2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins competed in the Pac-12 Conference and were led by head coach Ben Howland. The team ended the season with a 19–14 record and did not participate in the NCAA National Championship tournament or the NIT.

2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record19–14 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Seasons
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
Conference tournament winner
As of March 8, 2012
Rankings from AP poll
UCLA vs. Richmond, Los Angeles Sports Arena

Recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Norman Powell
SG
San Diego, CA Lincoln Senior HS 6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m) 177.5 lb (80.5 kg) Nov 10, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: ?
De'End Parker
SG
San Francisco, CA CC of San Francisco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Mar 5, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: ?
Larry Drew II
PG
Woodland Hills, CA William Howard Taft HS/University of North Carolina 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • 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 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

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2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
C 0 Anthony Stover 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS So Windward School Pasadena, California
G 1 Tyler Lamb 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Mater Dei H.S. Santa Ana, California
G 2 Kenny Jones 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr St. Bernard H.S. Los Angeles, California
G 3 Nick Kazemi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Tustin H.S. Santa Ana, California
G 4 Norman Powell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Lincoln H.S. San Diego, California
G 5 Jerime Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Sr Canyon H.S. Anaheim, California
G 10 Larry Drew II   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr William H. Taft H.S. Encino, California
G 11 Lazeric Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Sr John A. Logan College Chicago, Illinois
F 12 David Wear 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Mater Dei H.S. Huntington Beach, California
G 13 Matt DeMarcus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Sr Santa Ynez Valley Union H.S. Solvang, California
F 20 Brendan Lane 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Jr Rocklin H.S. Rocklin, California
SG 21 De'End Parker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr City College of San Francisco San Francisco, California
F 22 Reeves Nelson (D) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Modesto Christian H.S. Modesto, California
F 24 Travis Wear 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS So Mater Dei H.S. Huntington Beach, California
G 30 Khalid McCaskill 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Brewster Academy Harlem, NY
C 34 Joshua Smith 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 305 lb (138 kg) So Kentwood H.S. Kent, Washington
G 44 Tyler Trapani 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Simi Valley H.S. Simi Valley, California
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • (D) Dismissed
  •   Injured
  •   Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-03-17

