2011–12 UCF Knights men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 UCF Knights UCF Knights logo.svg 100px Conference USA C-USA 22–11 10–6 Donnie Jones Shawn Finney Darren Tillis Tim Thomas UCF Arena UCF Holiday Classic Champions NIT First Round vs. Drexel L 56–81 The 2011–12 UCF Knights men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team that represented the University of Central Florida and competes in Conference USA. They played their home games at UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida, and were led by second-year head coach Donnie Jones. Previous season In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 21–12, 6–10 in C-USA play under the leadership of then first-year Head Coach Donnie Jones. The year was full of milestones for the UCF program. Following a 10–0 start to the season, in which they defeated #18 Florida, South Florida, and Miami, the Knights were nationally ranked for the first time in program history.UCF Men's Basketball Ranked For First Time In School History https://web.archive.org/web/20101223062326/http://www.wftv.com/sports/26196175/detail.html 2010-12-23 At the time, UCF was one of only four schools to be ranked in the BCS standings and the AP men's basketball poll.UCF Basketball Notoriety Grows with First National Ranking https://web.archive.org/web/20110710201837/http://www.espn1080.com/includes/blog/index.php?action=blog&blog_id=10&post_id=1201 2011-07-10 The Knights started the season on a 14–0 run before an eight-game skid that dropped them out of the national rankings. UCF was invited to the 2011 College Basketball Invitational, where they beat St. Bonaventure in the first round and Rhode Island in the quarterfinals before falling to Creighton in the semifinals. All of UCF's wins from the 2010–11 season were later vacated.UCF responds to NCAA concerning alleged infractions (PDF) http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucf/genrel/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/CorrectiveActions.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150725014820/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucf/genrel/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/CorrectiveActions.pdf 2015-07-25 2012-02-28 Pre-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jarvis Davis 2 G 6'1" 175 Freshman Columbia, South Carolina Transferred David Diakite 15 F 6'6" 215 RS sophomore Washington, D.C. Transferred Tom Herzog 41 C 7'0" 250 RS senior Flint, Michigan Graduated Isaac Sosa 11 G 6'3" 190 Junior Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Transferred A.J. Tyler 25 F 6'9" 225 RS senior Palm Harbor, Florida Graduated Taylor Young 12 G 6'1" 185 RS senior Orlando, Florida Graduated Class of 2011 signees no no 2011 Rod Days SF Weston, FL The Sagemont School 6 6 195 8/2/2010 3 3 89 Wayne Martin PF Jacksonville, FL Providence School 6 7 200 9/11/2010 3 3 89 Kasey Wilson PF North Port, FL North Port High School 6 7 205 8/2/2010 3 3 90 2011 UCF Basketball Commitments 2011 UCF Basketball Commits ESPN ucf 339 2116 2011-11-04 yes Roster 2011 UCF Knights y Keith Clanton y 33 f 6 9 245 jr Orlando, FL Josh Crittle 24 f 6 9 260 jr y Bellwood, IL Rod Days 0 g-f 6 6 195 f Miami Gardens, FL P. J. Gaynor 21 f 6 8 210 sr Jacksonville, FL Bobby Horodyski 11 g 6 0 175 jr Gainesville, FL Jeffrey Jordan 13 g 6 1 175 sr yes Chicago, IL y Marcus Jordan 5 g 6 3 205 jr Chicago, IL y Wayne Martin 2 f 6 7 200 fr Jacksonville, FL Dwight McCombs 10 f-c 6 8 250 sr Chicago, IL S C. J. y Reed 12 g 6 3 175 sr Daytona Beach, FL A. J. Rompza 3 g 5 9 160 sr Chicago, IL Tristan Spurlock 1 f 6 8 230 so yes Woodbridge, VA Isaiah Sykes y 32 g-f 6 5 205 so Detroit, MI Kasey Wilson 22 f 6 7 205 fr North Port, FL http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/roster/_/id/2116/ucf-knights November 4, 2011 Donnie Jones (Pikeville) Shawn Finney (Fairmont) Darren Tillis (Paul Quinn) Tim Thomas (Wheeling