The 2012–13 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the

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, widely known as "Pitt", in the

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. The Panthers' head coach was

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, in his 10th year as head coach and 14th overall at Pitt. The team played its home games in the

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and was in its final season as a member of the

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. Pitt played in the

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the following season. They finished the conference season with 12–6 in the Big East Conference, which they placed 4th. In the postseason, they lost to

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in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament and lost in the first round of 2013 NCAA tournament to

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to conclude the season with an overall record of 24–9.

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

Postseason

Pitt was announced as one of the four eight seed in the

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on Sunday, March 17, 2013. They played in the

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. Their first game was against nine seed

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on Thursday, March 21, in

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at 1:40 in the afternoon. They lost with a final score of 73 to 55.

References

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