# 2011–12 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third-year head coach Sean Miller, played their home games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with 23–12 overall, 12–6 in pac-12 play. They lost the championship game of the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament by Colorado which hurt their chances to qualify for the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, instead they were invited to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament which they lost in the first round by Bucknell.

## Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Jamelle Horne | F | 6'7" | 224 | Sr. | San Diego, CA | Graduated |
| Derrick Willams | F | 6'8" | 241 | So. | La Mirada, CA | Declared for 2011 NBA draft |
| Lamont Jones | G | 6'0" | 196 | So. | Harlem, NY | Transferred to Iona |
| Daniel Bejarano | G | 6'4" | 208 | Fr. | Phoenix, AZ | Transferred to Colorado State |

## Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Nick Johnson SG | Gilbert, AZ | Findlay Prep | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Aug 8, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Sidiki Johnson PF | Brooklyn, NY | Wadleigh | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Aug 1, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 92 ||||||
| Josiah Turner PG | Sacramento, CA | Quality Education Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Sep 9, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Angelo Chol C | Khartoum, Sudan | Hoover | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Feb 7, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 94 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #4 Rivals: #4 ESPN: #7 ||||||
| 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: "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Roster

* March 7, 2012 – Josiah Turner was suspended indefinitely from the basketball team for a violation of team rules.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | Jesse Perry | Kyryl Natyazhko | Alex Jacobson | |
| PF | Solomon Hill | Angelo Chol | | |
| SF | Kyle Fogg | Kevin Parrom | Max Wiepking | Drew Mellon |
| SG | Nick Johnson | Brendon Lavender | Quinton Crawford | |
| PG | Josiah Turner | Jordin Mayes | Dondre Wise | Robert Arvizu |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/27/2011* 6:30 PM, FCS | No. 16 | Seattle Pacific | L 68–69 | – | McKale Center (12,075) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/01/2011* 6:30 PM, FSAZ | No. 16 | Humboldt State | W 60–51 | – | McKale Center (11,916) Tucson, AZ |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/07/2011* 7:00 PM, ESPNU | No. 16 | Valparaiso 2K Sports Classic campus-site game | W 73–64 | 1–0 | McKale Center (12,871) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/09/2011* 7:00 PM, ESPN2 | No. 16 | Duquesne 2K Sports Classic campus-site game | W 67–59 | 2–0 | McKale Center (13,289) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/13/2011* 4:00 PM, FSAZ/KWBA | No. 16 | Ball State | W 73–63 | 3–0 | McKale Center (12,833) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/17/2011* 7:30 PM, ESPN2 | No. 15 | vs. St. John's 2K Sports Classic Semifinals | W 81–72 | 4–0 | Madison Square Garden (9,036) New York, NY |
| 11/18/2011* 5:00 PM, ESPN2 | No. 15 | vs. Mississippi State 2K Sports Classic Championship | L 57–67 | 4–1 | Madison Square Garden (6,338) New York, NY |
| 11/23/2011* 6:30 PM, FSAZ+ | No. 23 | San Diego State | L 57–61 | 4–2 | McKale Center (13,761) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/29/2011* 7:00 PM, FSAZ+ | | at New Mexico State | W 83–76 | 5–2 | Pan American Center (7,966) Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/03/2011* 7:00 PM, FSAZ/KWBA | | Northern Arizona | W 53–39 | 6–2 | McKale Center (13,811) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/07/2011* 5:00 PM, ESPN2 | | at No. 12 Florida | L 72–78 $^{OT}$ | 6–3 | O'Connell Center (10,531) Gainesville, FL |
| 12/10/2011* 2:00 PM, FSN | | Clemson | W 63–47 | 7–3 | McKale Center (12,790) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/17/2011* 2:00 PM, CBS | | vs. Gonzaga Battle in Seattle | L 60–71 | 7–4 | KeyArena (15,127) Seattle, WA |
| 12/20/2011* 6:00 PM, FSAZ+/KWBA | | Oakland | W 85–73 | 8–4 | McKale Center (13,735) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/22/2011* 5:00 PM, FSAZ/KWBA | | Bryant | W 100–60 | 9–4 | McKale Center (13,744) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2011 3:30 PM, KWBA/FSAZ | | Arizona State Rivalry | W 68–51 | 10–4 (1–0) | McKale Center (14,499) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/05/2012 9:00 PM, FSN | | vs. UCLA John R. Wooden Classic | L 58–65 | 10–5 (1–1) | Honda Center (9,247) Anaheim, CA |
| 01/08/2012 3:30 PM, FSN | | at USC | W 57–46 | 11–5 (2–1) | Galen Center (5,112) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/12/2012 6:30 PM, KWBA/FCS | | Oregon State | W 81–73 $^{OT}$ | 12–5 (3–1) | McKale Center (14,142) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/14/2012 1:30 PM, CBS | | Oregon | L 57–59 | 12–6 (3–2) | McKale Center (14,553) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/19/2012 6:30 PM, KWBA/FSAZ | | at Utah | W 77–51 | 13–6 (4–2) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,492) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/21/2012 4:00 PM, KWBA/FSAZ | | at Colorado | L 63–64 | 13–7 (4–3) | Coors Events Center (11,056) Boulder, CO |
| 01/26/2012 8:30 PM, FSN | | Washington State | W 85–61 | 14–7 (5–3) | McKale Center (14,138) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/28/2012 5:00 PM, ESPN | | Washington ESPN College GameDay | L 67–69 | 14–8 (5–4) | McKale Center (14,604) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/02/2012 9:00 PM, FSN | | at California | W 78–74 | 15–8 (6–4) | Haas Pavilion (9,690) Berkleley, CA |
| 02/04/2012 1:00 PM, FSN | | at Stanford | W 56–43 | 16–8 (7–4) | Maples Pavilion (6,231) Stanford, CA |
| 02/09/2012 7:00 PM, ESPN | | Colorado | W 71–57 | 17–8 (8–4) | McKale Center (14,225) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/11/2012 12:00 PM, FSN | | Utah | W 70–61 | 18–8 (9–4) | McKale Center (14,084) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/16/2012 7:00 PM, FSN | | at Washington State | W 76–72 | 19–8 (10–4) | Beasley Coliseum (3,616) Pullman, WA |
| 02/18/2012 1:00 PM, FSN | | at Washington | L 70–79 | 19–9 (10–5) | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 02/23/2012 6:30 PM, FSAZ | | USC | W 70–54 | 20–9 (11–5) | McKale Center (14,593) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/25/2012 12:00 PM, CBS | | UCLA | W 65–63 | 21–9 (12–5) | McKale Center (14,724) Tucson, AZ |
| 03/04/2012 1:30 PM, FSN | | at Arizona State Rivalry | L 80–87 | 21–10 (12–6) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,864) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2012 3:40 PM, FSN | | vs. UCLA Quarterfinals | W 66–58 | 22–10 | Staples Center (8,780 ) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/09/2012 7:10 PM, FSN | | vs. Oregon State Semifinals | W 72–61 | 23–10 | Staples Center (N/A) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/10/2012 4:10 PM, CBS | | vs. Colorado Championship | L 51–53 | 23–11 | Staples Center (11,197) Los Angeles, CA |
| NIT ||||||
| 03/14/2012* 6:00 PM, ESPN2 | | Bucknell First Round | L 54–65 | 23–12 | McKale Center (8,433) Tucson, AZ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. :
| 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 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 23 | RV | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | 16 | 16 | 16 | 23 | NR | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | | | | | |