2011–12 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
Appearance
2011–12 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 18 |
Record | 26–11 (12–6 Big East) |
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Home arena | Fifth Third Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Marquette | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Georgetown | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 22 | – | 17 | .564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*No. 2 Syracuse | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 0 | – | 3 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
**No. 17 Louisville† | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 Big East tournament winner As of March 31, 2012[1] *Syracuse: 30 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Syracuse–(34–3)(17–1) **Louisville: 25 reg. season games, 5 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Louisville–(30-10)(10-8) Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2011–12 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represents the University of Cincinnati during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team plays its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176. They are members of the Big East Conference.
Offseason
Departing players
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Eddie Tyree | 2 | G | 5'10" | 180 | Senior | Columbus, Ohio | Walk-on; graduated |
Larry Davis | 11 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Senior | Houston, Texas | Graduated |
Darnell Wilks | 15 | F | 6'7" | 205 | Senior | Nashville, Tennessee | Graduated |
Rashad Bishop | 22 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | Paterson, New Jersey | Graduated |
Anthony McBride | 25 | G | 6'2" | 180 | RS Freshman | Cincinnati, Ohio | Walk-on; did not return |
Anthony McClain | 30 | F | 7'0" | 290 | Senior | Trenton, New Jersey | Graduated |
Ibrahima Thomas | 32 | F | 6'11" | 235 | Senior | Dakar, Senegal | Graduated |
Incoming Transfers
Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Cheikh Mbodj | F | 6'10" | 227 | Junior | Dakar, Senegal | Junior college transferred from Grayson College[2] |
Recruiting class of 2011
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Ge'Lawn Guyn SG |
Lexington, KY | South Kent Prep | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Jul 1, 2010 | |
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Shaq Thomas SF |
Paterson, NJ | NIA Prep | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sep 10, 2010 | |
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Jermaine Sanders SF |
New York, NY | Rice High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Sep 27, 2010 | |
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Jeremiah Davis III SG |
Muncie, IN | Huntington Prep | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Nov 13, 2010 | |
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Octavius Ellis PF |
Memphis, TN | Whitehaven High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||
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Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 26 | ||||||
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Roster
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Yancy Gates | Cheikh Mbodj | Octavius Ellis |
PF | JaQuon Parker | Justin Jackson | Kelvin Gaines |
SF | Sean Kilpatrick | Jermaine Sanders | |
SG | Dion Dixon | Jeremiah Davis III | Alex Eppensteiner |
PG | Cashmere Wright | Ge'Lawn Guyn |
Source[3]
Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 1, 2011* 7:00pm |
No. 21 | McGill | W 75–41 | – |
Fifth Third Arena (3,484) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 8, 2011* 7:00pm |
No. 21 | Northern Kentucky | W 66–54 | – |
Fifth Third Arena (5,329) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
Non-Conference Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 13, 2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio |
No. 21 | Alabama State | W 65–40 | 1–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (4,264) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 15, 2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio |
No. 20 | Jacksonville State | W 79–63 | 2–0 |
Fifth Third Arena (4,152) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 19, 2011* 4:00 pm |
No. 20 | Presbyterian | L 54–56 | 2–1 |
Fifth Third Arena (4,960) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 21, 2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio |
Northwestern State | W 71–43 | 3–1 |
Fifth Third Arena (4,505) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
November 25, 2011* 7:00pm, ESPN3 |
Marshall | L 69–73 OT | 3–2 |
Fifth Third Arena (7,201) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
November 29, 2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio |
Miami (OH) | W 56–47 | 4–2 |
Fifth Third Arena (6,457) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
December 2, 2011* 7:00pm, ESPNU |
at Georgia SEC–Big East Challenge |
W 57–51 | 5–2 |
Stegeman Coliseum (6,796) Athens, GA | |||||||
December 10, 2011* 12:30pm, ESPN2 |
at No. 8 Xavier Crosstown Shootout |
L 53–76 | 5–3 |
Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
December 14, 2011* 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
