# 2011–12 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team

The 2011–12 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Raiders were led by Billy Gillispie in his first and only season as head coach. The team played its home games at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2011* 7:00PM | Southwestern Oklahoma State | W 76–70 | – | United Spirit Arena (2,188) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/05/2011* 7:00PM | Our Lady of the Lake | W 119–80 | – | United Spirit Arena (1,292) Lubbock, TX |
| Non-Conference Regular Season ||||||
| 11/11/2011* 8:30PM, TTSN/FSSW+ | Troy | W 90–85 | 1–0 | United Spirit Arena (10,088) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/16/2011* 7:00PM, TTSN/FSSW | North Texas | W 69–64 | 2–0 | United Spirit Arena (8,614) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/20/2011* 2:00PM, TTSN/FSSW | Stephen F. Austin | W 66–54 | 3–0 | United Spirit Arena (9,420) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/24/2011* 11:00AM, ESPN2 | vs. Indiana State Old Spice Classic Quarterfinals | L 49–60 | 3–1 | HP Field House (3,170) Orlando, FL |
| 11/25/2011* 1:30PM, ESPNU | vs. DePaul Old Spice Classic | L 70–76 | 3–2 | HP Field House (3,337) Orlando, FL |
| 11/27/2011* 10:30AM, ESPN3 | vs. Wake Forest Old Spice Classic 7th Place Game | L 61–70 | 3–3 | HP Field House (1,728) Orlando, FL |
| 12/01/2011* 7:00PM, CSS | at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | W 63–52 | 4–3 | American Bank Center (2,719) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 12/06/2011* 6:00PM, CBSSN | at TCU | L 69–75 | 4–4 | Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (6,290) Fort Worth, TX |
| 12/18/2011* 7:00PM, TTSN/FSSW | Grambling State | W 87–59 | 5–4 | United Spirit Arena (8,171) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/22/2011* 7:05PM, FCS Central | at Oral Roberts | L 56–72 | 5–5 | Mabee Center (8,064) Tulsa, OK |
| 12/27/2011* 7:00PM, TTSN/FSSW+ | Cal State Bakersfield | W 74–58 | 6–5 | United Spirit Arena (10,678) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/30/2011* 8:00PM, ESPNU | Southeastern Louisiana | W 62–54 | 7–5 | United Spirit Arena (8,079) Lubbock, TX |
| Big 12 Regular Season ||||||
| 01/04/2012 7:00PM | at Oklahoma State | L 59–67 | 7–6 (0–1) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,228) Stillwater, OK |
| 01/07/2012 12:45PM, Big 12 Network | No. 4 Baylor | L 60–73 | 7–7 (0–2) | United Spirit Arena (8,247) Lubbock, Texas |
| 01/11/2012 8:00PM, ESPNU | No. 10 Kansas | L 49–87 | 7–8 (0–3) | United Spirit Arena (7,454) Lubbock, TX |
| 01/14/2012 12:45PM, Big 12 Network | at Texas A&M | L 54–67 | 7–9 (0–4) | Reed Arena (7,083) College Station, TX |
| 01/17/2012 7:00PM, Big 12 Network | at Oklahoma | L 55–64 | 7–10 (0–5) | Lloyd Noble Center (7,786) Norman, OK |
| 01/21/2012 4:00PM, ESPN2 | Iowa State | L 52–76 | 7–11 (0–6) | United Spirit Arena (8,367) Lubbock, TX |
| 01/25/2012 8:00PM, ESPNU | No. 22 Kansas State | L 47–69 | 7–12 (0–7) | United Spirit Arena (7,941) Lubbock, TX |
| 01/28/2012 12:45PM, Big 12 Network | at No. 2 Missouri | L 50–63 | 7–13 (0–8) | Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO |
| 01/31/2012 7:00PM, Big 12 Network | Oklahoma State | L 63–80 | 7–14 (0–9) | United Spirit Arena (7,408) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/04/2012 6:00PM, Longhorn Network | at Texas | L 57–74 | 7–15 (0–10) | Frank Erwin Center (13,859) Austin,TX |
| 02/07/2012 7:00PM, Big 12 Network | at Kansas State | L 46–65 | 7–16 (0–11) | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) Manhattan, KS |
| 02/11/2012 7:00PM, TTSN/FSSW+ | Oklahoma | W 65–47 | 8–16 (1–11) | United Spirit Arena (7,525) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/14/2012 6:00PM, ESPN2 | Texas A&M | L 38–47 | 8–17 (1–12) | United Spirit Arena (7,837) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/18/2012 7:00PM, Big 12 Network | at No. 4 Kansas | L 50–83 | 8–18 (1–13) | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 02/22/2012 8:00PM, ESPNU | at Iowa State | L 54–72 | 8–19 (1–14) | Hilton Coliseum (13,587) Ames, IA |
| 02/25/2012 3:00PM, Big 12 Network | Texas | L 67–71 | 8–20 (1–15) | United Spirit Arena (10,393) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/27/2012 8:00PM, ESPNU | at No. 9 Baylor | L 48–77 | 8–21 (1–16) | Ferrell Center (7,123) Waco, TX |
| 03/03/2012 3:00PM, Big 12 Network | No. 7 Missouri | L 55–81 | 8–22 (1–17) | United Spirit Arena (7,892) Lubbock, TX |
| 2012 Big 12 men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2012 8:30 pm, Big 12 Network | vs. Oklahoma State | L 60–76 | 8–23 | Sprint Center (18,972) Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Final |
| AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | | |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | | |