# 2011–12 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team represented Colorado State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Tim Miles in his 5th season. They played their home games at the Moby Arena on Colorado State University's main campus in Fort Collins, Colorado and are a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 8–6 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Mountain West Basketball tournament to San Diego State. They received an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA basketball tournament where they lost in the second round to Murray State.

## Departures

The Colorado State Rams lost senior power forward Andy Ogide who was averaging 17.2 ppg, senior Small Forward Travis Franklin who was averaging 11.8 ppg, Adam Nigon and Andre McFarland.

## Roster

| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous School |
| 0 | Cody Mann | 6'0" | 160 | G | Fr. | Miami, FL | Dr. Krop HS |
| 2 | Daniel Bejarano | 6'4" | 202 | G | So. | Phoenix, AZ | Arizona |
| 3 | Trevor Williams | 7'0" | 282 | C | RS So. | Denver, CO | Denver Lutheran HS |
| 4 | Pierce Hornung | 6'5" | 210 | F | Jr. | Arvada, CO | Ralston Valley HS |
| 10 | Wes Eikmeier | 6'3" | 168 | G | RS Jr. | Fremont, NE | Iowa State |
| 11 | Jesse Carr | 6'2" | 184 | G | RS Jr. | Ainsworth, NE | Ainsworth HS |
| 15 | Kaipo Sabas | 5'11" | 177 | G | Sr. | Fort Collins, CO | Laramie County CC |
| 22 | Dorian Green | 6'2" | 192 | G | Jr. | Lawrence, KS | Lawrence HS |
| 23 | Will Bell | 6'6" | 242 | F | Sr. | Colorado Springs, CO | Northeastern JC |
| 25 | Chad Calcaterra | 6'10" | 228 | C | RS Fr. | Cloquet, MN | Cloquet HS |
| 33 | Dwight Smith | 6'4" | 185 | G | So. | Omaha, NE | Ralston HS |
| 44 | Greg Smith | 6'6" | 221 | F | Jr. | Omaha, NE | Ralston HS |
| 45 | Colton Iverson | 6'10" | 261 | F/C | Sr. | Yankton, SD | Minnesota |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2011* 7:00 pm | | CSU–Pueblo | W 97–82 | – | Moby Arena (2,241) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/05/2011* 2:00 pm | | SW Minnesota State | W 83–70 | – | Moby Arena (2,250) Fort Collins, CO |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2011* 7:00 pm | | Montana | W 64–58 | 1–0 | Moby Arena (4,666) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/14/2011* 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. SMU NIT Season Tip-Off First Round | W 75–56 | 2–0 | Maples Pavilion (177) Palo Alto, CA |
| 11/16/2011* 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Stanford NIT Season Tip-Off Quarterfinals | L 52–64 | 2–1 | Maples Pavilion (4,337) Palo Alto, CA |
| 11/19/2011* 7:00 pm | | Southern Miss | L 58–79 | 2–2 | Moby Arena (2,275) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/21/2011* 7:30 pm | | UTSA NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation game | W 85–75 | 3–2 | Moby Arena (759) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/22/2011* 7:30 pm | | Manhattan NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation game | W 91–86 $^{OT}$ | 4–2 | Moby Arena (890) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/30/2011* 6:00 pm, The Mtn. | | Colorado | W 65–64 | 5–2 | Moby Arena (6,481) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/03/2011* 12:30 pm | | at Northern Iowa MWC–MVC Challenge | L 77–83 | 5–3 | McLeod Center (4,015) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 12/07/2011* 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 7 Duke | L 64–87 | 5–4 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC |
| 12/19/2011* 7:00 pm | | Texas Southern | W 85–61 | 6–4 | Moby Arena (2,585) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/22/2011* 7:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | W 92–78 | 7–4 | Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,148) Greeley, CO |
| 12/28/2011* 7:00 pm | | at UTEP Sun Bowl Invitational Semifinals | W 56–53 | 8–4 | Don Haskins Center (8,534) El Paso, TX |
| 12/29/2011* 7:30 pm | | vs. Jacksonville State Sun Bowl Invitational Championship | W 79–56 | 9–4 | Don Haskins Center (6,753) El Paso, TX |
| 01/07/2012* 7:00 pm | | Nebraska-Omaha | W 87–63 | 10–4 | Moby Arena (3,000) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/11/2012* 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | | Denver | W 79–75 | 11–4 | Moby Arena (2,946) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/14/2012 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | | TCU | W 95–89 $^{2OT}$ | 12–4 (1–0) | Moby Arena (2,577) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/17/2012 8:00 pm, The Mtn. | | Boise State | W 66–55 | 13–4 (2–0) | Moby Arena (4,753) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/21/2012 4:00 pm, The Mtn. | | at Wyoming | L 51–70 | 13–5 (2–1) | Arena-Auditorium (7,901) Laramie, WY |
| 01/25/2012 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | at New Mexico | L 52–85 | 13–6 (2–2) | The Pit (14,089) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/28/2012 2:00 pm, NBCSN | | No. 13 San Diego State | W 77–60 | 14–6 (3–2) | Moby Arena (6,038) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/01/2012 8:30 pm, The Mtn. | | at No. 11 UNLV | L 63–82 | 14–7 (3–3) | Thomas & Mack Center (15,053) Paradise, NV |
| 02/04/2012 3:00 pm, CBSSN | | Air Force | W 67–49 | 15–7 (4–3) | Moby Arena (4,359) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/11/2012 6:30 pm, The Mtn. | | at TCU | L 71–75 | 15–8 (4–4) | Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (4,822) Fort Worth, TX |
| 02/15/2012 8:00 pm, The Mtn. | | at Boise State | L 69–70 | 15–9 (4–5) | Taco Bell Arena (3,312) Idaho, ID |
| 02/18/2012 7:00 pm, The Mtn. | | Wyoming | W 54–46 | 16–9 (5–5) | Moby Arena (8,745) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/21/2012 8:00 pm, The Mtn. | | No. 18 New Mexico | W 71–63 | 17–9 (6–5) | Moby Arena (4,444) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/25/2012 8:00 pm, The Mtn. | | at No. 24 San Diego State | L 66–74 | 17–10 (6–6) | Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA |
| 02/29/2012 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | No. 17 UNLV | W 66–59 | 18–10 (7–6) | Moby Arena (8,371) Fort Collins, CO |
| 03/03/2012 2:00 pm, The Mtn. | | at Air Force | W 75–65 | 19–10 (8–6) | Clune Arena (4,858) Colorado Springs, CO |
| 2012 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2012 3:30 pm, The Mtn. | | vs. TCU Quarterfinals | W 81–60 | 20–10 | Thomas & Mack Center (8,601) Las Vegas, NV |
| 03/09/2012 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | vs. No. 18 San Diego State Semifinals | L 69–79 | 20–11 | Thomas & Mack Center (16,339) Las Vegas, NV |
| 2012 NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/15/2012* 10:15 am, CBS | (11 W) | vs. (6 W) No. 12 Murray State Second Round | L 41–58 | 20–12 | KFC Yum! Center (16,069) Louisville, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. ||||||