2011–12 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 June 2020 February 2024 Basketball 2011–12 Colorado Buffaloes Colorado Buffaloes wordmark.svg 125 Pac-12 Conference Pac–12 24–12 11–7 Tad Boyle Tom Abatemarco Jean Prioleau Mike Rohn Coors Events Center Pac-12 tournament champions NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2011–12 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Tad Boyle was in his second season at Colorado. This was their first year as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the regular season with 24–12 overall, 11–7 in Pac-12 play. They won the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament and earned a trip to the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with an 11 seed in south. They defeated UNLV in the second round before they lost to Baylor in the third round.https://www.denverpost.com/2012/03/15/cu-holds-off-unlv-for-68-64-victory/ CU holds off UNLV for 68-64 victory The Denver Post March 15, 2012 February 5, 2024https://www.denverpost.com/2012/03/17/cu-buffs-eliminated-from-ncaa-tournament-by-baylor/ CU Buffs eliminated from NCAA Tournament by Baylor Tom Kensler The Denver Post March 17, 2012 February 5, 2024 Roster #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious School0Askia Booker6 1160 lb kgGFr.Los Angeles, CaliforniaPrice HS1Nate Tomlinson6 3190 lb kgGSr.SydneyLee Academy2Shannon Sharpe6 1200 lb kgGSo.Corona, CaliforniaCentennial HS15Shane Harris-Tunks6 11225 lb kgF/CRS So.Liverpool, New South WalesAustralian Institute of Sport21André Roberson6 7195 lb kgGSo.San Antonio, TexasWagner HS23Sabatino Chen6 3180 lb kgGSr.Louisville, ColoradoUniversity of Denver25Spencer Dinwiddie6 1160 lb kgGFr.Woodland Hills, CaliforniaTaft HS30Carlon Brown6 5215 lb kgGRS Sr.Riverside, CaliforniaUniversity of Utah31Jeremy Adams6 5215 lb kgGSo.Madison, MississippiNavarro JC32Ben Mills7 0215 lb kgCSo.Hartland, WisconsinArrowhead HS33Austin Dufault6 9230 lb kgFSr.Killdeer, North DakotaKilldeer HS55Trey Eckloff6 10235 lb kgFSr.Englewood, ColoradoCherry Creek HS Schedule 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Regular season November 11, 2011 8:00 pm yes Fort Lewis Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 85–57 1–0 7,925 November 17, 2011 5:30 pm yes yes Wichita State José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off semi-finals ESPNU 58–67 1–1 5,322 November 19, 2011 4:30 pm yes yes Maryland José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off loser bracket 71–78 1–2 N/A November 20, 2011 9:30 am yes yes Western Michigan José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off 7th place game 81–76 2–2 N/A November 23, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO The Mtn. 76–73 OT 3–2 3,834 November 28, 2011 6:30 pm yes Georgia Coors Events Center Boulder, CO FSN 70–68 4–2 6,453 November 30, 2011 6:00 pm yes yes Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO The Mtn. 64–65 4–3 6,481 July 12, 2011 7:00 pm yes Fresno State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 71–64 5–3 5,562 September 12, 2011 7:00 pm yes Wyoming Coors Events Center Boulder, CO RTRM 54–65 5–4 7,049 December 19, 2011 7:00 pm yes Cal State Bakersfield Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 70–64 6–4 5,531 December 22, 2011 7:00 pm yes Texas Southern Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 56–51 7–4 4,621 December 28, 2011 7:00 pm yes New Orleans Coors Events Center Boulder, CO RTRM 92–34 8–4 5,277 December 31, 2011 4:00 pm Utah Coors Events Center Boulder, CO RTRM 73–33 9–4 (1–0) 6,491 May 1, 2012 7:00 pm Washington Coors Events Center Boulder, CO RTRM 87–69 10–4 (2–0) 7,110 July 1, 2012 2:00 pm Washington State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO FSN 71–60 11–4 (3–0) 8,518 December 1, 2012 9:00 pm yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA CSNCA 50–57 11–5 (3–1) 7,577 January 14, 2012 2:00 pm yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA FSN 64–84 11–6 (3–2) 5,850 January 19, 2012 6:30 pm Arizona State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO RTRM 69–54 12–6 (4–2) 8,278 January 21, 2012 4:00 pm Arizona Coors Events Center Boulder, CO RTRM 64–63 13–6 (5–2) 11,056 January 26, 2012 8:30 pm yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 74–50 14–6 (6–2) 3,147 January 28, 2012 2:00 pm yes UCLA LA Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA PT 60–77 14–7 (6–3) 9,253 February 2, 2012 7:00 pm Oregon State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 82–60 15–7 (7–3) 7,858 April 2, 2012 7:00 pm Oregon Coors Events Center Boulder, CO RTRM 72–71 16–7 (8–3) 11,052 September 2, 2012 7:00 pm yes Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ ESPN 57–71 16–8 (8–4) 14,225 November 2, 2012 4:30 pm yes Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ RTRM 63–49 17–8 (9–4) 5,201 February 18, 2012 3:00 pm yes Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT FSN 55–48 18–8 (10–4) N/A February 23, 2012 8:30 pm Stanford Coors Events Center Boulder, CO FSN 50–74 18–9 (10–5) 11,036 February 26, 2012 3:30 pm California Coors Events Center Boulder, CO FSN 70–57 19–9 (11–5) 11,043 January 3, 2012 8:30 pm yes Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR FSN 81–90 19–10 (11–6) 10,056 March 3, 2012 2:00 pm yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR FSN 69–83 19–11 (11–7) 4,326 |- !colspan=9| Pac-12 tournament July 3, 2012 9:40 pm yes Utah Staples Center Los Angeles, CA First round FSN 53–41 20–11 6,747 August 3, 2012 9:40 pm yes Oregon Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Quarter-finals FSN 63–62 21–11 9,317 September 3, 2012 9:40 pm yes California Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Semi-finals FSN 70–59 22–11 11,615 October 3, 2012 4:10 pm yes Arizona Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Championship Game CBS 53–51 23–11 11,197 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament March 15, 2012 7:57 pm yes yes (S 11) UNLV 23 (S 6) The Pit Albuquerque, NM Second round truTV 68–64 15,674 24–11 March 17, 2012 6:40 pm yes yes (S 11) Baylor 9 (S 3) The Pit Albuquerque, NM Third round TNT 63–80 12,128 24–12 Coaches' Poll Mountain Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region References Colorado Category:Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball seasons Colorado Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball Category:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament championship seasons