at Wright State | W 78–58 | 6–3 |
Nutter Center (5,097) Dayton, OH | |||||||
December 17, 2011* 2:00pm, ESPN3 |
Radford | W 101–70 | 7–3 |
Fifth Third Arena (4,771) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
December 21, 2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W 101–53 | 8–3 |
Fifth Third Arena (4,874) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
December 23, 2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio |
Chicago State | W 95–60 | 9–3 |
Fifth Third Arena (5,321) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
December 29, 2011* 9:00pm, ESPNU |
vs. Oklahoma | W 56–55 | 10–3 |
US Bank Arena (4,439) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
Big East Regular Season | |||||||||||
January 1, 2012 7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network |
at No. 22 Pittsburgh | W 66–63 | 11–3 (1–0) |
Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
January 4, 2012 7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network |
Notre Dame | W 71–55 | 12–3 (2–0) |
Fifth Third Arena (10,142) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 7, 2012 2:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network |
St. John's | L 55–57 | 12–4 (2–1) |
Fifth Third Arena (8,820) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 9, 2012 9:00pm, ESPNU |
at No. 11 Georgetown | W 68–64 | 13–4 (3–1) |
Verizon Center (7,877) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
January 14, 2012 12:00pm, CinCW/BIG EAST Network |
Villanova | W 82–78 | 14–4 (4–1) |
Fifth Third Arena (10,205) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 18, 2012 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
at No. 11 Connecticut | W 70–67 | 15–4 (5–1) |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | |||||||
January 21, 2012 3:00pm, ESPNU |
at West Virginia | L 74–77 | 15–5 (5–2) |
WVU Coliseum (14,070) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
January 23, 2012 7:00pm, ESPN |
No. 3 Syracuse BIG MONDAY |
L 53–60 | 15–6 (5–3) |
Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 28, 2012 6:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network |
at Rutgers | L 54–61 | 15–7 (5–4) |
The RAC (7,693) Piscataway, NJ | |||||||
February 4, 2012 7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network |
DePaul | W 74–66 | 16–7 (6–4) |
Fifth Third Arena (10,450) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 8, 2012 7:00pm, ESPNU |
at St. John's | W 76–54 | 17–7 (7–4) |
Madison Square Garden (7,618) New York, NY | |||||||
February 11, 2012 3:00pm, ESPNU |
at No. 18 Marquette | L 78–95 | 17–8 (7–5) |
Bradley Center (18,815) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
February 15, 2012 9:00pm, ESPNU |
Providence | W 81–66 | 18–8 (8–5) |
Fifth Third Arena (7,822) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 18, 2012 4:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network |
Seton Hall | W 72–67 | 19–8 (9–5) |
Fifth Third Arena (13,003) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 23, 2012 9:00pm, ESPN |
No. 17 Louisville Rivalry |
W 60–56 | 20–8 (10–5) |
Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 26, 2012 12:00pm, CinCW/BIG EAST Network |
at South Florida | L 45–46 | 20–9 (10–6) |
Tampa Bay Times Forum (6,784) Tampa, FL | |||||||
February 29, 2012 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 8 Marquette | W 72–61 | 21–9 (11–6) |
Fifth Third Arena (11,316) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
March 3, 2012 2:00pm, ESPN |
at Villanova | W 72–68 | 22–9 (12–6) |
The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA | |||||||
Big East Tournament | |||||||||||
March 8, 2012 2:00pm, ESPN |
(4) | vs. (5) No. 13 Georgetown Quarterfinals |
W 72–70 2OT | 23–9 |
Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY | ||||||
March 9, 2012 7:00pm, ESPN |
(4) | vs. (1) No. 2 Syracuse Semifinals |
W 71–68 | 24–9 |
Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY | ||||||
March 10, 2012 9:00pm, ESPN |
(4) | vs. (7) Louisville Championship/Rivalry |
L 44–50 | 24–10 |
Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 16, 2012* 12:15pm, CBS |
(E 6) | vs. (E 11) Texas Second Round |
W 65–59 | 25–10 |
Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN | ||||||
March 18, 2012* 9:40pm, TBS |
(E 6) | vs. (E 3) No. 10 Florida State Third Round |
W 62–56 | 26–10 |
Bridgestone Arena (11,033) Nashville, TN | ||||||
March 22, 2012* 9:45 p.m., CBS |
(E 6) | vs. (E 2) No. 7 Ohio State Sweet Sixteen |
L 66–81 | 26–11 |
TD Garden (18,796) Boston, MA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.[4]. |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
AP | 21 | 20 | — | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Coaches | 22 | 20 т | — | 18 |
Awards and milestones
Big East Conference honors
All-Big East Second Team
- Sean Kilpatrick[5]
Player of the Week
See also
Notes
- ^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2011-12." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-31-12.
- ^ https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/cheikh-mbodj/348
- ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/cincinnati/2012.html
- ^ Schedule GoBearcats.com. Retrieved on October 10, 2011.
- ^ "Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ a b "Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2018.