2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team

2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball
SoCon Tournament Champions
SoCon South Division Champions
NCAA Tournament West Region 13 Seed, Second Round
Conference Southern Conference South
2011–12 record 25–8 (16–2 SoCon)
Head coach Bob McKillop
Assistant coach Matt Matheny
Assistant coach Jim Fox
Assistant coach Matt McKillop
Home arena John M. Belk Arena
2011–12 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
UNC Greensboro 10 8   .556     13 19   .406
Elon 9 9   .500     15 16   .484
Samford 8 10   .444     11 19   .367
Western Carolina 8 10   .444     17 18   .486
Appalachian State 7 11   .389     13 18   .419
Chattanooga 5 13   .278     11 21   .344
South
Davidson 16 2   .889     25 8   .758
Georgia Southern 12 6   .667     15 15   .500
Wofford 12 6   .667     19 14   .576
College of Charleston 10 8   .556     19 12   .613
Furman 8 10   .444     15 16   .484
The Citadel 3 15   .167     6 24   .200
SoCon Tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College in NCAA men's Division I competition. The Wildcats were coached by Bob McKillop in his 23rd year and played their home games at John M. Belk Arena. They compete in the Southern Conference's South Division. They finished the season 25–8, 16–2 in SoCon play to be crowned South Division Champions and overall regular season champions. They were the champions of the SoCon Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisville.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No. Position Player
1 Tunisia F Youssef Mejri
2 United States G Mason Archie II
4 United States G Tyler Kalinoski
5 United States G J.P. Kuhlman
12 Canada G Nik Cochran
14 United States G Clay Tormey
15 United States F Jake Cohen
20 United States SG Will Reigel
No. Position Player
22 Scotland F Ali Mackay
23 United States G Tom Droney
24 United States F De'Mon Brooks
25 United States SG A.J Atkinson
34 Nigeria PF Frank Ben-Eze
35 Sweden G Chris Czerapowicz
40 United States F Clint Mann

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Schedule

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

October 29, 2011*
7:00 pm
  Lenoir-Rhyne W 81–44   
John M. Belk Arena (2,304[2])
Davidson, NC
Regular Season

November 11, 2011*
8:00 pm
  Guilford W 111–64  1–0
John M. Belk Arena (3,423[3])
Davidson, NC

November 14, 2011*
8:15 pm
  Richmond W 74–61  2–0
John M. Belk Arena (3,887[4])
Davidson, NC

November 18, 2011*
6:00 pm
  at #6 Duke L 69–82  2–1
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314[5])
Durham, NC

November 21, 2011*
8:15 pm
  Presbyterian W 68–54  3–1
John M. Belk Arena (3,060[6])
Davidson, NC

November 26, 2011*
2:00 pm
  at UNC Wilmington W 70–67  4–1
Trask Coliseum (2,854[7])
Wilmington, NC

December 1, 2011
7:00 pm, ESPN3
  at Wofford W 72–69  5–1 (1–0)
Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,412[8])
Spartanburg, SC

December 3, 2011
7:00 pm
  Furman W 86–65  6–1
(2–0)
John M. Belk Arena (3,573[9])
Davidson, NC

December 7, 2011*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
  Vanderbilt L 83–87  6–2
John M. Belk Arena (4,475[10])
Davidson, NC

December 10, 2011*
7:00 pm
  at Charlotte L 61–84  6–3
Halton Arena (7,551[11])
Charlotte, NC

December 19, 2011*
9:00 pm, ESPNU
  vs. #11 Kansas W 80–74  7–3
Sprint Center (18,757[12])
Kansas City, MO

December 22, 2011*
7:00 pm
  at Massachusetts L 65–73  7–4
Mullins Center (3,821[13])
Amherst, MA

December 29, 2011*
7:00 pm
  Penn W 70–75  8–4
John M. Belk Arena (4,064[14])
Davidson, NC

January 5, 2012
7:00 pm
  at UNC Greensboro W 92–63  9–4
(3–0)
Greensboro Coliseum (2,529[15])
Greensboro, NC

January 7, 2012
12:00 pm
  Georgia Southern W 96–74  10–4
(4–0)
John M. Belk Arena (3,395[16])
Davidson, NC

January 12, 2012
7:00 pm
  Western Carolina W 88–67  11–4
(5–0)
John M. Belk Arena (3,293[17])
Davidson, NC

January 14, 2012
2:00 pm
  at Appalachian State W 83–79  12–4
(6–0)
Holmes Center (2,071[18])
Boone, NC

January 19, 2012
7:00 pm
  College of Charleston W 87–69  13–4
(7–0)
John M. Belk Arena (4,127[19])
Davidson, NC

January 21, 2012
7:00 pm
  The Citadel W 80–51  14–4
(8–0)
John M. Belk Arena (4,546[20])
Davidson, NC

January 26, 2012
7:00 pm
  at Chattanooga W 64–63  15–4
(9–0)
McKenzie Arena (2,847[21])
Chattanooga, TN

January 28, 2012
5:00 pm
  at Samford L 74–77  15–5
(9–1)
Pete Hanna Center (1,257[22])
Homewood, AL

February 1, 2012
7:00 pm
  at Furman W 71–53  16–5
(10–1)
Timmons Arena (2,324[23])
Greenville, SC

February 4, 2012
4:00 pm
  Chattanooga W 88–61  17–5
(11–1)
John M. Belk Arena (4,583[24])
Davidson, NC

February 6, 2012
7:00 pm
  Wofford W 76–54  18–5
(12–1)
John M. Belk Arena (3,864[25])
Davidson, NC

February 9, 2012
7:00 pm
  at The Citadel W 77–66  19–5
(13–1)
McAlister Field House (2,289[26])
Charleston, SC

February 11, 2012
12:00 pm
  at College of Charleston L 78–86  19–6
(13–2)
TD Arena (5,112[27])
Charleston, SC

February 15, 2012
7:00 pm
  Samford W 81–54  20–6
(14–2)
John M. Belk Arena (3,686[28])
Davidson, NC

February 18, 2012*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
  #24 Wichita State
ESPN Bracketbusters
L 74–91  20–7
John M. Belk Arena (5,223[29])
Davidson, NC

February 23, 2012
7:00 pm
  Elon W 66–45  21–7
(15–2)
John M. Belk Arena (4,154[30])
Davidson, NC

February 25, 2012
7:00 pm
  at Georgia Southern W 71–54  22–7
(16–2)
Hanner Fieldhouse (6,364)
Statesboro, GA
Southern Conference Tournament

March 3, 2012
6:00 pm, ESPN3
  vs. Furman
Quarterfinals
W 73–54  23–7
U.S. Cellular Center (5,432)
Asheville, NC

March 4, 2012
8:30 pm, ESPN3
  vs. Elon
Semifinals
W 83–67  24–7
U.S. Cellular Center (6,364)
Asheville, NC

March 5, 2012
9:00 pm, ESPN2
  vs. Western Carolina
Championship Game
W 93–91 2OT 25–7
U.S. Cellular Center (6,049)
Asheville, NC
2012 NCAA Tournament

March 15, 2012*
1:40 pm, TBS
 #(W 13) vs. #17 (W 4) Louisville
2nd round
L 62–69  25–8
Rose Garden (17,519)
Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

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