# 2011–12 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the head coach Marty Wilson's first full season at Pepperdine, though he was the team's interim head coach in the 1990s for half of a season. The Waves played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse and are members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 10–19, 4–12 in WCC play to finish in seventh place and lost in the second round of the West Coast Conference tournament to San Diego.

## Schedule and results

Source
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/05/2011* 7:00pm | Occidental | W 78–72 | – | Firestone Fieldhouse (NA) Malibu, CA |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2011* 7:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | Pomona-Pitzer | W 59–50 | 1–0 | Firestone Fieldhouse (875) Malibu, CA |
| 11/15/2011* 5:30pm | at Arizona State | W 66–60 | 2–0 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,127) Tempe, AZ |
| 11/19/2011* 7:00pm | at Cal State Bakersfield | L 70–79 | 2–1 | Rabobank Arena (1,748) Bakersfield, CA |
| 11/21/2011* 7:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | Central Michigan | L 57–67 | 2–2 | Firestone Fieldhouse (689) Malibu, CA |
| 11/26/2011* 10:00am | at UTSA | W 70–64 $^{OT}$ | 3–2 | Convocation Center (874) San Antonio, TX |
| 11/28/2011* 8:00pm, Prime Ticket | at UCLA | L 39–62 | 3–3 | LA Sports Arena (3,885) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/03/2011* 7:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | Hawaiʻi | W 73–67 | 4–3 | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,206) Malibu, CA |
| 12/07/2011* 5:30 pm, Prime Ticket | at Northern Arizona | W 49–40 | 5–3 | Walkup Skydome (617) Flagsaff, AZ |
| 12/10/2011* 7:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | Cal State Northridge | L 70–73 | 5–4 | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,088) Malibu, CA |
| 12/18/2011* 5:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | Montana State | W 59–36 | 6–4 | Firestone Fieldhouse (703) Malibu, CA |
| 12/22/2011* 7:00pm | vs. Washington State Cougar Hardwood Classic | L 56–67 | 6–5 | KeyArena (9,831) Seattle, WA |
| 12/29/2011 7:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | San Francisco | W 77–61 | 7–5 (1–0) | Firestone Fieldhouse (821) Malibu, CA |
| 12/31/2011 3:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | Saint Mary's | L 45–74 | 7–6 (1–1) | Firestone Fieldhouse (741) Malibu, CA |
| 01/05/2012 6:00pm, ROOT | at No. 25 Gonzaga | L 45–73 | 7–7 (1–2) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 01/07/2012 5:00pm, FS West | at Portland | L 74–84 | 7–8 (1–3) | Chiles Center (2,206) Portland, OR |
| 01/12/2012 7:00pm, ESPNU | Loyola Marymount | L 58–68 | 7–9 (1–4) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,582) Malibu, CA |
| 01/14/2012 1:30pm, Prime Ticket | at San Francisco | L 63–78 | 7–10 (1–5) | War Memorial Gymnasium (N/A) San Francisco, CA |
| 01/19/2012 7:00pm | at Saint Mary's | L 47–61 | 7–11 (1–6) | McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA |
| 01/21/2012 5:00pm, FS West | BYU | L 64–77 | 7–12 (1–7) | Firestone Fieldhouse (3,104) Malibu, CA |
| 01/26/2012 7:00pm | at San Diego | L 56–65 | 7–13 (1–8) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,830) San Diego, CA |
| 01/28/2012 7:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | Santa Clara | W 74–62 | 8–13 (2–8) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,298) Malibu, CA |
| 02/02/2012 7:30pm, Prime Ticket | at Loyola Marymount | L 57–67 | 8–14 (2–9) | Gersten Pavilion (3,016) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/04/2012 7:00pm, ROOT | No. 24 Gonzaga | L 60–72 | 8–15 (2–10) | Firestone Fieldhouse (2,120) Malibu, CA |
| 02/09/2012 7:00pm, TV-32 Malibu | San Diego | L 57–70 | 8–16 (2–11) | Firestone Fieldhouse (747) Malibu, CA |
| 02/11/2012 3:00pm, FS West | at BYU | L 48–86 | 8–17 (2–12) | Marriott Center (19,008) Provo, UT |
| 02/16/2012* 7:10pm | at Seattle | L 70–81 | 8–18 | KeyArena (2,959) Seattle, WA |
| 02/18/2012 7:00pm, Prime Ticket | Portland | W 70–65 | 9–18 (3–12) | Firestone Fieldhouse (1,149) Malibu, CA |
| 02/23/2012 7:00pm, Prime Ticket | at Santa Clara | W 63–57 | 10–18 (4–12) | Leavey Center (2,188) Santa Clara, CA |
| 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/01/2012 8:30pm, BYUtv | vs. San Diego Second Round | L 54–76 | 10–19 | Orleans Arena (1,919) Las Vegas, Nevada |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||