2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

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.

2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball
NIT Season Tip-Off Champions
Big East Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 2
Record0–3, 34 wins vacated (0–1 (17 wins vacated)) Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCarrier Dome
Seasons
2011–12 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Marquette 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
Notre Dame 13 5   .722 22 12   .647
Cincinnati 12 6   .667 26 11   .703
No. 15 Georgetown 12 6   .667 24 9   .727
South Florida 12 6   .667 22 14   .611
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
*No. 2 Syracuse 0 1   .000 0 3   .000
**No. 17 Louisville 0 8   .000 0 10   .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) **Louisville: 25 reg. season games, 5 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Louisville–(30-10)(10-8)
Rankings from AP Poll

In 2015, Syracuse voluntarily vacated nine wins from this season due to participation of ineligible players. Following an NCAA investigation, all 25 other wins were vacated. Syracuse was, however, allowed to keep their banners and Elite Eight appearance.[2][3]

Preseason

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Roster changes

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

Recruiting

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown 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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/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:

  • "2011 Syracuse Signees". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  • "2011 Syracuse Signees". Scout.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  • "2011 Syracuse Signees". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  • "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

Preseason outlook

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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

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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

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2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Michael Carter-Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Fr St. Andrew's Hamilton, Massachusetts
G 2 Nick Resavy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Sr West Milford West Milford, New Jersey
G 3 Dion Waiters 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Life Center Academy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G 4 Nolan Hart 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 152 lb (69 kg) So Albany Academy Albany, New York
F 5 C. J. Fair 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 203 lb (92 kg) So Brewster Academy Baltimore, Maryland
G 10 Trevor Cooney   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Sanford Wilmington, Delaware
G 11 Scoop Jardine 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Neumann-Goretti Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C 12 Baye Moussa Keita 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So Oak Hill Academy Saint Louis, Senegal
G 13 Griffin Hoffmann 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Jr York Preparatory New York, New York
F 14 Matt Lyde-Cajuste 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Iona Preparatory Mt. Vernon, New York
G 20 Brandon Triche 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Jamesville-DeWitt Jamesville, New York
F 21 Mookie Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Peekskill Peekskill, New York
G 23 Russ DeRemer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Xaverian Brothers Wrentham, Massachusetts
G 24 Brandon Reese 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Pine Crest Davie, Florida
F 25 Rakeem Christmas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Fr Academy of the New Church Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
F 32 Kris Joseph 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Archbishop Carroll (DC) Montreal, Quebec
F 33 Albert Nassar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr South Fork Stuart, Florida
F 34 Matt Tomaszewski 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Holderness Seabrook, New Hampshire
F 43 James Southerland 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Notre Dame Preparatory (MA) Bayside, New York
C 51 Fab 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

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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

