# 2011–12 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Craig Robinson was in his fourth year with the team. The Beavers played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon and are a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with record of 21–15 overall, 7–11 in Pac-12 play. They lost in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Basketball tournament to Arizona. They were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Western Illinois in the first round and TCU in the quarterfinals before losing to Washington State in the semifinals.

## 2011 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Daniel Gomis PF | Thiès, SEG | Oak Hill Academy | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Jun 7, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Challe Barton SG | Göteborg, SWE | Sanda Basketball Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A | Feb 8, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 40 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: – Rivals: – ||||||
| 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: "Oregon State Commit List for 2011". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 15, 2010. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved December 15, 2010. "ESPN – Oregon State Beavers Basketball Recruiting 2011". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 15, 2010. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved December 15, 2010. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 15, 2010. ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2011* 7:00 pm | Pacific University | W 64–33 | – | Gill Coliseum (2,624) Corvallis, OR |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2011* 1:30 pm | Cal State Bakersfield | W 86–62 | 1–0 | Gill Coliseum (5,423) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/14/2011* 7:00 pm | West Alabama Legends Classic Regional Round | W 93–60 | 2–0 | Gill Coliseum (3,208) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/16/2011* 7:00 pm | Hofstra Legends Classic Regional Round | W 82–72 | 3–0 | Gill Coliseum (3,870) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/19/2011* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Texas Legends Classic Semifinals | W 100–95 $^{OT}$ | 4–0 | Izod Center (4,187) East Rutherford, NJ |
| 11/21/2011* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | vs. No. 18 Vanderbilt Legends Classic Championship | L 62–64 | 4–1 | Izod Center (3,249) East Rutherford, NJ |
| 11/26/2011* 11:00 am, ESPN3 | at Towson | W 66–46 | 5–1 | Towson Center (3,119) Towson, MD |
| 12/04/2011* 5:00 pm, RTNW | Montana | W 71–46 | 6–1 | Gill Coliseum (5,518) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/09/2011* 7:00 pm, RTNW | Idaho | L 60–74 | 6–2 | Gill Coliseum (5,119) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/13/2011* 7:00 pm, RTNW | UIC | W 95–53 | 7–2 | Gill Coliseum (3,477) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/15/2011* 7:00 pm | Howard | W 93–72 | 8–2 | Gill Coliseum (4,189) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/18/2011* 7:00 pm, RTNW | Portland State | W 101–68 | 9–2 | Gill Coliseum (5,248) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/21/2011* 5:00 pm | at Chicago State | W 92–66 | 10–2 | Jones Convocation Center (1,164) Chicago, IL |
| 12/29/2011 6:00 pm, RTNW | at Washington | L 80–95 | 10–3 (0–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,592) Seattle, WA |
| 12/31/2011 3:00 pm, RTNW | vs. Washington State | L 76–81 | 10–4 (0–2) | Spokane Arena (8,282) Spokane, WA |
| 01/05/2012 7:00 pm | California | W 92–85 | 11–4 (1–2) | Gill Coliseum (5,162) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/07/2012 7:00 pm, RTNW | Stanford | L 101–103 $^{4OT}$ | 11–5 (1–3) | Gill Coliseum (7,239) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/12/2012 5:30 pm, RTNW | at Arizona | L 73–81 $^{OT}$ | 11–6 (1–4) | McKale Center (14,142) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/14/2012 5:00 pm, RTNW | at Arizona State | L 66–76 | 11–7 (1–5) | Wells Fargo Arena (5,068) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/19/2012 7:30 pm, FSN | UCLA | W 87–84 | 12–7 (2–5) | Gill Coliseum (6,019) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/21/2012 7:30 pm, RTNW | USC | W 78–59 | 13–7 (3–5) | Gill Coliseum (7,537) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/29/2012 3:30 pm, FSN | at Oregon Civil War | W 76–71 | 14–7 (4–5) | Matthew Knight Arena (11,219) Eugene, OR |
| 02/02/2012 6:00 pm | at Colorado | L 60–82 | 14–8 (4–6) | Coors Events Center (7,858) Boulder, CO |
| 02/04/2012 2:00 pm | at Utah | W 76–58 | 15–8 (5–6) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,404) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/09/2012 7:00 pm | Washington State | L 73–83 | 15–9 (5–7) | Gill Coliseum (5,782) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/12/2012 2:30 pm, FSN | Washington | L 72–75 | 15–10 (5–8) | Gill Coliseum (8,027) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/16/2012 7:00 pm | at Stanford | L 82–87 | 15–11 (5–9) | Maples Pavilion (5,005) Stanford, CA |
| 02/18/2012 7:00 pm | at California | L 63–77 | 15–12 (5–10) | Haas Pavilion (11,331) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/26/2012 4:30 pm, FSN | Oregon Civil War | L 73–74 | 15–13 (5–11) | Gill Coliseum (9,604) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/01/2012 7:00 pm | Utah | W 77–67 | 16–13 (6–11) | Gill Coliseum (3,643) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/03/2012 1:00 pm, FSN | Colorado | W 83–69 | 17–13 (7–11) | Gill Coliseum (4,326) Corvallis, OR |
| Pac-12 tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2012 12:10 pm, FSN | vs. Washington State First Round | W 69–64 | 18–13 | Staples Center (5,973) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/08/2012 12:10 pm, FSN | vs. Washington Quarterfinals | W 86–84 | 19–13 | Staples Center (8,780) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/09/2012 6:10 pm, FSN | vs. Arizona Semifinals | L 61–72 | 19–14 | Staples Center (11,615) Los Angeles, CA |
| CBI ||||||
| 03/14/2012* 7:00 pm, HDNet | Western Illinois First Round | W 80–59 | 20–14 | Gill Coliseum (1,931) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/19/2012* 7:00 pm, HDNet | TCU Quarterfinals | W 101–81 | 21–14 | Gill Coliseum (2,314) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/21/2012* 7:00 pm, HDNet | Washington State Semifinals | L 55–72 | 21–15 | Gill Coliseum (2,190) Corvallis, OR |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Highlights

* The Beavers upset Texas in the TicketCity Legends Classic.
* The 100 points scored by the Beavers against Texas was the first 100-point game since 1997 and the 27th time in school history. It's also the first Beavers team coached by Robinson to score 100 points.
* The December 4 game against Montana was the first game with over 5,500 fans in a non-Pac-12 home game since the team played LSU in 2006.
* The January 7 quadruple-overtime 101–103 loss to Stanford was the longest basketball game in Oregon State history.
* The team won 20 games for the first time since legend Gary Payton was a senior and posted just its second winning season since that same year back in 1989-90
* The team pulled off the biggest upset in Pac-12 Tournament history when they knocked off No. 1 seed-Washington and advanced to postseason play for the third time in four years.
* The Beavers led the conference in scoring for the first time ever and had their most 100-point games, 90-point games and 80-point games in school history, while leading the Pac-12 in steals for the third consecutive year.