2011–12 UCF Knights men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2011–12
Team:UCF Knights
Conference:Conference USA
Short Conf:C-USA
Record:22–11
Conf Record:10–6
Asst Coach3:Tim Thomas
Champion:UCF Holiday Classic Champions
Bowl:NIT First Round vs. Drexel
Bowl Result:L 56–81

The 2011–12 UCF Knights men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team that represented the University of Central Florida and competes in Conference USA. They played their home games at UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida and were led by second-year head coach Donnie Jones.

Previous season

In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 21 - 12, 6 - 10 in C-USA play under the leadership of then first-year Head Coach Donnie Jones. The year was full of milestones for the UCF program, who following a 10–0 start to the season, in which they defeated #18 Florida, South Florida, and Miami, the Knights were nationally ranked for the first time in program history.[1] At the time, UCF was one of only four schools to be ranked in the BCS standings and the AP men's basketball poll.[2]

The Knights would continue to start the season on a 14–0 run before an 8-game skid that dropped them out of the national rankings. UCF was invited to the 2011 College Basketball Invitational where they beat St. Bonaventure in the first round and Rhode Island in the quarterfinals before falling to Creighton in the semifinals.

All of UCF's wins from the 2010 - 11 season were later vacated.[3]

Pre-season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Jarvis Davis 2 G 6'1" 175 Freshman Transferred
David Diakite 15 F 6'6" 215 RS Sophomore Transferred
Tom Herzog 41 C 7'0" 250 RS Senior Graduated
Isaac Sosa 11 G 6'3" 190 Junior Transferred
A.J. Tyler 25 F 6'9" 225 RS Senior Graduated
Taylor Young 12 G 6'1" 185 RS Senior Graduated

Class of 2011 signees

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=8| Exhibition|-!colspan=8| Regular season|-!colspan=8| 2012 Conference USA tournament|-!colspan=8| 2012 National Invitation Tournament|-

Rankings

Ranking Movement[4]
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Coaches RV

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wftv.com/sports/26196175/detail.html UCF Men's Basketball Ranked For First Time In School History
  2. http://www.espn1080.com/includes/blog/index.php?action=blog&blog_id=10&post_id=1201 UCF Basketball Notoriety Grows with First National Ranking
  3. Web site: UCF responds to NCAA concerning alleged infractions (PDF) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150725014820/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucf/genrel/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/CorrectiveActions.pdf . 2015-07-25 . 2012-02-28.
  4. It is possible to receive votes in certain polls but not be officially ranked in the Top 25. Rankings of 26 and greater indicate the team has received votes, but not enough to be featured in the Top 25.