2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball

NCAA Tournament South Region 8 Seed, Round of 32
Conference	Big 12
2011–12 record	23–11 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach	Fred Hoiberg
Assistant coach	T. J. Otzelberger
Assistant coach	Cornell Mann
Assistant coach	Matt Abdelmassih
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Kansas	16	–	2	.889	32	–	7	.821
#3 Missouri†	14	–	4	.778	30	–	5	.857
Iowa State	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
#9 Baylor	12	–	6	.667	30	–	8	.789
Kansas State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Texas	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Oklahoma State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Oklahoma	5	–	13	.278	15	–	16	.484
Texas A&M	4	–	14	.222	14	–	18	.438
Texas Tech	1	–	17	.056	8	–	23	.258

† 2012 Big 12 Tournament winner As of March 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach, Fred Hoiberg, was in his second season as a head coach. The team played its home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and were members of the Big 12 Conference. The preseason polls picked Iowa State to finish 8th in the Big 12, however, the Cyclones finished the 2011-12 season with a 22-10 record ranked #25, tied with Baylor for third place with 12-6 in Big 12 play, lost to Texas in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, and earned a #8 seed (#30 overall) in the south regional of the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament defeating #9 seed and the defending 2011 NCAA National Champions Connecticut Huskies in the second round at Louisville but losing to #1 seed Kentucky in the third round (the round of 32). Head coach Fred Hoiberg was named co-coach of the year for the Big 12 conference after the Cyclones made the biggest one season improvement in Big 12 history by winning 9 more conference games in 2011-12 than in 2010-11.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Year	Hometown
0	Jordan Railey	6′-11″	250	Center	Sophomore	Beaverton, Oregon
1	Bubu Palo	6′-1″	175	Guard	Redshirt Sophomore	Ames, Iowa
2	Chris Babb	6′-5″	225	Guard	Redshirt Junior	Arlington, Texas
3	Melvin Ejim	6′-6″	220	Forward	Sophomore	Toronto, Ontario
4	Chris Allen	6′-3″	205	Guard	Redshirt Senior	Lawrenceville, Georgia
5	Tavon Sledge	5′-9′	175	Guard	Freshman	Spring Valley, New York
10	Aaron Law	5′-11″	175	Guard	Freshman	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
11	Scott Christopherson	6′-3″	195	Guard	Redshirt Senior	LaCrosse, Wisconsin
12	Austin McBeth	6′-1″	185	Guard	Junior	Wayland, Iowa
21	Will Clyburn	6′-7″	205	Guard	Senior	Detroit, Michigan
22	Anthony Booker	6′-9″	250	Forward	Redshirt Junior	St. Louis, Missouri
24	Percy Gibson	6′-9″	245	Center	Freshman	Detroit, Michigan
25	Tyrus McGee	6′-2″	205	Guard	Junior	Stringtown, Oklahoma
30	Royce White	6′-8″	270	Forward	Redshirt Sophomore	Minneapolis, Minnesota
34	Korie Lucious	5′-11″	175	Guard	Senior	Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Preseason

Italy trip

Chris Allen in Italy (Vatican)

In August, 2011, the Cyclones traveled to Italy to compete with 4 teams from the area. They won all 4 games.

Recruiting

Class of 2011

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Percy Gibson F	Detroit, MI	Southeastern	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (110 kg)
Percy Gibson F	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Tyrus McGee G	Arkansas City, KS	Cowley County, CC	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)
Tyrus McGee G	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
Tavon Sledge G	Dix Hills, NY	Half Hollow Hills West	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)
Tavon Sledge G	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A
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. Retrieved November 6, 2011.

