2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball

Conference

Pacific-12 Conference

2011–12 record

7–7 (0–2 Pac-12)

Head coach

Ben Howland

Assistant coach

Korey McCray

Assistant coach

Phil Mathews

Assistant coach

Scott Garson

Home arena

Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

Seasons

« 2010–11

2012–13 »

	Conf			Overall
2011–12 Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Stanford	2	0	1.000	12	2	.857
California	2	0	1.000	12	3	.800
Washington	2	0	1.000	8	5	.615
Arizona	1	0	1.000	10	4	.714
Colorado	1	0	1.000	9	4	.692
Oregon	1	1	.500	10	4	.714
Washington State	1	1	.500	9	5	.643
Arizona State	0	1	.000	4	9	.308
Utah	0	1	.000	3	10	.231
Oregon State	0	2	.000	10	4	.714
UCLA	0	2	.000	7	7	.500
USC	0	2	.000	5	10	.333

† 2012 Pacific-12 Tournament winner As of December 31, 2011 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins compete in the Pacific-12 Conference and are led by head coach Ben Howland.

1 Recruiting class
2 Roster
3 Schedule
4 Rankings
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Norman Powell SG	San Diego, CA	Lincoln Senior HS	6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm)	177.5 lb (80.5 kg)	Nov 10, 2010
Norman Powell SG	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: ?
De'End Parker SG	San Francisco, CA	CC of San Francisco	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	200 lb (91 kg)	Mar 05, 2011
De'End Parker SG	Scout:N/A Rivals:N/A ESPN grade: ?
Larry Drew II PG	Woodland Hills, CA	William Howard Taft HS/University of North Carolina	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	180 lb (82 kg)
Larry Drew II PG	Scout:N/A Rivals:N/A ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1234324.

Roster

2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
5.0 !C	0	Stover, AnthonyAnthony Stover	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Windward School	Pasadena, California
1.5 !G	1	Lamb, TylerTyler Lamb	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Mater Dei H.S.	Santa Ana, California
1.5 !G	2	Jones, KennyKenny Jones	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	St. Bernard H.S.	Los Angeles, California
1.5 !G	3	Kazemi, NickNick Kazemi	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Tustin H.S.	Santa Ana, California
1.5 !G	4	Powell, NormanNorman Powell	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Lincoln H.S.	San Diego, California
1.5 !G	5	Anderson, JerimeJerime Anderson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Canyon H.S.	Anaheim, California
1.5 !G	10	Drew II, LarryLarry Drew II	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	William H. Taft H.S.	Encino, California
1.5 !G	11	Jones, LazericLazeric Jones	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	4.0 !Sr	John A. Logan College	Chicago, Illinois
3.5 !F	12	Wear, DavidDavid Wear	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Mater Dei H.S.	Huntington Beach, California
1.5 !G	13	DeMarcus, MattMatt DeMarcus	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Santa Ynez Valley Union H.S.	Solvang, California
3.5 !F	20	Lane, BrendanBrendan Lane	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Rocklin H.S.	Rocklin, California
2.0 !SG	21	Parker, De'EndDe'End Parker	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	City College of San Francisco	San Francisco, California
3.5 !F	22	Nelson, ReevesReeves Nelson (D)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Modesto Christian H.S.	Modesto, California
3.5 !F	24	Wear, TravisTravis Wear	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Mater Dei H.S.	Huntington Beach, California
1.5 !G	30	McCaskill, KhalidKhalid McCaskill	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Brewster Academy	Harlem, NY
5.0 !C	34	Smith, JoshuaJoshua Smith	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	305 lb (138 kg)	2.0 !So	Kentwood H.S.	Kent, Washington
1.5 !G	44	Trapani, TylerTyler Trapani	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Simi Valley H.S.	Simi Valley, California

Head coach

Ben Howland (Weber State)

Assistant coach(es)

Scott Garson (UC Santa Barbara)
Philip Mathews (UC Irvine)
Korey McCray (Mercer)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

(D) Dismissed
Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-03-17

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Record
Exhibition
11/06/2011*	2:00 PM	vs. CS Bernardino	#17	Citizens Business Bank Arena • Ontario, CA		W 80–72	6,259	–
Regular Season
11/11/2011*	7:30 PM	Loyola Marymount	#17	LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	FS West	L 58–69	5,382	0–1
11/15/2011*	8:00 PM	Middle Tennessee State		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA (Maui Invitational Opening Round)	Prime Ticket	L 68–88	4,758	0–2
11/21/2011*	6:30 PM	vs. Chaminade		Lahaina Civic Center • Maui, HI (Maui Invitational First Round)	ESPNU	W 92–60	2,400	1–2
11/22/2011*	6:30 PM	vs. #14 Kansas		Lahaina Civic Center • Maui, HI (Maui Invitational seminfinals)	ESPN	L 56–72	2,400	1–3
11/23/2011*	4:30 PM	vs. #15 Michigan		Lahaina Civic Center • Maui, HI (Maui Invitational 3rd place game)	ESPN	L 63–79	2,400	1–4
11/28/2011*	8:00 PM	Pepperdine		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	Prime Ticket	W 62–39	3,885	2–4
12/03/2011*	1:30 PM	Texas		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	FSN/PT	L 59–69	6,177	2–5
12/10/2011*	4:00 PM	vs. Pennsylvania		Honda Center • Anaheim, CA	FS West	W 77–73	6,332	3–5
12/14/2011*	7:30 PM	Eastern Washington		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	FS West	W 60–47	4,229	4–5
12/17/2011*	12:00 PM	vs. UC Davis		Honda Center • Anaheim, CA	Prime Ticket	W 82–39	5,132	5–5
12/20/2011*	7:30 PM	UC Irvine		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	Prime Ticket	W 89–60	4,090	6–5
12/23/2011*	7:30 PM	Richmond		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	Prime Ticket	W 71–63	4,194	7–5
12/29/2011	7:30 PM	at Stanford		Maples Pavilion • Stanford, CA	FSN/PT	L 59–60	6,777	7–6 (0–1)
12/31/2011	1:00 PM	at California		Haas Pavilion • Berkeley, CA	FSN/FSW	L 69–85	9,750	7–7 (0–2)
01/05/2012	8:00 PM	vs. Arizona		Honda Center • Anaheim, CA	FSN/PT
01/07/2012	7:30 PM	vs. Arizona State		Honda Center • Anaheim, CA	FS West
01/15/2012	6:00 PM	at USC		Galen Center • Los Angeles, CA	FSN/PT
01/19/2012	7:30 pm	at Oregon State		Gill Coliseum • Corvallis, OR	FSN/PT
01/21/2012	1:00 PM	at Oregon		Matthew Knight Arena • Eugene, OR	FSN/FSW
01/26/2012	7:30 PM	Utah		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	Prime Ticket
01/28/2012	1:00 PM	Colorado		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	Prime Ticket
02/02/2012	6:00 PM	at Washington		Alaska Airlines Arena • Seattle, WA	ESPN/ESPN2
02/04/2012	2:00 PM	at Washington State		Beasley Coliseum • Pullman, WA	RTNW
02/09/2012	TBA	Stanford		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA
02/11/2012	1:00 PM	California		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	FSN/PT
02/15/2012	7:30 PM	USC		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA	Prime Ticket
02/18/2012*	11:00 AM	at St. John's		Madison Square Garden • New York City, NY	CBS
02/23/2012	TBA	at Arizona State		Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, AZ
02/25/2012	11:00 AM	at Arizona		McKale Center • Tucson, AZ	CBS
03/01/2012	TBA	Washington State		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA
03/03/2012	TBA	Washington		LA Sports Arena • Los Angeles, CA
Pacific-12 Conference Tournament
03/07-03/10	TBA	vs. TBD		Staples Center • Los Angeles, CA	FSN/CBS
NCAA Tournament
*Non-Conference Game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. All times are in Pacific Time ^[1].

Rankings

Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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]

Notes

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.
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]

References

^ "Schedule". UCLA. http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ucla-m-baskbl-sched.html. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
^ "North Carolina is No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". USA Today. October 20, 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62aPMMBFk.
^ Moore, David Leon (December 20, 2011). "Ben Howland, UCLA battle back after Reeves Nelson dismissal". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/6458FpNMo.
^ 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 14, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5xvqB24FR.
^ Bolch, Ben (March 28, 2011). "UCLA basketball: Former North Carolina guard Larry Drew II joins Bruins". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yqyRzdnB.
^ Bolch, Ben (April 13, 2011). "Malcolm Lee decides time is right to leave UCLA". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5xvpRSfux.
^ Pucin, Diane (December 9, 2011). "UCLA basketball team dismisses Reeves Nelson". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/63pxHcqPS.
^ Yoon, Peter (December 9, 2011). "UCLA dismisses Reeves Nelson". ESPNLosAngeles.com. http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncb/story/_/id/7336148/ucla-bruins-dismiss-reeves-nelson-team. Retrieved December 10, 2011.

External links

UCLA Bruins men's basketball official website

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2011–12 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Contents

Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

Notes

References

External links