2011–12 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 Montana Grizzlies Montana Griz logo.svg 150 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 25–7 15–1 Wayne Tinkle 6th Bill Evans Freddie Owens Kurt Paulson Dahlberg Arena Big Sky Regular Season & tournament champions NCAA Tournament Round of 64 The 2011–12 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by sixth year head coach Wayne Tinkle, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and are members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 15–1 in Big Sky play to be crowned regular season champions. They were also champions the Big Sky Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Wisconsin. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 1 Art Steward Forward 6–4 210 Senior Casper, Wyoming 2 Kevin Henderson Guard/Forward 6–5 190 Freshman Auburn, Washington 5 Will Cherry Guard 6–1 177 Junior West Oakland, California 10 Jordan Gregory Guard 6–2 185 Freshman Pueblo, Colorado 12 Jordan Wood Guard 6–3 200 Senior Cedar City, Utah 20 Keron DeShields Guard 6–2 177 Freshman Baltimore, Maryland 22 Shawn Stockton Guard 6–1 195 Senior Spokane, Washington 24 Derek Selvig Forward 7–0 230 Senior Glendive, Montana 32 Kareem Jamar Guard/Forward 6–5 210 Sophomore Los Angeles, California 33 Michael Weisner Forward 6–7 185 Freshman Walla Walla, Washington 40 Mathias Ward Forward 6–7 236 Junior Gig Harbor, Washington 45 Eric Hutchison Forward 6–9 230 Sophomore Longview, Washington 50 Billy Reader Forward/Center 6–9 217 Freshman Lake Oswego, Oregon Schedule http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/basketball.aspx?m=36 MontanaGrizzlies.com :: The original source for Montana Grizzly sports since 1999 2012-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120122132503/http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/basketball.aspx?m=36 2012-01-22 dead 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/03/2011 7:00 pm yes Lewis–Clark State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT   64–52 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/11/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO 4,666 58–64 0–1 11/14/2011 7:00 pm yes Great Falls Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 2,445 60–59 1–1 11/17/2011 7:00 pm yes Idaho Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 2,684 57–52 2–1 11/20/2011 6:00 pm yes yes San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA 1,659 73–60 3–1 11/28/2011 6:00 pm yes yes North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND 1,760 81–88 OT 3–2 11/26/2011 7:00 pm yes Long Beach State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,529 73–71 4–2 12/01/2011 7:00 pm yes San Francisco Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,212 62–65 4–3 12/04/2011 6:00 pm yes yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 5,518 46–71 4–4 12/07/2011 7:00 pm yes Montana Tech Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 2,835 64–49 5–4 12/10/2011 7:00 pm yes Nevada Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 2,946 64–70 5–5 12/17/2011 8:00 pm yes yes Portland Chiles Center Portland, OR 1,312 80–65 6–5 12/22/2011 7:00 pm yes Utah Valley Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 2,591 65–52 7–5 12/28/2011 7:00 pm Portland State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,490 75–64 8–5 1–0 12/30/2011 1:00 pm Eastern Washington Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,363 79–71 9–5 2–0 01/07/2012 7:00 pm yes Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, ID 2,203 68–44 10–5 3–0 01/12/2012 6:30 pm yes Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ 561 78–53 11–5 4–0 01/14/2012 7:00 pm yes Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, UT 7,236 64–80 11–6 4–1 01/19/2012 7:00 pm Northern Colorado Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 2,844 76–58 12–6 5–1 01/19/2012 7:00 pm Sacramento State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,709 85–56 13–6 6–1 01/26/2012 7:00 pm yes Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, WA 3,512 74–60 14–6 7–1 01/29/2012 2:00 pm yes Portland State Stott Center Portland, OR 1,307 69–67 15–6 8–1 02/04/2012 7:00 pm yes Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT 6,018 KPAX 67–58 16–6 9–1 02/06/2012 7:00 pm Idaho State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,444 76–40 17–6 10–1 02/09/2012 7:00 pm yes Northern Colorado Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion Greeley, CO 1,419 75–68 18–6 11–1 02/11/2012 8:00 pm yes Sacramento State Colberg Court Sacramento, CA 818 67–58 19–6 12–1 02/18/2012 7:00 pm yes Hawaii Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT Sears BracketBusters 5,009 94–79 20–6 02/23/2012 7:00 pm Northern Arizona Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,227 Altitude 78–60 21–6 13–1 02/25/2012 7:00 pm Montana State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 7,003 KPAX 57–47 22–6 14–1 02/28/2012 7:00 pm Weber State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 7,157 Altitude 66–51 23–6 15–1 |- !colspan=9| 2012 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament 03/06/2012 8:00 pm Eastern Washington Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT Semifinals Altitude 74–66 5,563 24–6 03/07/2012 7:00 pm Weber State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT Championship Game ESPN2 85–66 7,042 25–6 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament 03/15/2012 12:10 pm yes yes (E 13) (E 4) Wisconsin 14 The Pit Albuquerque, NM Second Round TNT 49–73 10,774 25–7 AP Poll Mountain Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region References Category:Montana Grizzlies basketball seasons Montana Montana Montana Grizzlies basketball Montana Grizzlies basketball