2011–12 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

2011–12 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball

Pac-12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament South Region 11 Seed, Third Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2011–12 record	24–12 (11–7 Pac–12)
Head coach	Tad Boyle
Assistant coach	Tom Abatemarco
Assistant coach	Jean Prioleau
Assistant coach	Mike Rohn
Home arena	Coors Events Center

2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Washington	14	–	4	.778	24	–	11	.686
California	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
Oregon	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
Arizona	12	–	6	.667	23	–	12	.657
Colorado †	11	–	7	.611	24	–	12	.667
UCLA	11	–	7	.611	19	–	14	.576
Stanford	10	–	8	.556	26	–	11	.703
Oregon State	7	–	11	.389	21	–	15	.583
Washington State	7	–	11	.389	19	–	18	.514
Arizona State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	21	.323
Utah	3	–	15	.167	6	–	25	.194
USC	1	–	17	.056	6	–	26	.188

† 2012 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of March 8, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represents the University of Colorado in the 2011–12 college basketball season. Head coach Tad Boyle is in his 2nd season at Colorado. They are the members of the Pac-12. They finished the regular season with 24-12 overall, 11-7 in Pac-12 play. They won the 2012 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and earn a trip to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament with an 11 seed in south. They defeated UNLV in the second round before they got defeated by Baylor in the third round.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown		Previous School
0	Askia Booker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 pounds (73 kg)	G	Fr.	Los Angeles, California	U.S.	Price HS
1	Nate Tomlinson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 pounds (86 kg)	G	Sr.	Sydney, New South Wales	Australia	Lee Academy
2	Shannon Sharpe	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 pounds (91 kg)	G	So.	Corona, California	U.S.	Centennial HS
15	Shane Harris-Tunks	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 pounds (102 kg)	F/C	RS So.	Liverpool, New South Wales	Australia	Australian Institute of Sport
21	André Roberson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 pounds (88 kg)	G	So.	San Antonio, Texas	U.S.	Wagner HS
23	Sabatino Chen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 pounds (82 kg)	G	Sr.	Louisville, Colorado	U.S.	University of Denver
25	Spencer Dinwiddie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 pounds (73 kg)	G	Fr.	Woodland Hills, California	U.S.	Taft HS
30	Carlon Brown	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 pounds (98 kg)	G	RS Sr.	Riverside, California	U.S.	University of Utah
31	Jeremy Adams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 pounds (98 kg)	G	So.	Madison, Mississippi	U.S.	Navarro JC
32	Ben Mills	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	215 pounds (98 kg)	C	So.	Hartland, Wisconsin	U.S.	Arrowhead HS
33	Austin Dufault	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 pounds (100 kg)	F	Sr.	Killdeer, North Dakota	U.S.	Killdeer HS
55	Trey Eckloff	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 pounds (107 kg)	F	Sr.	Englewood, Colorado	U.S.	Cherry Creek HS

