2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Gauchos wordmark.svg 250 Big West Conference Big West 20–11 12–4 Bob Williams 14th Matt Stock Kevin Bromley Ryan Madry The Thunderdome CIT First Round The 2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by 14th year head coach Bob Williams, played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, nicknamed The Thunderdome, and are members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 12–4 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the championship game of the Big West Basketball tournament to Long Beach State. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Idaho. Roster Sourcehttp://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ucsb-m-baskbl-mtt.html UC Santa Barbara Official Athletics Site 2010-03-31 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100328010009/http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ucsb-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2010-03-28 #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometown0Jaimé Serna6'9"235ForwardSeniorLaguna Beach, California1Nate Garth6'2"180GuardJuniorSacramento, California5Keegan Hornbuckle6'7"205ForwardSophomoreWestlake Village, California10Kyle Boswell6'2"180GuardSophomoreHuntington Beach, California11T.J. Taylor5'9"160GuardFreshmanOakland, California12Lewis Thomas6'7"210Guard/ForwardFreshmanPerth, Australia15Alan Williams6'7"240CenterFreshmanPhoenix, Arizona20Shawn Moore6'5"210Guard/ForwardJuniorChico, California21James Nunnally6'7"205GuardSeniorStockton, California24Christian Peterson6'3"219GuardSeniorCarlsbad, California30Tyler Steinhause6'1"160GuardSophomoreSan Diego, California32John Green6'5"180GuardFreshmanOakland, California33Orlando Johnson6'5"205GuardSeniorSeaside, CA34Prince Arceneux6'6"190ForwardFreshmanLos Angeles, California35Taran Brown6'8"190ForwardFreshmanGillette, Wyoming55Greg Somogyi7'3"242CenterSeniorBudapest, HungaryDuke DaRe6'1"185GuardFreshmanClayton, California Schedule 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/05/2011 7:00 pm yes San Francisco State The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 2,343 67–51 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/11/2011 7:00 pm yes Chapman The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 2,030 74–48 1–0 11/15/2011 7:00 pm yes Santa Clara The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 2,331 89–56 2–0 11/18/2011 7:00 pm yes Westmont The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 2,619 82–61 3–0 11/22/2011 7:00 pm yes Portland The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 2,447 83–69 4–0 11/26/2011 7:00 pm yes San Diego State The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 5,011 75–76 4–1 11/30/2011 7:00 pm yes UNLV 18 The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 5,516 88–94 2OT 4–2 12/13/2011 6:00 pm yes yes San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA 1,720 65–61 5–2 12/16/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 9,246 ROOTNW 80–87 5–3 12/19/2011 7:30 pm yes yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 9,876 50–70 5–4 12/22/2011 7:00 pm yes yes BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT 10,670 BYUtv 75–89 5–5 01/02/2012 7:00 pm yes Cal Poly Mott Gym San Luis Obispo, CA 3,032 58–57 6–5 (1–0) 01/05/2012 7:00 pm Cal State Fullerton The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 2,674 77–64 7–5 (2–0) 01/12/2012 7:00 pm yes UC Riverside UC Riverside Student Recreation Center Riverside, CA 827 70–79 7–6 (2–1) 01/14/2012 7:00 pm UC Irvine The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 2,607 74–56 8–6 (3–1) 01/19/2012 7:00 pm Cal State Northridge The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 2,182 69–61 9–6 (4–1) 01/21/2012 8:00 pm Long Beach State The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 6,000 ESPNU 48–71 9–7 (4–2) 01/26/2012 7:00 pm yes UC Davis The Pavilion Davis, CA 1,477 86–59 10–7 (5–2) 01/28/2012 5:00 pm yes Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA 2,744 56–53 11–7 (6–2) 02/02/2012 7:00 pm yes Cal State Northridge Matadome Northridge, CA 1,813 85–70 12–7 (7–2) 02/04/2012 6:00 pm yes Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 3,224 86–99 12–8 (7–3) 02/11/2012 7:30 pm UC Riverside The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 3,516 PrimeTicket 60–52 13–8 (8–3) 02/15/2012 6:00 pm yes UC Irvine Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,372 85–62 14–8 (9–3) 02/18/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT ESPN BracketBusters 10,048 72–64 15–8 02/22/2012 8:00 pm yes Long Beach State Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA 4,732 ESPN2 58–70 15–9 (9–4) 02/25/2012 8:00 pm Cal Poly The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 4,205 ESPNU 68–60 16–9 (10–4) 03/01/2012 7:00 pm Pacific The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA NA 76–61 17–9 (11–4) 03/03/2012 7:00 pm UC Davis The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA 3,333 90–43 18–9 (12–4) |- !colspan=9| 2012 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament 03/08/2012 12:00 pm yes Pacific Honda Center Anaheim, CA Quarterfinals 72–52 NA 19–9 03/09/2012 9:00 pm yes Cal Poly Honda Center Anaheim, CA Semifinals ESPNU 64–52 5,171 20–9 03/10/2012 7:00 pm yes Long Beach State Honda Center Anaheim, CA Championship Game ESPN2 64–77 7,564 20–10 |- !colspan=9| 2012 CIT 03/14/2012 6:00 pm yes yes Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID First Round 1,203 83–86 20–11 AP Poll Pacific Time References Category:UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball seasons UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara