2011–12 Baylor Bears basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 June 2013 Basketball 2011–12 Baylor Bears Baylor_University_Athletics_(logo).svg 100 Big 12 Conference Big 12 8 9 30–8 12–6 Scott Drew Jerome Tang Grant McCasland Paul Mills Ferrell Center Las Vegas Classic Champions NCAA Tournament Elite Eight DG The 2011–12 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 30–7 overall and 12–6 in Big 12 Conference play to finish in a third-place tie with Iowa State. In postseason play, Baylor lost to Missouri in the 2012 Big 12 men's basketball tournament championship game and Kentucky in the Elite Eight of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Preseason From August 12 to 15, the Baylor Bears participated in the Canadian Foreign Tour which began their preseason, going 3-1 during the tour. The Bears concluded their preseason against Abilene Christian University. The Bears began regular season play ranked 12th in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Preseason polls.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/week/1/year/2012/seasontype/2 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 1 (Nov. 7) 2024-07-19 ESPN Coaching 9th season head coach Scott Drew coached the team to the fourth most conference wins (12) and tied for second in overall wins (30). NCAA tournament In the 2011–12 season, Baylor went 27–7, with their highest ranking being #3. They also won the Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic. As a result, they were placed as a #3 seed in the South region of the NCAA Tournament. In Baylor's second-round game of the tournament, sophomore Brady Heslip had nine 3-pointers, which was a career high. Baylor beat 11th seed University of Colorado. They faced Xavier University in the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 game vs Xavier University, Baylor had a 20–4 lead, with the lead shortening to 7 at the half. Quincy Acy finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Point guard Pierre Jackson added 15 and Perry Jones III had 14 points. Brady Heslip scored 4 free throws in the final minute. On Sunday, March 25, 2012, the Baylor Bears played The University of Kentucky in an Elite 8 match up for a spot in to The Final Four in New Orleans. Kentucky led by 20 points going into half time. In the second half Baylor began a 9–1 run, but the Bears fell to Kentucky 82–70, ending their season. One of Baylor's four senior's, Quincy Acy, scored double-digits in multiple games, including a career high in blocks with 6 in a game. Acy was named the Big 12 "Best Athlete" by Sporting News. Upon graduation, Acy is eligible prospect for the NBA draft. Roster Sourcehttp://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bay-m-baskbl-mtt.html#coaches https://web.archive.org/web/20150712005349/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bay-m-baskbl-mtt.html#coaches 2015-07-12 > 2011 Baylor Bears y yes Gary Franklin 0 G 6 2 195 SO yes Santa Ana, CA Mater Dei Perry Jones III y 1 F 6 11 235 SO Duncanville, TX Duncanville Jacob Neubert 2 F 6 5 200 JR Waco, TX Midway Fred Ellis basketball 3 G 6 6 220 SR Sacramento, CA Sacramento Quincy Acy y 4 F 6 7 235 SR Mesquite, TX Horn Brady Heslip y 5 G 6 2 180 SO yes Burlington, Ontario, Canada New HamptonBoston College J'Mison Morgan 11 C 6 11 265 sr Dallas, TX South Oak Cliff HSUCLA yes Deuce Bello 14 G 6 4 180 FR Greensboro, NC Westchester Country Day School Logan Lowery 20 G 6 6 185 SO Kingwood, TX KingwoodCentenary yes A. J. Walton y 22 G 6 1 185 JR Little Rock, AR Hall Quincy Miller y 30 F 6 9 210 FR Chicago, IL Westchester Country Day School Cory Jefferson y 34 F 6 9 200 SO yes Killeen, TX Killeen Anthony Jones 41 F 6 10 190 SR Houston, TX Yates Pierre Jackson y 55 G 5 10 190 JR Las Vegas, NV Desert Pines Scott Drew (Butler) Jerome Tang (Charter Oak State) Grant McCasland (Baylor) Paul Mills (Texas A&M) 2011-04-01 Gary Franklin, who transferred from California after the 2010 fall semester, became eligible to play for Baylor in the 2012 spring semester. Logan Lowery transferred from Centenary after the 2010–11 season. Because Centenary had reclassified to the non-scholarship Division III, Lowery was allowed to immediately play without sitting out a transfer year, but chose to redshirt instead.http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lowery_logan00.html Men's Basketball: Logan Lowery Baylor University Athletics September 30, 2012 November 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121119094927/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lowery_logan00.html dead Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings On December 5, Baylor moved into sixth in the AP Poll and seventh in the Coaches Poll,https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2012/week/5/seasontype/2 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 5 (Dec. 5) 2011-12-30 ESPN achieving the highest ranking in school history.http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121311aaa.html No. 6 MBB Returns Home, Hosts Bethune-Cookman: Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III to be honored at halftime. 2011-12-30 2011-12-13 CBS Interactive BaylorBears.com June 13, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120613054141/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121311aaa.html dead AP Pollhttps://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/20091113173644/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings November 13, 2009 0 19 12 11 9 7 6 6 6 6 4 4 3 6 6 6 9 13 9 12 9 Coaches Poll 0 19 12 12 10 8 7 7 7 7 5 4 3 7 6 6 10 14 10 11 10 8 Schedule and results Source http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/bay-m-baskbl-sched.html 2011–12Schedule 2011-11-10 2010-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20101224222632/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/bay-m-baskbl-sched.html dead All times are Central yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 8/12/2011 4:00pm l yes yes Belgium Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, ON 68–81 NA 8/13/2011 12:00pm w yes yes Canadian Juniors Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, ON 104–78 NA 8/13/2011 7:30pm w yes yes Ryerson Rams Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, ON sportscanada.tv 93–71 NA 8/15/2011 7:00pm w yes yes Ontario Revolution Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, ON 103–68 NA 11/01/2011 7:00pm w yes Abilene Christian Ferrell Center Waco, TX 81–54 3,082 |- !colspan=9| Regular Season 11/11/2011 9:00pm w yes 12 Texas Southern Ferrell Center Waco, TX 77–57 1–0 7,359 11/13/2011 6:00pm w yes 12 Jackson State Ferrell Center Waco, TX 92–59 2–0 6,103 11/15/2011 1:00pm w yes 11 San Diego State Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN 77–67 3–0 6,941 11/22/2011 9:00pm w yes 9 South Carolina State Ferrell Center Waco, TX 70–50 4–0 6,438 11/23/2011 7:00pm w yes 9 UT-Arlington Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW/FSH 75–65 5–0 5,988 11/29/2011 7:00pm w yes 7 Prairie View A&M Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW/FSH 90–54 6–0 6,072 12/04/2011 3:00pm w yes yes 7 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 69–41 7–0 6,316 12/14/2011 7:00pm w yes 6 Bethune-Cookman Ferrell Center Waco, TX Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic FSSW/FSH 69–42 8–0 8,838 12/17/2011 1:00pm w yes yes 6 BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT BYUtv 86–83 9–0 22,700 12/19/2011 7:00pm w yes 6 Paul Quinn Ferrell Center Waco, TX Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic 95–54 10–0 5,034 12/22/2011 9:30pm w yes yes 6 Saint Mary's Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic ESPN3 72–59 11–0 1,526 12/23/2011 8:00pm w yes yes 6 West Virginia Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic ESPN 83–81 OT 12–0 1,526 12/28/2011 8:00pm w yes yes 6 Mississippi State 15 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX The Showcase ESPN2 54–52 13–0 6,707 |- !colspan=9| Big 12 Regular Season 01/02/2012 6:00pm w 4 Texas A&M Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 61–52 8,424 14–0 1–0 01/07/2012 12:45pm w yes 4 Texas Tech United Spirit Arena Lubbock, TX Big 12 Network 73–60 8,247 15–0 2–0 01/10/2012 7:00pm w yes 4 Kansas State 18 Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS FSSW/FSH 75–73 12,528 16–0 3–0 01/14/2012 2:00pm w 4 Oklahoma State Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN2 106–65 9,594 17–0 4–0 01/16/2012 8:30pm l yes 3 Kansas 7 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN 74–92 16,300 17–1 4–1 01/21/2012 1:00pm 3 Missouri 5 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN 88–89 10,617 17–2 4–2 01/24/2012 7:00pm w yes 6 Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK Big 12 Network 77–65 8,004 18–2 5–2 01/28/2012 12:00pm w 6 Texas Ferrell Center Waco, TX CBS 76–71 10,299 19–2 6–2 02/01/2012 8:00pm w yes 6 Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPN2 63–60 9,309 20–2 7–2 02/04/2012 12:45pm w yes 6 Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK Big 12 Network 64–60 10,775 21–2 8–2 02/08/2012 6:00pm l 6 Kansas 7 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN2 54–68 9,386 21–3 8–3 02/11/2012 12:45pm yes 6 Missouri 4 Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Big 12 Network 57–72 15,061 21–4 8–4 02/13/2012 6:00pm 9 Iowa State Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 79–64 7,047 22–4 9–4 02/18/2012 12:45pm 9 Kansas State Ferrell Center Waco, TX Big 12 Network 56–57 7,174 22–5 9–5 02/20/2012 8:00pm yes 13 Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN 77–72 14,501 23–5 10–5 02/25/2012 12:45pm 13 Oklahoma Ferrell Center Waco, TX Big 12 Network 70–60 7,793 24–5 11–5 02/27/2012 8:00pm 9 Texas Tech Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPNU 77–48 7,123 25–5 12–5 03/03/2012 6:00pm yes 9 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA Cyclones TVN 72–80 14,376 25–6 12–6 |- ! colspan=9|2012 Big 12 men's basketball tournament 03/08/2012 11:30am yes 12 Kansas State Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Quarterfinals ESPN2 82–74 18,972 26–6 03/09/2012 6:30pm yes 12 Kansas 3 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Semifinals Big 12 Network/ESPNU 81–72 18,972 27–6 03/10/12 4:30pm yes 12 Missouri 5 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Championship Game ESPN 75–90 18,972 27–7 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament 03/15/2012 6:27 pm yes yes 9 (S 3) (S 14) South Dakota State The Pit Albuquerque, NM Second Round truTV 68–60 28–7 N/A 03/17/2012 7:59 pm yes yes 9 (S 3) (S 11) Colorado The Pit Albuquerque, NM Third Round TNT 80–63 29–7 N/A 03/23/2012 6:15 pm yes yes 9 (S 3) (S 10) Xavier Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Sweet Sixteen CBS 75–70 30–7 N/A 03/25/2012 1:20 pm yes yes 9 (S 3) (S 1) Kentucky 1 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Elite Eight CBS 70–82 30–8 N/A AP Poll Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region References "Scott Drew Profile - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com ." Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2012. http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/drew_scott00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120529123858/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/drew_scott00.html May 29, 2012 Quincy Acy Profile - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com . (n.d.). Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com. Retrieved March 28, 2012, from https://web.archive.org/web/20190915113708/https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=575 Wolstat, R. (2012, March 24). IT’S BAYLOR, BABY! Bears start quick, then hold off relentless Xavier squad to advance to Elite 8. The Saturday Sun, pp. 16. Barr, J. (2012, March, 18). Baylor vs. Colorado: Brady Heslip shoots Bears into Sweet 16. The Washington post, Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/baylor-vs-colorado-brady-heslip-shoots-bears-into-sweet-16/2012/03/17/gIQAl6uiJS_blog.html Newberry, P. (2012, March 26). Kentucky beats Baylor 82–70 in South Regional. Associated Press. Retrieved from January 2025 medicmedic Baylor Category:Baylor Bears men's basketball seasons Baylor