2011–12 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 March 2012 Basketball 2011–12 Memphis Tigers Memphis Tigers 2003-2021 wordmark.svg 250 Conference USA C-USA 26–9 13–3 Josh Pastner (3rd year) Damon Stoudamire Jack Murphy Luke Walton /Jimmy Williams FedExForum C-USA Regular Season & tournament champions NCAA tournament Round of 64 The 2011–12 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2011–12 college basketball season, the 91st season of Tiger basketball. The Tigers were coached by head coach Josh Pastner. Pastner was assisted by Jack Murphy and Damon Stoudamire. From the summer of 2011 until December 2011, NBA player Luke Walton was also an assistant coach, though he departed from the position with the end of the NBA lockout. Jimmy Williams was brought in to replace Walton for the remainder of the 2011–12 season. The Tigers played their home games at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee and were members of Conference USA. Pre-season The 2010–11 Memphis Tigers finished the season with a record of 25–10 (10–6 C-USA). The Tigers finished in fourth place in C-USA, but won the 2011 Conference USA men's basketball tournament to secure a berth in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost in the second round to Arizona. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Will Coleman 0 F 6' 9" 245 Senior Columbus, Georgia Only recruit from the original 2009–10 recruiting class to remain at Memphis. Statistics accurate as of June 3, 2011. Recruiting no no 2008 Stan Simpson C Carterville, IL John A. Logan 6 10 235 4/10/2011 NR NR 40 Adonis Thomas SF Memphis, TN Melrose 6 6 198 October 28, 2010 5 5 97 2011 Memphis Basketball Commitments 2011 Memphis Basketball Commits ESPN memphis 350 235 June 3, 2011 yes Transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ferrakohn Hall F 6' 8" 220 Junior Memphis, Tennessee Transferred from Seton Hall University, eligible Dec. 17 Season summary The Tigers began the season ranked in the top 15 of the AP and Coaches polls and the consensus pre-season favorite to win the Conference USA championship. The Tigers had scheduled aggressively, with their out of conference schedule ranking as one of the toughest in the country among division 1 teams.https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/36112/nonconference-schedule-analysis-c-usa Nonconference schedule analysis: C-USA October 4, 2011 The Tigers, with a roster dominated by a large sophomore class and freshman blue chip recruit Adonis Thomas, struggled somewhat with their difficult out of conference schedule. Despite not taking any bad losses prior to the start of conference play, the Tigers did not defeat a ranked opponent during their non-conference slate. Sophomore Will Barton, however, quickly became a favorite to win CUSA player of the year honors, ranking in the top 50 in both rebounds per game and points per game in division 1 for the 2011–12 season. On January 16, 2012, the Commercial Appeal reported that talented freshman Adonis Thomas would miss the remainder of the regular season due to ankle surgery.Jason Smith. (January 16, 2012). Ankle injury likely ends season for Memphis Tigers Adonis Thomas January 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120119061322/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/jan/16/ankle-injury-ends-season-for-tigers-adonis/ Senior guard and starter Charles Carmouche would also miss all but the first few games of the Tigers' season with knee problems. Thomas, however, returned to the court for the Tigers' first CUSA tournament game. With a victory at Tulsa on March 3, the Tigers clinched the CUSA regular season championship. The Tigers finished the regular season with an overall record of 23 wins and 8 losses, and a conference record of 13 wins and 3 losses. On March 7, 2012, Will Barton was named Conference USA Player of the Year. In the CUSA tournament, the Tigers defeated their three opponents by an average of 25 points and ultimately won the championship over Marshall on March 10 in Memphis. For the second consecutive year, Tigers' point guard Joe Jackson was named the tournament's most valuable player. Will Barton and Tarik Black were also named to the all-tournament team. The Tigers received an 8 seed in the West Region of the 2012 NCAA tournament, a seed which was widely considered to be too low given the Tigers' resume.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/17735911/west-regional-michigan-state-other-stars-crowd-mizzous-final-four-path West Regional: Michigan State, other stars crowd Mizzou's Final Four path - NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - CBSSports.com www.cbssports.