2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders Valpo Wordmark.gif 175 Horizon League Horizon 22–12 14–4 Bryce Drew Roger Powell Luke Gore Jake Diebler Athletics–Recreation Center Horizon League Regular Season Champions NIT First Round The 2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represented the Valparaiso University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Bryce Drew. The Crusaders played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center and are members of the Horizon League. The Crusaders were Horizon League regular season champions but failed to win the Horizon League Basketball tournament. As regular season champions, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 NIT where they lost in the first round. Roster 2011 Valparaiso Crusaders y 0 Richie Edwards y basketball F 6 7 220 JR Lakeland, FL 2 Griffyn Carpenter G 6 1 220 FR Bourbon, IN 3 Hrvoje Vucic C 7 1 245 SO yes Glavice, HR 5 Bobby Capobianco F 6 9 250 JR Loveland, OH yes 11 Nick Shelton G 5 11 170 SR Frankenmuth, MI 12 Ben Boggs G 6 4 195 JR Roanoke, VA 14 Vashil Fernandez F 6 10 220 y FR Kingston, JM yes 15 Erik Buggs G 5 11 155 JR yes Memphis, TN 20 Tommy Kurth G 6 1 180 SO yes Osceola, IN 21 Will Bogan G 6 1 170 JR Caldwell, ID 22 Jay Harris G 6 2 155 SO Aurora, IL 23 Matt Kenney G 6 4 205 JR Mooresville, IN 44 Nathan Stegelmann F 6 6 225 SR Goshen, IN 45 Ryan Broekhoff G/F 6 7 215 JR Frankston, VIC, AU y 55 Kevin van Wijk F 6 8 245 JR Hoofddorp, NL y Bryce Drew (Valparaiso) Roger Powell, Jr. (Illinois) Luke Gore (Bethel (TN)) Jake Diebler (Valparaiso) http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/roster/ 2011-10-30 Schedule yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition Oct. 29 7:05 pm yes Hillsdale Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 73–71 0–0 2,946 Nov. 3 7:05 pm yes Augustana Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 74–65 0–0 2,488 |- !colspan=9| Regular season Nov. 7 8:00 pm yes y Arizona 16 McKale Center Tucson, AZ ESPNU 64–73 0–1 12,871 Nov. 11 6:30 pm yes y Georgia Southern Hanner Fieldhouse Statesboro, GA 90–81 1–1 2,547 Nov. 14 7:05 pm yes Holy Cross (IN) Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 88–38 2–1 1,957 Nov. 18 7:30 pm yes Akron Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 62–59 3–1 3,876 Nov. 19 7:30 pm yes IU-Kokomo Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 79–48 4–1 2,244 Nov. 20 3:30 pm yes Duquesne Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 84–68 5–1 2,011 Nov. 25 5:30 pm yes y Ohio State 3 Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 47–80 5–2 15,606 Dec. 3 1:00 pm y Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN HLN/WNDY 77–71 OT 6–2 1–0 7,239 Dec. 7 6:00 pm yes y IPFW Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN 76–85 6–3 1,550 Dec. 10 7:05 pm yes Bowling Green Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 82–79 7–3 3,667 Dec. 17 7:05 pm yes Oakland Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 80–82 7–4 2,884 Dec. 20 7:00 pm yes y Northern Illinois Convocation Center DeKalb, IL 59–48 8–4 850 Dec. 23 12:00 pm yes y IUPUI Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN 88–97 8–5 1,576 Dec. 29 7:05 pm Milwaukee Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 55–57 8–6 1–1 2,644 Dec. 31 4:05 pm Green Bay Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 90–87 9–6 2–1 2,353 Jan. 6 8:00 pm y Detroit Calihan Hall Detroit, MI ESPN3 73–71 10–6 3–1 2,271 Jan. 8 2:00 pm y Wright State Nutter Center Dayton, OH ESPN3 55–73 10–7 3–2 3,736 Jan. 13 7:05 pm Youngstown State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 76–62 11–7 4–2 3,271 Jan. 15 1:35 pm Cleveland State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 72–66 12–7 5–2 4,124 Jan. 19 7:00 pm y Loyola Gentile Center Chicago, IL HLN 69–48 13–7 6–2 2,555 Jan. 21 3:00 pm y UIC UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL HLN 60–55 14–7 7–2 3,367 Jan. 26 7:00 pm y Green Bay Resch Center Green Bay, WI HLN 60–75 14–8 7–3 2,546 Jan. 28 1:00 pm y Milwaukee U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI HLN 55–52 15–8 8–3 5,773 Feb. 2 7:05 pm Detroit Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN ESPN3 78–73 16–8 9–3 3,488 Feb. 4 7:05 pm Wright State Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 63–54 17–8 10–3 4,727 Feb. 9 6:00 pm y Cleveland State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH HLN 59–41 18–8 11–3 4,521 Feb. 11 6:00 pm y Youngstown State Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH HLN 53–71 18–9 11–4 3,374 Feb. 14 7:05 pm UIC Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 74–65 19–9 12–4 2,714 Feb. 18 8:00 pm yes y Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA ESPNU 53–61 19–10 4,021 Feb. 21 7:05 pm Loyola Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN HLN 66–62 OT 20–10 13–4 3,337 Feb. 24 6:00 pm Butler Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN ESPNU 71–59 21–10 14–4 5,237 |- !colspan=12|Horizon League tournament Mar. 3 8:30 pm Butler Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN Semifinal ESPNU/ESPN3 65–46 4,716 22–10 Mar. 6 9:00 pm Detroit Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN Championship Game ESPN/ESPN3 50–68 4,258 22–11 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NIT Mar. 14 7:30 pm y y Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL First Round 1,229 ESPNU 50–66 22–12 Coaches' Poll Eastern Time. 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