2011–12 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 Basketball 2011–12 Fairfield Stags Fairfield Stags wordmark.png 200 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 22–15 12–6 Sydney Johnson 1st Tony Newsom Brian Nash Tyson Wheeler Webster Bank ArenaAlumni Hall CIT Semifinals The 2011–12 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team represented Fairfield University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Stags, led by first year head coach Sydney Johnson, played their home games at Webster Bank Arena, with games during the CIT played at Alumni Hall, and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 22–15, 12–6 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the championship game of the MAAC Basketball tournament to Loyola (MD).https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/320652352 https://web.archive.org/web/20240215081112/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/320652352 dead February 15, 2024 Erik Etherly helps Loyola (Md) reach NCAA tourney ESPN March 5, 2012 February 15, 2024 They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Yale, Manhattan, and Robert Morris en route to the semifinals where they fell to Mercer. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 3 Derek Needham Guard 5–11 180 Junior Dolton, Illinois 5 Adam Jones Forward 6–8 210 Freshman Winter Park, Florida 11 Desmond Wade Guard 5–8 150 Junior Linden, New Jersey 12 Sean Crawford Guard 5–10 150 Junior Laurelton, New York 13 Gary Martin Guard 6–2 180 Senior Cleveland, Ohio 15 Maurice Barrow Forward 6–5 210 Sophomore St. Albans, New York 21 Rakim Sanders Guard/Forward 6–5 228 Senior Pawtucket, Rhode Island 23 Jamel Fields Guard 6–1 175 Sophomore Albany, New York 25 Colin Nickerson Guard 6–3 150 Junior Waukegan, Illinois 33 Vincent Van Nes Forward 7–0 230 Freshman Dorchester, England 34 Ryan Olander Forward 7–0 220 Senior Mansfield, Connecticut 41 Keith Matthews Forward 6–5 200 Sophomore Sebastian, Florida Keegan Hyland Guard 6–3 180 Sophomore Portland, Maine Schedule 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Fairfield Stags white|Exhibition November 4, 2011 7:30 pm yes 2011 Bridgeport Purple Knights Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,467 97–70 — |- !colspan=9 style=Fairfield Stags white|Regular season November 11, 2011 5:30 pm yes yes Quinnipiac Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT Connecticut 6 Classic 1,406 72–60 1–0 November 14, 2011 7:30 pm yes Providence Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 6,375 Cox Sports 72–80 1–1 November 17, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 10,641 BTN 57–67 1–2 November 20, 2011 1:00 pm yes 2011 Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 2,479 73–52 2–2 November 24, 2011 9:30 pm yes yes Arizona State HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL Old Spice Classic First Round 3,537 ESPN2 55–44 3–2 November 25, 2011 5:00 pm yes yes Dayton HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL Old Spice Classic Semifinals 3,680 ESPN2 49–56 3–3 November 27, 2011 4:30 pm yes yes Indiana State HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL Old Spice Classic 3rd Place Game NA ESPN2 66–72 3–4 December 2, 2011 7:00 pm yes 2011 Niagara Purple Eagles Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,520 78–75 4–4 1–0 December 4, 2011 5:00 pm yes 2011 Canisius Golden Griffins Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY 1,011 68–59 5–4 2–0 December 9, 2011 9:00 pm yes yes Old Dominion MassMutual Center Springfield, MA 4,412 SNY 59–51 6–4 December 11, 2011 1:00 pm yes 2011 New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,926 58–52 7–4 December 22, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Connecticut 9 XL Center Hartford, CT 13,821 71–79 7–5 December 28, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 2,469 69–77 7–6 January 1, 2012 1:00 pm Canisius Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 2,005 72–54 8–6 3–0 January 6, 2012 7:00 pm yes 2011 Siena Saints Siena Times Union Center Albany, NY 6,765 SNY 60–73 8–7 3–1 January 8, 2012 2:00 pm yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY 1,358 51–53 8–8 3–2 January 13, 2012 2:00 pm Loyola (MD) Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 2,012 ESPNU 63–66 8–9 3–3 January 16, 2012 7:30 pm 2011 Rider Broncs Rider Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,937 61–52 9–9 4–3 January 19, 2012 7:00 pm yes 2011 Saint Peter's Peacocks Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ 1,146 75–63 10–9 5–3 January 22, 2012 2:00 pm yes Marist McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY   p Rescheduled due to inclement weather January 27, 2012 7:00 pm Iona Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 4,055 ESPNU 62–71 10–10 5–4 January 29, 2012 1:00 pm Marist Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 2,070 81–53 11–10 6–4 February 3, 2012 7:30 pm Niagara Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 2,118 77–69 12–10 7–4 February 5, 2012 3:30 pm Siena Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,477 SNY 64–56 13–10 8–4 February 9, 2012 7:30 pm Manhattan Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,445 60–54 14–10 9–4 February 12, 2012 4:00 pm yes Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD 1,925 ESPN3 68–51 15–10 10–4 February 15, 2012 7:30 pm Saint Peter's Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,729 61–38 16–10 11–4 February 18, 2012 4:00 pm yes yes Milwaukee U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI 5,683 ESPN BracketBusters 63–67 16–11 February 20, 2012 7:00 pm yes Marist McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY Rescheduled from 1/22/2012 1,306 60–49 17–11 12–4 February 24, 2012 9:00 pm yes Iona Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 2,611 ESPNU 72–77 17–12 12–5 February 26, 2012 3:30 pm yes Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ 1,650 ESPN3 62–65 17–13 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style=Fairfield Stags white| MAAC tournament March 3, 2012 2:30 pm yes 4 Rider 5 MassMutual Center Springfield, MA Quarterfinals 2,256 ESPN3 65–63 18–13 March 4, 2012 2:00 pm yes 4 Iona 1 MassMutual Center Springfield, MA Semifinals 2,778 ESPN3 85–75 19–13 March 5, 2012 7:00 pm yes 4 Loyola (MD) 2 MassMutual Center Springfield, MA Championship Game 1,821 ESPN2 44–48 19–14 |- !colspan=9 style=Fairfield Stags white| CollegeInsider.com tournament March 14, 2012 7:00 pm yes Yale Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT First Round 1,744 68–56 20–14 March 18, 2012 4:00 pm yes Manhattan Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT Second Round 1,492 69–57 21–14 March 21, 2012 7:00 pm yes Robert Morris Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT Quarterfinals 1,407 67–61 22–14 March 24, 2012 7:00 pm yes Mercer Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT Semifinals 1,557 59–64 22–15 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Fairfield Stags men's basketball seasons Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Stags Fairfield Stags