2011–12 Florida Gators men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 Florida Gators Florida Gators wordmark.svg 300 Southeastern Conference SEC 9 25 26–11 10–6 Billy Donovan 16th Matt McCallJohn PelphreyNorm Roberts O'Connell Center NCAA tournament Elite Eight The 2011–12 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2011–12 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The Gators finished the SEC regular season with a 10–6 conference record, and lost to Kentucky in the semifinals of the 2012 SEC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament as a No. 7 seed in the West Region, where they advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Louisville. Previous season The Gators finished the 2010–11 season 29–8, 13–3 in SEC play and lost in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament to Butler. Senior small forward Chandler Parsons won SEC Player of the Year honors, and head coach Billy Donovan was named SEC Coach of the Year. Parsons and senior power forward Vernon Macklin were both selected in the 2011 NBA draft. Roster Retrieved from Gatorzone.com white white #0021A5 #FF4A00 2011 Florida Gators men Bradley Beal y 23 G 6 3 207 Fr St. Louis, Missouri Kenny Boynton y 1 G 6 2 189 Jr Pompano Beach, Florida Jacob Kurtz 0 G 6 5 195 Fr Oviedo, Florida Cody Larson 34 F 6 9 231 Fr yes Sioux Falls, South Dakota Erik Murphy y 33 F 6 10 230 Jr South Kingstown, Rhode Island Walter Pitchford 35 F 6 10 221 Fr Grand Rapids, Michigan Casey Prather y 24 GF 6 6 212 So Jackson, Tennessee Mike Rosario y 3 G 6 3 191 Jr yes Jersey City, New Jersey Erving Walker y 11 G 5 8 177 Sr Brooklyn, New York Scottie Wilbekin y 5 G 6 2 178 So Gainesville, Florida Will Yeguete y 15 F 6 7 222 So Bordeaux, FRA Patric Young y 4 FC 6 9 247 So Jacksonville, Florida Billy Donovan Matt McCallJohn PelphreyNorm Roberts Coaches Name Position College Graduating year Billy Donovan Head coach Providence College 1987 Matt McCall Associate head coach University of Florida 2005 John Pelphrey Assistant coach University of Kentucky 1992 Norm Roberts Assistant coach Queens College 1987 Darren Hertz Assistant to the head coach University of Florida 1997 Oliver Winterbone Video coordinator Rutgers University 2005 Preston Greene Strength & conditioning coordinator Clemson University 1999 Dave Werner Athletic trainer Eastern Kentucky University 1991 Tom Williams Academic counselor University of Florida 1978 Denver Parler Communications Team statistics As of March 24, 2012. #FFFF99 darkgray Indicates team leader in specific category. Retrieved from Gatorzone.com NamePTSPPGFG %3P %FT %ASTREBBLKSTL Bradley Beal 546 14.8 .445 .339 .769 83 249 31 51 Kenny Boynton 588 15.9 .440 .407 .754 100 97 1 28 Jacob Kurtz 2 0.5 – – 1.000 0 1 0 0 Cody Larson 12 0.5 .455 .000 .400 1 21 2 0 Erik Murphy 356 10.5 .485 .421 .814 29 154 37 18 Walter Pitchford 6 0.5 .273 .000 – 1 4 1 0 Casey Prather 57 2.0 .367 .400 .393 8 49 8 12 Mike Rosario 205 6.6 .430 .337 .750 30 43 2 16 Erving Walker 447 12.1 .394 .363 .815 170 106 0 37 Scottie Wilbekin 97 2.6 .434 .457 .714 61 55 2 22 Will Yeguete 114 4.4 .581 – .359 27 163 10 31 Patric Young 378 10.2 .618 – .593 41 238 30 18 TEAM 2808 75.9 .463 .380 .713 551 1321 124 233 Schedule and results Retrieved from Gatorzone.com |- !colspan=11| Exhibition Nov. 3, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 8 Catholic O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida GatorVision 114–57 |- !colspan=11| Regular season (non-conference play) |- Nov. 11, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 8 Jackson State O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida Global Sports Shootout FSFL 99–59 1–0 Nov. 15, 2011 8:00 p.m. yes yes 7 Ohio State 3 Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio Global Sports Shootout ESPN2 74–81 1–1 Nov. 17, 2011 8:00 p.m. yes 7 North Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida Global Sports Shootout FSFL 91–55 2–1 Nov. 21, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes yes 10 Wright State St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Global Sports Shootout Sun Sports 78–65 3–1 Nov. 25, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 10 2011 men Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville