# 2011–12 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

The 2011–12 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by sixth year head coach Wayne Tinkle, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and are members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 15–1 in Big Sky play to be crowned regular season champions. They were also champions the Big Sky Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Wisconsin.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Art Steward | Forward | 6–4 | 210 | Senior | Casper, Wyoming |
| 2 | Kevin Henderson | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 190 | Freshman | Auburn, Washington |
| 5 | Will Cherry | Guard | 6–1 | 177 | Junior | West Oakland, California |
| 10 | Jordan Gregory | Guard | 6–2 | 185 | Freshman | Pueblo, Colorado |
| 12 | Jordan Wood | Guard | 6–3 | 200 | Senior | Cedar City, Utah |
| 20 | Keron DeShields | Guard | 6–2 | 177 | Freshman | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 22 | Shawn Stockton | Guard | 6–1 | 195 | Senior | Spokane, Washington |
| 24 | Derek Selvig | Forward | 7–0 | 230 | Senior | Glendive, Montana |
| 32 | Kareem Jamar | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 210 | Sophomore | Los Angeles, California |
| 33 | Michael Weisner | Forward | 6–7 | 185 | Freshman | Walla Walla, Washington |
| 40 | Mathias Ward | Forward | 6–7 | 236 | Junior | Gig Harbor, Washington |
| 45 | Eric Hutchison | Forward | 6–9 | 230 | Sophomore | Longview, Washington |
| 50 | Billy Reader | Forward/Center | 6–9 | 217 | Freshman | Lake Oswego, Oregon |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2011* 7:00 pm | | Lewis–Clark State | W 64–52 | | Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2011* 7:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 58–64 | 0–1 | Moby Arena (4,666) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/14/2011* 7:00 pm | | Great Falls | W 60–59 | 1–1 | Dahlberg Arena (2,445) Missoula, MT |
| 11/17/2011* 7:00 pm | | Idaho | W 57–52 | 2–1 | Dahlberg Arena (2,684) Missoula, MT |
| 11/20/2011* 6:00 pm | | at San Diego | W 73–60 | 3–1 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,659) San Diego, CA |
| 11/28/2011* 6:00 pm | | at North Dakota | L 81–88 $^{OT}$ | 3–2 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,760) Grand Forks, ND |
| 11/26/2011* 7:00 pm | | Long Beach State | W 73–71 | 4–2 | Dahlberg Arena (3,529) Missoula, MT |
| 12/01/2011* 7:00 pm | | San Francisco | L 62–65 | 4–3 | Dahlberg Arena (3,212) Missoula, MT |
| 12/04/2011* 6:00 pm | | at Oregon State | L 46–71 | 4–4 | Gill Coliseum (5,518) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/07/2011* 7:00 pm | | Montana Tech | W 64–49 | 5–4 | Dahlberg Arena (2,835) Missoula, MT |
| 12/10/2011* 7:00 pm | | Nevada | L 64–70 | 5–5 | Dahlberg Arena (2,946) Missoula, MT |
| 12/17/2011* 8:00 pm | | at Portland | W 80–65 | 6–5 | Chiles Center (1,312) Portland, OR |
| 12/22/2011* 7:00 pm | | Utah Valley | W 65–52 | 7–5 | Dahlberg Arena (2,591) Missoula, MT |
| 12/28/2011 7:00 pm | | Portland State | W 75–64 | 8–5 (1–0) | Dahlberg Arena (3,490) Missoula, MT |
| 12/30/2011 1:00 pm | | Eastern Washington | W 79–71 | 9–5 (2–0) | Dahlberg Arena (3,363) Missoula, MT |
| 01/07/2012 7:00 pm | | at Idaho State | W 68–44 | 10–5 (3–0) | Holt Arena (2,203) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/12/2012 6:30 pm | | at Northern Arizona | W 78–53 | 11–5 (4–0) | Walkup Skydome (561) Flagstaff, AZ |
| 01/14/2012 7:00 pm | | at Weber State | L 64–80 | 11–6 (4–1) | Dee Events Center (7,236) Ogden, UT |
| 01/19/2012 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 76–58 | 12–6 (5–1) | Dahlberg Arena (2,844) Missoula, MT |
| 01/19/2012 7:00 pm | | Sacramento State | W 85–56 | 13–6 (6–1) | Dahlberg Arena (3,709) Missoula, MT |
| 01/26/2012 7:00 pm | | at Eastern Washington | W 74–60 | 14–6 (7–1) | Reese Court (3,512) Cheney, WA |
| 01/29/2012 2:00 pm | | at Portland State | W 69–67 | 15–6 (8–1) | Stott Center (1,307) Portland, OR |
| 02/04/2012 7:00 pm, KPAX | | at Montana State | W 67–58 | 16–6 (9–1) | Worthington Arena (6,018) Bozeman, MT |
| 02/06/2012 7:00 pm | | Idaho State | W 76–40 | 17–6 (10–1) | Dahlberg Arena (3,444) Missoula, MT |
| 02/09/2012 7:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | W 75–68 | 18–6 (11–1) | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (1,419) Greeley, CO |
| 02/11/2012 8:00 pm | | at Sacramento State | W 67–58 | 19–6 (12–1) | Colberg Court (818) Sacramento, CA |
| 02/18/2012* 7:00 pm | | Hawaiʻi Sears BracketBusters | W 94–79 | 20–6 | Dahlberg Arena (5,009) Missoula, MT |
| 02/23/2012 7:00 pm, Altitude | | Northern Arizona | W 78–60 | 21–6 (13–1) | Dahlberg Arena (3,227) Missoula, MT |
| 02/25/2012 7:00 pm, KPAX | | Montana State | W 57–47 | 22–6 (14–1) | Dahlberg Arena (7,003) Missoula, MT |
| 02/28/2012 7:00 pm, Altitude | | Weber State | W 66–51 | 23–6 (15–1) | Dahlberg Arena (7,157) Missoula, MT |
| 2012 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2012 8:00 pm, Altitude | | Eastern Washington Semifinals | W 74–66 | 24–6 | Dahlberg Arena (5,563) Missoula, MT |
| 03/07/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Weber State Championship Game | W 85–66 | 25–6 | Dahlberg Arena (7,042) Missoula, MT |
| 2012 NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/15/2012* 12:10 pm, TNT | No. (E 13) | vs. No. 14 (E 4) Wisconsin Second Round | L 49–73 | 25–7 | The Pit (10,774) Albuquerque, NM |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. ||||||