# 2011–12 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Steve Donahue. The team played its home games at Conte Forum on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Boston College competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Eagles lost to NC State in the first round of the ACC tournament.

## Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Ryan Anderson F | Lakewood, CA | Long Beach Polytechnic | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Sep 20, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92 ||||||
| Kyle Caudill C | Brea, CA | Brea Olinda | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 265 lb (120 kg) | Aug 9, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Jordan Daniels G | Fontana, CA | Etiwanda | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | 150 lb (68 kg) | Feb 18, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Lonnie Jackson G | Valencia, CA | Valencia | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Sep 20, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 88 ||||||
| Dennis Clifford C | Milton, MA | Milton Academy | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | May 24, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 87 ||||||
| Eddie Odio F | Miami, FL | Christopher Columbus | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | May 20, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80 ||||||
| Patrick Heckmann F | Mainz, Germany | Theresianum Gymnasium | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | May 26, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 40 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| 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: "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Roster

| Name | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| Salah Abdo | 0 | G | 6–2 | 188 | Sr. | Chelsea, Massachusetts |
| Gabe Moton | 1 | G | 6–1 | 177 | So. | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Deirunas Visockas | 2 | G | 6–4 | 192 | Sr. | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Eddie Odio | 4 | F | 6–7 | 195 | Fr. | Miami, Florida |
| K. C. Caudill | 5 | C | 6–10 | 279 | Fr. | Brea, California |
| Jordan Daniels | 10 | G | 5–8 | 153 | Fr. | Fontana, California |
| Ryan Kilcullen | 11 | F | 6–7 | 214 | Fr. | Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Ryan Anderson | 12 | F | 6–8 | 217 | Fr. | Lakewood, California |
| John Cain Carney | 13 | F | 6–7 | 218 | Fr. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Matt Humphrey | 15 | G | 6–5 | 185 | RS Jr. | Chicago, Illinois |
| Lonnie Jackson | 20 | G | 6–3 | 170 | Fr. | Valencia, California |
| Dennis Clifford | 24 | C | 7–0 | 241 | Fr. | Bridgewater, Massachusetts |
| Peter Rehnquist | 25 | G-F | 6–4 | 210 | Sr. | Sharon, Massachusetts |
| Dallas Elmore | 30 | G | 6–5 | 210 | Jr. | Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Danny Rubin | 31 | G | 6–6 | 170 | So. | Chevy Chase, Maryland |
| Patrick Heckmann | 33 | G | 6–5 | 196 | Fr. | Mainz, Germany |

## Schedule and results

The ACC had games on multiple media broadcasts on the ESPN family of networks, including ESPN3 exclusives for non-conference games, on the ACC Regional Sports Network (also called RSN-, found on FSN affiliates for most of the country), and with Raycom Sports ACC Network. For Boston College games done by RSN, would air on NESN. Games that aired on the ACC Network would air on TV–38 WSBK-TV.
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/05/2011* 1:00 pm | American International | W 70–66 | | Conte Forum (864) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2011* 7:00 pm | New Hampshire | W 67–64 | 1–0 | Conte Forum (3,588) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 11/18/2011* 7:30 pm | at Holy Cross | L 64–86 | 1–1 | Hart Center (3,071) Worcester, MA |
| 11/21/2011* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Massachusetts | L 46–82 | 1–2 | Conte Forum (4,162) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 11/24/2011* 2:00 pm, ESPNU | vs. Saint Louis 76 Classic first round | L 51–62 | 1–3 | Anaheim Convention Center (N/A) Anaheim, CA |
| 11/25/2011* 5:00 pm, ESPNU | vs. UC Riverside 76 Classic loser bracket | W 66–62 $^{OT}$ | 2–3 | Anaheim Convention Center (2,087) Anaheim, CA |
| 11/27/2011* 3:30 pm, ESPNU | vs. New Mexico 76 Classic 5th-place game | L 57–75 | 2–4 | Anaheim Convention Center (N/A) Anaheim, CA |
| 11/30/2011* 7:15 pm, ESPNU | Penn State ACC-Big Ten Challenge | L 54–62 | 2–5 | Conte Forum (4,326) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 12/03/2011* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Boston University | L 61–75 | 2–6 | Conte Forum (4,976) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 12/08/2011* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Providence | L 57–64 | 2–7 | Dunkin Donuts Center (8,057) Providence, RI |
| 12/11/2011* 5:00 pm, RSN | Stony Brook | W 66–51 | 3–7 | Conte Forum (3,426) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 12/18/2011* 1:00 pm, RSN | Bryant | W 75–55 | 4–7 | Conte Forum (3,563) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 12/21/2011* 7:00 pm | Sacred Heart | W 83–73 | 5–7 | Conte Forum (2,263) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 12/29/2010* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 24 Harvard | L 46–67 | 5–8 | Conte Forum (8,606) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/02/2012* 1:30 pm, ESPN3 | Rhode Island | L 72–78 $^{2OT}$ | 5–9 | Conte Forum (4,583) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/07/2012 2:30 pm, ACC Network | at No. 3 North Carolina | L 60–83 | 5–10 (0–1) | Dean E. Smith Center (20,582) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 01/12/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | Clemson | W 59–57 | 6–10 (1–1) | Conte Forum (3,829) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/14/2012 3:00 pm, RSN | Virginia Tech | W 61–59 | 7–10 (2–1) | Conte Forum (5,038) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/19/2012 8:00 pm, ACC Network | at NC State | L 62–76 | 7–11 (2–2) | RBC Center (16,051) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/21/2012 12:00 pm, ACC Network | Wake Forest | L 56–71 | 7–12 (2–3) | Conte Forum (4,986) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/26/2012 9:00 pm, ESPNU | at No. 19 Virginia | L 49–66 | 7–13 (2–4) | John Paul Jones Arena (9,827) Charlottesville, VA |
| 01/29/2012 1:00 pm, ACC Network | Miami (FL) | L 54–76 | 7–14 (2–5) | Conte Forum (5,874) Chestnut Hill, NC |
| 02/01/2012 8:00 pm, ACC Network | NC State | L 51–56 | 7–15 (2–6) | Conte Forum (3,611) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 02/04/2012 1:00 pm, ESPNU | at Georgia Tech | L 47–51 | 7–16 (2–7) | Philips Arena (5,871) Atlanta, GA |
| 02/08/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 15 Florida State | W 64–60 | 8–16 (3–7) | Conte Forum (4,074) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 02/12/2012 6:00 pm, ESPNU | at Virginia Tech | L 65–66 | 8–17 (3–8) | Cassell Coliseum (9,171) Blacksburg, VA |
| 02/16/2012 9:00 pm, ACC Network | at Maryland | L 65–81 | 8–18 (3–9) | Comcast Center (12,465) College Park, MD |
| 02/19/2012 6:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 5 Duke | L 50–75 | 8–19 (3–10) | Conte Forum (8,606) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 02/25/2012 1:00 pm, RSN | at Wake Forest | L 56–85 | 8–20 (3–11) | LJVM Coliseum (9,742) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 02/29/2012 7:00 pm, RSN | Georgia Tech | W 56–52 | 9–20 (4–11) | Conte Forum (4,474) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 03/03/2012 2:30 pm, ACC Network | at Miami (FL) | L 56–77 | 9–21 (4–12) | BankUnited Center (3,834) Coral Gables, FL |
| 2012 ACC tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2012 2:00 pm, ESPNU/ACC Network | vs. NC State First round | L 57–78 | 9–22 | Philips Arena (19,520) Atlanta, GA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.. ||||||