University Jacksonville O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida FSFL 107–62 4–1 Nov. 28, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes yes 10 2011 men Stetson Hatters Stetson University Stetson Amway Center Orlando, Florida Florida Citrus Sports Shootout Sun Sports 96–70 5–1 Dec. 2, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes yes 10 Syracuse 4 Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York SEC–Big East Challenge ESPN 68–72 5–2 Dec. 7, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 12 Arizona O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPN 78–72 OT 6–2 Dec. 9, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes yes 12 2011 men Rider Broncs Rider University Rider Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Florida CSS/ESPN3 90–69 7–2 Dec. 17, 2011 2:30 p.m. yes yes 13 Texas A&M 22 BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, Florida Orange Bowl Basketball Classic FSN/Sun 84–64 8–2 Dec. 19, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 11 Mississippi Valley State O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida FSFL 82–54 9–2 Dec. 22, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes 11 Florida State O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPNU 82–64 10–2 Dec. 29, 2011 7:00 p.m. yes yes 10 2011 men Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers University Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey ESPN2 83–85 2OT 10–3 Dec. 31, 2011 2:00 p.m. yes 10 Yale O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPNU 90–70 11–3 Jan. 3, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 13 UAB O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida FSN 79–60 12–3 |- !colspan=8| Regular season (SEC conference play) |- Jan. 7, 2012 11:00 a.m. yes 13 Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 56–67 12–4 0–1 Jan. 10, 2012 7:00 p.m. 19 Georgia O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPN 70–48 13–4 1–1 Jan. 14, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 19 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, South Carolina CSS 79–65 14–4 2–1 Jan. 21, 2012 6:00 p.m. 17 LSU O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida FSN 76–64 15–4 3–1 Jan. 26, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 14 Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi ESPN2 64–60 16–4 4–1 Jan. 28, 2012 1:30 p.m. 14 Mississippi State 18 O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida SECN 69–57 17–4 5–1 Feb. 2, 2012 9:00 p.m. 12 South Carolina O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPN2 74–66 18–4 6–1 Feb. 4, 2012 1:00 p.m. 12 Vanderbilt 25 O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida CBS 73–65 19–4 7–1 Feb. 7, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 8 Kentucky 1 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky ESPN 58–78 19–5 7–2 Feb. 11, 2012 4:00 p.m. 8 Tennessee O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida SECN 70–75 19–6 7–3 Feb. 14, 2012 7:00 p.m. yes 14 Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama ESPN 61–52 20–6 8–3 Feb. 18, 2012 6:00 p.m. yes 14 Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas ESPN2 98–68 21–6 9–3 Feb. 21, 2012 7:00 p.m. 12 Auburn O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida ESPNU 63–47 22–6 10–3 Feb. 25, 2012 4:00 p.m. yes 12 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia SECN 62–76 22–7 10–4 Feb. 28, 2012 9:00 p.m. yes 16 Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee ESPN 67–77 22–8 10–5 Mar. 4, 2012 12:00 p.m. 16 Kentucky 1 O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida CBS 59–74 22–9 10–6 |- !colspan=8| SEC tournament |- Mar. 9, 2012 3:30 p.m. yes 22 4 Alabama 5 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, Louisiana Quarterfinals SECN 66–63 23–9 Mar. 10, 2012 1:00 p.m. yes 22 4 Kentucky 1 1 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, Louisiana Semifinals ABC 71–74 23–10 |- !colspan=8| NCAA tournament |- Mar. 16, 2012 2:10 p.m. yes 25 7 W Virginia 10 W CenturyLink Center Omaha, Nebraska Second round TNT 71–45 24–10 Mar. 18, 2012 6:10 p.m. yes 25 7 W Norfolk State 15 W CenturyLink Center Omaha, Nebraska Third round TNT 84–50 25–10 Mar. 22, 2012 10:17 p.m. yes 25 7 W Marquette 11 3 W US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Sweet Sixteen TBS 68–58 26–10 Mar. 24, 2012 4:30 p.m. yes 7 W 25 Louisville 17 4 W US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Elite Eight CBS 68–72 26–11 |- | colspan="8" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |} Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. Poll Pre Wk 1 Nov 14 Wk 2 Nov 21 Wk 3 Nov 28 Wk 4 Dec 5 Wk 5 Dec 12 Wk 6 Dec 19 Wk 7 Dec 26 Wk 8 Jan 2 Wk 9 Jan 9 Wk 10 Jan 16 Wk 11 Jan 23 Wk 12 Jan 30 Wk 13 Feb 6 Wk 14 Feb 13 Wk 15 Feb 20 Wk 16 Feb 27 Wk 17 Mar 5 Wk 18 Mar 12 Final Apr 2 AP 8 7 10 10 12 13 11 10 13 19 17 14 12 8 14 12 16 22 25 - Coaches 10 8 9 9 12 13 12 10 14 19 14 13 11 7 12 11 13 19 21 9 Awards and honors Bradley Beal SEC Freshman of the Week (11/21/11–11/28/11). Beal averaged 8.5 points, seven rebounds, two assists and 1.5 steals in two wins over Wright State and Jacksonville.Beal Named SEC Freshman of the Week http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=21898 29 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20130724041106/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=21898 2013-07-24 dead SEC Freshman of the Week (12/5/11–12/12/11). Beal averaged 13.5 points and five rebounds in two wins over Arizona and Rider.Gators Sweep SEC Men's Basketball Weekly Honors http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=21973 https://archive.today/20130124014926/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=21973 dead January 24, 2013 12 December 2011 SEC Freshman of the Week (12/19/11–12/26/11). Beal averaged 17 points, six rebounds, two steals and one assist in two wins over Mississippi Valley State and Florida State.SEC Men's Hoops Players Of The Week http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/230208/sec-mens-hoops-players-of-the-week.aspx 26 December 2011 SEC Freshman of the Week (1/23/12–1/30/12). Beal averaged 14 points, three rebounds and 2.5 assists in two wins over Ole Miss and Mississippi State.Bradley Beal Named SEC Freshman of the Week http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=22238 https://archive.today/20130123211711/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=22238 dead January 23, 2013 31 January 2012 SEC Freshman of the Week (1/31/12–2/6/12). Beal averaged 16.5 points, nine rebounds and two assists in two wins over South Carolina and Vanderbilt.Bradley Beal Named SEC Freshman of the Week for Second-Straight Week http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=22291 6 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120220014944/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=22291 20 February 2012 dead SEC Freshman of the Week (2/13/12–2/20/12). Beal averaged 17.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and three assists in two road wins over Alabama and Arkansas.SEC Men's Hoops Players Of The Week http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/231657/sec-mens-hoops-players-of-the-week.aspx 20 February 2012 First-Team All-SECThree Gators Earn Men's Basketball All-SEC Honors, Young Named Scholar-Athlete of the Year http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=22575 6 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120511235100/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=22575 2012-05-11 dead SEC All-Freshman Team Kenny Boynton SEC Player of the Week (12/12/11–12/19/11). Boynton scored 22 points, two assists, one rebound and a steal in a win over Texas A&M.Kenny Boynton Named SEC Player of the Week http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=21993 19 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120124182122/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=21993 24 January 2012 dead First-Team All-SEC Erving Walker Second-Team All-SEC Will Yeguete 2012 SEC Community Service Team Patric Young SEC Player of the Week (12/5/11–12/12/11). Young averaged 18.5 points on 77.3 percent shooting (17–22) and 10 rebounds in two wins over Arizona and Rider. SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year References Category:Florida Gators men's basketball seasons Florida Florida Gators men's basketball team Florida Gators men's basketball team Florida