2011–12 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2011–12 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Pac-12 regular season champions
NIT, Semifinals
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record24–11 (14–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Raphael Chillious
  • Paul Fortier
  • Jim Shaw
Home arenaAlaska Airlines Arena
Seasons
2011–12 Pac-12 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Washington 14 – 4   .778 24 – 11   .686
California 13 – 5   .722 24 – 10   .706
Oregon 13 – 5   .722 24 – 10   .706
Arizona 12 – 6   .667 23 – 12   .657
Colorado † 11 – 7   .611 24 – 12   .667
UCLA 11 – 7   .611 19 – 14   .576
Stanford 10 – 8   .556 26 – 11   .703
Oregon State 7 – 11   .389 21 – 15   .583
Washington State 7 – 11   .389 19 – 18   .514
Arizona State 6 – 12   .333 10 – 21   .323
Utah 3 – 15   .167 6 – 25   .194
USC 1 – 17   .056 6 – 26   .188
† Conference tournament winner
As of March 8, 2012
Rankings from AP poll


The 2011–12 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 10th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with 24–11 overall, 14–4 in Pac-12 play. They were the 2012 Pac-12 Conference regular season champions, but lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Basketball tournament to Oregon State. They were invited to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas–Arlington, Northwestern and rival Oregon before losing in the semifinals to Minnesota.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Venoy Overton 1 G 6'0" 185 Senior Seattle, WA Graduated
Isaiah Thomas 2 G 5'9" 185 Junior Tacoma, WA NBA draft
Antoine Hosley 10 G 5'11" 185 Freshman Portland, OR Left Team
Matthew Bryan-Amaning 11 F 6'9" 240 Senior London, England, UK Graduated
Justin Holiday 22 F 6'6" 180 Senior Chatsworth, CA Graduated
Tyreese Breshers 33 F 6'7" 255 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA Injury

Recruits

Source:[1]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Andrew Andrews
PG 		Portland, Oregon Benson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sep 21, 2010 
Star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 86
Martin Breunig
PF 		Leverkusen, Germany St. John's Northwest Military Acad. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jun 4, 2011 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 87
Jernard Jarreau
PF 		New Orleans, Louisiana McDonogh No. 35 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sep 25, 2010 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 91
Hikeem Stewart
SG 		Seattle, Washington Rainier Beach 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 6, 2010 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 92
Tony Wroten
PG 		Seattle, Washington Garfield 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oct 7, 2010 
Star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 97
Shawn Kemp Jr.
PF 		Canton, Georgia Hargrave Military Academy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Jul 7, 2011 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 40
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr   Rivals: nr  ESPN: nr
  • 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:

  • "ESPN". ESPN.com.
  • "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2011–12 Team

Roster

Source[2]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
0 Abdul Gaddy 6'3" 185 G Jr. Tacoma, WA, U.S. Bellarmine Prep
4 Hikeem Stewart 6'2" 175 G Fr. Seattle, WA, U.S. Rainier Beach HS
5 Aziz N'Diaye 7'0" 260 C Jr. Dakar, Senegal College of Southern Idaho
10 Martin Breunig 6'8" 210 F Fr. Leverkusen, Germany St. John's Northwestern Military Acad.
12 Andrew Andrews 6'2" 195 G Fr. Portland, OR, U.S. Benson Polytechnic HS
14 Tony Wroten 6'5" 205 G Fr. Seattle, WA, U.S. Garfield HS
15 Scott Suggs 6'6" 195 G Sr. Washington, MO, U.S. Washington HS
20 Alex Wegner 6'7" 190 G/F Fr. Vashon Island, WA, U.S. Vashon Island HS
23 C. J. Wilcox 6'5" 185 G RS So. Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S. Pleasant Grove HS
30 Desmond Simmons 6'7" 220 F RS Fr. Vallejo, CA, U.S. Salesian HS
31 Terrence Ross 6'6" 195 G So. Portland, OR, U.S. Jefferson HS
33 Jernard Jarreau 6'10" 195 F Fr. New Orleans, LA, U.S. McDonogh No. 35 Senior HS
35 Austin Seferian-Jenkins 6'6" 258 F Fr. Fox Island, WA, U.S. Gig Harbor HS
40 Shawn Kemp, Jr. 6'9" 265 F Fr. Canton, GA, U.S. Hargraves Military Academy
42 Brendan Sherrer 6'8" 255 F Sr. Monroe, WA, U.S. Archbishop Murphy HS
44 Darnell Gant 6'8" 230 F RS Sr. Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Crenshaw HS

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at Washington Alma Mater (Year)
Lorenzo Romar Head coach 10th Washington (1980)
Raphael Chillious Assistant coach 3rd Lafayette (1996)
Paul Fortier Assistant coach 7th Washington (2003)
Jim Shaw Assistant coach 8th Western Oregon State (1985)
Lance LaVetter Director of Basketball Operations 10th Northern Arizona (1992)