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 6, 2011*
2:00 pm
No. 17 vs. Cal State San Bernardino W 80–72 
Citizens Business Bank Arena (6,259)
Ontario, CA
Regular Season
November 11, 2011*
7:30 pm, FS West
No. 17 Loyola Marymount L 58–69  0–1
LA Sports Arena (5,382 )
Los Angeles, CA
November 15, 2011*
8:00 pm, ESPNU
Middle Tennessee State
Maui Invitational Opening Round
L 68–88  0–2
LA Sports Arena (4,758)
Los Angeles, CA
November 21, 2011*
6:30 pm, ESPNU
vs. Chaminade
Maui Invitational First Round
W 92–60  1–2
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Maui, HI
November 22, 2011*
6:30 pm, ESPN
vs. No. 14 Kansas
Maui Invitational seminfinals
L 56–72  1–3
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Maui, HI
November 23, 2011*
4:30 pm, ESPN
vs. No. 15 Michigan
Maui Invitational 3rd place game
L 63–79  1–4
Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Maui, HI
November 28, 2011*
8:00 pm, Prime Ticket
Pepperdine W 62–39  2–4
LA Sports Arena (3,885)
Los Angeles, CA
December 3, 2011*
1:30 pm, FSN/PT
Texas L 59–69  2–5
LA Sports Arena (6,177)
Los Angeles, CA
December 10, 2011*
4:00 pm, FS West
vs. Penn W 77–73  3–5
Honda Center (6,332 )
Anaheim, CA
December 14, 2011*
7:30 pm, FS West
Eastern Washington W 60–47  4–5
LA Sports Arena (4,229 )
Los Angeles, CA
December 17, 2011*
12:00 pm, Prime Ticket
vs. UC Davis W 82–39  5–5
Honda Center (5,132)
Anaheim, CA
December 20, 2011*
7:30 pm, Prime Ticket
UC Irvine W 89–60  6–5
LA Sports Arena (4,090 )
Los Angeles, CA
December 23, 2011*
7:30 pm, Prime Ticket
Richmond W 71–63  7–5
LA Sports Arena (4,194 )
Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 2011
7:30 pm, FSN/PT
at Stanford L 59–60  7–6 (0–1)
Maples Pavilion (6,777)
Stanford, CA
December 31, 2011
1:00 pm, FSN/PT
at California L 69–85  7–7 (0–2)
Haas Pavilion (9,750)
Berkeley, CA
January 5, 2012
8:00 pm, FSN/PT
vs. Arizona
John R. Wooden Classic
W 65–58  8–7 (1–2)
Honda Center (9,247)
Anaheim, CA
January 7, 2012
7:30 pm, FS West
vs. Arizona State W 75–58  9–7 (2–2)
Honda Center (9,076 )
Anaheim, CA
January 15, 2012
6:00 pm, FSN/PT
at USC W 66–47  10–7 (3–2)
Galen Center (8,474 )
Los Angeles, CA
January 19, 2012
7:30 pm, FSN/PT
at Oregon State L 84–87  10–8 (3–3)
Gill Coliseum (6,019 )
Corvallis, OR
January 21, 2012
1:00 pm, FSN/FSW
at Oregon L 68–75  10–9 (3–4)
Matthew Knight Arena (10,830 )
Eugene, OR
January 26, 2012
7:30 pm, Prime Ticket
Utah W 76–49  11–9 (4–4)
LA Sports Arena (4,434 )
Los Angeles, CA
January 28, 2012
1:00 pm, Prime Ticket
Colorado W 77–60  12–9 (5–4)
LA Sports Arena (9,253)
Los Angeles, CA
February 2, 2012
6:00 pm, ESPN
at Washington L 69–71  12–10 (5–5)
Alaska Airlines Arena (9,756 )
Seattle, WA
February 4, 2012
2:00 pm, RTNW
at Washington State W 63–60  13–10 (6–5)
Beasley Coliseum (4,204 )
Pullman, WA
February 9, 2012
8:00 pm, Prime Ticket
Stanford W 72–61  14–10 (7–5)
LA Sports Arena (5,207 )
Los Angeles, CA
February 11, 2012
1:00 pm, FSN/PT
California L 63–73  14–11 (7–6)
LA Sports Arena (9,001 )
Los Angeles, CA
February 15, 2012
7:30 pm, Prime Ticket
USC W 64–54  15–11 (8–6)
LA Sports Arena (9,064 )
Los Angeles, CA
February 18, 2012*
10:00 am, CBS
at St. John's L 63–66  15–12
Madison Square Garden (7,305 )
New York City, NY
February 23, 2012
5:30 pm
at Arizona State W 66–57  16–12 (9–6)
Wells Fargo Arena (5,477 )
Tempe, AZ
February 25, 2012
11:00 am, CBS
at Arizona L 63–65  16–13 (9–7)
McKale Center (14,724 )
Tucson, AZ
March 1, 2012
7:30 pm
Washington State W 78–46  17–13 (10–7)
LA Sports Arena (5,099 )
Los Angeles, CA
March 3, 2012
11:00 am, CBS
Washington W 75–69  18–13 (11–7)
LA Sports Arena (9,785 )
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Tournament
March 7, 2012
2:40 pm, FSN
(5) vs. (12) USC
First Round
W 55–40  19–13
Staples Center (5,973 )
Los Angeles, CA
March 8, 2012
2:40 pm, FSN
(5) vs. (4) Arizona
Quarterfinals
L 58–66  19–14
Staples Center (8,780 )
Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time[1].

Rankings

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UCLA was ranked No. 20 in the preseason Coaches' Poll.[2] They were also the media's preseason pick to win the Pac-12 conference title.[3]

See also

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Notes

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  • March 27, 2011 – Tyler Honeycutt leaving UCLA to enter 2011 NBA Draft[4]
  • March 27, 2011 – Former North Carolina Tarheels Point Guard Larry Drew II enrolls at UCLA[5]
  • April 13, 2011 – Malcolm Lee announced he would forgo his final year of college eligibility and hire an agent and enter the 2011 NBA draft.[6]
  • June 7, 2011 – Korey McCray was hired as a new assistant coach, replacing Scott Duncan.
  • December 9, 2011 – Reeves Nelson was dismissed from the team after his second indefinite suspension for conduct issues. The 6-foot-9 junior forward led the Bruins in scoring (13.9) and rebounding (9.1) in 2010–11 when he was named All-Pac-10.[7][8]
  • March 5, 2012 – Guard Lazeric Jones was named Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 27 – March 4; Jones was named to the All-Pac-12 second team and David Wear received honorable mention.

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule". UCLA. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
  2. ^ "North Carolina is No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". USA Today. October 20, 2011. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Moore, David Leon (December 20, 2011). "Ben Howland, UCLA battle back after Reeves Nelson dismissal". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Bolch, Ben (March 28, 2011). "UCLA basketball: Tyler Honeycutt says he will hire an agent, enter NBA draft". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011.
  5. ^ Bolch, Ben (March 28, 2011). "UCLA basketball: Former North Carolina guard Larry Drew II joins Bruins". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011.
  6. ^ Bolch, Ben (April 13, 2011). "Malcolm Lee decides time is right to leave UCLA". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  7. ^ Pucin, Diane (December 9, 2011). "UCLA basketball team dismisses Reeves Nelson". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  8. ^ Yoon, Peter (December 9, 2011). "UCLA dismisses Reeves Nelson". ESPNLosAngeles.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
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