# 2011–12 Rice Owls men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by fourth year head coach Ben Braun, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and are members of Conference USA. They finished the season 19–16, 8–8 in C-USA to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Basketball tournament to East Carolina. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Louisiana in the first round and Drake in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to Oakland.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Ahmad Ibrahim | Forward | 6–6 | 220 | Freshman | Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1 | Nate Schwarze | Guard | 5–11 | 182 | Senior | Chelsea, Michigan |
| 3 | Tamir Jackson | Guard | 6–3 | 194 | Junior | Paterson, New Jersey |
| 4 | Connor Frizzelle | Guard | 6–1 | 191 | Senior | Red Oak, Texas |
| 5 | Emerson Herndon | Forward | 6–9 | 235 | Senior | Houston, Texas |
| 10 | Dan Peera | Guard | 6–0 | 185 | Freshman | Concord, California |
| 12 | Jarelle Reischel | Forward | 6–6 | 212 | Freshman | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 14 | Arsalan Kazemi | Forward | 6–7 | 220 | Junior | Isfahan, Iran |
| 15 | Julian DeBose | Guard | 6–4 | 196 | Freshman | Washington, D.C. |
| 20 | Lucas Kuipers | Forward | 6–8 | 217 | Senior | Rochester, Minnesota |
| 30 | David Chadwick | Forward | 6–9 | 220 | Sophomore | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 31 | Dylan Ennis | Guard | 6–2 | 182 | Freshman | Brampton, Ontario |
| 34 | Omar Oraby | Center | 7–2 | 265 | Sophomore | Cairo, Egypt |
| 41 | Seth Gearhart | Forward | 6–7 | 208 | Freshman | Wilsonville, Oregon |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2011* 7:00 pm | New Orleans | W 83–49 | 1–0 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,719) Houston, TX |
| 11/17/2011* 7:00 pm | Southern South Padre Island Invitational | W 80–65 | 2–0 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,308) Houston, TX |
| 11/22/2011* 7:00 pm | Florida A&M South Padre Island Invitational | W 75–59 | 3–0 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,396) Houston, TX |
| 11/25/2011* 5:00 pm | vs. Northern Iowa South Padre Island Invitational | L 60–64 | 3–1 | South Padre Island Convention Centre (556) South Padre Island, TX |
| 11/26/2011* 6:30 pm, CBSSN | vs. Iowa State South Padre Island Invitational | L 63–90 | 3–2 | South Padre Island Convention Centre (660) South Padre Island, TX |
| 11/20/2011* 3:00 pm | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 81–49 | 4–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,245) Houston, TX |
| 11/30/2011* 7:00 pm | at Houston Baptist | W 78–66 | 5–2 | Sharp Gymnasium (1,041) Houston, TX |
| 12/03/2011* 2:00 pm | St. Thomas (TX) | W 81–67 | 6–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (836) Houston, TX |
| 12/14/2011* 7:00 pm | Louisiana College | W 109–51 | 7–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (603) Houston, TX |
| 12/17/2011* 7:00 pm | Lamar | L 81–87 | 7–3 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,516) Houston, TX |
| 12/19/2011* 8:00 pm, CSS | Temple | L 70–77 | 7–4 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,483) Houston, TX |
| 12/22/2011* 7:00 pm, FSSW | at Texas A&M | W 65–58 | 8–4 | Reed Arena (8,284) College Station, TX |
| 12/28/2011* 7:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 78–66 | 9–4 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,479) Houston, TX |
| 12/31/2011* 1:00 pm, LHN | at Texas | L 59–73 | 9–5 | Frank Erwin Center (14,506) Austin, TX |
| 01/04/2012* 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | at TCU | L 74–78 | 9–6 | Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (3,972) Fort Worth, TX |
| 01/07/2012 7:00 pm | Marshall | L 61–63 | 9–7 (0–1) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,237) Houston, TX |
| 01/11/2012 7:00 pm | at SMU | W 68–52 | 10–7 (1–1) | Moody Coliseum (1,951) Dallas, TX |
| 01/14/2012 7:00 pm | at Tulane | W 50–49 | 11–7 (2–1) | Fogelman Arena (1,740) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/18/2012 7:00 pm | UAB | L 60–61 $^{OT}$ | 11–8 (2–2) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,371) Houston, TX |
| 01/21/2012 7:00 pm | Tulsa | L 46–70 | 11–9 (2–3) | Tudor Fieldhouse (2,080) Houston, TX |
| 01/25/2012 7:00 pm, SPSO | at Memphis | L 51–73 | 11–10 (2–4) | FedExForum (15,997) Memphis, TN |
| 01/28/2012 7:00 pm | Tulane | W 88–74 | 12–10 (3–4) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,424) Houston, TX |
| 02/01/2012 7:00 pm | UTEP | W 77–75 | 13–10 (4–4) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,305) Houston, TX |
| 02/04/2012 5:00 pm | at East Carolina | L 68–82 | 13–11 (4–5) | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (5,212) Greenville, NC |
| 02/08/2012 7:00 pm, FSN | at Houston | W 79–71 | 14–11 (5–5) | Hofheinz Pavilion (5,220) Houston, TX |
| 02/11/2012 7:00 pm | SMU | W 43–39 | 15–11 (6–5) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,363) Houston, TX |
| 02/18/2012 7:00 pm | at Tulsa | L 50–69 | 15–12 (6–6) | Reynolds Center (5,511) Tulsa, OK |
| 02/22/2012 8:00 pm, CSS | UCF | W 83–74 | 16–12 (7–6) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,517) Houston, TX |
| 02/25/2012 7:00 pm, CSS | at Southern Miss | L 56–58 | 16–13 (7–7) | Reed Green Coliseum (3,965) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/29/2012 8:00 pm | at UTEP | W 68–61 | 17–13 (8–7) | Don Haskins Center (8,268) El Paso, TX |
| 03/03/2012 7:00 pm, CSS | Houston | L 75–76 | 17–14 (8–8) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,943) Houston, TX |
| 2012 Conference USA men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2012 12:00 pm, CSS | vs. East Carolina First Round | L 66–68 | 17–15 | FedExForum (8,356) Memphis, TN |
| 2012 CIT ||||||
| 03/14/2012* 7:00 pm | at Louisiana–Lafayette First Round | W 68–63 | 18–15 | Cajundome (2,037) Lafayette, LA |
| 03/17/2012* 7:00 pm | Drake Second Round | W 74–68 | 19–15 | Tudor Fieldhouse (731) Houston, TX |
| 03/20/2012* 6:00 pm | at Oakland Quarterfinals | L 70–77 | 19–16 | Athletics Center O'rena (1,775) Rochester, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||