2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 Syracuse Orange Syracuse Orange logo.svg 100px Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 5 2 0–3 0–1 (17 wins vacated)) NIT Season Tip-Off Champions Big East Season Champions Jim Boeheim Mike Hopkins Adrian Autry Gerry McNamara Carrier Dome NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 34 The 2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach, Jim Boeheim, served for his 36th year. The team played its home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York and is a member of the Big East Conference. In 2015, Syracuse voluntarily vacated nine wins from this season due to participation of ineligible players. Following an NCAA investigation, all 25 other wins were vacated. Syracuse was, however, allowed to keep their banners and Elite Eight appearance.http://cuse.com/news/2015/3/6/GEN_0306155633.aspx?path=mbasket Syracuse University Responds to NCAA Committee on Infractions ReportNCAA Career Statistics, search under coach for Jim Boeheim Preseason Roster changes Syracuse graduated one starter from the previous year's team, power forward Rick Jackson. Center DaShonte Riley transferred to Eastern Michigan. Recruiting no no 2010 Michael Carter-Williams PG Hamilton, MA St. Andrew's School 6 4 175 November 1, 2009 4 5 97 Rakeem Christmas C Philadelphia, PA Academy of the New Church 6 9 230 August 6, 2010 5 5 97 Trevor Cooney SG Wilmington, DE Sanford School 6 3 180 February 26, 2010 4 3 94 2011 2011 Syracuse Signees 2011 Syracuse Signees 2011 Syracuse Signees syracuse 185 183 #16 #11 #10 November 3, 2010 yes Preseason outlook In the Big East preseason Coaches' Poll, Syracuse was predicted to finish tied for first with Connecticut. The Orange received five first place votes and 209 votes overall.http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/228746/Connecticut,-Syracuse-Tie-For-First-Place-In-Preseason-Coaches’-Poll-.aspx Connecticut, Syracuse Tie For First Place In Preseason Coaches' Poll Big East Conference October 19, 2011 October 28, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111020104856/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/228746/Connecticut,-Syracuse-Tie-For-First-Place-In-Preseason-Coaches%E2%80%99-Poll-.aspx October 20, 2011 dead Kris Joseph was named to the Preseason All-Big East first team and Scoop Jardine was named to the second team.http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/228745/Pittsburgh-s-Gibbs-Selected-BIG-EAST-Preseason-Player-of-the-Year-.aspx Pittsburgh's Gibbs Selected BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year Big East Conference October 19, 2011 October 28, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111020105043/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/228745/Pittsburgh-s-Gibbs-Selected-BIG-EAST-Preseason-Player-of-the-Year-.aspx October 20, 2011 Postseason awards Fab Melo was named the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Dion Waiters won the Big East Sixth Man Award.http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/232284/Melo-Named-BIG-EAST-Defensive-Player-of-the-Year.aspx Melo Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Big East Conference March 5, 2012 March 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307150041/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/232284/Melo-Named-BIG-EAST-Defensive-Player-of-the-Year.aspx March 7, 2012 dead Kris Joseph was named to the All-Big East First Team while Scoop Jardine made the Second Team and Dion Waiters made the Third Team.http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/232234/Marquette-Places-Two-On-All-BIG-EAST-First-Team.aspx Marquette Places Two On All-BIG EAST First Team Big East Conference March 4, 2012 March 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120306204351/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/232234/Marquette-Places-Two-On-All-BIG-EAST-First-Team.aspx March 6, 2012 dead The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Joseph to its All-America Second Team.http://www.nabc.org/NABC_Releases/releases/2011-12_NABC_Releases/2012_NABC_Coaches-_Division_I_All-America_release Nabc announces 2012 coaches' division i all-america teams NABC.org March 20, 2012 March 20, 2012 NBC Sports also named Melo the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Waiters the Sixth Man of the Year. NBC named Joseph to its All-Big East First Team and Jardine and Waiters to its Second Team.http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/05/nbcsports-coms-big-east-postseason-awards/ CBT's Big East postseason awards NBC Sports March 5, 2012 March 6, 2012 CBS Sports named Waiters its national Sixth Man of the Year.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/17767925/kansas-robinson-worthy-of-poy-but-kentuckys-davis-is-better Kansas' Robinson worthy of POY, but Kentucky's Davis is better CBS Sports March 13, 2012 March 13, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120401054833/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/17767925/kansas-robinson-worthy-of-poy-but-kentuckys-davis-is-better April 1, 2012 It also named Waiters All-Big East First Team and Joseph Second Team.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/17768537 Conference awards: All-league honors for top players and coaches CBS Sports March 13, 2012 March 13, 2012 Roster 2011 Syracuse Orange y y Michael Carter-Williams 1 G 6 5 176 FR Hamilton, Massachusetts St. Andrew's y Nick Resavy 2 G 6 2 201 SR West Milford, New Jersey West Milford Dion Waiters 3 G 6 4 215 SO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Life Center Academy y Nolan Hart 4 G 5 10 152 SO Albany, New York Albany Academy C. J. Fair 5 F 6 8 203 SO Baltimore, Maryland Brewster Academy y Trevor Cooney 10 yes G 6 4 185 FR Wilmington, Delaware Sanford y Scoop Jardine 11 G 6 2 190 SR Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Neumann-Goretti y Baye Moussa Keita 12 C 6 10 213 SO Saint Louis, Senegal Oak Hill Academy Griffin Hoffmann 13 G 6 0 178 JR New York, New York York Preparatory Matt Lyde-Cajuste 14 F 6 4 205 JR Mt. Vernon, New York Iona Preparatory Brandon Triche 20 G 6 4 205 JR Jamesville, New York Jamesville-DeWitt y Mookie Jones 21 F 6 6 220 JR Peekskill, New York Peekskill y Russ DeRemer 23 G 6 4 210 SO Wrentham, Massachusetts Xaverian Brothers Brandon Reese 24 G 5 11 160 SR Davie, Florida Pine Crest Rakeem Christmas 25 F 6 9 222 FR Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania Academy of the New Church y Kris Joseph 32 F 6 7 210 SR Montreal, Quebec Archbishop Carroll (DC) y Albert Nassar 33 F 6 6 195 FR Stuart, Florida South Fork Matt Tomaszewski 34 F 6 8 215 SO Seabrook, New Hampshire Holderness James Southerland 43 F 6 8 210 JR Bayside, New York Notre Dame Preparatory (MA) y Fab Melo 51 C 7 0 244 SO Juiz de Fora, Brazil The Sagemont School y Jim Boeheim, 36th yr. (Syracuse, 1966) Mike Hopkins, 16th yr. (Syracuse, 1993) Gerry McNamara, 3rd yr. (Syracuse, 2007) Adrian Autry, 1st yr. (Syracuse, 1994) Lazarus Sims, 5th yr. (Syracuse, 1996) http://suathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=mbasket 2011-03-13 Depth chart 212B6D FF6F00 FFFFFF Fab Melo C.J. Fair Kris Joseph Brandon Triche Scoop Jardine Baye Keita Rakeem Christmas James Southerland Dion Waiters Michael Carter-Williams Matt Tomaszewski Matt Lyde-Cajuste Griffin Hoffmann Nick Resavy Brandon Reese Albert Nassar Russ DeRemer Nolan Hart Schedule yes yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;"| Exhibition Nov. 1 7:00 pm 79–49 Melo 12 Keita 9 Jardine 7 yes 5 2011–12 California State University, Los Angeles CSULA Golden Eagles CSULA (DII) Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet 8,668 Nov. 8 7:00 pm 87–69 Joseph 12 Keita 7 Tied 3 yes 5 2011–12 The College of Saint Rose St. Rose Golden Knights St. Rose (DII) Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet/SNY 8,110 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;"| Regular Season Nov. 12 4:00 pm 78–53 Joseph 16 Triche 7 Tied 3 yes 5 Fordham Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet/SNY 22,906 1–0 Nov. 14 7:00 pm 92–56 Waiters 17 Melo 9 Waiters 5 yes 5 Manhattan Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY NIT Season Tip-Off ESPNU 17,284 2–0 Nov. 15 7:00 pm 98–74 Tied 19 Fair 9 Tied 5 yes 5 Albany Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY NIT Season Tip-Off ESPN3 17,189 3–0 Nov. 19 4:00 pm 92–47 Waiters 16 Christmas 8 Jardine 6 yes 5 Colgate Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet/SNY 21,084 4–0 Nov. 23 9:30 pm 69–58 Joseph 20 Tied 10 Triche 6 yes 5 vs. Virginia Tech Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Season Tipoff ESPN2 8,293 5–0 Nov. 25 5:00 pm 69–63 Joseph 18 Tied 9 Triche 4 yes 5 vs. Stanford Madison Square Garden New York, NY NIT Season Tipoff ESPN 8,477 6–0 Nov. 29 7:00 pm 84–48 Southerland 19 Christmas 6 Jardine 7 yes 4 Eastern Michigan Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet/SNY 19,649 7–0 Dec. 2 7:00 pm 72–68 Triche 20 Fair 11 Jardine 7 yes 4 Florida 10 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY SEC–Big East Challenge ESPN 24,459 8–0 Dec. 6 7:00 pm 62–56 Waiters 15 Joseph 8 Jardine 4 yes 3 Marshall Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet/SNY 19,817 9–0 Dec. 10 7:00 pm 85–50 Waiters 19 Joseph 8 Carter-Williams 8 yes 3 George Washington Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet/SNY 23,226 10–0 Dec. 17 6:30 pm 88–72 Waiters 22 Melo 6 Tied 4 yes 1 at NC State RBC Center Raleigh, NC ESPN2 19,400 11–0 Dec. 20 7:00 pm 80–61 Joseph 17 Melo 9 Tied 4 yes 1 