# 2011–12 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolf Pack, led by third year head coach David Carter, played their home games at the Lawlor Events Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 13–1 in WAC play to be crowned regular season. They lost to Louisiana Tech in the semifinals of the WAC Basketball tournament. As regular season conference champions, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Oral Roberts in the first round and Bucknell in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to Stanford.
This was Nevada's final year as a member of the WAC as they will join the Mountain West Conference in July 2012.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Patrick Nyeko | Guard | 6–6 | 180 | Junior | London, England |
| 2 | Jerry Evans, Jr. | Guard | 6–8 | 188 | Sophomore | Lawndale, California |
| 4 | Devonte Elliott | Forward | 6–10 | 220 | Sophomore | Los Angeles, California |
| 11 | Brice Crook | Guard | 6–4 | 205 | Sophomore | Reno, Nevada |
| 12 | Keith Fuetsch | Guard | 6–0 | 170 | Junior | Reno, Nevada |
| 15 | Jordan Finn | Guard | 6–4 | 190 | Sophomore | Rancho Cucamonga, California |
| 20 | Jordan Burris | Guard | 6–7 | 205 | Sophomore | Bakersfield, California |
| 24 | Deonte Burton | Guard | 6–1 | 185 | Sophomore | Los Angeles, California |
| 31 | Olek Czyz | Forward | 6–7 | 240 | Senior | Gdynia, Poland |
| 33 | Kevin Panzer | Forward | 6–9 | 205 | Sophomore | Mission Viejo, California |
| 34 | Milik Story | Guard | 6–5 | 225 | Junior | Pasadena, California |
| 44 | Dario Hunt | Forward | 6–8 | 235 | Senior | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 45 | Richard Bell | Forward | 6–9 | 215 | Freshman | West Sussex, England |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2011* 7:00 pm | Chico State | W 77–60 | | Lawlor Events Center (3,192) Reno, Nevada |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2011* 7:00 pm, KY3 | Missouri State | W 68–46 | 0–1 | Lawlor Events Center (4,285) Reno, Nevada |
| 11/14/2011* 7:00 pm, CBSSN | at UNLV | L 67–71 | 0–2 | Thomas & Mack Center (14,827) Paradise, Nevada |
| 11/17/2011* 7:00 pm | Pacific | W 78–54 | 1–2 | Lawlor Events Center (4,016) Reno, Nevada |
| 11/20/2011* 3:00 pm | Prairie View A&M Chicago Invitational Challenge | W 60–47 | 2–2 | Lawlor Events Center (2,451) Reno, Nevada |
| 11/22/2011* 7:00 pm | Longwood Chicago Invitational Challenge | W 80–78 | 3–2 | Lawlor Events Center (2,656) Reno, Nevada |
| 11/22/2011* 3:00 pm, BYUtv | vs. BYU Chicago Invitational Challenge | L 55–76 | 3–3 | Sears Centre (NA) Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
| 11/26/2011* 2:30 pm | vs. Bradley Chicago Invitational Challenge | W 64–59 | 4–3 | Sears Centre (NA) Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
| 12/02/2011* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | Washington | W 76–73 $^{OT}$ | 5–3 | Lawlor Events Center (4,722) Reno, Nevada |
| 12/07/2011* 5:30 pm, FSAZ | at Arizona State | W 69–61 | 6–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,639) Tempe, Arizona |
| 12/10/2011* 6:00 pm | at Montana | W 70–64 | 7–3 | Dahlberg Arena (2,946) Missoula, Montana |
| 12/17/2011* 3:00 pm | UC Riverside | W 71–47 | 8–3 | Lawlor Events Center (4,063) Reno, Nevada |
| 12/22/2011* 7:00 pm | Portland | W 78–60 | 9–3 | Lawlor Events Center (3,651) Reno, Nevada |
| 12/28/2011* 7:00 pm | Cedarville | W 71–61 | 10–3 | Lawlor Events Center (3,376) Reno, Nevada |
| 01/05/2012 8:00 pm | at Idaho | W 73–55 | 11–3 (1–0) | Cowan Spectrum (1,081) Moscow, Idaho |
| 01/07/2012 6:00 pm, WSN | at Utah State | W 78–71 | 12–3 (2–0) | Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, Utah |
| 01/12/2012 7:00 pm | San Jose State | W 81–57 | 13–3 (3–0) | Lawlor Events Center (4,730) Reno, Nevada |
| 01/14/2012 7:00 pm | Hawaiʻi | W 77–74 | 14–3 (4–0) | Lawlor Events Center (5,452) Reno, Nevada |
| 01/17/2012* 7:00 pm | Nebraska–Omaha | W 81–69 | 15–3 | Lawlor Events Center (3,407) Reno, Nevada |
| 01/21/2012 7:00 pm, WSN | Fresno State | W 74–61 | 16–3 (5–0) | Lawlor Events Center (7,016) Reno, Nevada |
| 01/26/2012 6:00 pm, WSN | at New Mexico State | W 68–60 | 17–3 (6–0) | Pan American Center (6,192) Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| 01/28/2012 5:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | W 65–63 | 18–3 (7–0) | Thomas Assembly Center (3,050) Ruston, Louisiana |
| 02/02/2012 7:00 pm | Utah State | W 53–52 | 19–3 (8–0) | Lawlor Events Center (9,988) Reno, Nevada |
| 02/04/2012 7:00 pm | Idaho | L 68–72 | 19–4 (8–1) | Lawlor Events Center (7,349) Reno, Nevada |
| 02/09/2012 9:00 pm, KAME-TV | at Hawaiʻi | W 88–79 | 20–4 (9–1) | Stan Sheriff Center (6,893) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 02/11/2012 8:00 pm | at San Jose State | W 76–70 | 21–4 (10–1) | Event Center Arena (2,063) San Jose, California |
| 02/14/2012* 7:00 pm | Cal State Bakersfield | W 61–47 | 22–4 | Lawlor Events Center (4,214) Reno, Nevada |
| 02/18/2012* 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Iona ESPN BracketBusters | L 84–90 | 22–5 | Hynes Athletic Center (2,611) New Rochelle, New York |
| 02/25/2012 7:00 pm, WSN | at Fresno State | W 79–76 $^{3OT}$ | 23–5 (11–1) | Save Mart Center (6,966) Fresno, California |
| 03/01/2012 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | New Mexico State | W 65–61 | 24–5 (12–1) | Lawlor Events Center (8,074) Reno, Nevada |
| 03/03/2012 7:00 pm | Louisiana Tech | W 79–69 | 25–5 (13–1) | Lawlor Events Center (7,894) Reno, Nevada |
| 2012 WAC men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2012 6:00 pm | vs. San Jose State Quarterfinals | W 54–44 | 26–5 | Orleans Arena (1,823) Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 03/09/2012 8:30 pm, WSN | vs. Louisiana Tech Semifinals | L 73–78 | 26–6 | Orleans Arena (2,352) Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2012 NIT ||||||
| 03/14/2012* 6:15 pm, ESPN3 | at Oral Roberts First Round | W 68–59 | 27–6 | Mabee Center (2,474) Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 03/18/2012* 12:00 pm, ESPNU | Bucknell Second Round | W 75–67 | 28–6 | Lawlor Events Center (6,927) Reno, Nevada |
| 03/21/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Stanford Quarterfinals | L 56–84 | 28–7 | Maples Pavilion (3,020) Stanford, California |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||