2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball
NCAA Tournament East Region 1 Seed, Elite Eight
Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
Coaches #2
AP #2
2011–12 record 0–3, 34 wins vacated (0–1 Big East, 17 wins vacated)
Head coach Jim Boeheim
Assistant coach Mike Hopkins
Assistant coach Adrian Autry
Assistant coach Gerry McNamara
Home arena Carrier Dome
2011–12 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#11 Marquette 14 4   .778     27 8   .771
Notre Dame 13 5   .722     22 12   .647
Cincinnati 12 6   .667     26 11   .703
#15 Georgetown 12 6   .667     24 9   .727
South Florida 12 6   .667     22 14   .611
#17 Louisville 10 8   .556     30 10   .750
West Virginia 9 9   .500     19 14   .576
Connecticut 8 10   .444     20 14   .588
Seton Hall 8 10   .444     21 13   .618
Rutgers 6 12   .333     14 18   .438
St. John's 6 12   .333     13 19   .406
Pittsburgh 5 13   .278     22 17   .564
Villanova 5 13   .278     13 19   .406
Providence 4 14   .222     15 17   .469
DePaul 3 15   .167     12 19   .387
*#2 Syracuse 0 1   .000     0 3   .000
2012 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2012[1]
*Syracuse:: 30 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Syracuse–(34–3)(17–1); Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach, Jim Boeheim, served for his 36th year. The team played its home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York and is a member of the Big East Conference.

In 2015, Syracuse voluntarily vacated 9 wins from this season due to participation of ineligible players. Following an NCAA investigation, all 25 other wins were vacated.[2][3]

Preseason

Roster changes

Syracuse graduated one starter from the previous year's team, power forward Rick Jackson. Center DaShonte Riley transferred to Eastern Michigan.

Recruiting

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Michael Carter-Williams
PG
Hamilton, MA St. Andrew's School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Nov 1, 2009 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 97
Rakeem Christmas
C
Philadelphia, PA Academy of the New Church 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Aug 6, 2010 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 97
Trevor Cooney
SG
Wilmington, DE Sanford School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Feb 26, 2010 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 94
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #16   Rivals: #11  ESPN: #10
  • 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:

Preseason outlook

In the Big East preseason Coaches' Poll, Syracuse was predicted to finish tied for first with Connecticut. The Orange received five first place votes and 209 votes overall.[4] Kris Joseph was named to the Preseason All-Big East first team and Scoop Jardine was named to the second team.[5]

Postseason awards

Fab Melo was named the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Dion Waiters won the Big East Sixth Man Award.[6] Kris Joseph was named to the All-Big East First Team while Scoop Jardine made the Second Team and Dion Waiters made the Third Team.[7]

The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Joseph to its All-America Second Team.[8]

NBC Sports also named Melo the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Waiters the Sixth Man of the Year. NBC named Joseph to its All-Big East First Team and Jardine and Waiters to its Second Team.[9]

CBS Sports named Waiters its national Sixth Man of the Year.[10] It also named Waiters All-Big East First Team and Joseph Second Team.[11]

Roster

2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
G 1 Carter-Williams, MichaelMichael Carter-Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Fr St. Andrew's Hamilton, Massachusetts
G 2 Resavy, NickNick Resavy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Sr West Milford West Milford, New Jersey
G 3 Waiters, DionDion Waiters 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Life Center Academy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G 4 Hart, NolanNolan Hart 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 152 lb (69 kg) So Albany Academy Albany, New York
F 5 Fair, C. J.C. J. Fair 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 203 lb (92 kg) So Brewster Academy Baltimore, Maryland
G 10 Cooney, TrevorTrevor Cooney  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Sanford Wilmington, Delaware
G 11 Jardine, ScoopScoop Jardine 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Neumann-Goretti Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C 12 Moussa Keita, BayeBaye Moussa Keita 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So Oak Hill Academy Saint Louis, Senegal
G 13 Hoffmann, GriffinGriffin Hoffmann 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Jr York Preparatory New York, New York
F 14 Lyde-Cajuste, MattMatt Lyde-Cajuste 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Iona Preparatory Mt. Vernon, New York
G 20 Triche, BrandonBrandon Triche 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Jamesville-DeWitt Jamesville, New York
F 21 Jones, MookieMookie Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Peekskill Peekskill, New York
G 23 DeRemer, RussRuss DeRemer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Xaverian Brothers Wrentham, Massachusetts
G 24 Reese, BrandonBrandon Reese 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Pine Crest Davie, Florida
F 25 Christmas, RakeemRakeem Christmas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Fr Academy of the New Church Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
F 32 Joseph, KrisKris Joseph 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Archbishop Carroll (DC) Montreal, Quebec
F 33 Nassar, AlbertAlbert Nassar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr South Fork Stuart, Florida
F 34 Tomaszewski, MattMatt Tomaszewski 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Holderness Seabrook, New Hampshire
F 43 Southerland, JamesJames Southerland 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Notre Dame Preparatory (MA) Bayside, New York
C 51 Melo, FabFab Melo 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 244 lb (111 kg) So The Sagemont School Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength and conditioning coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2011-03-13

