2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

2012–13 Montana Grizzlies men's basketball
Big Sky Regular Season Champions
Big Sky tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, round of 64
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record25–7 (19–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDahlberg Arena
2012–13 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Montana 19 1   .950 25 7   .781
Weber State 18 2   .900 30 7   .811
North Dakota 12 8   .600 16 17   .485
Montana State 10 10   .500 13 17   .433
Northern Colorado 10 10   .500 13 18   .419
Sacramento State 8 12   .400 14 15   .483
Southern Utah 8 12   .400 11 20   .355
Northern Arizona 8 12   .400 11 21   .344
Eastern Washington 7 13   .350 10 21   .323
Portland State 5 15   .250 8 20   .286
Idaho State 5 15   .250 6 24   .200
Conference tournament winner

The 2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by seventh year head coach Wayne Tinkle, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 19–1 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They were also champions of the Big Sky tournament, winning the championship game over Weber State, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Syracuse 34–81. The 47 win by Syracuse is the most lopsided win by a team seeded 3 or lower in the history of the tournament, breaking a record set only one hour prior when 5 seed VCU defeated 13 seed Akron by 46.