2011–12 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

2011–12 Big East men's basketball standings
	† 2012 Big East Tournament winner; As of March 31, 2012; *Syracuse:: 30 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Syracuse–(34–3)(17–1); Rankings from AP Poll

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
2011–12 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
NCAA Tournament East Region 6 Seed, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2011–12 record	26–11 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach	Mick Cronin
Assistant coach	Larry Davis
Assistant coach	George Jackson
Assistant coach	Darren Savino
Home arena	Fifth Third Arena
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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.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
G	0	Jeremiah Davis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Muncie, Indiana
G	1	Cashmere Wright	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Jr	Savannah, Georgia
F	2	Octavius Ellis	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Memphis, Tennessee
G	3	Dion Dixon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
F	5	Justin Jackson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Cocoa Beach, Florida
G	10	Alex Eppensteiner	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Cincinnati, OH
F	11	Shaquille Thomas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Paterson, New Jersey
C	13	Cheikh Mbodj	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Dakar, Senegal
G	14	Ge'Lawn Guyn	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Georgetown, Kentucky
F	15	Jermaine Sanders	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Far Rockaway, New York
G/F	23	Sean Kilpatrick	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	White Plains, New York
F	24	Kelvin Gaines	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Fr	Ocala, Florida
F	34	Yancy Gates	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Sr	Cincinnati, Ohio
F	44	JaQuon Parker	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Suffolk, Virginia

Head coach

Mick Cronin (Cincinnati)

Assistant coach(es)

Larry Davis (Asbury College)
George Jackson (Wittenberg)
Darren Savino (Jersey City College)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-12-11

