2011–12 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 24 3rd Basketball 2011–12 Xavier Musketeers Xavier Musketeers logo.svg 150 Atlantic 10 Conference A-10 23–13 10–6 Chris Mack Rasheen Davis Kareem Richardson Travis Steele Cintas Center NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2011–12 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University in the 2011–12 NCAA Divisions I Men's Basketball Season. Xavier was led by head coach Chris Mack in his third season at Xavier. The Musketeers competed in the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the Cintas Center. Xavier finished the season 23–13,10–6 in A-10 play to finish in tie for third place in conference. The Musketeers lost to St. Bonaventure in the championship of the A-10 tournament. Xavier received a #10 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Musketeers defeated Notre Dame and Lehigh to reach the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated by Baylor. Previous season The Musketeers finished the 2010–11 season 24–8, 15–1 in A-10 play to win the regular season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament to Dayton. The Musketeers received an at-large bid as a #6 seed to the NCAA tournament where they lost in Second Round to Marquette. Preseason On October 13, 2011, the Musketeers were picked by other Atlantic 10 coaches to finish first in the league standings and received 18 first place votes. Kenny Freese and Mark Lyons were named to the All-Conference Second Team. Justin Martin and Dez Wells were selected to the 2011–12 preseason Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie Team. Senior Center Kenny Frease was suspended from October 14 through October 23 for not fulfilling all of the responsibilities of a Xavier basketball player. Frease was reinstated on October 23.Senior Kenny Frease Reinstated To Men's Basketball Squad http://www.goxavier.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102311aab.html GoXavier.com 28 October 2011 Senior Tu Holloway sat out the first game of the season because of a secondary violation of NCAA rules. Sources believe Holloway played in two summer leagues. The NCAA allows players to compete in one.Russell Shannon Tu Holloway's suspension http://cincinnati.com/blogs/xavier/2011/10/24/tu-holloways-suspension/ 28 October 2011 Cincinnati Enquirer October 24, 2011 Roster 2011 Xavier Musketeers y Dee Davis 0 G 6 0 160 FR Bloomington, Indiana USA Landen Amos n 2 G 6 3 180 SO Chicago, Illinois USA S O’Neil Cooper 3 G 5 9 185 SR New York, New York USA Travis Taylor basketball y 4 F 6 8 220 JR Union, New Jersey USA Dez Wells y 5 G/F 6 5 215 FR Raleigh, North Carolina USA Mark Lyons y 10 G 6 1 188 JR Schenectady, New York USA Brad Redford 12 G 6 1 182 JR yes Frankenmuth, Michigan USA Greg Dougan 15 G 6 4 180 JR Greensburg, Indiana USA Justin Martin 20 F 6 6 205 FR Indianapolis, Indiana USA Jeff Robinson 21 F 6 10 225 JR Indianapolis, Indiana USA Isaiah Philmore y 31 G/F 6 8 230 JR yes Bel Air, Maryland USA Kenny Frease y 32 C 7 0 275 Sr Massillon, Ohio USA Erik Stenger 35 F 6 8 205 JR yes Cincinnati, Ohio USA Griffin McKenzie 44 F 6 9 240 SO Cincinnati, Ohio USA Tu Holloway y 52 G 6 0 190 SR Hempstead, New York USA Andre Walker 54 F 6 8 225 SR Flossmoor, Illinois USA Chris Mack (Xavier) Rasheen Davis (St. Thomas Aquinas) Kareem Richardson (Evansville) Travis Steele (Butler) https://www.webcitation.org/5l5S1nnZH?url=http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kan-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2011-12-11 Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#062252; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/5/2011 6:00pm yes 14 Bellarmine Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 76–73 – 10,033 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#062252; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/11/2011 7:00pm yes 14 Morgan State Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSOH 74–63 1–0 10,250 11/15/2011 7:00pm yes 13 IPFW Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSOH 86–63 2–0 9,873 11/18/2011 7:00 pm yes 13 Miami (OH) Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSOH 66–40 3–0 10,250 11/25/2011 8:00pm yes 12 Georgia Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSOH 70–56 4–0 10,250 11/28/2011 7:00pm yes yes 11 Vanderbilt 20 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPN2 82–70 OT 5–0 14,316 12/3/2011 3:00pm yes 11 Purdue Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH ESPNU 66–63 6–0 10,250 12/7/2011 9:00pm yes yes 8 Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN ESPN 73–61 7–0 7,033 12/10/2011 12:30pm yes 8 Cincinnati Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout ESPN2 76–53 8–0 10,250 12/18/2011 1:00pm yes 8 Oral Roberts Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSOH 42–64 8–1 9,678 12/22/2011 11:00pm yes yes 14 Long Beach State Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Diamond Head Classic ESPNU 58–68 8–2 N/A 12/24/2011 1:30am yes yes 14 Hawaii Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Diamond Head Classic Consolation Game ESPNU 82–84 OT 8–3 6,836 12/25/2011 2:00pm yes yes 14 Southern Illinois Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Diamond Head Classic 7th Place Game ESPN3 87–77 9–3 N/A 12/31/2011 8:00pm yes Gonzaga Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 65–72 9–4 10,250 1/4/2012 6:00pm yes La Salle Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA FSOH/CBSSR 70–80 9–5 (0–1) 2,076 1/7/2012 12:00pm yes Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY FSOH 67–59 10–5 (1–1) 3,200 1/11/2012 7:00pm Duquesne Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH CBSSN 78–50 11–5 (2–1) 10,168 1/14/2012 12:00pm St. Bonaventure Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH ESPNU 74–67 12–5 (3–1) 10,250 1/18/2012 7:00pm Saint Joseph's Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSOH/CBSSR 68–55 13–5 (4–1) 9,919 1/21/2012 1:00pm yes Dayton University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH ESPN2 72–87 13–6 (4–2) 13,435 1/25/2012 7:00pm Saint Louis Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSOH 68–73 13–7 (4–3) 10,153 1/28/2012 7:00pm yes Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC FSOH 74–70 14–7 (5–3) 7,503 2/1/2012 7:00pm yes George Washington Charles E. Smith Athletic Center Washington, DC FSOH/CBSSR 59–58 15–7 (6–3) 2,716 2/4/2012 1:00pm yes yes Memphis FedExForum Memphis, TN FSOH 68–72 15–8 17,097 2/8/2012 7:00pm 2011–12 Rhode Island Rams University of Rhode Island Rhode Island Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH CBSSN 84–66 16–8 (7–3) 10,250 2/11/2012 9:00pm yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 72–85 16–9 (7–4) 9,370 2/18/2012 8:00pm Dayton Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH CBSSN 86–83 OT 17–9 (8–4) 10,250 2/21/2012 7:00pm yes Massachusetts Mullens Center Amherst, MA FSOH/CBSSR 73–80 17–10 (8–5) 6,632 2/25/2012 8:00pm Richmond Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 65–57 18–10 (9–5) 10,250 2/28/2012 9:00pm yes Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO CBSSN 59–70 18–11 (9–6) 10,441 3/3/2012 2:00pm Charlotte Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSOH/CBSSN 72–63 19–11 (10–6) 10,183 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#062252; color:#FFFFFF;"| A-10 tournament 3/9/2012 9:00pm yes 3 Dayton 6 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ Quarterfinals 5,955 CBSSN 70–69 20–11 3/10/2012 3:30pm yes 3 Saint Louis 2 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ Semifinals 6,784 CBSSN 71–64 21–11 3/11/2012 1:00pm yes 3 St. Bonaventure 4 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ Championship Game 6,101 CBS 56–67 21–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#062252; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament 3/16/2012 9:45pm yes yes 10 S Notre Dame 7 S Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Second Round CBS 67–63 16,523 22–12 3/18/2012 7:45pm yes yes 10 S Lehigh 15 S Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Third Round truTV 70–58 18,722 23–12 3/23/2012 7:15pm yes yes 10 S Baylor 9 3 S Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Sweet Sixteen CBS 70–75 N/A 23–13 AP Poll Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20100111044248/http://www.goxavier.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/xavi-m-baskbl-sched.html January 11, 2010 GoXavier.com. Retrieved on October 27, 2011. References Xavier Category:Xavier Musketeers men's basketball seasons Xavier