The 2012–13 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team represented Rutgers University during the

2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November with the 2K Sports Classic and ended with the Final Four in Atlanta, April 6–8. Season headlines *October 29 – The AP preseason All-American team was named. Indiana's ...

. The Scarlet Knights, led by third year head coach

Mike Rice Jr. Michael Thomas Rice Jr. (born February 13, 1969) is an American college basketball coach, formerly the head men's basketball coach at Robert Morris University and later Rutgers University. He is the son of former college basketball coach and Port ...

, played their home games at the

Louis Brown Athletic Center Jersey Mike's Arena, commonly known as the RAC (an initialism for Rutgers Athletic Center, its former official name), is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Piscataway, New Jersey on Rutgers University's Livingston Campus. The building is shaped ...

, better known as ''The RAC'', and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 5–13 in Big East play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the second round of the Big East tournament to Notre Dame. This was their last year as a member of the Big East Conference. The so-called ''Catholic 7'' members of the Big East will separate themselves from the conference, along with Butler, Creighton and Xavier, to form a new conference that retains the Big East Conference name. In 2013–14, Rutgers will be part of the American Athletic Conference. They will only play in the AAC for one season as they will join the Big Ten Conference in 2014–15. Head coach

was fired April 3, 2013. Assistant coach Jimmy Martelli resigned on April 4, 2013.

Roster

Schedule

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References

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