA
19. George Washington 20-12 511 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
20. Towson 21-12 419 16 Colonial Athletic Association
21. Lehigh 25-9 381 21 Patriot League
22. Northwestern State 25-10 374 24 Southland Conference
23. Rhode Island 19-14 177 23 Atlantic 10 Conference
24. Seattle 21-14 110 22 West Coast Conference
25. Southern 23-10 90 NR Southwestern Athletic Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Massachusetts 19-13 56 Atlantic North Conference
Loyola Marymount 20-13 26 West Coast Conference
North Texas 21-12 15 Conference USA
James Madison 23-12 11 Colonial Athletic Association
Abilene Christian 22-12 3 Southland Conference
Norfolk State 24-10 2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Illinois Chicago 21-13 1 Horizon League