2011–12 Washington Huskies men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2011–12
Team:	Washington Huskies
Conference:	Pac-12 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-12
Record:	24–11
Conf Record:	14–4
Asst Coach1:	Raphael Chillious
Asst Coach2:	Paul Fortier
Asst Coach3:	Jim Shaw
Champion:	Pac-12 regular season champions
Bowl:	NIT
Bowl Result:	Semifinals

The 2011–12 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 10th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with 24–11 overall, 14–4 in Pac-12 play. They were the 2012 Pac-12 Conference regular season champions, but lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Basketball tournament to Oregon State. They were invited to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas–Arlington, Northwestern and rival Oregon before losing in the semifinals to Minnesota.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Venoy Overton	1	G	6'0"	185	Senior		Graduated
	2	G	5'9"	185	Junior		NBA draft
Antoine Hosley	10	G	5'11"	185	Freshman		Left Team
	11	F	6'9"	240	Senior		Graduated
	22	F	6'6"	180	Senior		Graduated
Tyreese Breshers	33	F	6'7"	255	Sophomore		Injury

Recruits

Source:^[1]

2011–12 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
0	Abdul Gaddy	6'3"	185	G	Jr.	Tacoma, WA, U.S.	Bellarmine Prep
4	Hikeem Stewart	6'2"	175	G	Fr.	Seattle, WA, U.S.	Rainier Beach HS
5	Aziz N'Diaye	7'0"	260	C	Jr.	Dakar, Senegal	College of Southern Idaho
10	Martin Breunig	6'8"	210	F	Fr.	Leverkusen, Germany	St. John's Northwestern Military Acad.
12	Andrew Andrews	6'2"	195	G	Fr.	Portland, OR, U.S.	Benson Polytechnic HS
14	Tony Wroten	6'5"	205	G	Fr.	Seattle, WA, U.S.	Garfield HS
15	Scott Suggs	6'6"	195	G	Sr.	Washington, MO, U.S.	Washington HS
20	Alex Wegner	6'7"	190	G/F	Fr.	Vashon Island, WA, U.S.	Vashon Island HS
23	C. J. Wilcox	6'5"	185	G	RS So.	Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S.	Pleasant Grove HS
30	Desmond Simmons	6'7"	220	F	RS Fr.	Vallejo, CA, U.S.	Salesian HS
31	Terrence Ross	6'6"	195	G	So.	Portland, OR, U.S.	Jefferson HS
33	Jernard Jarreau	6'10"	195	F	Fr.	New Orleans, LA, U.S.	McDonogh No. 35 Senior HS
35	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	6'6"	258	F	Fr.	Fox Island, WA, U.S.	Gig Harbor HS
40	Shawn Kemp, Jr.	6'9"	265	F	Fr.	Canton, GA, U.S.	Hargraves Military Academy
42	Brendan Sherrer	6'8"	255	F	Sr.	Monroe, WA, U.S.	Archbishop Murphy HS
44	Darnell Gant	6'8"	230	F	RS Sr.	Los Angeles, CA, U.S.	Crenshaw HS

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Washington	Alma Mater (Year)
Lorenzo Romar	Head coach	10th	Washington (1980)
Raphael Chillious	Assistant coach	3rd	Lafayette (1996)
Paul Fortier	Assistant coach	7th	Washington (2003)
Jim Shaw	Assistant coach	8th	Western Oregon State (1985)
Lance LaVetter	Director of Basketball Operations	10th	Northern Arizona (1992)

2011–12 Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9| Exhibition|-!colspan=9| Regular Season|-!colspan=9|2012 Pac-12 men's basketball tournament|-!colspan=9|2012 NIT

Notes

• March 5, 2012 – Guard Tony Wroten was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year; Lorenzo Romar is the Pac-12 Coach of the Year.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commitments/Recruits. https://web.archive.org/web/20100908125812/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/12/class/2010. dead. September 8, 2010. 2011. 2010-03-21.
2. Web site: University of Washington Official Athletics Site - Men's Basketball . 2010-12-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130192957/http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wash-m-baskbl-mtt.html . 2010-11-30 .