# 2011–12 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Stew Morrill's fourteenth season at Utah State. The Aggies played their home games at the Smith Spectrum and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21–16, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Basketball tournament to Louisiana Tech. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Cal State Bakersfield, Idaho, Loyola Marymount and Oakland to advance to the championship game where they fell to Mercer.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/28/11* 7:00 pm | UC San Diego | W 74–42 | NA | Smith Spectrum (9,519) Logan, UT |
| 11/05/11* 4:00 pm | Adams State | W 73–63 | NA | Smith Spectrum (7,331) Logan, UT |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/11* 7:00 pm, KCSG/ESPN3 | BYU | W 69–62 | 1–0 | Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT |
| 11/15/11* 7:00 pm | at Weber State | L 63–73 | 1–1 | Dee Events Center (9,359) Ogden, UT |
| 11/19/11* 7:00 pm, KCSG/ESPN3 | Southern Utah | W 65–62 | 2–1 | Smith Spectrum (10,068) Logan, UT |
| 11/22/11* 6:00 pm | at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | L 55–58 $^{OT}$ | 2–2 | American Bank Center (1,382) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 11/26/11* 7:00 pm, KCSG/ESPN3 | at Idaho State | W 75–62 | 3–2 | Holt Arena (2,545) Pocatello, ID |
| 11/30/11* 7:00 pm, KCSG/ESPN3 | Denver | L 54–67 | 3–3 | Smith Spectrum (10,056) Logan, UT |
| 12/03/11* 8:00 pm | at Pacific | L 57–65 | 3–4 | Alex G. Spanos Center (2,316) Stockton, CA |
| 12/06/11* 7:00 pm, KCSG/ESPN3 | Utah Valley | W 63–54 | 4–4 | Smith Spectrum (10,141) Logan, UT |
| 12/10/11* 6:00 pm | at Wichita State | L 76–83 | 4–5 | Charles Koch Arena (10,386) Wichita, KS |
| 12/17/11* 7:00 pm, KMYU/ESPN3 | Seattle | W 78–53 | 5–5 | Smith Spectrum (9,337) Logan, UT |
| 12/20/11* 8:00 pm | UT-Arlington Athletes in Action Basketball Classic | W 73–69 | 6–5 | Smith Spectrum (9,666) Logan, UT |
| 12/21/11* 8:00 pm | Saint Peter's Athletes in Action Basketball Classic | W 72–47 | 7–5 | Smith Spectrum (9,959) Logan, UT |
| 12/22/11* 8:00 pm | Kent State Athletes in Action Basketball Classic | W 81–62 | 8–5 | Smith Spectrum (10,059) Logan, UT |
| 12/31/11* 12:00 pm | at No. 15 Mississippi State | L 64–66 | 8–6 | Humphrey Coliseum (7,385) Starkville, MS |
| 01/05/12 7:00 pm, WAC Sports Network/ESPN3 | Fresno State | W 72–53 | 9–6 (1–0) | Smith Spectrum (9,010) Logan, UT |
| 01/07/12 7:00 pm, WAC Sports Network/ESPN3 | Nevada | L 71–78 | 9–7 (1–1) | Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT |
| 01/12/12 7:00 pm, KMYU/ESPN3 | at New Mexico State | L 60–80 | 9–8 (1–2) | Pan American Center (5,214) Las Cruces, NM |
| 01/14/12 7:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | W 69–65 | 10–8 (2–2) | Thomas Assembly Center (4,099) Ruston, LA |
| 01/19/12* 8:00 pm | at Seattle | L 66–73 | 10–9 | KeyArena (2,510) Seattle, WA |
| 01/21/12 8:00 pm | at Idaho | L 54–57 | 10–10 (2–3) | Cowan Spectrum (2,359) Moscow, ID |
| 01/26/12 7:00 pm, ESPN+/Altitude | Hawaiʻi | W 77–72 | 11–10 (3–3) | Smith Spectrum (9,870) Logan, UT |
| 01/28/12 7:00 pm, KMYU/ESPN3 | San Jose State | W 82–65 | 12–10 (4–3) | Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT |
| 02/02/12 8:00 pm | at Nevada | L 52–53 | 12–11 (4–4) | Lawlor Events Center (9,988) Reno, NV |
| 02/04/12 8:00 pm | at Fresno State | L 54–60 | 12–12 (4–5) | Save Mart Center (7,590) Fresno, CA |
| 02/09/12 7:00 pm, ESPN+/Altitude | Louisiana Tech | W 77–63 | 13–12 (5–5) | Smith Spectrum (9,643) Logan, UT |
| 02/11/12 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | New Mexico State | L 69–80 | 13–13 (5–6) | Smith Spectrum (10,067) Logan, UT |
| 02/14/12* 7:00 pm | Montana Tech | W 70–58 | 14–13 | Smith Spectrum (9,657) Logan, UT |
| 02/18/12* 7:00 pm, KMYU/ESPN3 | UC Santa Barbara ESPNU BracketBusters | L 64–72 | 14–14 | Smith Spectrum (10,048) Logan, UT |
| 02/24/12 7:00 pm, KMYU/ESPN3 | Idaho | W 67–50 | 15–14 (6–6) | Smith Spectrum (10,178) Logan, UT |
| 03/01/12 8:00 pm | at San Jose State | W 71–61 | 16–14 (7–6) | The Event Center Arena (1,563) San Jose, CA |
| 03/03/12 10:00 pm, OC Sports | at Hawaiʻi | W 61–60 | 17–14 (8–6) | Stan Sheriff Center (8,192) Honolulu, HI |
| WAC tournament ||||||
| 03/08/12 9:30 pm | vs. Louisiana Tech Quarterfinals | L 70–72 | 17–15 | Orleans Arena (1,823) Las Vegas, NV |
| 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ||||||
| 03/14/12* 8:00 pm | Cal State Bakersfield First Round | W 75–69 | 18–15 | Smith Spectrum (2,141) Logan, UT |
| 03/17/12* 7:00 pm | Idaho Second Round | W 76–56 | 19–15 | Smith Spectrum (2,430) Logan, UT |
| 03/21/12* 7:00 pm | Loyola Marymount Quarterfinals | W 77–69 | 20–15 | Smith Spectrum (3,546) Logan, UT |
| 03/25/12* 4:00 pm | Oakland Semifinals | W 105–81 | 21–15 | Smith Spectrum (2,092) Logan, UT |
| 03/28/12* 7:00 pm, FCS Central | Mercer Championship Game | L 67–70 | 21–16 | Smith Spectrum (6,154) Logan, UT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||