2012–13 Mercer Bears men's basketball team

2012–13 Mercer Bears men's basketball
Atlantic Sun regular season champions
NIT, Second round
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Record24–12 (14–4 A-Sun)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Spencer Wright
  • Doug Esleeck
  • Jake Nelp
Home arenaHawkins Arena
2012–13 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Mercer 14 4   .778 24 12   .667
Florida Gulf Coast 13 5   .722 26 11   .703
Stetson 11 7   .611 15 16   .484
USC Upstate 9 9   .500 16 17   .485
Jacksonville 9 9   .500 14 18   .438
Northern Kentucky* 9 9   .500 11 16   .407
North Florida 8 10   .444 13 19   .406
East Tennessee State 8 10   .444 10 22   .313
Lipscomb 7 11   .389 12 18   .400
Kennesaw State 2 16   .111 3 27   .100
2013 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition

The 2012–13 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fifth year head coach Bob Hoffman, played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university's Macon, Georgia campus and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 24–12, 14–4 in A-Sun play to win the regular season conference championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Atlantic Sun tournament where they lost to Florida Gulf Coast. As a regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the 2013 NIT where they defeated Tennessee in the first round before losing in the second round to BYU.