2011–12 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
Record26–11 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Larry Davis (6th season)
  • George Jackson (3rd season)
  • Darren Savino (2nd season)
Home arenaFifth Third Arena
2011–12 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 Marquette144 .778278  .771
Notre Dame135 .7222212  .647
Cincinnati126 .6672611  .703
No. 15 Georgetown126 .667249  .727
South Florida126 .6672214  .611
West Virginia99 .5001914  .576
Connecticut810 .4442014  .588
Seton Hall810 .4442113  .618
Rutgers612 .3331418  .438
St. John's612 .3331319  .406
Pittsburgh513 .2782217  .564
Villanova513 .2781319  .406
Providence414 .2221517  .469
DePaul315 .1671219  .387
*No. 2 Syracuse01 .00003  .000
**No. 17 Louisville08 .000010  .000
2012 Big East tournament winner
As of March 31, 2012[1]
*Syracuse: 30 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Syracuse–(34–3)(17–1) **Louisville: 25 reg. season games, 5 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Louisville–(30-10)(10-8)
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represents the University of Cincinnati during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team plays its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176. They are members of the Big East Conference.

Offseason

Departing players

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Eddie Tyree2G5'10"180SeniorColumbus, OhioWalk-on; graduated
Larry Davis11G6'3"185SeniorHouston, TexasGraduated
Darnell Wilks15F6'7"205SeniorNashville, TennesseeGraduated
Rashad Bishop22F6'6"220SeniorPaterson, New JerseyGraduated
Anthony McBride25G6'2"180RS FreshmanCincinnati, OhioWalk-on; did not return
Anthony McClain30F7'0"290SeniorTrenton, New JerseyGraduated
Ibrahima Thomas32F6'11"235SeniorDakar, SenegalGraduated

Incoming Transfers

NamePos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Cheikh MbodjF6'10"227JuniorDakar, SenegalJunior college transferred from Grayson College[2]

Recruiting class of 2011

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Ge'Lawn Guyn
SG
Lexington, KY South Kent Prep 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jul 1, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN grade: 91
Shaq Thomas
SF
Paterson, NJ NIA Prep 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 10, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN grade: 92
Jermaine Sanders
SF
New York, NY Rice High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sep 27, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN grade: 91
Jeremiah Davis III
SG
Muncie, IN Huntington Prep 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Nov 13, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN grade: 90
Octavius Ellis
PF
Memphis, TN Whitehaven High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 185 lb (84 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:   247Sports: 26
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Cincinnati 2011 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  • "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

Roster

2011–12 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Jeremiah Davis III 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)200 lb (91 kg) FrHuntington Prep Muncie, Indiana
G 1 Cashmere Wright 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)175 lb (79 kg) RS JrUrban Christian Academy Savannah, Georgia
F 2 Octavius Ellis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)210 lb (95 kg) FrWhitehaven High School Memphis, Tennessee
G 3 Dion Dixon (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)195 lb (88 kg) SrCrane High School Chicago, Illinois
F 5 Justin Jackson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)210 lb (95 kg) SoArlington Country Day School Cocoa Beach, Florida
G 10 Alex Eppensteiner (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrElder High School Cincinnati, Ohio
F 11 Shaquille Thomas Current redshirt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)180 lb (82 kg) FrNIA Prep Paterson, New Jersey
C 13 Cheikh Mbodj 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)245 lb (111 kg) JrGrayson College Dakar, Senegal
G 14 Ge'Lawn Guyn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg) FrSouth Kent Prep Georgetown, Kentucky
F 15 Jermaine Sanders 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)225 lb (102 kg) FrRice High School Far Rockaway, New York
G/F 23 Sean Kilpatrick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)215 lb (98 kg) RS SoNotre Dame Prep White Plains, New York
F 24 Kelvin Gaines 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)225 lb (102 kg) RS FrArlington Country Day School Ocala, Florida
F 34 Yancy Gates (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)260 lb (118 kg) SrWithrow High School Cincinnati, Ohio
F 44 JaQuon Parker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrKing's Fork High School Suffolk, Virginia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2 Sep 2020

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Yancy Gates Cheikh Mbodj Octavius Ellis
PF JaQuon Parker Justin Jackson Kelvin Gaines
SF Sean Kilpatrick Jermaine Sanders
SG Dion Dixon Jeremiah Davis III Alex Eppensteiner
PG Cashmere Wright Ge'Lawn Guyn

Source[3]

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2011*
7:00pm
No. 21 McGill W 75–41 
Fifth Third Arena (3,484)
Cincinnati, OH
November 8, 2011*
7:00pm
No. 21 Northern Kentucky W 66–54 
Fifth Third Arena (5,329)
Cincinnati, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 13, 2011*
7:00pm, FS Ohio
No. 21 Alabama State W 65–40  1–0
Fifth Third Arena (4,264)
Cincinnati, OH
November 15, 2011*
7:00pm, FS Ohio
No. 20 Jacksonville State W 79–63  2–0
Fifth Third Arena (4,152)
Cincinnati, OH
November 19, 2011*
4:00 pm
No. 20 Presbyterian L 54–56  2–1
Fifth Third Arena (4,960)
Cincinnati, OH
November 21, 2011*
7:00pm, FS Ohio
Northwestern State W 71–43  3–1
Fifth Third Arena (4,505)
Cincinnati, OH
November 25, 2011*
7:00pm, ESPN3
Marshall L 69–73 OT 3–2
Fifth Third Arena (7,201)
Cincinnati, OH
November 29, 2011*
7:00pm, FS Ohio
Miami (OH) W 56–47  4–2
Fifth Third Arena (6,457)
Cincinnati, OH
December 2, 2011*
7:00pm, ESPNU
at Georgia
SEC–Big East Challenge
W 57–51  5–2
Stegeman Coliseum (6,796)
Athens, GA
December 10, 2011*
12:30pm, ESPN2
at No. 8 Xavier
Crosstown Shootout
L 53–76  5–3
Cintas Center (10,250)
Cincinnati, OH
December 14, 2011*
7:00pm, ESPN2
at Wright State W 78–58  6–3
Nutter Center (5,097)
Dayton, OH
December 17, 2011*
2:00pm, ESPN3
Radford W 101–70  7–3
Fifth Third Arena (4,771)
Cincinnati, OH
December 21, 2011*
7:00pm, FS Ohio
Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 101–53  8–3
Fifth Third Arena (4,874)
Cincinnati, OH
December 23, 2011*
7:00pm, FS Ohio
Chicago State W 95–60  9–3
Fifth Third Arena (5,321)
Cincinnati, OH
December 29, 2011*
9:00pm, ESPNU
vs. Oklahoma W 56–55  10–3
US Bank Arena (4,439)
Cincinnati, OH
Big East Regular Season
January 1, 2012
7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network
at No. 22 Pittsburgh W 66–63  11–3
(1–0)
Petersen Events Center (12,508)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 4, 2012
7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network
Notre Dame W 71–55  12–3
(2–0)
Fifth Third Arena (10,142)
Cincinnati, OH
January 7, 2012
2:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network
St. John's L 55–57  12–4
(2–1)
Fifth Third Arena (8,820)
Cincinnati, OH
January 9, 2012
9:00pm, ESPNU
at No. 11 Georgetown W 68–64  13–4
(3–1)
Verizon Center (7,877)
Washington, D.C.
January 14, 2012
12:00pm, CinCW/BIG EAST Network
Villanova W 82–78  14–4
(4–1)
Fifth Third Arena (10,205)
Cincinnati, OH
January 18, 2012
7:00pm, ESPN2
at No. 11 Connecticut W 70–67  15–4
(5–1)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167)
Storrs, CT
January 21, 2012
3:00pm, ESPNU
at West Virginia L 74–77  15–5
(5–2)
WVU Coliseum (14,070)
Morgantown, WV
January 23, 2012
7:00pm, ESPN
No. 3 Syracuse
BIG MONDAY
L 53–60  15–6
(5–3)
Fifth Third Arena (13,176)
Cincinnati, OH
January 28, 2012
6:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network
at Rutgers L 54–61  15–7
(5–4)
The RAC (7,693)
Piscataway, NJ
February 4, 2012
7:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network
DePaul W 74–66  16–7
(6–4)
Fifth Third Arena (10,450)
Cincinnati, OH
February 8, 2012
7:00pm, ESPNU
at St. John's W 76–54  17–7
(7–4)
Madison Square Garden (7,618)
New York, NY
February 11, 2012
3:00pm, ESPNU
at No. 18 Marquette L 78–95  17–8
(7–5)
Bradley Center (18,815)
Milwaukee, WI
February 15, 2012
9:00pm, ESPNU
Providence W 81–66  18–8
(8–5)
Fifth Third Arena (7,822)
Cincinnati, OH
February 18, 2012
4:00pm, FS Ohio/BIG EAST Network
Seton Hall W 72–67  19–8
(9–5)
Fifth Third Arena (13,003)
Cincinnati, OH
February 23, 2012
9:00pm, ESPN
No. 17 Louisville
Rivalry
W 60–56  20–8
(10–5)
Fifth Third Arena (13,176)
Cincinnati, OH
February 26, 2012
12:00pm, CinCW/BIG EAST Network
at South Florida L 45–46  20–9
(10–6)
Tampa Bay Times Forum (6,784)
Tampa, FL
February 29, 2012
7:00pm, ESPN2
No. 8 Marquette W 72–61  21–9
(11–6)
Fifth Third Arena (11,316)
Cincinnati, OH
March 3, 2012
2:00pm, ESPN
at Villanova W 72–68  22–9
(12–6)
The Pavilion (6,500)
Villanova, PA
Big East tournament
March 8, 2012
2:00pm, ESPN
(4) vs. (5) No. 13 Georgetown
Quarterfinals
W 72–70 2OT 23–9
Madison Square Garden (20,057)
New York, NY
March 9, 2012
7:00pm, ESPN
(4) vs. (1) No. 2 Syracuse
Semifinals
W 71–68  24–9
Madison Square Garden (20,057)
New York, NY
March 10, 2012
9:00pm, ESPN
(4) vs. (7) Louisville
Championship/Rivalry
L 44–50  24–10
Madison Square Garden (20,057)
New York, NY
NCAA tournament
March 16, 2012*
12:15pm, CBS
(E 6) vs. (E 11) Texas
Second Round
W 65–59  25–10
Bridgestone Arena 
Nashville, TN
March 18, 2012*
9:40pm, TBS
(E 6) vs. (E 3) No. 10 Florida State
Third Round
W 62–56  26–10
Bridgestone Arena (11,033)
Nashville, TN
March 22, 2012*
9:45 p.m., CBS
(E 6) vs. (E 2) No. 7 Ohio State
Sweet Sixteen
L 66–81  26–11
TD Garden (18,796)
Boston, MA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.[4].

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
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Awards and milestones

Big East Conference honors

All-Big East Second Team

  • Sean Kilpatrick[5]

Player of the Week

  • Week 7: Sean Kilpatrick[6]
  • Week 9: Dion Dixon[6]

See also

Notes

  1. "Big East Conference Standings - 2011-12." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-31-12.
  2. "Cheikh Mbodj - Men's Basketball".
  3. "2011-12 Cincinnati Bearcats Roster and Stats".
  4. Schedule Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine GoBearcats.com. Retrieved on October 10, 2011.
  5. "Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Big East Conference Basketball Media Guide". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
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