2011–12 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Wildcats logo.svg 125 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 19–14 8–10 Bill Carmody Fred Hill Tavaras Hardy Ivan Vujic Welsh-Ryan Arena Charleston Classic Champions NIT Second Round The 2011–12 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Carmody's twelfth season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season with 19–14 overall, 8–10 in Big Ten play, finished in a tie with Iowa in 7th place. The team concluded the postseason for the 2012 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament, where they were defeated by Minnesota in the first round. They were invited to the NIT, where they beat Akron in the first round, and they lost to Washington in the second round. 2011–12 Roster No.NamePositionHt.Wt.YearHometown/High School0Alejandro CarterG6–3208FRChicago, Illinois/Morgan Park1Drew CrawfordG/F6–5210JRNaperville, Illinois/Naperville Central3Dave SobolewskiG6–1185FRNaperville, Illinois/Benet Academy4Alex MarcotullioG6–3180JRWarren, Michigan/De La Salle10Austin NicholsG6–0190JRLansing, Michigan/Lansing Catholic11Reggie HearnG6–4210JRFort Wayne, Indiana/Snider High School12Luka MirkovićC6–11248SRBelgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere14Tre DempsG6–2195FRSan Antonio, Texas/Ronald Reagan High School15Nick FruendtG6–5205SRBatavia, Illinois/Batavia High School23JerShon CobbG6–5205SODecatur, Georgia/Columbia High School24John ShurnaF6–8215SRGlen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West30Davide CurlettiF6–9230SRFarmington Hills, Michigan/Orchard Lake St. Mary's45Nikola CerinaF6–9245JRTopola, Serbia / Nikola Tesla Secondary School Source:http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/nw-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2011-10-31 2011-12 Northwestern Roster https://web.archive.org/web/20100420082002/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/nw-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2010-04-20 dead Schedule and results Sourcehttp://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/nw-m-baskbl-sched.html 2011-12 Northwestern Men's Basketball Schedule 2011-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20111002221812/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/nw-m-baskbl-sched.html 2011-10-02 dead yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/07/2011 7:00 pm yes Robert Morris (Illinois) Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 99–48 N/A – |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/13/2011 6:00 pm yes Texas-Pan American Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 60–36 3,613 1–0 11/17/2011 2:00 pm yes yes LSU TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic First Round ESPNU 88–82 2,532 2–0 11/18/2011 2:30 pm yes yes Tulsa TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic Semifinals ESPNU 69–65 1,711 3–0 11/20/2011 7:30 pm yes yes Seton Hall TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic Championship ESPNU 80–73 3,563 4–0 11/25/2011 12:00 pm yes Stony Brook Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 63–58 4,608 5–0 11/29/2011 6:15 pm yes yes Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta, GA ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPNU 76–60 5,619 6–0 12/02/2011 7:00 pm yes Mississippi Valley State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 92–67 4,705 7–0 12/04/2011 3:00 pm yes Baylor 7 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 41–69 6,316 7–1 12/15/2011 7:00 pm yes Texas Southern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 81–51 4,905 8–1 12/17/2011 1:00 pm yes Central Connecticut Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 70–64 5,246 9–1 12/18/2011 5:00 pm yes Eastern Illinois Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 87–72 5,071 10–1 12/22/2011 7:05 pm yes yes Creighton 23 CenturyLink Center Omaha, NE 79–87 17,676 10–2 12/28/2011 4:30 pm yes Ohio State 2 Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 54–87 19,049 10–3 0–1 01/01/2012 6:00 pm Penn State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPNU 68–56 5,389 11–3 1–1 01/04/2012 6:00 pm Illinois Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 56–57 8,117 11–4 1–2 01/11/2012 5:30 pm yes Michigan 13 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI BTN 64–66 OT 12,605 11–5 1–3 01/14/2012 2:00 pm Michigan State 6 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 81–74 8,117 12–5 2–3 01/18/2012 8:00 pm yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 57–77 16,939 12–6 2–4 01/22/2012 3:00 pm yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 52–75 12,219 12–7 2–5 01/28/2012 3:00 pm Purdue Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPN2 56–58 8,117 12–8 2–6 02/02/2012 6:00 pm Nebraska Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPN2 84–74 5,239 13–8 3–6 02/05/2012 2:00 pm yes Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL BTN 74–70 15,461 14–8 4–6 02/09/2012 8:00 pm Iowa Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPNU 83–64 6,013 15–8 5–6 02/12/2012 5:00 pm yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN BTN 77–87 14,155 15–9 5–7 02/15/2012 5:30 pm yes Indiana 18 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 66–71 17,246 15–10 5–8 02/18/2012 6:00 pm Minnesota Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 64–53 7,522 16–10 6–8 02/21/2012 7:00 pm Michigan 11 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 55–67 OT 8,117 16–11 6–9 02/25/2012 8:00 pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPNU 67–66 8,513 17–11 7–9 02/29/2012 7:30 pm Ohio State 10 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 73–75 8,117 17–12 7–10 03/03/2012 1:30 pm yes Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 70–66 15,400 18–12 8–10 |- !colspan=12| Big Ten tournament 03/08/2012 5:30 pm yes Minnesota Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN First Round ESPN2 68–75 OT 17,257 18–13 |- !colspan=9| National Invitation Tournament 03/13/2012 8:00 pm yes Akron Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL First Round 2,319 ESPN2 76–74 19–13 03/16/2012 9:00 pm yes yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA Second Round ESPNU 55–76 5,761 19–14 Central References Northwestern Wildcats Category:Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball seasons Northwestern Northwestern Wild Northwestern Wild