2011–12 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth year head coach John Groce, played their home games at the Convocation Center and are members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 29–8, 11–5 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were champions of the MAC Basketball Tournament and earned an automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament where the 13th seeded Bobcats defeated Michigan in the second round and South Florida in the third round to advance to school's first Sweet Sixteen since 1964. They lost in the Sweet Sixteen to North Carolina in overtime.
2011–12 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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MAC Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
East Division | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 25 |
2011–12 record | 29–8 (11–5 MAC) |
Head coach | John Groce (4th season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
2011–12 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio† | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 19 | – | 17 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 20 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 5 | – | 26 | .161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 MAC Tournament winner As of March 23, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll |
Roster
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Jamall Walker
Roster |
Coaching staff
Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
John Groce | Head Coach | Taylor University | 1994 |
Jamall Walker | Assistant Coach | Saint Louis University | 2000 |
Dustin Ford | Assistant Coach | Ohio University | 2001 |
Ramon Williams | Assistant Coach | Virginia Military Institute | 1990 |
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/07/2011* 7:00 PM |
Mercyhurst | W 82–63 | Convocation Center (3,314) Athens, OH | ||||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/13/2011* 2:00 PM |
UT Martin Global Sports Invitational |
W 74–65 | 1–0 |
Convocation Center (3,835) Athens, OH | |||||||
11/15/2011* 7:00 PM |
Lamar Global Sports Invitational |
W 85–78 OT | 2–0 |
Convocation Center (3,672) Athens, OH | |||||||
11/20/2011* 2:00 PM |
Arkansas State Global Sports Invitational |
W 69–54 | 3–0 |
Convocation Center (3,455) Athens, OH | |||||||
11/25/2011* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at No. 7 Louisville Global Sports Invitational |
L 54–59 | 3–1 |
KFC Yum! Center (21,334) Louisville, KY | |||||||
11/30/2011* 7:00 PM |
at Marshall | W 70–68 | 4–1 |
Cam Henderson Center (7,061) Huntington, WV | |||||||
12/03/2011* 2:00 PM |
Morgan State | W 61–53 | 5–1 |
Convocation Center (2,768) Athens, OH | |||||||
12/07/2011* 7:00 PM |
at Oakland | W 84–82 | 6–1 |
Athletics Center O'rena (2,175) Rochester, MI | |||||||
12/30/2011* 10:00 PM |
at Portland | W 72–54 | 7–1 |
Chiles Center (2,002) Portland, OR | |||||||
12/14/2011* 7:00 PM |
Marietta College | W 88–54 | 8–1 |
Convocation Center (8,672) Athens, OH | |||||||
12/17/2011* 7:00 PM, WBDT |
at Wright State | W 82–54 | 9–1 |
Nutter Center (3,749) Dayton, OH | |||||||
12/20/2011* 8:00 PM |
at Northern Iowa | W 76–59 | 10–1 |
McLeod Center (3,486) Cedar Fals, IA | |||||||
12/23/2011* 7:00 PM |
North Carolina A&T | W 82–66 | 11–1 |
Convocation Center (4,255) Athens, OH | |||||||
12/30/2011* 7:00 PM |
Kennesaw State | W 71–63 | 12–1 |
Convocation Center (5,863) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/02/2012* 7:00 PM |
Robert Morris | L 67–70 | 12–2 |
Convocation Center (6,018) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/07/2012 6:00 PM, STO |
at Bowling Green | L 57–67 | 12–3 (0–1) |
Stroh Center (2,649) Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
01/11/2012 7:00 PM |
Buffalo | W 60–52 | 13–3 (1–1) |
Convocation Center (6,284) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/14/2012 4:00 PM, ESPNU |
at Akron | L 63–68 | 13–4 (1–2) |
James A. Rhodes Arena (4,661) Akron, OH | |||||||
01/18/2012 7:00 PM, STO |
Kent State | W 87–65 | 14–4 (2–2) |
Convocation Center (5,924) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/21/2012 2:00 PM |
Miami (OH) | W 69–65 | 15–4 (3–2) |
Convocation Center (13,011) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/25/2012 7:00 PM, STO |
Western Michigan | W 56–51 | 16–4 (4–2) |
Convocation Center (4,638) Athens, OH | |||||||
01/28/2012 11:00 AM, ESPNU |
Ball State | W 59–55 | 17–4 (5–2) |
Convocation Center (6,018) Athens, OH | |||||||
02/01/2012 8:00 PM |
at Northern Illinois | W 67–58 | 18–4 (6–2) |
Convocation Center (784) DeKalb, IL | |||||||
02/04/2012 2:00 PM |
Central Michigan | W 68–42 | 19–4 (7–2) |
Convocation Center (7,581) Athens, OH | |||||||
02/08/2012 7:00 PM |
at Toledo | L 73–77 | 19–5 (7–3) |
Savage Arena (4,139) Toledo, OH | |||||||
02/11/2012 4:30 PM |
at Eastern Michigan | L 55–68 | 19–6 (7–4) |
Convocation Center (1,473) Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
02/15/2012 7:00 PM |
Bowling Green | W 72–59 | 20–6 (8–4) |
Convocation Center (5,028) Athens, OH | |||||||
02/18/2012* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
UNC Asheville ESPN BracketBusters |
W 81–62 | 21–6 |
Convocation Center (9,961) Athens, OH | |||||||
02/22/2012 7:00 PM |
at Buffalo | W 88–77 | 22–6 (9–4) |
Alumni Arena (2,925) Amherst, NY | |||||||
02/26/2012 8:00 PM, ESPNU |
Akron | W 85–61 | 23–6 (10–4) |
Convocation Center (8,018) Athens, OH | |||||||
02/29/2012 7:00 PM |
at Kent State | L 61–68 | 23–7 (10–5) |
Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (2,965) Kent, OH | |||||||
03/03/2012 12:00 PM |
at Miami (OH) | W 63–54 | 24–7 (11–5) |
Millett Hall (1,683) Oxford, OH | |||||||
MAC Tournament | |||||||||||
03/08/2012 9:30 PM, STO |
vs. Toledo Quarterfinals |
W 65–57 | 25–7 |
Quicken Loans Arena (3,351) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
03/09/2012 9:30 PM, STO |
vs. Buffalo Semifinals |
W 77–74 | 26–7 |
Quicken Loans Arena (8,513) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
03/10/2012 8:00 PM, ESPN2 |
vs. Akron Championship Game |
W 64–63 | 27–7 |
Quicken Loans Arena (10,301) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
03/16/2012* 7:20 PM, TNT |
No. (MW 13) | vs. No. 13 (MW 4) Michigan Second Round |
W 65–60 | 28–7 |
Bridgestone Arena (11,625) Nashville, TN | ||||||
03/18/2012* 7:10 PM, TBS |
No. (MW 13) | vs. (MW 12) South Florida Third Round |
W 62–56 | 29–7 |
Bridgestone Arena (11,033) Nashville, TN | ||||||
03/23/2012* 7:47 PM, TBS |
No. (MW 13) | vs. No. 4 (MW 1) North Carolina Sweet Sixteen |
L 65–73 OT | 29–8 |
Edward Jones Dome (21,471) St. Louis, MO | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. |