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/1/2011* 7:00pm	#21	McGill	W 75–41	–	Fifth Third Arena (3,484) Cincinnati, OH
11/8/2011* 7:00pm	#21	Northern Kentucky	W 66–54	–	Fifth Third Arena (5,329) Cincinnati, OH
Regular Season
11/13/2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio	#21	Alabama State	W 65–40	1–0	Fifth Third Arena (4,264) Cincinnati, OH
11/15/2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio	#20	Jacksonville State	W 79–63	2–0	Fifth Third Arena (4,152) Cincinnati, OH
11/19/2011* 4:00 PM		Presbyterian	L 54–56	2–1	Fifth Third Arena (4,960) Cincinnati, OH
11/21/2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio		Northwestern State	W 71–43	3–1	Fifth Third Arena (4,505) Cincinnati, OH
11/25/2011* 7:00pm, ESPN3		Marshall	L 69–73 ^OT	3–2	Fifth Third Arena (7,201) Cincinnati, OH
11/29/2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio		Miami (OH)	W 56–47	4–2	Fifth Third Arena (6,457) Cincinnati, OH
12/2/2011* 7:00pm, ESPNU		at Georgia SEC–Big East Challenge	W 57–51	5–2	Stegeman Coliseum (6,796) Athens, GA
12/10/2011* 12:30pm, ESPN2		at #8 Xavier Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout	L 53–76	5–3	Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH
12/14/2011* 7:00pm, ESPN2		at Wright State	W 78–58	6–3	Nutter Center (5,097) Dayton, OH
12/17/2011* 2:00pm, ESPN3		Radford	W 101–70	7–3	Fifth Third Arena (4,771) Cincinnati, OH
12/21/2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio		Arkansas-Pine Bluff	W 101–53	8–3	Fifth Third Arena (4,874) Cincinnati, OH
12/23/2011* 7:00pm, FS Ohio		Chicago State	W 95–60	9–3	Fifth Third Arena (5,321) Cincinnati, OH
12/29/2011* 9:00pm, ESPNU		vs. Oklahoma	W 56–55	10–3	US Bank Arena (4,439) Cincinnati, OH
Big East Regular Season
1/1/2012 7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network		at #22 Pittsburgh	W 66–63	11–3 (1–0)	Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA
1/4/2012 7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network		Notre Dame	W 71–55	12–3 (2–0)	Fifth Third Arena (10,142) Cincinnati, OH
1/7/2012 2:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network		St. John's	L 55–57	12–4 (2–1)	Fifth Third Arena (8,820) Cincinnati, OH
1/9/2012 9:00pm, ESPNU		at #11 Georgetown	W 68–64	13–4 (3–1)	Verizon Center (7,877) Washington, D.C.
1/14/2012 12:00pm, CinCW/BIG EAST Network		Villanova	W 82–78	14–4 (4–1)	Fifth Third Arena (10,205) Cincinnati, OH
1/18/2012 7:00pm, ESPN2		at #11 Connecticut	W 70–67	15–4 (5–1)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
1/21/2012 3:00pm, ESPNU		at West Virginia	L 74–77	15–5 (5–2)	WVU Coliseum (14,070) Morgantown, WV
1/23/2012 7:00pm, ESPN		#3 Syracuse BIG MONDAY	L 53–60	15–6 (5–3)	Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Cincinnati, OH
1/28/2012 6:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network		at Rutgers	L 54–61	15–7 (5–4)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (7,693) Piscataway, NJ
2/4/2012 7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network		DePaul	W 74–66	16–7 (6–4)	Fifth Third Arena (10,450) Cincinnati, OH
2/8/2012 7:00pm, ESPNU		at St. John's	W 76–54	17–7 (7–4)	Madison Square Garden (7,618) New York, NY
2/11/2012 3:00pm, ESPNU		at #18 Marquette	L 78–95	17–8 (7–5)	Bradley Center (18,815) Milwaukee, WI
2/15/2012 9:00pm, ESPNU		Providence	W 81–66	18–8 (8–5)	Fifth Third Arena (7,822) Cincinnati, OH
2/18/2012 4:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network		Seton Hall	W 72–67	19–8 (9–5)	Fifth Third Arena (13,003) Cincinnati, OH
2/23/2012 9:00pm, ESPN		#17 Louisville	W 60–56	20–8 (10–5)	Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Cincinnati, OH
2/26/2012 12:00pm, CinCW/BIG EAST Network		at South Florida	L 45–46	20–9 (10–6)	Tampa Bay Times Forum (6,784) Tampa, FL
2/29/2012 7:00pm, ESPN2		#8 Marquette	W 72–61	21–9 (11–6)	Fifth Third Arena (11,316) Cincinnati, OH
3/3/2012 2:00pm, ESPN		at Villanova	W 72–68	22–9 (12–6)	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
2012 Big East Tournament
3/8/2012 2:00pm, ESPN		vs. #13 Georgetown Quarterfinals	W 72–70 ^2OT	23–9	Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY
3/9/2012 7:00pm, ESPN		vs. #2 Syracuse Semifinals	W 71–68	24–9	Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY
3/10/2012 9:00pm, ESPN		vs. Louisville Championship Game	L 44–50	24–10	Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY
2012 NCAA Tournament
3/16/2012* 12:15pm, CBS	#(E 6)	vs. #(E 11) Texas Second Round	W 65–59	25–10	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
3/18/2012* 9:40pm, TBS	#(E 6)	vs. #(E 3) Florida State Third Round	W 62-56	26-10	Bridgestone Arena (11,033) Nashville, Tennessee
3/22/2012* 9:45 p.m., CBS	#(E 6)	vs. #(E 2) Ohio State East Region Semifinal/Sweet Sixteen	L 66-81	26-11	TD Garden (18,796) Boston, Massachusetts
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.^[2].

Notes

↑ "Big East Conference Standings - 2011-12." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-31-12.
↑ Schedule GoBearcats.com. Retrieved on October 10, 2011.

[standings-1] "Big East Conference Standings - 2011-12." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-31-12.

[2] Schedule GoBearcats.com. Retrieved on October 10, 2011.

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2011–12 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#11 Marquette	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
Notre Dame	13	–	5	.722	22	–	12	.647
Cincinnati	12	–	6	.667	26	–	11	.703
#15 Georgetown	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
South Florida	12	–	6	.667	22	–	14	.611
#17 Louisville†	10	–	8	.556	30	–	10	.750
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
*#2 Syracuse	0	–	1	.000	0	–	3	.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); Rankings from AP Poll