2011–12 Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2011*
7:00 pm, RTNW 		Seattle Pacific W 77–60  –
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,481)
Seattle, WA
Regular Season
11/12/2011*
2:00 pm 		Georgia State
World Vision Classic 		W 91–74  1–0
 Alaska Airlines Arena (8,465)
Seattle, WA
11/13/2011*
5:00 pm 		Florida Atlantic
World Vision Classic 		W 77–71  2–0
 Alaska Airlines Arena (7,972)
Seattle, WA
11/14/2011*
7:00 pm, RTNW 		Portland
World Vision Classic 		W 93–63  3–0
 Alaska Airlines Arena (7,918)
Seattle, WA
11/20/2011*
9:00 am, CBSSN 		at Saint Louis L 64–77  3–1
 Chaifetz Arena (6,761)
St. Louis, MO
11/25/2011*
3:00 pm 		Houston Baptist W 88–65  4–1
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,273)
Seattle, WA
12/02/2011*
8:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Nevada L 73–76 OT 4–2
 Lawlor Events Center (4,722)
Reno, NV
12/06/2011*
6:30 pm, ESPN 		vs. No. 11 Marquette
Jimmy V Classic 		L 77–79  4–3
 Madison Square Garden (8,231)
New York, NY
12/10/2011*
9:00 am, CBS 		vs. No. 7 Duke
Carquest Auto Parts Classic 		L 80–86  4–4
 Madison Square Garden (15,525)
New York, NY
12/16/2011*
7:00 pm, RTNW 		UC Santa Barbara W 87–80  5–4
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,246)
Seattle, WA
12/18/2011*
12:00 pm, RTNW 		South Dakota State L 73–92  5–5
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,060)
Seattle, WA
12/22/2011*
7:00 pm 		Cal State Northridge W 74–51  6–5
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,348)
Seattle, WA
12/29/2011
6:00 pm, RTNW 		Oregon State W 95–80  7–5 (1–0)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,592)
Seattle, WA
12/31/2011
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		Oregon W 76–60  8–5 (2–0)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,597)
Seattle, WA
01/05/2012
6:00 pm, RTNW 		at Colorado L 69–87  8–6 (2–1)
 Coors Events Center (7,110)
Boulder, CO
01/07/2012
11:00 am, FSN 		at Utah W 57–53  9–6 (3–1)
 Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,887)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/10/2012*
7:00 pm, RTNW 		Seattle W 91–83  10–6
 Alaska Airlines Arena (8,618)
Seattle, WA
01/14/2012
4:00 pm, FSN 		Washington State W 75–65  11–6 (4–1)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
01/19/2012
5:30 pm, RTNW 		California L 66–69  11–7 (4–2)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,591)
Seattle, WA
01/21/2012
3:00 pm, RTNW 		Stanford W 76–63  12–7 (5–2)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,794)
Seattle, WA
01/26/2012
5:30 pm, RTNW 		at Arizona State W 60–54  13–7 (6–2)
 Wells Fargo Arena (6,794)
Tempe, AZ
01/28/2012
4:00 pm, ESPN 		at Arizona
ESPN College GameDay 		W 69–67  14–7 (7–2)
 McKale Center (14,604)
Tucson, AZ
02/02/2012
6:00 pm, ESPN 		UCLA W 71–69  15–7 (8–2)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,756)
Seattle, WA
02/04/2012
8:00 pm, FSN 		USC W 69–41  16–7 (9–2)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,948)
Seattle, WA
02/09/2012
8:00 pm, FSN 		at Oregon L 57–82  16–8 (9–3)
 Matthew Knight Arena (9,035)
Eugene, OR
02/12/2012
2:30 pm, FSN 		at Oregon State W 75–72  17–8 (10–3)
 Gill Coliseum (8,027)
Corvallis, OR
02/16/2012
8:00 pm, FSN 		Arizona State W 77–69  18–8 (11–3)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,820)
Seattle, WA
02/18/2012
12:00 pm, FSN 		Arizona W 79–70  19–8 (12–3)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
02/25/2012
5:00 pm, RTNW 		at Washington State W 59–55  20–8 (13–3)
 Beasley Coliseum (9,325)
Pullman, WA
03/01/2012
7:30 pm 		at USC W 80–58  21–8 (14–3)
 Galen Center (2,763)
Los Angeles, CA
03/03/2012
11:00 am, CBS 		at UCLA L 69–75  21–9 (14–4)
 LA Sports Arena (9,785)
Los Angeles, CA
2012 Pac-12 men's basketball tournament
03/08/2012
12:10 pm, FSN 		vs. Oregon State
Quarterfinals 		L 84–86  21–10
 Staples Center (8,780)
Los Angeles, CA
2012 NIT
03/13/2012*
7:00 pm, ESPNU 		Texas–Arlington
First Round 		W 82–72  22–10
 Alaska Airlines Arena (2,801)
Seattle, WA
03/16/2012*
7:00 pm, ESPNU 		Northwestern
Second Round 		W 76–55  23–10
 Alaska Airlines Arena (5,761)
Seattle, WA
03/20/2012*
6:00 pm, ESPN 		Oregon
Quarterfinals 		W 90–86  24–10
 Alaska Airlines Arena (9,140)
Seattle, WA
03/27/2012*
6:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Minnesota
Semifinals 		L 67–68 OT 24–11
 Madison Square Garden (7,574)
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Notes

  • March 5, 2012 – Guard Tony Wroten was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year; Lorenzo Romar is the Pac-12 Coach of the Year.

References

  1. ^ "Commitments/Recruits". 2011. Archived from the original on September 8, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  2. ^ "University of Washington Official Athletics Site - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2010.