2012–13 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team

2012–13 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball
Sun Belt East Division and overall regular season Champions
NCAA tournament Midwest Region 11 Seed, First Four
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record28–6 (19–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMurphy Center
2012–13 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Middle Tennessee191 .950286  .824
South Alabama146 .7001713  .567
FIU119 .5501814  .563
WKU1010 .5002016  .556
Florida Atlantic911 .4501418  .438
Troy614 .3001221  .364
West
Arkansas State128 .6001912  .613
Arkansas–Little Rock119 .5501715  .531
Louisiana–Lafayette812 .4001320  .394
North Texas713 .3501220  .375
Louisiana–Monroe317 .150423  .148
2013 Sun Belt Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by 11th year head coach Kermit Davis, played their home games at the Murphy Center and were members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 19–1 in Sun Belt play to become Sun Belt regular season champions. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament where they lost to FIU. They received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament, their first tournament bid since 1989, where they lost in the First Four round to Saint Mary's.

This was the Blue Raiders last season as a member of the Sun Belt. In July, 2013, they will become a member of Conference USA.