2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team
Appearance
2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball | |
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Horizon League Regular Season Champions | |
NIT, First Round | |
Conference | Horizon League |
Record | 22–12 (14–4 Horizon) |
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Home arena | Athletics–Recreation Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit † | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Bay | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Chicago | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 Horizon League Tournament winner As of March 6, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represented the Valparaiso University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Bryce Drew. The Crusaders played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center and are members of the Horizon League. The Crusaders were Horizon League regular season champions but failed to win the Horizon League Basketball Tournament. As regular season champions, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 NIT where they lost in the first round.
Roster
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Roster |
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Oct. 29* 7:05 PM |
Hillsdale | W 73–71 | 0–0 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (2,946) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Nov. 3* 7:05 PM |
Augustana | W 74–65 | 0–0 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (2,488) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov. 7* 8:00 PM, ESPNU |
at No. 16 Arizona | L 64–73 | 0–1 |
McKale Center (12,871) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
Nov. 11* 6:30 PM |
at Georgia Southern | W 90–81 | 1–1 |
Hanner Fieldhouse (2,547) Statesboro, GA | |||||||
Nov. 14* 7:05 PM, HLN |
Holy Cross (IN) | W 88–38 | 2–1 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (1,957) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Nov. 18* 7:30 PM, HLN |
Akron | W 62–59 | 3–1 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (3,876) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Nov. 19* 7:30 PM, HLN |
IU-Kokomo | W 79–48 | 4–1 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (2,244) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Nov. 20* 3:30 PM, HLN |
Duquesne | W 84–68 | 5–1 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (2,011) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Nov. 25* 5:30 PM, BTN |
at No. 3 Ohio State | L 47–80 | 5–2 |
Value City Arena (15,606) Columbus, OH | |||||||
Dec. 3 1:00 PM, HLN/WNDY |
at Butler | W 77–71 OT | 6–2 (1–0) |
Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,239) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
Dec. 7* 6:00 PM |
at IPFW | L 76–85 | 6–3 |
Memorial Coliseum (1,550) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
Dec. 10* 7:05 PM, HLN |
Bowling Green | W 82–79 | 7–3 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (3,667) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Dec. 17* 7:05 PM, HLN |
Oakland | L 80–82 | 7–4 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (2,884) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Dec. 20* 7:00 PM |
at Northern Illinois | W 59–48 | 8–4 |
Convocation Center (850) DeKalb, IL | |||||||
Dec. 23* 12:00 PM |
at IUPUI | L 88–97 | 8–5 |
Conseco Fieldhouse (1,576) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
Dec. 29 7:05 PM, HLN |
Milwaukee | L 55–57 | 8–6 (1–1) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (2,644) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Dec. 31 4:05 PM, HLN |
Green Bay | W 90–87 | 9–6 (2–1) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (2,353) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Jan. 6 8:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Detroit | W 73–71 | 10–6 (3–1) |
Calihan Hall (2,271) Detroit, MI | |||||||
Jan. 8 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Wright State | L 55–73 | 10–7 (3–2) |
Nutter Center (3,736) Dayton, OH | |||||||
Jan. 13 7:05 PM, HLN |
Youngstown State | W 76–62 | 11–7 (4–2) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (3,271) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Jan. 15 1:35 PM, HLN |
Cleveland State | W 72–66 | 12–7 (5–2) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (4,124) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Jan. 19 7:00 PM, HLN |
at Loyola | W 69–48 | 13–7 (6–2) |
Gentile Center (2,555) Chicago, IL | |||||||
Jan. 21 3:00 PM, HLN |
at UIC | W 60–55 | 14–7 (7–2) |
UIC Pavilion (3,367) Chicago, IL | |||||||
Jan. 26 7:00 PM, HLN |
at Green Bay | L 60–75 | 14–8 (7–3) |
Resch Center (2,546) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
Jan. 28 1:00 PM, HLN |
at Milwaukee | W 55–52 | 15–8 (8–3) |
U.S. Cellular Arena (5,773) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
Feb. 2 7:05 PM, ESPN3 |
Detroit | W 78–73 | 16–8 (9–3) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (3,488) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Feb. 4 7:05 PM, HLN |
Wright State | W 63–54 | 17–8 (10–3) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (4,727) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Feb. 9 6:00 PM, HLN |
at Cleveland State | W 59–41 | 18–8 (11–3) |
Wolstein Center (4,521) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
Feb. 11 6:00 PM, HLN |
at Youngstown State | L 53–71 | 18–9 (11–4) |
Beeghly Center (3,374) Youngstown, OH | |||||||
Feb. 14 7:05 PM, HLN |
UIC | W 74–65 | 19–9 (12–4) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (2,714) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Feb. 18* 8:00 PM, ESPNU |
at Loyola Marymount | L 53–61 | 19–10 |
Gersten Pavilion (4,021) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Feb. 21 7:05 PM, HLN |
Loyola | W 66–62 OT | 20–10 (13–4) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (3,337) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Feb. 24 6:00 PM, ESPNU |
Butler | W 71–59 | 21–10 (14–4) |
Athletics–Recreation Center (5,237) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Horizon League Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar. 3 8:30 PM, ESPNU/ESPN3 |
Butler Semifinal |
W 65–46 | 22–10 |
Athletics-Recreation Center (4,716) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Mar. 6 9:00 PM, ESPN/ESPN3 |
Detroit Championship Game |
L 50–68 | 22–11 |
Athletics-Recreation Center (4,258) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
2012 NIT | |||||||||||
Mar. 14 7:30 PM, ESPNU |
at Miami (FL) First Round |
L 50–66 | 22–12 |
BankUnited Center (1,229) Coral Gables, FL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.. |