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP Poll^[1]												RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	25	RV
Coaches Poll^[1]											RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/06/2011*		Grand Valley State	W 77–62	–	Hilton Coliseum (13,221)
Regular Season
11/12/2011*		Lehigh	W 86–77	1–0	Hilton Coliseum (13,343)
11/15/2011*		at Drake	L 65–74	1–1	Knapp Center (5,665)
11/20/2011*		Western Carolina (South Padre Island Invitational)	W 92–60	2–1	Hilton Coliseum (10,922)
11/22/2011*		Northern Colorado (South Padre Island Invitational)	W 90–82	3–1	Hilton Coliseum (11,155)
11/25/2011*		vs. Providence (South Padre Island Invitational)	W 64–54	4–1	South Padre Island Convention Centre (675)
11/26/2011*		vs. Rice (South Padre Island Invitational)	W 90–63	5–1	South Padre Island Convention Centre (660)
11/30/2011*		Northern Iowa	L 62–69	5–2	Hilton Coliseum (13,509)
12/03/2011*		at #15 Michigan	L 66–76	5–3	Crisler Arena (10,845)
12/06/2011*		Prairie View A&M	W 84–59	6–3	Hilton Coliseum (12,915)
12/09/2011*		Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)	W 86–76	7–3	Hilton Coliseum (14,356)
12/18/2011*		Central Michigan	W 59–52	8–3	Hilton Coliseum (11,764)
12/21/2011*		Lipscomb	W 81–64	9–3	Hilton Coliseum (11,513)
12/31/2011*		Mississippi Valley State	W 67–65	10–3	Hilton Coliseum (12,399)
01/04/2012		Texas	W 77–71	11–3 (1–0)	Hilton Coliseum (12,248)
01/07/2012		at Texas A&M	W 74–50	12–3 (2–0)	Reed Arena (6,450)
01/11/2012		Missouri	L 69–76	12–4 (2–1)	Hilton Coliseum (13,198)
01/14/2012		at #10 Kansas	L 73–82	12–5 (2–2)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
01/18/2012		Oklahoma State	W 71–68	13–5 (3–2)	Hilton Coliseum (12,397)
01/21/2012		at Texas Tech	W 76–52	14–5 (4–2)	United Spirit Arena (8,367)
01/24/2012		at Texas	L 55–62	14–6 (4–3)	Frank Erwin Center (10,117)
01/28/2012		#5 Kansas	W 72–64	15–6 (5–3)	Hilton Coliseum (14,376)
01/31/2012		Kansas State ("Farmaggedon")	W 72–70	16–6 (6–3)	Hilton Coliseum (13,456)
02/04/2012		at Oklahoma	W 77–70	17–6 (7–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (9,272)
02/07/2012		at Oklahoma State	L 67–69	17–7 (7–4)	Gallagher Iba Arena (9,365)
02/11/2012		Texas A&M	W 69–46	18–7 (8–4)	Hilton Coliseum (14,376)
02/13/2012		at #10 Baylor	L 64–79	18–8 (8–5)	Ferrell Center (7,047)
2/18/2012		Oklahoma	W 80–69	19–8 (9–5)	Hilton Coliseum (14,376)
2/22/2012		Texas Tech	W 72–54	20–8 (10–5)	Hilton Coliseum (13,587)
02/25/2012		at Kansas State ("Farmageddon")	W 65–61	21–8 (11–5)	Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)
02/29/2012		at #7 Missouri	L 72–78	21–9 (11–6)	Mizzou Arena (14,837)
03/03/2012		#9 Baylor	W 80–72	22–9 (12–6)	Hilton Coliseum (14,376)
2012 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
03/08/2012	#25	vs. Texas (Quarterfinals)	L 65–71	22–10	Sprint Center (18,972)
2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
03/15/2012*	#(S 8)	vs. (S 9) Connecticut (Second Round)	W 77–64	23–10	KFC Yum! Center (22,131)
03/17/2012*	#(S 8)	vs. #1 (S 1) Kentucky (Third Round)	L 71–87	23–11	KFC Yum! Center (21,757)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "2011-12 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved October 21, 2011.

Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball

Venues	State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)

Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" (Big Four Classic) Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band

People	Head coaches Notable players

Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA Final Four appearance in italics