2012–13 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2012–13 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Carmody's thirteenth and final season at Northwestern; on March 16, 2013, the university announced that he would not return to the team. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
2012–13 Roster
| No. | Name | Position | Ht. | Wt. | Year | Hometown/High School |
| 0 | Omar Jimenez | G | 6-1 | 185 | FR | Kennesaw, GA / Kennesaw Mountain HS |
| 1 | Drew Crawford | G/F | 6-5 | 210 | SR | Naperville, IL / Naperville Central |
| 3 | Dave Sobolewski | G | 6-1 | 190 | SO | Naperville, IL / Benet Academy |
| 4 | Alex Marcotullio | G | 6-3 | 195 | SR | Warren, MI / De La Salle |
| 10 | Mike Turner | F | 6-8 | 215 | RS FR | Chicago, IL / University of Chicago Lab. School |
| 11 | Reggie Hearn | G | 6-4 | 210 | JR | Fort Wayne, IN / Snider HS |
| 12 | Jared Swopshire | F | 6-8 | 210 | GS | St. Louis, MO / Louisville |
| 13 | Kale Abrahamson | G | 6-7 | 195 | FR | West Des Moines, IA / Valley HS |
| 14 | Tre Demps | G | 6-2 | 195 | RS FR | San Antonio, TX / Ronald Reagan HS |
| 15 | James Montgomery III | G | 6-4 | 190 | JR | Los Angeles, CA / Santa Monica |
| 22 | Alex Olah | C | 7-0 | 275 | FR | Timișoara, Romania / Traders Point Christian Academy |
| 23 | JerShon Cobb | G | 6-5 | 205 | SO | Decatur, GA / Columbia HS |
| 31 | Aaron Liberman | F/C | 6-10 | 215 | FR | Los Angeles, CA / Valley Torah HS |
| 34 | Sanjay Lumpkin | G/F | 6-6 | 195 | FR | Wayzata, MN / Benilde-St. Margaret's |
| 42 | Chier Ajou | C | 7-2 | 235 | FR | Aweil, South Sudan / Culver Academies / St. Thomas More |
| 45 | Nikola Cerina | F | 6-9 | 245 | RS JR | Topola, Serbia / Nikola Tesla Secondary School |
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Schedule and results
Source!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular Season
!colspan=12| Big Ten Tournament