# 2011–12 Southern Conference men's basketball season
## Preseason

The Southern Conference media picked Chattanooga and Davidson as division winners.

### SoCon Preseason Poll

| Rank | Team | Votes |
| North |||
| 1 | Chattanooga (24) | 172 |
| 2 | Appalachian State (3) | 136 |
| 3 | Western Carolina (2) | 123 |
| 4 | UNC Greensboro (1) | 90 |
| 5 | Elon | 76 |
| 6 | Samford | 36 |
| South |||
| 1 | Davidson (18) | 165 |
| 2 | College of Charleston (10) | 156 |
| 3 | Wofford (1) | 105 |
| 4 | Furman | 80 |
| 5 | Georgia Southern (1) | 76 |
| 6 | The Citadel | 48 |

### Preseason All-SoCon

* Keegan Bell, Chattanooga
* Omar Carter, Appalachian State
* Jake Cohen, Davidson
* JP Kuhlman, Davidson
* Willie Powers III, Georgia Southern
* Drew Spradlin, Elon
* Trey Sumler, Western Carolina
* Omar Wattad, Chattanooga
* Trent Wiedeman, College of Charleston
* Antwaine Wiggins, College of Charleston
Preseason Player of the Year
* Omar Carter, Appalachian State

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
| | | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 |
| North Division ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Appalachian State | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Appalachian State | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chattanooga | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chattanooga | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chattanooga | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elon | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elon | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elon | Mid-Major | - | - | RV | - | RV | RV | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samford | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samford | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samford | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UNC-Greensboro | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UNC-Greensboro | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UNC-Greensboro | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Western Carolina | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Western Carolina | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Western Carolina | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Division ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Citadel | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Citadel | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| College of Charleston | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| College of Charleston | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| College of Charleston | Mid-Major | RV | RV | 21 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 22 | RV |
| Davidson | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Davidson | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Davidson | Mid-Major | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
| Furman | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Furman | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Furman | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia Southern | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia Southern | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia Southern | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wofford | AP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wofford | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wofford | Mid-Major | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

## Awards
### Player of the Month

| Month | Name | School | Position | Class | Source |
| November | Mike Groselle | The Citadel | C | Jr. | "SoCon Announces November Athletes of the Month". |
| December | Antwaine Wiggins | College of Charleston | F | Sr. | "SoCon Announces December Athletes of the Month". |

### Player of the Week

Southern Conference Player of the Week award is for games through the day before the announcement.
| Date | Name | School | Position | Class | Source |
| November 15 | Mike Groselle | The Citadel | C | Jr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| November 22 | Antwaine Wiggins | College of Charleston | F | Sr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| November 29 | JP Kuhlman | Davidson | G | Jr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| December 6 | Jake Cohen | Davidson | F | Jr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| December 13 | Brad Loesing | Wofford | G | Sr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| December 20 | Nik Cochran | Davidson | G | Jr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| January 3 | Andre Williamson | Appalachian State | F | Sr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| January 10 | Jake Cohen | Davidson | F | Jr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| January 17 | Jake Cohen | Davidson | F | Jr. | SoCon Weekly Release |
| January 24 | Derell Armstrong | UNC Greensboro | G | Jr. | SoCon Weekly Release |