The 2012–13 Towson Tigers men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Tigers, led by second year head coach

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, played their home games at the

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and were members of the

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. Due to low APR scores, the Tigers were ineligible for post season play, including the CAA Tournament. They finished the season 18–13, 13–5 in CAA play to finish in a tie for second place. This was the Tigers' last season playing home games at the Towson Center as they moved to their new home, Tiger Arena, in 2013–14.

NCAA single season turnaround record

The 2012–13 team's record of 18–13 was a 17.5-game win improvement from the year before, which set the new

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record for a single-season turnaround (in 2011–12 they had finished 1–31).Towson completes largest one-year turnaround in NCAA hoops history
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''. Gleeson, Scott. Retrieved on November 27, 2013. The 2002–03 Mercer Bears and 2003–04 UTEP Miners basketball teams had each formerly held the record of 17-game improvements.

Roster

Schedule

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References

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