# 2011–12 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by sixth year head coach Randy Rahe, played their home games at Dee Events Center and are members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 14–2 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. They lost in the championship game of the Big Sky Basketball tournament to Montana. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Utah Valley in the first round before falling to Loyola Marymount in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/7/2011* 7:00 pm | UC Colorado Springs | W 101–55 | | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2011* 8:00 pm | Northern New Mexico | W 109–50 | 1–0 | Dee Events Center (4,882) Ogden, UT |
| 11/15/2011* 7:00 pm | Utah State | W 73–63 | 2–0 | Dee Events Center (9,359) Ogden, UT |
| 11/19/2011* 5:30 pm | at UC Irvine | W 80–72 | 3–0 | Bren Events Center (1,655) Irvine, CA |
| 11/27/2011* 7:30 pm | vs. Jacksonville State Shamrock Office Solutions Classic | W 69–61 | 4–0 | McKeon Pavilion (1,791) Moraga, CA |
| 11/28/2011* 8:30 pm | at Saint Mary's Shamrock Office Solutions Classic | L 70–87 | 4–1 | McKeon Pavilion (1,488) Moraga, CA |
| 12/3/2011* 7:30 pm | San Jose State | W 91–89 $^{2OT}$ | 5–1 | Dee Events Center (5,765) Ogden, UT |
| 12/07/2011* 7:00 pm, BYUtv | at BYU | L 66–94 | 5–2 | Marriott Center (11,676) Provo, UT |
| 12/10/2011* 7:00 pm | Southern Utah | W 84–66 | 6–2 | Dee Events Center (6,043) Ogden, UT |
| 12/16/2011* 8:30 pm | at California | L 57–77 | 6–3 | Haas Pavilion (7,987) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/19/2011* 7:00 pm | Mayville State | W 106–57 | 7–3 | Dee Events Center (5,304) Ogden, UT |
| 12/22/2011* 7:00 pm, Altitude | Utah | W 80–51 | 8–3 | Dee Events Center (8,239) Ogden, UT |
| 12/29/2011 7:00 pm | Idaho State | W 78–64 | 9–3 (1–0) | Dee Events Center (6,071) Ogden, UT |
| 12/31/2011 4:00 pm | Sacramento State | W 74–63 | 10–3 (2–0) | Dee Events Center (5,903) Ogden, UT |
| 01/05/2012 7:00 pm, SWX | at Eastern Washington | W 76–69 | 11–3 (3–0) | Reese Court (2,376) Cheney, WA |
| 01/07/2012 8:00 pm | at Portland State | W 88–81 | 12–3 (4–0) | Stott Center (922) Portland, OR |
| 01/12/2012 7:00 pm | Montana State | W 63–49 | 13–3 (5–0) | Dee Events Center (6,134) Ogden, UT |
| 01/14/2012 7:00 pm | Montana | W 80–64 | 14–3 (6–0) | Dee Events Center (7,236) Ogden, UT |
| 01/19/2012 7:00 pm | Northern Arizona | W 81–67 | 15–3 (7–0) | Dee Events Center (6,059) Ogden, UT |
| 01/26/2012 8:00 pm | at Sacramento State | W 75–60 | 16–3 (8–0) | Colberg Court (823) Sacramento, CA |
| 01/28/2012 7:00 pm | at Idaho State | L 62–64 | 16–4 (8–1) | Holt Arena (3,309) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/02/2012 7:00 pm | Portland State | W 92–79 | 17–4 (9–1) | Dee Events Center (6,285) Ogden, UT |
| 02/04/2012 5:00 pm, Altitude | Northern Colorado | W 93–81 | 18–4 (10–1) | Dee Events Center (6,966) Ogden, UT |
| 02/09/2012 6:30 pm, FCS Pacific | at Northern Arizona | W 67–49 | 19–4 (11–1) | Walkup Skydome (843) Flagstaff, AZ |
| 02/11/2012 7:30 pm | Eastern Washington | W 84–75 | 20–4 (12–1) | Dee Events Center (8,361) Ogden, UT |
| 02/15/2012 7:00 pm | at Montana State | W 79–70 | 21–4 (13–1) | Worthington Arena (2,655) Bozeman, MT |
| 02/18/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | Texas–Arlington ESPN BracketBusters | W 72–70 | 22–4 | Dee Events Center (8,952) Ogden, UT |
| 02/23/2012 7:00 pm, CET | at Northern Colorado | W 88–71 | 23–4 (14–1) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,769) Greeley, CO |
| 02/28/2012 7:00 pm, Altitude | at Montana | L 51–66 | 23–5 (14–2) | Dahlberg Arena (7,157) Missoula, MT |
| Big Sky tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2012 5:30 pm, Altitude | vs. Portland State Semifinals | W 69–63 | 24–5 | Dahlberg Arena (5,563) Missoula, MT |
| 03/07/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Montana Championship Game | L 66–85 | 24–6 | Dahlberg Arena (7,042) Missoula, MT |
| [[2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament]] ||||||
| 03/13/2012* 7:00 pm | Utah Valley First Round | W 72–69 | 25–6 | Dee Events Center (2,334) Ogden, UT |
| 03/18/2012* 4:00 pm | at Loyola Marymount Second Round | L 78–84 $^{OT}$ | 25–7 | Gersten Pavilion (1,292) Los Angeles, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 6 | Damian Lillard | Portland Trail Blazers |