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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
No. 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
No. 5 St. Rose (DII) W 87–69 
 12  Joseph   7  Keita   3  Tied  Carrier Dome (8,110)
Syracuse, NY
Regular Season
Nov. 12*
4:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 5 Fordham W 78–53  1–0
 16  Joseph   7  Triche   3  Tied  Carrier Dome (22,906)
Syracuse, NY
Nov. 14*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 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
No. 5 Albany
NIT Season Tip-Off
W 98–74  3–0
 19  Tied   9  Fair   5  Tied  Carrier Dome (17,189)
Syracuse, NY
Nov. 19*
4:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 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
No. 5 vs. Virginia Tech
NIT Season Tipoff
W 69–58  5–0
 20  Joseph   10  Tied   6  Triche  Madison Square Garden (8,293)
New York, NY
Nov. 25*
5:00 pm, ESPN
No. 5 vs. Stanford
NIT Season Tipoff
W 69–63  6–0
 18  Joseph   9  Tied   4  Triche  Madison Square Garden (8,477)
New York, NY
Nov. 29*
7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 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
No. 4 No. 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
No. 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
No. 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
No. 1 at NC State W 88–72  11–0
 22  Waiters   6  Melo   4  Tied  RBC Center (19,400)
Raleigh, NC
Dec. 20*
7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 1 Bucknell W 80–61  12–0
 17  Joseph   9  Melo   4  Tied  Carrier Dome (17,302)
Syracuse, NY
Dec. 22*
7:00 pm, Time Warner SportsNet/SNY
No. 1 Tulane W 80–61  13–0
 15  Waiters   5  Tied   3  Tied  Carrier Dome (18,679)
Syracuse, NY
Big East Regular Season
Dec. 28
7:00 pm, Big East Network/MSG
No. 1 Seton Hall W 75–49  14–0 (1–0)
 15  Waiters   8  Fair   4  Tied  Carrier Dome (25,081)
Syracuse, NY
Jan. 1
5:00 pm, Big East Network/SNY
No. 1 at DePaul W 87–68  15–0 (2–0)
 22  Joseph   7  Joseph   3  Tied  Allstate Arena (12,102)
Rosemont, IL
Jan. 4
9:00 pm, Big East Network/SNY
No. 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
No. 1 No. 20 Marquette W 73–66  17–0 (4–0)
 17  Joseph   8  Tied   7  Waiters  Carrier Dome (25,412)
Syracuse, NY
Jan. 11
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 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
No. 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
No. 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
No. 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
No. 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
No. 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
No. 2 at St. John's W 95–70  23–1 (10–1)
 14  Tied   8  Joseph   5  Triche  Madison Square Garden (19,979)
New York, NY
Feb. 8
7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2 No. 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
No. 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
No. 2 at No. 19 Louisville W 52–51  26–1 (13–1)
 13  Fair   6  Tied   5  Jardine  KFC Yum! Center (22,738)
Louisville, KY
Feb. 19
1:00 pm, ESPN
No. 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
No. 2 South Florida 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
No. 2 at Connecticut
Rivalry and ESPN College GameDay
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
No. 2 No. 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
No. 2 vs. Connecticut
Quarterfinals/Rivalry
W 58–55  31–1
 18  Waiters   7  Triche   4  Carter-Williams  Madison Square Garden (20,057)
New York, NY
Mar. 9
7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2 vs. Cincinnati
Semifinals
L 68–71  31–2
 28  Waiters   11  Fair   4  Tied  Madison Square Garden (20,057)
New York, NY
2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Mar. 15
3:10 pm, truTV
No. 2 (1) vs. (16) UNC Asheville
Second Round
W 72–65  32–2
 15  Southerland   8  Tied   7  Jardine  Consol Energy Center (18,927)
Pittsburgh, PA
Mar. 17
12:15 pm, CBS
No. 2 (1) vs. (8) Kansas State
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
No. 2 (1) vs. No. 14 (4) Wisconsin
Sweet Sixteen
W 64–63  34–2
 15  Fair   7  Fair   4  Jardine  TD Garden (18,796)
Boston, MA
Mar. 24
7:05 pm, CBS
No. 2 (1) vs. No. 7 (2) Ohio State
Elite Eight
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

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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 5

2012–13 Recruiting

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown 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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/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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  1. ^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2011-12." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-31-12.
  2. ^ "Syracuse University Responds to NCAA Committee on Infractions Report".
  3. ^ NCAA Career Statistics, search under coach for Jim Boeheim
  4. ^ "Connecticut, Syracuse Tie For First Place In Preseason Coaches' Poll". Big East Conference. October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  5. ^ "Pittsburgh's Gibbs Selected BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year". Big East Conference. October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  6. ^ "Melo Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year". Big East Conference. March 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  7. ^ "Marquette Places Two On All-BIG EAST First Team". Big East Conference. March 4, 2012. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  8. ^ "Nabc announces 2012 coaches' division i all-america teams". NABC.org. March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  9. ^ "CBT's Big East postseason awards". NBC Sports. March 5, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  10. ^ "Kansas' Robinson worthy of POY, but Kentucky's Davis is better". CBS Sports. March 13, 2012. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  11. ^ "Conference awards: All-league honors for top players and coaches". CBS Sports. March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
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