# 2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team

The 2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by 14th year head coach Bob Williams, played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, nicknamed The Thunderdome, and are members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 12–4 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the championship game of the Big West Basketball tournament to Long Beach State. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Idaho.

## Roster

Source
| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown |
| 0 | Jaimé Serna | 6'9" | 235 | Forward | Senior | Laguna Beach, California |
| 1 | Nate Garth | 6'2" | 180 | Guard | Junior | Sacramento, California |
| 5 | Keegan Hornbuckle | 6'7" | 205 | Forward | Sophomore | Westlake Village, California |
| 10 | Kyle Boswell | 6'2" | 180 | Guard | Sophomore | Huntington Beach, California |
| 11 | T.J. Taylor | 5'9" | 160 | Guard | Freshman | Oakland, California |
| 12 | Lewis Thomas | 6'7" | 210 | Guard/Forward | Freshman | Perth, Australia |
| 15 | Alan Williams | 6'7" | 240 | Center | Freshman | Phoenix, Arizona |
| 20 | Shawn Moore | 6'5" | 210 | Guard/Forward | Junior | Chico, California |
| 21 | James Nunnally | 6'7" | 205 | Guard | Senior | Stockton, California |
| 24 | Christian Peterson | 6'3" | 219 | Guard | Senior | Carlsbad, California |
| 30 | Tyler Steinhause | 6'1" | 160 | Guard | Sophomore | San Diego, California |
| 32 | John Green | 6'5" | 180 | Guard | Freshman | Oakland, California |
| 33 | Orlando Johnson | 6'5" | 205 | Guard | Senior | Seaside, CA |
| 34 | Prince Arceneux | 6'6" | 190 | Forward | Freshman | Los Angeles, California |
| 35 | Taran Brown | 6'8" | 190 | Forward | Freshman | Gillette, Wyoming |
| 55 | Greg Somogyi | 7'3" | 242 | Center | Senior | Budapest, Hungary |
| | Duke DaRe | 6'1" | 185 | Guard | Freshman | Clayton, California |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/05/2011* 7:00 pm | San Francisco State | W 67–51 | | The Thunderdome (2,343) Santa Barbara, CA |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2011* 7:00 pm | Chapman | W 74–48 | 1–0 | The Thunderdome (2,030) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 11/15/2011* 7:00 pm | Santa Clara | W 89–56 | 2–0 | The Thunderdome (2,331) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 11/18/2011* 7:00 pm | Westmont | W 82–61 | 3–0 | The Thunderdome (2,619) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 11/22/2011* 7:00 pm | Portland | W 83–69 | 4–0 | The Thunderdome (2,447) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 11/26/2011* 7:00 pm | San Diego State | L 75–76 | 4–1 | The Thunderdome (5,011) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 11/30/2011* 7:00 pm | No. 18 UNLV | L 88–94 $^{2OT}$ | 4–2 | The Thunderdome (5,516) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 12/13/2011* 6:00 pm | at San Diego | W 65–61 | 5–2 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,720) San Diego, CA |
| 12/16/2011* 7:00 pm, ROOTNW | at Washington | L 80–87 | 5–3 | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,246) Seattle, WA |
| 12/19/2011* 7:30 pm | at California | L 50–70 | 5–4 | Haas Pavilion (9,876) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/22/2011* 7:00 pm, BYUtv | at BYU | L 75–89 | 5–5 | Marriott Center (10,670) Provo, UT |
| 01/02/2012 7:00 pm | at Cal Poly | W 58–57 | 6–5 (1–0) | Mott Gym (3,032) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 01/05/2012 7:00 pm | Cal State Fullerton | W 77–64 | 7–5 (2–0) | The Thunderdome (2,674) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 01/12/2012 7:00 pm | at UC Riverside | L 70–79 | 7–6 (2–1) | UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (827) Riverside, CA |
| 01/14/2012 7:00 pm | UC Irvine | W 74–56 | 8–6 (3–1) | The Thunderdome (2,607) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 01/19/2012 7:00 pm | Cal State Northridge | W 69–61 | 9–6 (4–1) | The Thunderdome (2,182) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 01/21/2012 8:00 pm, ESPNU | Long Beach State | L 48–71 | 9–7 (4–2) | The Thunderdome (6,000) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 01/26/2012 7:00 pm | at UC Davis | W 86–59 | 10–7 (5–2) | The Pavilion (1,477) Davis, CA |
| 01/28/2012 5:00 pm | at Pacific | W 56–53 | 11–7 (6–2) | Alex G. Spanos Center (2,744) Stockton, CA |
| 02/02/2012 7:00 pm | at Cal State Northridge | W 85–70 | 12–7 (7–2) | Matadome (1,813) Northridge, CA |
| 02/04/2012 6:00 pm | at Cal State Fullerton | L 86–99 | 12–8 (7–3) | Titan Gym (3,224) Fullerton, CA |
| 02/11/2012 7:30 pm, PrimeTicket | UC Riverside | W 60–52 | 13–8 (8–3) | The Thunderdome (3,516) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 02/15/2012 6:00 pm | at UC Irvine | W 85–62 | 14–8 (9–3) | Bren Events Center (1,372) Irvine, CA |
| 02/18/2012* 7:00 pm | at Utah State ESPN BracketBusters | W 72–64 | 15–8 | Smith Spectrum (10,048) Logan, UT |
| 02/22/2012 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Long Beach State | L 58–70 | 15–9 (9–4) | Walter Pyramid (4,732) Long Beach, CA |
| 02/25/2012 8:00 pm, ESPNU | Cal Poly | W 68–60 | 16–9 (10–4) | The Thunderdome (4,205) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 03/01/2012 7:00 pm | Pacific | W 76–61 | 17–9 (11–4) | The Thunderdome (NA) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 03/03/2012 7:00 pm | UC Davis | W 90–43 | 18–9 (12–4) | The Thunderdome (3,333) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 2012 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2012 12:00 pm | vs. Pacific Quarterfinals | W 72–52 | 19–9 | Honda Center (NA) Anaheim, CA |
| 03/09/2012 9:00 pm, ESPNU | vs. Cal Poly Semifinals | W 64–52 | 20–9 | Honda Center (5,171) Anaheim, CA |
| 03/10/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | vs. Long Beach State Championship Game | L 64–77 | 20–10 | Honda Center (7,564) Anaheim, CA |
| 2012 CIT ||||||
| 03/14/2012* 6:00 pm | at Idaho First Round | L 83–86 | 20–11 | Cowan Spectrum (1,203) Moscow, ID |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||