Bucknell Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet/SNY 17,302 12–0 Dec. 22 7:00 pm 80–61 Waiters 15 Tied 5 Tied 3 yes 1 Tulane Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Time Warner SportsNet/SNY 18,679 13–0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;" | Big East Regular Season Dec. 28 7:00 pm 75–49 Waiters 15 Fair 8 Tied 4 no 1 Seton Hall Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Big East Network/MSG 25,081 14–0 (1–0) Jan. 1 5:00 pm 87–68 Joseph 22 Joseph 7 Tied 3 no 1 at DePaul Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Big East Network/SNY 12,102 15–0 (2–0) Jan. 4 9:00 pm 87–73 Triche 16 Christmas 5 Jardine 11 no 1 at Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI Big East Network/SNY 12,252 16–0 (3–0) Jan. 7 4:00 pm 73–66 Joseph 17 Tied 8 Waiters 7 no 1 Marquette 20 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Big East Network/SNY 25,412 17–0 (4–0) Jan. 11 7:00 pm 79–66 Waiters 20 Keita 7 Jardine 5 no 1 at Villanova Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 14,877 18–0 (5–0) Jan. 14 6:00 pm 78–55 Joseph 13 Fair 6 Jardine 9 no 1 Providence Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Big East Network/SNY 23,311 19–0 (6–0) Jan. 16 7:30 pm 71–63 Waiters 16 Melo 10 Jardine 10 no 1 Pittsburgh Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN 24,826 20–0 (7–0) Jan. 21 6:00 pm 58–67 Southerland 15 Joseph 5 Jardine 7 no 1 at Notre Dame Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN ESPN 9,149 20–1 (7–1) Jan. 23 7:00 pm 60–53 Joseph 17 Christmas 9 Jardine 6 no 3 at Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ESPN 13,176 21–1 (8–1) Jan. 28 1:00 pm 63–61 Triche 18 Joseph 7 Jardine 5 no 3 West Virginia Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPNU 28,740 22–1 (9–1) Feb. 4 12:00 pm 95–70 Tied 14 Joseph 8 Triche 5 no 2 at St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, NY ESPN 19,979 23–1 (10–1) Feb. 8 7:00 pm 64–61 Joseph 29 Fair 9 Jardine 8 no 2 Georgetown 11 Rivalry Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN 27,820 24–1 (11–1) OT Feb. 11 1:00 pm 85–67 Jardine 21 Fair 12 Jardine 6 no 2 Connecticut Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Rivalry CBS 33,430 25–1 (12–1) Feb. 13 7:00 pm 52–51 Fair 13 Tied 6 Jardine 5 no 2 Louisville 19 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY yes ESPN 22,738 26–1 (13–1) Feb. 19 1:00 pm 74–64 Fair 21 Fair 8 Jardine 7 no 2 at Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ ESPN 8,093 27–1 (14–1) Feb. 22 7:00 pm 56–48 Jardine 15 Joseph 9 Jardine 4 no 2 South Florida Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Big East Network/SNY 25,316 28–1 (15–1) Feb. 25 9:00 pm 71–69 Joseph 21 Melo 9 Jardine 6 no 2 yes Connecticut Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT Rivalry and ESPN College GameDay ESPN 10,167 29–1 (16–1) Mar. 3 4:00 pm 58–49 Triche 18 Melo 8 Triche 4 no 2 Louisville 19 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY CBS 33,205 30–1 (17–1) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;" | 2012 Big East men's basketball tournament Mar. 8 12:00 pm 58–55 Waiters 18 Triche 7 Carter-Williams 4 no yes 2 Connecticut Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarterfinals/Rivalry ESPN 20,057 31–1 Mar. 9 7:00 pm 68–71 Waiters 28 Fair 11 Tied 4 no yes 2 Cincinnati Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semifinals ESPN 20,057 31–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#FF6F00; color:#212B6D;" | 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Mar. 15 3:10 pm yes 2 (1) (16) UNC Asheville Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh, PA Second Round truTV Southerland 15 Tied 8 Jardine 7 72–65 18,927 32–2 Mar. 17 12:15 pm yes 2 (1) (8) Kansas State Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh, PA Third Round CBS Waiters 18 Christmas 11 Jardine 8 75–59 18,588 33–2 Mar. 22 7:15 pm yes 2 (1) (4) Wisconsin 14 TD Garden Boston, MA Sweet Sixteen CBS Fair 15 Fair 7 Jardine 4 64–63 18,796 34–2 Mar. 24 7:05 pm yes 2 (1) (2) Ohio State 7 TD Garden Boston, MA Elite Eight CBS Triche 15 Keita 10 Jardine 6 70–77 19,026 34–3 Eastern Time AP poll. Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. 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 5 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 * Coaches 5 5 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2012–13 Recruiting no no 2010 DaJuan Coleman C DeWitt, NY Jamesville-DeWitt High School 6 8 280 October 25, 2011 5 4 97 Jerami Grant PF Hyattsville, MD DeMatha Catholic High School 6 7 200 September 16, 2011 4 4 95 2012 2012 Syracuse Signees 2012 Syracuse Signees 2012 Syracuse Signees syracuse 185 183 #11 #15 February 13, 2012 yes References 2 External links Syracuse Orange Category:Syracuse Orange men's basketball seasons Syracuse Orange