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2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| mode | Basketball | |
| year | 2011–12 | |
| team | Syracuse Orange | |
| image | Syracuse Orange logo.svg | |
| image_size | 100px | |
| conference | Big East Conference (1979–2013) | |
| short_conf | Big East | |
| CoachRank | 5 | |
| APRank | 2 | |
| record | 0–3 | |
| conf_record | 0–1 (17 wins vacated)) | |
| champion | NIT Season Tip-Off Champions | |
| Big East Season Champions | ||
| head_coach | Jim Boeheim | |
| asst_coach1 | Mike Hopkins | |
| asst_coach2 | Adrian Autry | |
| asst_coach3 | Gerry McNamara | |
| stadium | Carrier Dome | |
| bowl | NCAA Tournament | |
| bowl_result | Elite Eight | |
| wins_vacated | 34 |
Big East Season Champions
The 2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach, Jim Boeheim, served for his 36th year. The team played its home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York and is a member of the Big East Conference.
In 2015, Syracuse voluntarily vacated nine wins from this season due to participation of ineligible players. Following an NCAA investigation, all 25 other wins were vacated. Syracuse was, however, allowed to keep their banners and Elite Eight appearance.
Preseason
Roster changes
Syracuse graduated one starter from the previous year's team, power forward Rick Jackson. Center DaShonte Riley transferred to Eastern Michigan.
Recruiting
Preseason outlook
In the Big East preseason Coaches' Poll, Syracuse was predicted to finish tied for first with Connecticut. The Orange received five first place votes and 209 votes overall. Kris Joseph was named to the Preseason All-Big East first team and Scoop Jardine was named to the second team.
Postseason awards
Fab Melo was named the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Dion Waiters won the Big East Sixth Man Award. Kris Joseph was named to the All-Big East First Team while Scoop Jardine made the Second Team and Dion Waiters made the Third Team.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Joseph to its All-America Second Team.
NBC Sports also named Melo the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Waiters the Sixth Man of the Year. NBC named Joseph to its All-Big East First Team and Jardine and Waiters to its Second Team.
CBS Sports named Waiters its national Sixth Man of the Year. It also named Waiters All-Big East First Team and Joseph Second Team.
Roster
- Jim Boeheim, 36th yr. (, 1966)
- Mike Hopkins, 16th yr. (, 1993)
- Gerry McNamara, 3rd yr. (, 2007)
- Adrian Autry, 1st yr. (, 1994)
- Lazarus Sims, 5th yr. (, 1996)
Depth chart
Schedule
|- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;"| Exhibition |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;"| Regular Season |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;" | Big East Regular Season |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;" | 2012 Big East men's basketball tournament |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;" | 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Rankings
Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | WK 17 | Wk 18 | Final | AP | Coaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | * | |||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
2012–13 Recruiting
References
References
- "Syracuse University Responds to NCAA Committee on Infractions Report".
- [http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careercoach NCAA Career Statistics], search under coach for Jim Boeheim
- (October 19, 2011). "Connecticut, Syracuse Tie For First Place In Preseason Coaches' Poll". [[Big East Conference (1979–2013).
- (October 19, 2011). "Pittsburgh's Gibbs Selected BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year". [[Big East Conference (1979–2013).
- (March 5, 2012). "Melo Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year". [[Big East Conference (1979–2013).
- (March 4, 2012). "Marquette Places Two On All-BIG EAST First Team". [[Big East Conference (1979–2013).
- (March 20, 2012). "Nabc announces 2012 coaches' division i all-america teams". [[NABC.org]].
- (March 5, 2012). "CBT's Big East postseason awards". [[NBC Sports]].
- (March 13, 2012). "Kansas' Robinson worthy of POY, but Kentucky's Davis is better". [[CBS Sports]].
- (March 13, 2012). "Conference awards: All-league honors for top players and coaches". [[CBS Sports]].
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