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
Big Sky Tournament
2013 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2012–13 Montana Grizzlies basketball team