Jesuit) Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=8| Exhibition 11/05/2011 5:00 pm yes West Virginia Tech UCF Arena Orlando, FL 81–66 – N/A |- !colspan=8| Regular season 11/12/2011 5:00 pm yes St. Thomas UCF Arena Orlando, FL 74–61 1–0 4,106 11/14/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Florida State 25 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL ESPN3 50–73 1–1 7,655 11/18/2011 7:00 pm yes High Point UCF Arena Orlando, FL 84–72 2–1 5,293 11/24/2011 2:00 pm yes yes College of Charleston Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals Versus 74–63 3–1 1,493 11/25/2011 2:00 pm yes yes Connecticut 4 Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals Versus 68–63 4–1 2,394 11/26/2011 4:30 pm yes yes Harvard Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis Championship Versus 49–59 4–2 2,752 12/03/2011 5:00 pm yes Hartford UCF Arena Orlando, FL 67–48 5–2 4,914 12/10/2011 5:00 pm yes Bethune-Cookman UCF Arena Orlando, FL BHSN 53–51 6–2 4,723 12/13/2011 7:00 pm yes North Carolina A&T UCF Arena Orlando, FL 77–65 7–2 4,300 12/17/2011 5:00 pm yes Old Dominion UCF Arena Orlando, FL 61–53 8–2 4,621 12/21/2011 8:00 pm yes yes Louisiana-Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA 60–61 8–3 3,132 12/29/2011 7:00 pm yes Stetson UCF Arena Orlando, FL UCF Holiday Classic Semifinals 80–70 9–3 4,894 12/30/2011 7:00 pm yes Rhode Island UCF Arena Orlando, FL UCF Holiday Classic Championship 65–54 10–3 5,230 01/04/2012 7:00 pm Tulane UCF Arena Orlando, FL BHSN 60–53 11–3 1–0 4,495 01/07/2012 5:00 pm yes East Carolina Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC 81–63 12–3 2–0 6,095 01/11/2012 7:00 pm Houston UCF Arena Orlando, FL BHSN 74–63 13–3 3–0 7,862 01/14/2012 7:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 64–65 13–4 3–1 8,379 01/18/2012 8:00 pm Memphis UCF Arena Orlando, FL CBSSN 68–67 14–4 4–1 8,734 01/21/2012 2:00 pm yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL FSN 48–41 15–4 5–1 4,476 01/25/2012 2:00 pm yes Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK CBSSN 61–66 15–5 5–2 4,381 01/28/2012 7:00 pm Southern Miss UCF Arena Orlando, FL BHSN 65–78 15–6 5–3 7,790 01/30/2012 7:00 pm yes Palm Beach Atlantic UCF Arena Orlando, FL 84–69 16–6 4,529 02/04/2012 3:00 pm yes SMU Moody Coliseum University Park, TX 59–52 17–6 6–3 2,065 02/08/2012 7:00 pm Marshall UCF Arena Orlando, FL BHSN 67–60 18–6 7–3 6,192 02/11/2012 5:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 74–78 18–7 7–4 4,482 02/18/2012 7:00 pm East Carolina UCF Arena Orlando, FL BHSN 64–55 19–7 8–4 7,025 02/22/2012 9:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX CSS 74–83 19–8 8–5 1,517 02/25/2012 8:00 pm UTEP UCF Arena Orlando, FL CBSSN 63–45 20–8 9–5 6,306 02/28/2012 9:00 pm yes Memphis FedExForum Memphis, TN CSS 55–84 20–9 9–6 17,784 03/03/2012 7:00 pm UAB UCF Arena Orlando, FL 71–63 21–9 10–6 6,283 |- !colspan=8| 2012 Conference USA tournament 03/08/2012 10:00 pm yes UAB FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Quarterfinals CBSSN 64–54 22–9 11,697 03/09/2012 6:30 pm yes Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Semifinals CBSSN 52–83 22–10 14,441 |- !colspan=8| 2012 National Invitation Tournament 03/14/2012 7:15 pm yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA First Round ESPN3 56–81 22–11 1,821 |- AP Poll Eastern Time Rankings + Ranking movementIt is possible to receive votes in certain polls but not be officially ranked in the Top 25. Rankings of 26 and greater indicate the team has received votes, but not enough to be featured in the Top 25.Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██Not ranked the previous week. 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 Wk 19 Final AP — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Coaches — — — — — — — — — — — RV — — — — — — — — — References Category:UCF Knights men's basketball seasons Ucf Ucf UCF Knights UCF Knights