2011–12 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 21–12 9–7 Anthony Grant 3rd Dan Hipsher 3rd John Brannen 3rd Tony Pujol 2nd Coleman Coliseum(Capacity: 15,316) Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champions NCAA Tournament Round of 64 The 2011–12 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2011–12 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Anthony Grant, in his third season at Alabama after posting a 25–12 record the previous year. The team played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. This was the 99th season of basketball in the school's history. They finished the season 21–12 overall, 9–7 SEC play, and finished in 5th place. They were defeated by Florida in the quarterfinals of the 2012 SEC men's basketball tournament, and they lost to Creighton in the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament first round. Pre-season The 2010–11 season was the second under head coach Anthony Grant. The Tide finished the season 25–12 (12–4 SEC), winning the Southeastern Conference Western Division, and finishing second in the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. The Crimson Tide had four players graduate and two transfer after the season ended. They also brought in five freshman recruits and one junior college transfer, finishing fifth in Rivals.com team recruiting rankings.Tide, Jayhawks Climb in team Ranking Class of 2011 signees no no 2011 Trevor Lacey G Huntsville, Alabama S.R. Butler HS 6 3 190 2011-05-18 5 4 96 Levi Randolph G Madison, Alabama Bob Jones HS 6 5 180 2010-05-20 4 4 96 Nick Jacobs F Atlanta, Georgia South Atlanta HS 6 8 255 2010-10-26 4 4 92 Rodney Cooper F Seale, Alabama Russell County HS 6 6 200 2010-05-20 4 3 91 Moussa Gueye C Dakar, Senegal Lake Land CC 7 0 225 2010-10-04 4 N/A 88 Retin Obasohan G Antwerp, Belgium K.A. Redingenhof 6 1 205 2011-05-20 N/A N/A N/A 2011 Alabama Basketball Commitments 2011 Alabama Basketball Commits ESPN alabama 567 333 14 5 13 2011-05-25 yes Roster 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide y JaMychal Green 1 F 6 8 228 SR y Montgomery, Alabama Charles Hankerson 2 G 6 5 210 SO Miami, Florida Trevor Lacey y 3 G 6 3 190 FR Huntsville, Alabama Carl Engström basketball y 4 C 7 1 250 SO Ystad, Sweden Tony Mitchell S 5 F 6 6 210 JR basketball, born 1989 y Swainsboro, Georgia Ben Eblen 10 G 6 0 191 JR Isle of Palms, South Carolina Trevor Releford 12 G 6 1 180 SO y Shawnee Mission, Kansas Dakota Slaughter 13 F 6 6 215 FR Fishers, Indiana Moussa Gueye 14 C 7 0 280 SO Dakar, Senegal Nick Jacobs 15 F 6 8 255 FR Atlanta Levi Randolph y 20 G 6 5 185 FR Madison, Alabama Rodney Cooper 21 F 6 6 205 FR y Phenix City, Alabama Andrew Steele 22 G 6 4 230 JR Birmingham, Alabama Retin Obasohan y 32 G 6 1 205 FR Antwerp, Belgium Anthony Grant (Dayton) Dan Hipsher (Bowling Green) John Brannen (Marshall) Tony Pujol (Sterling College) 2011-05-25 Source: Rolltide.com 2011–12 Roster2011–12 Roster. Rolltide.com Depth chart 990000 FFFFFF 990000 JaMychal Green Nick Jacobs Tony Mitchell Levi Randolph Trevor Releford Carl Engstrom Rodney Cooper Charles Hankerson Trevor Lacey Ben Eblen Moussa Gueye Retin Obasohan Suspensions Following the February 4 victory against Ole Miss, Tony Mitchell, the team's second leading scorer, was suspended indefinitely due to "conduct detrimental to the team."Mitchell suspended In the next game, Alabama went on the road to defeat Auburn by a record 18 points, but prior to that Saturday's game against LSU Grant suspended 3 more players for a "violation of team rules."Three more players suspended, Tide falls to LSU This time it was the Crimson Tide's senior leading scorer JaMychal Green, starting PG Trevor Releford and Andrew Steele. With its top three leading scorers out and only one upperclassmen left on the bench, the shorthanded Crimson Tide fell to the LSU Tigers. Releford and Steele returned the following game to face the Florida Gators on February 14, but Green and Mitchell remained suspended. On February 20, Grant announced that Green was returning to practice and Mitchell would remain suspended for the duration of the season.Tony Mitchell suspended rest of season Green did not play in the February 23 game against Arkansas. He finally saw game action again on February 25 at home against Mississippi State. Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition Nov. 7 7:00 p.m. yes 19 Alabama-Huntsville Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Green 21 Mitchell 10 Mitchell 4 67–60 11,662 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season Nov. 11 7:00 p.m. yes 19 North Florida Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Green 18 Mitchell 10 Releford 3 64–44 11,754 1–0 Nov. 14 7:00 p.m. yes 16 Oakland Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Green 18 Mitchell 9 Mitchell 4 74–57 9,876 2–0 Nov. 17 4:00 p.m. yes yes 16 Maryland Coliseo de Puerto Rico San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off ESPN2 Mitchell 17 Mitchell 11 Lacey 3 62–42 5,322 3–0 Nov. 18 8:00 p.m. yes yes 16 Wichita State Coliseo de Puerto Rico San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off ESPN2 Mitchell 26 Green 12 Releford 4 70–60 6,375 4–0 Nov. 20 6:30 p.m. yes yes 16 Purdue Coliseo de Puerto Rico San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off ESPN2 Releford 20 Mitchell 10 Releford 5 65–56 11,297 5–0 Nov. 23 7:00 p.m. yes 13 Alabama A&M Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Hankerson 16 Jacobs 10 Eblen 4 82–45 10,385 6–0 Nov. 27 8:30 p.m. yes 13 VCU Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPNU Green 21 Green 14 Green 2 72–64 10,500 7–0 Dec. 1 8:30 p.m. yes 12 Georgetown Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SEC–Big East Invitational ESPN2 Mitchell 20 Mitchell 11 Releford 6 55–57 15,383 7–1 Dec. 7 6:00 p.m. yes yes 16 Dayton UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Mitchell 18 Mitchell 4 Lacey 4 62–74 13,102 7–2 Dec. 11 5:00 p.m. yes 16 Detroit Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPNU Green 21 Mitchell 8 Releford 5 62–54 10,011 8–2 Dec. 17 9:00 p.m. yes yes 23 Kansas State Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri ESPNU Green 20 Green 9 Releford 6 58–71 16,685 8–3 Dec. 21 8:00 p.m. yes yes Oklahoma State BJCC Birmingham, Alabama ESPN2 Releford 19 Mitchell 11 Randolph 5 69–52 13,808 9–3 Dec. 29 8:00 p.m. yes Jacksonville Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL CSS Releford 18 Randolph 8 Releford 4 72–55 12,527 10–3 Jan. 3 8:00 p.m. yes yes Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta ESPNU Releford 17 Mitchell 6 Lacey 5 73–48 5,738 11–3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC Regular Season Jan. 7 6:00 p.m. yes Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia FSN Lacey 19 Green 10 Green 5 74–59 7,776 12–3 1–0 Jan. 11 8:00 p.m. LSU Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL Releford 20 Mitchell 10 Mitchell 4 69–53 14,245 13–3 2–0 Jan. 14 3:00 p.m. yes Mississippi State 20 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi SECN Green 14 Mitchell 10 Green 3 52–56 9,539 13–4 2–1 Jan. 19 6:00 p.m. Vanderbilt Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN Releford 14 Green 8 Mitchell 4 59–69 12,202 13–5 2–2 Jan. 21 11:00 a.m. yes Kentucky 2 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky CBS Green 22 Green 12 Lacey 5 71–77 24,246 13–6 (2–3) Jan. 25 7:00 p.m. yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, South Carolina SECN Randolph 12 Mitchell 8 Releford 3 54–56 7,807 13–7 2–4 Jan. 28 12:30 p.m. Arkansas Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Releford 18 Green 8 Steele 6 72–66 13,145 14–7 3–4 Feb. 4 7:00 p.m. Ole Miss Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN2 Green 16 Green 12 Releford 4 69–67 2OT 12,711 15–7 4–4 Feb. 7 8:00 p.m. yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL ESPNU Green 19 Green 7 Steele 6 68–50 8,154 16–7 (5–4) Feb. 11 6:00 p.m. yes LSU Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana ESPN2 Cooper 28 Randolph 5 Eblen 3 58–67 10,282 16–8 (5–5) Feb. 14 6:00 p.m. Florida 14 Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN Steele 11 Randolph 9 Steele 3 52–61 12,187 16–9 (5–6) Feb. 18 12:30 p.m. Tennessee Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Lacey 18 Engstrom 7 Steele 7 61–52 12,988 17–9 (6–6) Feb. 23 6:00 p.m. yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas ESPN Cooper 17 Steele 6 Randolph 3 79–68 12,320 18–9 (7–6) Feb. 25 5:00 p.m. Mississippi State Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN Randolph 18 Randolph 7 (2 tied) 4 67–50 13,774 19–9 (8–6) Feb. 29 7:00 p.m. Auburn Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Green 15 Green 10 Randolph 55–49 14,253 20–9 (9–6) Mar. 3 3:00 p.m. yes Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi SECN Releford 12 Green 13 Steele 7 51–60 6,339 20–10 (9–7) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2012 SEC tournament Mar. 8 2:30 p.m. yes 5 South Carolina 12 New Orleans Arena New Orleans First round SECN Lacey 15 Green 7 Steele 3 63–57   10,703 21–10 Mar. 9 2:30 p.m. yes 5 #22 Florida 4 New Orleans Arena New Orleans Quarterfinals SECN Green 22 Green 10 Green 4 63–66 18,207 21–11 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2012 NCAA tournament Mar. 16 2:40 p.m. yes (MW 9) (MW 8) Creighton 19 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina Midwest Region Second Round TBS Releford 14 Green 6 Releford 4 57–58 15,880 21–12 |- | colspan="12" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Central Time. (#) Number seeded with region. |} Source: 2011–12 Schedule. Rolltide.com Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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 AP 19 16 13 12 16 23 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Coaches 17 15 13 12 15 21 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR See also Iron Bowl of Basketball 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References Alabama Category:Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball seasons Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball