The 2012–13 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the regular season in November. Conference play started in early January 2013, and concluded in March with the

2013 SEC men's basketball tournament The 2013 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from March 13–17, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena. The first round and quarterf ...

at the

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. This was the first season for two former

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teams, as the

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and the

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played their first season in the SEC.

Preseason

''() first place votes''

Preseason All-SEC teams

*Coaches select 8 players *Players in bold are choices for SEC Player of the Year

Rankings

Conference Schedules

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

Postseason

SEC tournament

* March 13–17, 2013 Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament,

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NCAA tournament

National Invitation tournament

NBA Draft

:The following 1st & 2nd team All-SEC performers were listed as seniors:

Erik Murphy Erik Murphy (born October 26, 1990) is a French-born Finnish-American professional basketball player for the Fukushima Firebonds of the Japanese B.League. Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 2013, he also represents the Finnish national team. High ...

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Laurence Bowers Laurence Rochelle Bowers (born April 19, 1990) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Missouri. Early years A Memphis native, Bowers was born to Laurence Young and Nancy Bowers. His uncle, Arlyn Bow ...

Kenny Boynton Kenny Boynton Jr. (born May 12, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Tianjin Pioneers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the University of Florida. High school Boynton attended ...

Murphy Holloway Murphy McQuite Holloway (born April 24, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Goyang Orions of the Korean Basketball League. A power forward/center, he played college basketball for University of Mississippi before playing p ...

Mike Rosario Michael Rosario (born November 2, 1990) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for Rutgers and Florida. On international duty, he represented ...

. The deadline for entering the NBA draft is April 29, but once one has declared, the deadline for withdrawing the declaration and retaining NCAA eligibility is April 10. The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3. :The following SEC underclassmen have sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects: :The following SEC underclassmen declared early for the 2011 draft:

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Kentavious Tannell Caldwell-Pope (; born February 18, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named a McDonald's All-American as one of the top high school b ...

, Archie Goodwin,

Nerlens Noel Nerlens Noel (born April 10, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His collegiate basketball career ended in his first season with a tear of his anterior cruciate ...

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, B. J. Young

Notes

Honors and awards

All-Americans

All-SEC awards and teams

Coaches

Associated Press

References

External links

SEC website
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