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004619/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/17735911/west-regional-michigan-state-other-stars-crowd-mizzous-final-four-path 2015-09-23 Memphis lost to 9 seed St. Louis in the second round on March 16, ending their season. Roster 2011 Memphis Tigers #0C1C8C #FFFFFF #8E9295 #0C1C8C Joe Jackson basketball 1 y G 6 0 170 SO Memphis, Tennessee Antonio Barton 2 G 6 2 165 SO Baltimore, Maryland Chris Crawford basketball, born 1992 y 3 G 6 4 205 SO Memphis, Tennessee Charles Carmouche 4 G 6 2 175 SR y New Orleans, Louisiana Will Barton 5 G 6 6 175 SO Baltimore, Maryland y Tarik Black 10 C 6 8 252 SO Memphis, Tennessee C y Wesley Witherspoon y 11 F/G 6 9 210 SR Atlanta, Georgia Drew Barham y 12 F/G 6 7 194 JR Cordova, Tennessee yes Hippolyte Tsafack 14 F 6 8 231 FR yes Yaoundé, Cameroon Trey Draper 15 G 5 10 170 SO Memphis, Tennessee Ferrakohn Hall y 20 G 6 8 220 JR Memphis, Tennessee Charles Holt 23 G 5 10 175 JR Jackson, Tennessee D. J. Stephens y 30 G/F 6 5 185 JR Killeen, Texas Preston Laird 31 G 6 3 189 SR Memphis, Tennessee Stan Simpson 32 C 6 10 235 JR Carterville, Illinois Adonis Thomas 35 G/F 6 6 198 y FR Memphis, Tennessee Josh Pastner (Arizona) Jack Murphy (Arizona) Damon Stoudamire (Arizona) Luke Walton (Arizona) Jimmy Williams (Ashland University) http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mem-m-baskbl-mtt.html Feb 28, 2012 Schedule yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition Wed, Nov 2 7:00 pm yes 11 LeMoyne-Owen FedExForum Memphis, TN 119–67   Fri, Nov 11 8:00 pm yes 11 Christian Brothers FedExForum Memphis, TN 79–56   |- !colspan=9| Regular Season Tue, Nov 15 11:00 am yes 10 Belmont FedExForum Memphis, TN Maui Invitational Tournament opening round ESPN 97–81 16,294 1–0 Mon, Nov 21 2:00 pm yes y 8 Michigan 15 Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament quarterfinals ESPN2 61–73 2,400 1–1 Tue, Nov 22 1:00 pm yes y 8 Tennessee Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament loser bracket ESPN2 99–97 2OT 2,400 2–1 Wed, Nov 23 4:00 pm yes y 8 Georgetown Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament 5th place game ESPN2 88–91 OT 2,400 2–2 Mon, Nov 28 7:00 pm yes 22 Jackson State FedExForum Memphis, TN SPSO 70–45 15,971 3–2 Sat, Dec 3 7:30 pm yes 22 Austin Peay FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 91–60 16,989 4–2 Tue, Dec 6 8:00 pm yes y 21 Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN2 71–54 4,500 5–2 Sat, Dec 10 5:00 pm yes 21 Murray State FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 72–76 16,795 5–3 Sat, Dec 17 3:00 pm yes y Louisville 4 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Hall of Fame Shootout CBS 87–95 22,733 5–4 Mon, Dec 19 6:00 pm yes Lipscomb FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 85–75 16,162 6–4 Thu, Dec 22 6:00 pm yes y Georgetown 16 Verizon Center Washington, DC ESPN2 59–70 12,045 6–5 Thu, Dec 29 6:00 pm yes Robert Morris FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 64–47 16,436 7–5 Sat, Dec 31 8:00 pm yes Charlotte FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 67–58 16,069 8–5 Wed, Jan 4 7:00 pm yes Tennessee FedExForum Memphis, TN FSTN 69–51 18,334 9–5 Sat, Jan 7 8:00 pm y UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL CBSSN 62–59 8,242 10–5 1–0 Wed, Jan 11 6:00 pm Southern Miss FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 60–58 16,246 11–5 2–0 Sat, Jan 14 8:00 pm y Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CBSSN 89–55 5,146 12–5 3–0 Wed, Jan 18 7:00 pm yes UCF UCF Arena Orlando, FL CBSSN 67–68 8,734 12–6 3–1 Sat, Jan 21 12:00 pm SMU FedExForum Memphis, TN SPSO 63–45 16,721 13–6 4–1 Wed, Jan 25 7:00 pm Rice FedExForum Memphis, TN SPSO 73–51 15,997 14–6 5–1 Sat, Jan 28 8:00 pm Marshall FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 83–76 17,337 15–6 6–1 Wed, Feb 1 7:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS CBSSN 72–75 7,964 15–7 6–2 Sat, Feb 4 12:00 pm yes Xavier FedExForum Memphis, TN SPSO 72–68 17,097 16–7 Wed, Feb 8 6:00 pm yes East Carolina Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC CSS 70–59 5,460 17–7 7–2 Sat, Feb 11 7:00 pm UAB FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 79–45 17,308 18–7 8–2 Wed, Feb 15 7:00 pm y Tulane Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA 82–64 2,874 19–7 9–2 Sat, Feb 18 1:00 pm UTEP FedExForum Memphis, TN SPSO 58–60 16,427 19–8 9–3 Wed, Feb 22 7:00 pm East Carolina FedExForum Memphis, TN CBSSN 70–47 15,744 20–8 10–3 Sat, Feb 25 3:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV SPSO 87–67 8,252 21–8 11–3 Tue, Feb 28 8:00 pm UCF FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 84–55 17,784 22–8 12–3 Sat, Mar 3 11:00 am y Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK CBS 78–66 6,131 23–8 13–3 |- !colspan=9| 2012 Conference USA tournament Thu, Mar 8 6:30 pm UTEP FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals CBSSN 65–47 11,697 24–8 |- Fri, Mar 9 5:30 pm UCF FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Semifinals CBSSN 83–52 14,441 25–8 |- Sat, Mar 10 10:30 am Marshall FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Final CBS 83–57 14,821 26–8 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament Fri, Mar 16 5:50 pm yes yes Saint Louis Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Second round TBS 54–61 17,464 26–9 |- AP Poll Central Time Source:Archived copy https://web.archive.org/web/20120722050217/http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mem-m-baskbl-sched.html July 22, 2012 ." 2011–12 Schedule Retrieved August 27, 2011. Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (rv) Received votes but unranked. 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 APhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings 2011–12 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings October 21, 2011 ESPN ESPN Internet Ventures live https://web.archive.org/web/20100209082909/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings February 9, 2010 11 10 8 22 21 (rv) (rv) – – – – – – – – (rv) – (rv) (rv) Coaches 9 10 8 21 20 (rv) (rv) – – – – – – – – – – (rv) (rv) Notes Memphis Category:Memphis Tigers men's basketball seasons Memphis Memphis Memphis Category:2010s in Memphis, Tennessee