2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The head coach, Jim Boeheim , served for his 36th year. The team played its home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York and is a member of the Big East Conference .
In 2015, Syracuse voluntarily vacated nine wins from this season due to participation of ineligible players. Following an NCAA investigation, all 25 other wins were vacated. Syracuse was, however, allowed to keep their banners and Elite Eight appearance.[ 2] [ 3]
Preseason
Roster changes
Syracuse graduated one starter from the previous year's team, power forward Rick Jackson . Center DaShonte Riley transferred to Eastern Michigan .
Recruiting
College recruiting information
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Michael Carter-Williams PG
Hamilton, MA
St. Andrew's School
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Nov 1, 2009
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 97
Rakeem Christmas C
Philadelphia, PA
Academy of the New Church
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
230 lb (100 kg)
Aug 6, 2010
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 97
Trevor Cooney SG
Wilmington, DE
Sanford School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Feb 26, 2010
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 94
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout : #16 Rivals : #11 ESPN : #10
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:
Preseason outlook
In the Big East preseason Coaches' Poll, Syracuse was predicted to finish tied for first with Connecticut . The Orange received five first place votes and 209 votes overall.[ 4] Kris Joseph was named to the Preseason All-Big East first team and Scoop Jardine was named to the second team.[ 5]
Postseason awards
Fab Melo was named the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Dion Waiters won the Big East Sixth Man Award.[ 6]
Kris Joseph was named to the All-Big East First Team while Scoop Jardine made the Second Team and Dion Waiters made the Third Team.[ 7]
The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Joseph to its All-America Second Team.[ 8]
NBC Sports also named Melo the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Waiters the Sixth Man of the Year. NBC named Joseph to its All-Big East First Team and Jardine and Waiters to its Second Team.[ 9]
CBS Sports named Waiters its national Sixth Man of the Year.[ 10] It also named Waiters All-Big East First Team and Joseph Second Team.[ 11]
Roster
2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
1
Michael Carter-Williams
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
176 lb (80 kg)
Fr
St. Andrew's
Hamilton, Massachusetts
G
2
Nick Resavy
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
201 lb (91 kg)
Sr
West Milford
West Milford, New Jersey
G
3
Dion Waiters
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
So
Life Center Academy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G
4
Nolan Hart
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
152 lb (69 kg)
So
Albany Academy
Albany, New York
F
5
C. J. Fair
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
203 lb (92 kg)
So
Brewster Academy
Baltimore, Maryland
G
10
Trevor Cooney
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Fr
Sanford
Wilmington, Delaware
G
11
Scoop Jardine
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Sr
Neumann-Goretti
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C
12
Baye Moussa Keita
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
213 lb (97 kg)
So
Oak Hill Academy
Saint Louis, Senegal
G
13
Griffin Hoffmann
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
178 lb (81 kg)
Jr
York Preparatory
New York, New York
F
14
Matt Lyde-Cajuste
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Jr
Iona Preparatory
Mt. Vernon, New York
G
20
Brandon Triche
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Jr
Jamesville-DeWitt
Jamesville, New York
F
21
Mookie Jones
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Jr
Peekskill
Peekskill, New York
G
23
Russ DeRemer
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
So
Xaverian Brothers
Wrentham, Massachusetts
G
24
Brandon Reese
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
Sr
Pine Crest
Davie, Florida
F
25
Rakeem Christmas
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
222 lb (101 kg)
Fr
Academy of the New Church
Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
F
32
Kris Joseph
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Sr
Archbishop Carroll (DC)
Montreal, Quebec
F
33
Albert Nassar
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Fr
South Fork
Stuart, Florida
F
34
Matt Tomaszewski
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
So
Holderness
Seabrook, New Hampshire
F
43
James Southerland
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Jr
Notre Dame Preparatory (MA)
Bayside, New York
C
51
Fab Melo
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
244 lb (111 kg)
So
The Sagemont School
Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength and conditioning coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: 2011-03-13
Depth chart
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 1 *7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet
No. 5
CSULA (DII )
W 79–49
12 – Melo
9 – Keita
7 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (8,668)Syracuse, NY
Nov. 8 *7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 5
St. Rose (DII )
W 87–69
12 – Joseph
7 – Keita
3 – Tied
Carrier Dome (8,110)Syracuse, NY
Regular Season
Nov. 12 *4:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 5
Fordham
W 78–53
1–0
16 – Joseph
7 – Triche
3 – Tied
Carrier Dome (22,906)Syracuse, NY
Nov. 14 *7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 5
Manhattan NIT Season Tip-Off
W 92–56
2–0
17 – Waiters
9 – Melo
5 – Waiters
Carrier Dome (17,284)Syracuse, NY
Nov. 15 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 5
Albany NIT Season Tip-Off
W 98–74
3–0
19 – Tied
9 – Fair
5 – Tied
Carrier Dome (17,189)Syracuse, NY
Nov. 19 *4:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 5
Colgate
W 92–47
4–0
16 – Waiters
8 – Christmas
6 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (21,084)Syracuse, NY
Nov. 23 *9:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 5
vs. Virginia Tech NIT Season Tipoff
W 69–58
5–0
20 – Joseph
10 – Tied
6 – Triche
Madison Square Garden (8,293)New York, NY
Nov. 25 *5:00 pm, ESPN
No. 5
vs. Stanford NIT Season Tipoff
W 69–63
6–0
18 – Joseph
9 – Tied
4 – Triche
Madison Square Garden (8,477)New York, NY
Nov. 29 *7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 4
Eastern Michigan
W 84–48
7–0
19 – Southerland
6 – Christmas
7 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (19,649)Syracuse, NY
Dec. 2 *7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 4
No. 10 Florida SEC–Big East Challenge
W 72–68
8–0
20 – Triche
11 – Fair
7 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (24,459)Syracuse, NY
Dec. 6 *7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 3
Marshall
W 62–56
9–0
15 – Waiters
8 – Joseph
4 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (19,817)Syracuse, NY
Dec. 10 *7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 3
George Washington
W 85–50
10–0
19 – Waiters
8 – Joseph
8 – Carter-Williams
Carrier Dome (23,226)Syracuse, NY
Dec. 17 *6:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 1
at NC State
W 88–72
11–0
22 – Waiters
6 – Melo
4 – Tied
RBC Center (19,400)Raleigh, NC
Dec. 20 *7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 1
Bucknell
W 80–61
12–0
17 – Joseph
9 – Melo
4 – Tied
Carrier Dome (17,302)Syracuse, NY
Dec. 22 *7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 1
Tulane
W 80–61
13–0
15 – Waiters
5 – Tied
3 – Tied
Carrier Dome (18,679)Syracuse, NY
Big East Regular Season
Dec. 28 7:00 pm, Big East Network /MSG
No. 1
Seton Hall
W 75–49
14–0 (1–0)
15 – Waiters
8 – Fair
4 – Tied
Carrier Dome (25,081)Syracuse, NY
Jan. 1 5:00 pm, Big East Network/SNY
No. 1
at DePaul
W 87–68
15–0 (2–0)
22 – Joseph
7 – Joseph
3 – Tied
Allstate Arena (12,102)Rosemont, IL
Jan. 4 9:00 pm, Big East Network/SNY
No. 1
at Providence
W 87–73
16–0 (3–0)
16 – Triche
5 – Christmas
11 – Jardine
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,252)Providence, RI
Jan. 7 4:00 pm, Big East Network/SNY
No. 1
No. 20 Marquette
W 73–66
17–0 (4–0)
17 – Joseph
8 – Tied
7 – Waiters
Carrier Dome (25,412)Syracuse, NY
Jan. 11 7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1
at Villanova
W 79–66
18–0 (5–0)
20 – Waiters
7 – Keita
5 – Jardine
Wells Fargo Center (14,877)Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 14 6:00 pm, Big East Network/SNY
No. 1
Providence
W 78–55
19–0 (6–0)
13 – Joseph
6 – Fair
9 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (23,311)Syracuse, NY
Jan. 16 7:30 pm, ESPN
No. 1
Pittsburgh
W 71–63
20–0 (7–0)
16 – Waiters
10 – Melo
10 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (24,826)Syracuse, NY
Jan. 21 6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 1
at Notre Dame
L 58–67
20–1 (7–1)
15 – Southerland
5 – Joseph
7 – Jardine
Purcell Pavilion (9,149)Notre Dame, IN
Jan. 23 7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 3
at Cincinnati
W 60–53
21–1 (8–1)
17 – Joseph
9 – Christmas
6 – Jardine
Fifth Third Arena (13,176)Cincinnati, OH
Jan. 28 1:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 3
West Virginia
W 63–61
22–1 (9–1)
18 – Triche
7 – Joseph
5 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (28,740)Syracuse, NY
Feb. 4 12:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2
at St. John's
W 95–70
23–1 (10–1)
14 – Tied
8 – Joseph
5 – Triche
Madison Square Garden (19,979)New York, NY
Feb. 8 7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2
No. 11 Georgetown
W 64–61 OT
24–1 (11–1)
29 – Joseph
9 – Fair
8 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (27,820)Syracuse, NY
Feb. 11 1:00 pm, CBS
No. 2
Connecticut Rivalry
W 85–67
25–1 (12–1)
21 – Jardine
12 – Fair
6 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (33,430)Syracuse, NY
Feb. 13 7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2
at No. 19 Louisville
W 52–51
26–1 (13–1)
13 – Fair
6 – Tied
5 – Jardine
KFC Yum! Center (22,738)Louisville, KY
Feb. 19 1:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2
at Rutgers
W 74–64
27–1 (14–1)
21 – Fair
8 – Fair
7 – Jardine
Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,093)Piscataway, NJ
Feb. 22 7:00 pm, Big East Network/SNY
No. 2
South Florida
W 56–48
28–1 (15–1)
15 – Jardine
9 – Joseph
4 – Jardine
Carrier Dome (25,316)Syracuse, NY
Feb. 25 9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2
at Connecticut Rivalry and ESPN College GameDay
W 71–69
29–1 (16–1)
21 – Joseph
9 – Melo
6 – Jardine
Gampel Pavilion (10,167)Storrs, CT
Mar. 3 4:00 pm, CBS
No. 2
No. 19 Louisville
W 58–49
30–1 (17–1)
18 – Triche
8 – Melo
4 – Triche
Carrier Dome (33,205)Syracuse, NY
2012 Big East men's basketball tournament
Mar. 8 12:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2
vs. Connecticut Quarterfinals/Rivalry
W 58–55
31–1
18 – Waiters
7 – Triche
4 – Carter-Williams
Madison Square Garden (20,057)New York, NY
Mar. 9 7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2
vs. Cincinnati Semifinals
L 68–71
31–2
28 – Waiters
11 – Fair
4 – Tied
Madison Square Garden (20,057)New York, NY
2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Mar. 15 3:10 pm, truTV
No. 2 (1)
vs. (16) UNC Asheville Second Round
W 72–65
32–2
15 – Southerland
8 – Tied
7 – Jardine
Consol Energy Center (18,927)Pittsburgh, PA
Mar. 17 12:15 pm, CBS
No. 2 (1)
vs. (8) Kansas State Third Round
W 75–59
33–2
18 – Waiters
11 – Christmas
8 – Jardine
Consol Energy Center (18,588)Pittsburgh, PA
Mar. 22 7:15 pm, CBS
No. 2 (1)
vs. No. 14 (4) Wisconsin Sweet Sixteen
W 64–63
34–2
15 – Fair
7 – Fair
4 – Jardine
TD Garden (18,796)Boston, MA
Mar. 24 7:05 pm, CBS
No. 2 (1)
vs. No. 7 (2) Ohio State Elite Eight
L 70–77
34–3
15 – Triche
10 – Keita
6 – Jardine
TD Garden (19,026)Boston, MA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP poll .. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
Rankings
Ranking MovementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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
Final
AP
5
5
5
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
*
Coaches
5
5
5
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
2012–13 Recruiting
References
^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2011-12." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-31-12.
^ "Syracuse University Responds to NCAA Committee on Infractions Report" .
^ NCAA Career Statistics , search under coach for Jim Boeheim
^ "Connecticut, Syracuse Tie For First Place In Preseason Coaches' Poll" . Big East Conference . October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011 .
^ "Pittsburgh's Gibbs Selected BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year" . Big East Conference . October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011 .
^ "Melo Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year" . Big East Conference . March 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012 .
^ "Marquette Places Two On All-BIG EAST First Team" . Big East Conference . March 4, 2012. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012 .
^ "Nabc announces 2012 coaches' division i all-america teams" . NABC.org . March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012 .
^ "CBT's Big East postseason awards" . NBC Sports . March 5, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012 .
^ "Kansas' Robinson worthy of POY, but Kentucky's Davis is better" . CBS Sports . March 13, 2012. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012 .
^ "Conference awards: All-league honors for top players and coaches" . CBS Sports . March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012 .
External links
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics