2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball

Horizon League Regular Season Champions
NIT, First Round
Conference	Horizon League
2011–12 record	22–12 (14–4 Horizon)
Head coach	Bryce Drew
Assistant coach	Roger Powell
Assistant coach	Luke Gore
Assistant coach	Jake Diebler
Home arena	Athletics–Recreation Center

2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Valparaiso	14	–	4	.778	22	–	11	.667
Cleveland State	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
Detroit†	11	–	7	.611	22	–	14	.611
Milwaukee	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Butler	11	–	7	.611	22	–	14	.611
Youngstown State	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Green Bay	10	–	8	.556	15	–	15	.500
Wright State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
UIC	3	–	15	.167	8	–	22	.267
Loyola (IL)	1	–	17	.056	7	–	23	.233

† 2012 Horizon League Tournament winner As of March 6, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represented the Valparaiso University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Bryce Drew. The Crusaders played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center and are members of the Horizon League. The Crusaders were Horizon League regular season champions but failed to win the Horizon League Basketball Tournament. As regular season champions, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 NIT where they lost in the first round.

Roster

2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
3.5 !F	0	Edwards, RichieRichie Edwards	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Lakeland, FL
1.5 !G	2	Carpenter, GriffynGriffyn Carpenter	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bourbon, IN
5.0 !C	3	Vucic, HrvojeHrvoje Vucic	85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Glavice, HR
3.5 !F	5	Capobianco, BobbyBobby Capobianco	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Loveland, OH
1.5 !G	11	Shelton, NickNick Shelton	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Frankenmuth, MI
1.5 !G	12	Boggs, BenBen Boggs	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Roanoke, VA
3.5 !F	14	Fernandez, VashilVashil Fernandez	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Kingston, JM
1.5 !G	15	Buggs, ErikErik Buggs	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Memphis, TN
1.5 !G	20	Kurth, TommyTommy Kurth	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Osceola, IN
1.5 !G	21	Bogan, WillWill Bogan	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Caldwell, ID
1.5 !G	22	Harris, JayJay Harris	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	2.0 !So	Aurora, IL
1.5 !G	23	Kenney, MattMatt Kenney	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Mooresville, IN
3.5 !F	44	Stegelmann, NathanNathan Stegelmann	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Goshen, IN
2.5 !G/F	45	Broekhoff, RyanRyan Broekhoff	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Frankston, VIC, AU
3.5 !F	55	van Wijk, KevinKevin van Wijk	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Hoofddorp, NL

Head coach

Bryce Drew (Valparaiso)

Assistant coach(es)

Roger Powell, Jr. (Illinois)
Luke Gore (Bethel)
Jake Diebler (Valparaiso)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-10-30