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Fab Melo Baye Keita Matt Tomaszewski
PF C.J. Fair Rakeem Christmas Matt Lyde-Cajuste
SF Kris Joseph James Southerland Griffin Hoffmann Albert Nassar
SG Brandon Triche Dion Waiters Nick Resavy Russ DeRemer
PG Scoop Jardine Michael Carter-Williams Brandon Reese Nolan Hart

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

Nov. 1*
7:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet
#5 CSULA (DII) W 79–49 
 12  Melo  9  Keita  7  Jardine  Carrier Dome (8,668)
Syracuse, NY

Nov. 8*
7:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
#5 St. Rose (DII) W 87–69 
 12  Joseph  7  Keita  3  Carter-Williams, Jardine, Waiters  Carrier Dome (8,110)
Syracuse, NY
Regular Season

Nov. 12*
4:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
#5 Fordham W 78–53  1–0
 16  Joseph  7  Triche  3  Jardine, Triche  Carrier Dome (22,906)
Syracuse, NY

Nov. 14*
7:00 PM, ESPNU
#5 Manhattan
NIT Season Tip-Off
W 92–56  2–0
 17  Waiters  9  Melo  5  Waiters  Carrier Dome (17,284)
Syracuse, NY

Nov. 15*
7:00 PM, ESPN3
#5 Albany
NIT Season Tip-Off
W 98–74  3–0
 19  Joseph, Southerland  9  Fair  5  Jardine, Triche, Waiters  Carrier Dome (17,189)
Syracuse, NY

Nov. 19*
4:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
#5 Colgate W 92–47  4–0
 16  Waiters  8  Christmas  6  Jardine  Carrier Dome (21,084)
Syracuse, NY

Nov. 23*
9:30 PM, ESPN2
#5 vs. Virginia Tech
NIT Season Tipoff
W 69–58  5–0
 20  Joseph  10  Joseph, Fair  6  Triche  Madison Square Garden (8,293)
New York, NY

Nov. 25*
5:00 PM, ESPN
#5 vs. Stanford
NIT Season Tipoff
W 69–63  6–0
 18  Joseph  9  Joseph, Melo  4  Triche  Madison Square Garden (8,477)
New York, NY

Nov. 29*
7:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
#4 Eastern Michigan W 84–48  7–0
 19  Southerland  6  Christmas  7  Jardine  Carrier Dome (19,649)
Syracuse, NY

Dec. 2*
7:00 PM, ESPN
#4 #10 Florida
SEC–Big East Challenge
W 72–68  8–0
 20  Triche  11  Fair  7  Jardine  Carrier Dome (24,459)
Syracuse, NY

Dec. 6*
7:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
#3 Marshall W 62–56  9–0
 15  Waiters  8  Joseph  4  Jardine  Carrier Dome (19,817)
Syracuse, NY

Dec. 10*
7:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
#3 George Washington W 85–50  10–0
 19  Waiters  8  Joseph  8  Carter-Williams  Carrier Dome (23,226)
Syracuse, NY

Dec. 17*
6:30 PM, ESPN2
#1 at NC State W 88–72  11–0
 22  Waiters  6  Melo  4  Jardine, Triche  RBC Center (19,400)
Raleigh, NC

Dec. 20*
7:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
#1 Bucknell W 80–61  12–0
 17  Joseph  9  Melo  4  Carter-Williams, Jardine  Carrier Dome (17,302)
Syracuse, NY

Dec. 22*
7:00 PM, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
#1 Tulane W 80–61  13–0
 15  Waiters  5  Christmas, Melo, Southerland  3  Carter-Williams, Jardine, Joseph, Triche  Carrier Dome (18,679)
Syracuse, NY
Big East Regular Season

Dec. 28
7:00 PM, Big East Network/MSG
#1 Seton Hall W 75–49  14–0 (1–0)
 15  Waiters  8  Fair  4  Joseph, Jardine, Triche  Carrier Dome (25,081)
Syracuse, NY

Jan. 1
5:00 PM, Big East Network/SNY
#1 at DePaul W 87–68  15–0 (2–0)
 22  Joseph  7  Joseph  3  Jardine, Waiters  Allstate Arena (12,102)
Rosemont, IL

Jan. 4
9:00 PM, Big East Network/SNY
#1 at Providence W 87–73  16–0 (3–0)
 16  Triche  5  Christmas  11  Jardine  Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,252)
Providence, RI

Jan. 7
4:00 PM, Big East Network/SNY
#1 #20 Marquette W 73–66  17–0 (4–0)
 17  Joseph  8  Fair, Melo  7  Waiters  Carrier Dome (25,412)
Syracuse, NY

Jan. 11
7:00 PM, ESPN2
#1 at Villanova W 79–66  18–0 (5–0)
 20  Waiters  7  Keita  5  Jardine  Wells Fargo Center (14,877)
Philadelphia, PA

