The 2012–13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the

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in the sport of

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during the 2012–13 college basketball season. The Fighting Irish competed in Division I of the

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(NCAA) and the

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. They were led by head coach

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, and played their home games at the Edmund P. Joyce Center

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Previous season

The Fighting Irish finished the 2011–12 season 22–12, 13–5 in Big East play, finishing third place behind Champion

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. There were several Irish to receive All-Big East honors. Junior

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was named the Big East's Most Improved as well as was named 2nd Team All-Big East. The Irish were defeated in the semifinals of the Big East tournament by Louisville. They earned a #7 seed for the NCAA tournament, where they were eliminated in the second round by Xavier.

Pre-season

Following the end of the 2011–12 season, both

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and Scott Martin applied to the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility. Abromaitis had been a redshirt during the 2008–09 season, but suffered a torn ACL on November 25, 2011, during practice. He played in just two games during the season, having sat out the first four due to a misunderstanding of the rules during his redshirt season (he had played in exhibition games before the official start of the '08-'09 season). Martin had transferred to Notre Dame after his freshman season at Purdue and sat out the 2008–2009 season due to NCAA transfer rules, but then suffered a torn ACL during a preseason practice in October 2009, causing him to miss a second full season. His petition for a sixth year was successful, but Abromaitis' was denied. In June 2012, Notre Dame officially announced a 10-year contract extension for head coach

, the third-winningest coach in school history and, with the retirement of

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, now the second-longest tenured coach in the Big East after

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. Notre Dame recruited three players from the high school senior class of 2011–12, each of whom signed letters-of-intent in November 2011. The recruiting class was rated 16th in the nation by

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Roster

* Brooks will redshirt in order to preserve a year of eligibility, which will be spent at another school after he graduates from Notre Dame. * Katenda, as he arrived at Notre Dame at the beginning of the 2012 Spring Semester, will not be eligible to play until the end of the 2012 Fall Semester.

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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