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Oct. 29* 7:05 PM	Hillsdale	W 73–71	0–0	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,946) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 3* 7:05 PM	Augustana	W 74–65	0–0	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,488) Valparaiso, IN
Regular Season
Nov. 7* 8:00 PM, ESPNU	at #16 Arizona	L 64–73	0–1	McKale Center (12,871) Tucson, AZ
Nov. 11* 6:30 PM	at Georgia Southern	W 90–81	1–1	Hanner Fieldhouse (2,547) Statesboro, GA
Nov. 14* 7:05 PM, HLN	Holy Cross (IN)	W 88–38	2–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (1,957) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 18* 7:30 PM, HLN	Akron	W 62–59	3–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,876) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 19* 7:30 PM, HLN	IU-Kokomo	W 79–48	4–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,244) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 20* 3:30 PM, HLN	Duquesne	W 84–68	5–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,011) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 25* 5:30 PM, BTN	at #3 Ohio State	L 47–80	5–2	Value City Arena (15,606) Columbus, OH
Dec. 3 1:00 PM, HLN/WNDY	at Butler	W 77–71 ^OT	6–2 (1–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,239) Indianapolis, IN
Dec. 7* 6:00 PM	at IPFW	L 76–85	6–3	Memorial Coliseum (1,550) Fort Wayne, IN
Dec. 10* 7:05 PM, HLN	Bowling Green	W 82–79	7–3	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,667) Valparaiso, IN
Dec. 17* 7:05 PM, HLN	Oakland	L 80–82	7–4	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,884) Valparaiso, IN
Dec. 20* 7:00 PM	at Northern Illinois	W 59–48	8–4	Convocation Center (850) DeKalb, IL
Dec. 23* 12:00 PM	at IUPUI	L 88–97	8–5	Conseco Fieldhouse (1,576) Indianapolis, IN
Dec. 29 7:05 PM, HLN	Milwaukee	L 55–57	8–6 (1–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,644) Valparaiso, IN
Dec. 31 4:05 PM, HLN	Green Bay	W 90–87	9–6 (2–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,353) Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 6 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at Detroit	W 73–71	10–6 (3–1)	Calihan Hall (2,271) Detroit, MI
Jan. 8 2:00 PM, ESPN3	at Wright State	L 55–73	10–7 (3–2)	Nutter Center (3,736) Dayton, OH
Jan. 13 7:05 PM, HLN	Youngstown State	W 76–62	11–7 (4–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,271) Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 15 1:35 PM, HLN	Cleveland State	W 72–66	12–7 (5–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center (4,124) Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 19 7:00 PM, HLN	at Loyola	W 69–48	13–7 (6–2)	Gentile Center (2,555) Chicago, IL
Jan. 21 3:00 PM, HLN	at UIC	W 60–55	14–7 (7–2)	UIC Pavilion (3,367) Chicago, IL
Jan. 26 7:00 PM, HLN	at Green Bay	L 60–75	14–8 (7–3)	Resch Center (2,546) Green Bay, WI
Jan. 28 1:00 PM, HLN	at Milwaukee	W 55–52	15–8 (8–3)	U.S. Cellular Arena (5,773) Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 2 7:05 PM, ESPN3	Detroit	W 78–73	16–8 (9–3)	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,488) Valparaiso, IN
Feb. 4 7:05 PM, HLN	Wright State	W 63–54	17–8 (10–3)	Athletics–Recreation Center (4,727) Valparaiso, IN
Feb. 9 6:00 PM, HLN	at Cleveland State	W 59–41	18–8 (11–3)	Wolstein Center (4,521) Cleveland, OH
Feb. 11 6:00 PM, HLN	at Youngstown State	L 53–71	18–9 (11–4)	Beeghly Center (3,374) Youngstown, OH
Feb. 14 7:05 PM, HLN	UIC	W 74–65	19–9 (12–4)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,714) Valparaiso, IN
Feb. 18* 8:00 PM, ESPNU	at Loyola Marymount	L 53–61	19–10	Gersten Pavilion (4,021) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 21 7:05 PM, HLN	Loyola	W 66–62 ^OT	20–10 (13–4)	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,337) Valparaiso, IN
Feb. 24 6:00 PM, ESPNU	Butler	W 71–59	21–10 (14–4)	Athletics–Recreation Center (5,237) Valparaiso, IN
Horizon League Tournament
Mar. 3 8:30 PM, ESPNU/ESPN3	Butler Semifinal	W 65–46	22–10	Athletics-Recreation Center (4,716) Valparaiso, IN
Mar. 6 9:00 PM, ESPN/ESPN3	Detroit Championship Game	L 50–68	22–11	Athletics-Recreation Center (4,258) Valparaiso, IN
2012 NIT
Mar. 14 7:30 PM, ESPNU	at Miami (FL) First Round	L 50–66	22–12	BankUnited Center (1,229) Coral Gables, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time..

References

Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball

Venues	Hilltop Gym (19??–1984) ARC (1984–present)

Culture & lore	History "The Shot"

People	Head coaches NBA players

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