The 2012–13 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Roy Williams, who is in his 10th season as UNC's head men's basketball coach. They played their home games at the Dean E. Smith Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 25–11, 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the ACC tournament where they lost to Miami (FL). They received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they defeated Villanova in the second round before, in the third round, having their season ended for the second consecutive year by Kansas.
Pre-season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Harrison Barnes 40 F 6'8" 210 Sophomore Ames, Iowa NBA draft Kendall Marshall 5 G 6'3" 186 Sophomore Dumfries, Virginia NBA draft John Henson 31 F 6'10" 210 Junior Tampa, Florida NBA draft Tyler Zeller 44 F 7'0" 250 Senior Washington, Indiana Graduated/NBA draft Justin Watts 24 G 6'4" 210 Senior Durham, North Carolina Graduated David Dupont 22 F 6'5" 195 Senior Greensboro, North Carolina Graduated Patrick Crouch 30 G 5'11" 175 Senior Asheville, North Carolina Graduated Stewart Cooper 34 F 6'5" 205 Senior Winston-Salem, North Carolina Graduated Stilman White 11 G 6'0" 170 Freshman Wilmington, North Carolina LDS mission
Recruits
Coach Williams adjusted his line-up starting with the game against Duke on 13 February 2013. He went with a smaller line-up with four guards and moved P.J. Hairston into the starting five.
Roster
Note that the roster is subject to change.
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 ACC Tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 NCAA Tournament
Rankings Poll 11/30/12 12/31/12 1/31/13 2/25/13 3/1/13 3/10/13 3/17/13 RPI 51 23 34 21 18 18 18 Basketball Power Index (BPI) 32 NCAA seed list 29
Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 2013 1 25 Reggie Bullock Los Angeles Clippers 2014 1 26 P. J. Hairston Miami Heat 2015 2 58 J. P. Tokoto Philadelphia 76ers 2016 1 25 Brice Johnson Los Angeles Clippers 2016 2 55 Marcus Paige Brooklyn Nets
References