Jan. 14
6:00 PM, Big East Network/SNY
#1 Providence W 78–55  19–0 (6–0)
 13  Joseph  6  Fair  9  Jardine  Carrier Dome (23,311)
Syracuse, NY

Jan. 16
7:30 PM, ESPN
#1 Pittsburgh W 71–63  20–0 (7–0)
 16  Waiters  10  Melo  10  Jardine  Carrier Dome (24,826)
Syracuse, NY

Jan. 21
6:00 PM, ESPN
#1 at Notre Dame L 58–67  20–1 (7–1)
 15  Southerland  5  Joseph  7  Jardine  Purcell Pavilion (9,149)
Notre Dame, IN

Jan. 23
7:00 PM, ESPN
#3 at Cincinnati W 60–53  21–1 (8–1)
 17  Joseph  9  Christmas  6  Jardine  Fifth Third Arena (13,176)
Cincinnati, OH

Jan. 28
1:00 PM, ESPNU
#3 West Virginia W 63–61  22–1 (9–1)
 18  Triche  7  Joseph  5  Jardine  Carrier Dome (28,740)
Syracuse, NY

Feb. 4
12:00 PM, ESPN
#2 at St. John's W 95–70  23–1 (10–1)
 14  Fair, Melo, Waiters  8  Joseph  5  Triche  Madison Square Garden (19,979)
New York, NY

Feb. 8
7:00 PM, ESPN
#2 #11 Georgetown W 64–61 OT 24–1 (11–1)
 29  Joseph  9  Fair  8  Jardine  Carrier Dome (27,820)
Syracuse, NY

Feb. 11
1:00 PM, CBS
#2 Connecticut
Rivalry
W 85–67  25–1 (12–1)
 21  Jardine  12  Fair  6  Jardine  Carrier Dome (33,430)
Syracuse, NY

Feb. 13
7:00 PM, ESPN
#2 #19 at Louisville W 52–51  26–1 (13–1)
 13  Fair  6  Joseph, Melo  5  Jardine  KFC Yum! Center (22,738)
Louisville, KY

Feb. 19
1:00 PM, ESPN
#2 at Rutgers W 74–64  27–1 (14–1)
 21  Fair  8  Fair  7  Jardine  Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,093)
Piscataway, NJ

Feb. 22
7:00 PM, Big East Network/SNY
#2 USF W 56–48  28–1 (15–1)
 15  Jardine  9  Joseph  4  Jardine  Carrier Dome (25,316)
Syracuse, NY

Feb. 25
9:00 PM, ESPN
#2 at Connecticut
Rivalry
W 71–69  29–1 (16–1)
 21  Joseph  9  Melo  6  Jardine  Gampel Pavilion (10,167)
Storrs, CT

Mar. 3
4:00 PM, CBS
#2 #19 Louisville W 58–49  30–1 (17–1)
 18  Triche  8  Melo  4  Triche  Carrier Dome (33,205)
Syracuse, NY
2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

Mar. 8
12:00 PM, ESPN
#2 vs. Connecticut
Quarterfinals/Rivalry
W 58–55  31–1 (17–1)
 18  Waiters  7  Triche  4  Carter-Williams  Madison Square Garden (20,057)
New York, NY

Mar. 9
7:00 PM, ESPN
#2 vs. Cincinnati
Semifinals
L 68–71  31–2 (17–1)
 28  Waiters  11  Fair  4  Triche, Waiters  Madison Square Garden (20,057)
New York, NY
2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Mar. 15
3:10 PM, truTV
#2 (1) vs. (16) UNC Asheville
East Region Second Round
W 72–65  32–2
 15  Southerland  8  Joseph, Southerland  7  Jardine  Consol Energy Center (18,927)
Pittsburgh, PA

Mar. 17
12:15 PM, CBS
#2 (1) vs. (8) Kansas State
East Region Third Round
W 75–59  33–2
 18  Waiters  11  Christmas  8  Jardine  Consol Energy Center (18,588)
Pittsburgh, PA

Mar. 22
7:15 PM, CBS
#2 (1) vs. #14 (4) Wisconsin
East Region Semifinals
W 64–63  34-2
 15  Fair  7  Fair  4  Jardine  TD Garden (18,796)
Boston, MA

Mar. 24
7:05 PM, CBS
#2 (1) vs. #7 (2) Ohio State
East Region Finals
L 70–77  34-3
 15  Triche  10  Keita  6  Jardine  TD Garden (19,026)
Boston, MA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll.. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 WK 17 Wk 18 Final
AP 5 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Coaches 5 5 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

2012–13 Recruiting

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
DaJuan Coleman
C
DeWitt, NY Jamesville-DeWitt High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 280 lb (130 kg) Oct 25, 2011 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 97
Jerami Grant
PF
Hyattsville, MD DeMatha Catholic High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sep 16, 2011 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 95
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #11   ESPN: #15
  • 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:

References

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