# 2011–12 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2011–12 college basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Crean, in his fourth season with the Hoosiers. The team played its home games at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 27–9 overall and 11–7 in Big Ten play. They advanced to the second round of the 2012 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament before falling to Wisconsin. They received an at-large bid in the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before falling to eventual champion Kentucky.

## Preseason

Coach Tom Crean signed a three-man class in 2011.
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Remy Abell SF | Louisville, Kentucky | Eastern | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 197 lb (89 kg) | Apr 27, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 87 ||||||
| Austin Etherington SF | Cicero, Indiana | Hamilton Heights | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Aug 3, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 91 ||||||
| Cody Zeller PF | Washington, Indiana | Washington | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Nov 11, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 26 Rivals: 27 ||||||
| 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. Retrieved November 21, 2011. ||||||

## Season

On December 10, 2011, top-ranked Kentucky traveled to Bloomington to take on unranked Indiana. Indiana fans sensed a resurgence in the program and possible upset, with students lining up outside the arena 10 hours before tipoff to get good seats. The game remained close and hard-fought, with five lead changes in the final 121 seconds. At the last second, Christian Watford hit a 3-pointer, giving the Hoosiers a stunning 73–72 upset. Victor Oladipo had 13 points and five Hoosiers wound up in double figures. Watford's shot sent Indiana fans storming the court and crowding around players. Kentucky's loss was their only one of the regular season and prevented them from matching a record last set by Indiana's 1975–1976 team.
Video of Indiana fans reacting to the shot around the country went viral. ESPN commentator Dick Vitale, who was covering the game for the network, said it was the "best game of the year" and that "[t]he atmosphere there was unreal, as I felt the building shaking after Watford hit the shot." According to Bob Kravitz, the win marked "a day when Hoosier Hysteria was restored to something akin to its former glory."
On December 31, 2011, the Hoosiers knocked off 2nd ranked Ohio State and in doing so became the first IU team in history to knock off the top 2 team ranked teams in the same season. On February 28, 2012 they again beat a Top 5 team by beating No. 5 Michigan State, and became the first IU team since the undefeated 1975–76 team to beat 3 Top 5 teams in the same year. The Hoosiers earned a number four seed in the 2012 NCAA tournament and defeated New Mexico State in the second round. After defeating VCU in the third round, the Hoosiers however would go on to lose to eventual champion Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen 102–90, as the Wildcats avenged their lone regular season loss.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 5, 2011* 7:00 pm | | UIndy | W 90–72 | – | Assembly Hall (16,516) Bloomington, Indiana |
| Regular Season ||||||
| November 11, 2011* 7:00 pm, BTN | | Stony Brook | W 96–66 | 1–0 | Assembly Hall (16,506) Bloomington, Indiana |
| November 13, 2011* 5:00 pm, BTN | | Chattanooga Hoosier Invitational | W 78–53 | 2–0 | Assembly Hall (16,149) Bloomington, Indiana |
| November 16, 2011* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Evansville | W 94–73 | 3–0 | Ford Center (9,640) Evansville, Indiana |
| November 19, 2011* 8:00 pm, BTN | | Savannah State Hoosier Invitational | W 94–65 | 4–0 | Assembly Hall (16,613) Bloomington, Indiana |
| November 21, 2011* 6:30 pm, BTN | | Gardner–Webb Hoosier Invitational | W 73–49 | 5–0 | Assembly Hall (16,261) Bloomington, Indiana |
| November 27, 2011* 7:00 pm, BTN | | Butler Hoosier Invitational | W 75–59 | 6–0 | Assembly Hall (17,265) Bloomington, Indiana |
| November 30, 2011* 7:15 pm, ESPN2 | | at NC State ACC – Big Ten Challenge | W 86–75 | 7–0 | RBC Center (16,597) Raleigh, North Carolina |
| December 4, 2011* 4:30 pm | | Stetson | W 84–50 | 8–0 | Assembly Hall (16,821) Bloomington, Indiana |
| December 10, 2011* 5:15 pm, ESPN | | No. 1 Kentucky Rivalry | W 73–72 | 9–0 | Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, Indiana |
| December 17, 2011* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 18 | vs. Notre Dame Close the Gap Crossroads Classic | W 69–58 | 10–0 | Conseco Fieldhouse (19,064) Indianapolis |
| December 19, 2011* 6:30 pm, BTN | No. 17 | Howard | W 107–50 | 11–0 | Assembly Hall (11,111) Bloomington, Indiana |
| December 22, 2011* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 17 | UMBC | W 89–47 | 12–0 | Assembly Hall (12,665) Bloomington, Indiana |
| Big Ten Regular Season ||||||
| December 28, 2011 7:30 pm, BTN | No. 13 | at No. 16 Michigan State | L 65–80 | 12–1 (0–1) | Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, Michigan |
| December 31, 2011 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | No. 2 Ohio State | W 74–70 | 13–1 (1–1) | Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, Indiana |
| January 5, 2012 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | No. 16 Michigan | W 73–71 | 14–1 (2–1) | Assembly Hall (16,020) Bloomington, Indiana |
| January 8, 2012 12:00 pm, BTN | No. 12 | at Penn State | W 88–82 | 15–1 (3–1) | Bryce Jordan Center (8,250) University Park, Pennsylvania |
| January 12, 2012 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 | Minnesota | L 74–77 | 15–2 (3–2) | Assembly Hall (17,373) Bloomington, Indiana |
| January 15, 2012 4:30 pm, CBS | No. 7 | at No. 5 Ohio State | L 63–80 | 15–3 (3–3) | Value City Arena (18,809) Columbus, Ohio |
| January 18, 2012 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 11 | at Nebraska | L 69–70 | 15–4 (3–4) | Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,438) Lincoln, Nebraska |
| January 22, 2012 12:00 pm, BTN | No. 11 | Penn State | W 73–54 | 16–4 (4–4) | Assembly Hall (17,248) Bloomington, Indiana |
| January 26, 2012 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 16 | at No. 25 Wisconsin | L 50–57 | 16–5 (4–5) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, Wisconsin |
| January 29, 2012 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 16 | Iowa | W 103–89 | 17–5 (5–5) | Assembly Hall (17,243) Bloomington, Indiana |
| February 1, 2012 6:30 pm, BTN | No. 20 | at No. 23 Michigan | L 56–68 | 17–6 (5–6) | Crisler Arena (12,721) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| February 4, 2012 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 20 | at Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup | W 78–61 | 18–6 (6–6) | Mackey Arena (15,108) West Lafayette, Indiana |
| February 9, 2012 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 23 | Illinois Rivalry | W 84–71 | 19–6 (7–6) | Assembly Hall (17,389) Bloomington, Indiana |
| February 15, 2012 6:30 pm, BTN | No. 18 | Northwestern | W 71–66 | 20–6 (8–6) | Assembly Hall (17,246) Bloomington, Indiana |
| February 19, 2012 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 18 | at Iowa | L 66–78 | 20–7 (8–7) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (13,282) Iowa City, IA |
| February 22, 2012* 7:00 pm | No. 23 | North Carolina Central | W 75–56 | 21–7 | Assembly Hall (17,164) Bloomington, Indiana |
| February 26, 2012 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 23 | at Minnesota | W 69–50 | 22–7 (9–7) | Williams Arena (11,421) Minneapolis |
| February 28, 2012 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 18 | No. 5 Michigan State | W 70–55 | 23–7 (10–7) | Assembly Hall (17,280) Bloomington, Indiana |
| March 4, 2012 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 18 | Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup | W 85–74 | 24–7 (11–7) | Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, Indiana |
| Big Ten Conference tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2012 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 15 | vs. Penn State First Round | W 75–58 | 25–7 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (17,936) Indianapolis |
| March 9, 2012 2:30 pm, ESPN | No. 15 | vs. No. 14 Wisconsin Quarterfinals | L 71–79 | 25–8 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,484) Indianapolis |
| 2012 NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 15, 2012* 9:45 pm, CBS | No. 16 (S 4) | vs. (S 13) New Mexico State Second Round | W 79–66 | 26–8 | Rose Garden (17,519) Portland, Oregon |
| March 17, 2012* 7:10 pm, TBS | No. 16 (S 4) | vs. (S 12) VCU Third Round | W 63–61 | 27–8 | Rose Garden (17,337) Portland, Oregon |
| March 23, 2012* 9:45 pm, CBS | No. 16 (S 4) | vs. No. 1 (S 1) Kentucky Sweet Sixteen/Rivalry | L 90–102 | 27–9 | Georgia Dome (24,731) Atlanta, Georgia |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |

## "The Movement"

The 2012 class consists of Yogi Ferrell, Hanner Perea, Jeremy Hollowell, Peter Jurkin, and Ron Patterson.
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Yogi Ferrell PG | Indianapolis | Park Tudor | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 173 lb (78 kg) | Nov 24, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96 ||||||
| Ron Patterson SG | Indianapolis | Broad Ripple | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 188 lb (85 kg) | Aug 15, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 91 ||||||
| Jeremy Hollowell SF | Indianapolis, Indiana | Lawrence Central | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Mar 24, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Hanner Mosquera-Perea PF | La Porte, Indiana | La Lumiere | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Oct 31, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Peter Jurkin C | Charlotte, N.C. | United Faith Christian Academy | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 218 lb (99 kg) | Aug 9, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 3 Rivals: 2 ||||||
| 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: "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 11, 2012. ||||||