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/11/2011* 8:00 PM		Fort Lewis	W 85–57	1–0	Coors Events Center (7,925) Boulder, CO
11/17/2011* 5:30 PM, ESPNU		vs. Wichita State Puerto Rico Tip-Off semifinals	L 58–67	1–1	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (5,322) San Juan, PR
11/19/2011* 4:30 PM		vs. Maryland Puerto Rico Tip-Off loser bracket	L 71–78	1–2	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (N/A) San Juan, PR
11/20/2011* 9:30 AM		vs. Western Michigan Puerto Rico Tip-Off 7th place game	W 81–76	2–2	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (N/A) San Juan, PR
11/23/2011* 7:00 PM, The Mtn.		at Air Force	W 76–73 ^OT	3–2	Clune Arena (3,834) Colorado Springs, CO
11/28/2011* 6:30 PM, FSN		Georgia	W 70–68	4–2	Coors Events Center (6,453) Boulder, CO
11/30/2011* 6:00 PM, The Mtn.		at Colorado State	L 64–65	4–3	Moby Arena (6,481) Fort Collins, CO
12/07/2011* 7:00 PM		Fresno State	W 71–64	5–3	Coors Events Center (5,562) Boulder, CO
12/09/2011* 7:00 PM, RTRM		Wyoming	L 54–65	5–4	Coors Events Center (7,049) Boulder, CO
12/19/2011* 7:00 PM		Cal State Bakersfield	W 70–64	6–4	Coors Events Center (5,531) Boulder, CO
12/22/2011* 7:00 PM		Texas Southern	W 56–51	7–4	Coors Events Center (4,621) Boulder, CO
12/28/2011* 7:00 PM, RTRM		New Orleans	W 92–34	8–4	Coors Events Center (5,277) Boulder, CO
12/31/2011 4:00 PM, RTRM		Utah	W 73–33	9–4 (1–0)	Coors Events Center (6,491) Boulder, CO
01/05/2012 7:00 PM, RTRM		Washington	W 87–69	10–4 (2–0)	Coors Events Center (7,110) Boulder, CO
01/07/2012 2:00 PM, FSN		Washington State	W 71–60	11–4 (3–0)	Coors Events Center (8,518) Boulder, CO
01/12/2012 9:00 PM, CSNCA		at California	L 50–57	11–5 (3–1)	Haas Pavilion (7,577) Berkeley, CA
01/14/2012 2:00 PM, FSN		at Stanford	L 64–84	11–6 (3–2)	Maples Pavilion (5,850) Stanford, CA
01/19/2012 6:30 PM, RTRM		Arizona State	W 69–54	12–6 (4–2)	Coors Events Center (8,278) Boulder, CO
01/21/2012 4:00 PM, RTRM		Arizona	W 64–63	13–6 (5–2)	Coors Events Center (11,056) Boulder, CO
01/26/2012 8:30 PM		at USC	W 74–50	14–6 (6–2)	Galen Center (3,147) Los Angeles, CA
01/28/2012 2:00 PM, PT		at UCLA	L 60–77	14–7 (6–3)	LA Sports Arena (9,253) Los Angeles, CA
02/02/2012 7:00 PM		Oregon State	W 82–60	15–7 (7–3)	Coors Events Center (7,858) Boulder, CO
02/04/2012 7:00 PM, RTRM		Oregon	W 72–71	16–7 (8–3)	Coors Events Center (11,052) Boulder, CO
02/09/2012 7:00 PM, ESPN		at Arizona	L 57–71	16–8 (8–4)	McKale Center (14,225) Tucson, AZ
02/11/2012 4:30 PM, RTRM		at Arizona State	W 63–49	17–8 (9–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (5,201) Tempe, AZ
02/18/2012 3:00 PM, FSN		at Utah	W 55–48	18–8 (10–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (N/A) Salt Lake City, UT
02/23/2012 8:30 PM, FSN		Stanford	L 50–74	18–9 (10–5)	Coors Events Center (11,036) Boulder, CO
02/26/2012 3:30 PM, FSN		California	W 70–57	19–9 (11–5)	Coors Events Center (11,043) Boulder, CO
03/01/2012 8:30 PM, FSN		at Oregon	L 81–90	19–10 (11–6)	Matthew Knight Arena (10,056) Eugene, OR
03/03/2012 2:00 PM, FSN		at Oregon State	L 69–83	19–11 (11–7)	Gill Coliseum (4,326) Corvallis, OR
2012 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2012 9:40 PM, FSN		vs. Utah First Round	W 53–41	20–11	Staples Center (6,747) Los Angeles, CA
03/08/2012 9:40 PM, FSN		vs. Oregon Quarterfinals	W 63–62	21–11	Staples Center (9,317) Los Angeles, CA
03/09/2012 9:40 PM, FSN		vs. California Semifinals	W 70–59	22–11	Staples Center (11,615) Los Angeles, CA
03/10/2012 4:10 PM, CBS		vs. Arizona Championship Game	W 53–51	23–11	Staples Center (11,197 ) Los Angeles, CA
2012 NCAA Tournament
03/15/2012* 7:57 PM, truTV	#(S 11)	vs. #23 (S 6) UNLV Second Round	W 68–64	24–11	The Pit (15,674) Albuquerque, NM
03/17/2012* 6:40 PM, TNT	#(S 11)	vs. #9 (S 3) Baylor Third Round	L 63–80	24–12	The Pit (12,128) Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

References

Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball

Venues	Carlson Gymnasium (1924–1937) Balch Fieldhouse (1937–1979) Coors Events Center (1979–present)

Culture & lore	History "CU Fight Song" Ralphie the Buffalo UC Pep Band

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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