2011–12 Lamar Cardinals basketball team

2011–12 Lamar Cardinals men's basketball

Southland Tournament Champions Southland East Division Champions
NCAA Tournament 16-seed, First Four
Conference	Southland Conference East Division
2011–12 record	23–12 (11–5 Southland)
Head coach	Pat Knight (1st year)
Assistant coach	Joseph Price
Assistant coach	Kenton Paulino
Assistant coach	Clif Carroll
Home arena	Montagne Center

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Lamar†	11	–	5	.688	23	–	12	.657
McNeese State	10	–	6	.625	17	–	16	.515
Northwestern State	8	–	8	.500	16	–	16	.500
Nicholls State	6	–	10	.375	10	–	20	.333
Southeastern Louisiana	5	–	11	.313	12	–	17	.414
Central Arkansas	3	–	13	.188	8	–	21	.276
West
Texas-Arlington	15	–	1	.938	24	–	9	.727
Stephen F. Austin	12	–	4	.750	20	–	12	.625
Texas-San Antonio	10	–	6	.625	18	–	14	.563
Sam Houston State	7	–	9	.438	13	–	19	.406
Texas State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	4	–	12	.250	6	–	24	.200

† 2012 Southland Tournament winner As of March 14, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by first year head coach Pat Knight, played their home games at the Montagne Center and are members of the East Division of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals finished the season 23–12, 11–5 in Soutland play. They were the champions of the Southland East Division and are the champions of the Southland Basketball Tournament and earned an automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament where they lost to Vermont in the First Four round.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
1	Anthony Miles	Guard	6–1	165	Senior	Houston, Texas
2	Nikko Acosta	Forward	6–9	220	Junior	New London, Connecticut
3	Tre Lynch	Guard	6–0	160	Sophomore	Lancaster, Texas
4	Devon Lamb	Guard	6–2	195	Senior	Jacksonville, Florida
5	Mike James	Guard	6–1	185	Senior	Portland, Oregon
10	Rhon Mitchell	Forward	6–5	180	Freshman	Inglewood, California
20	Brandon Davis	Guard	6–6	180	Senior	Jacksonville, Florida
21	Charlie Harper	Forward	6–5	210	Senior	San Antonio, Texas
22	Donley Minor	Guard	6–1	175	Junior	Los Angeles, California
24	Vincenzo Nelson	Forward	6–5	205	Senior	Jackson, Mississippi
33	Osas Ebomwonyi	Forward	6–11	220	Sophomore	Pflugerville, Texas
35	Stan Brown	Forward	6–8	225	Junior	Dolton, Illinois
50	Sebastian Norman	Forward	6–9	235	Freshman	Uppsala, Sweden

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/01/2011*	St. Gregory's	W 82–47		Montagne Center (2,686)
11/07/2011*	Louisiana College	W 72–49		Montagne Center (1,055)
Regular Season
11/11/2011*	Arkansas State (Global Sports Invitational)	W 65–62	1–0	Montagne Center (2,689)
11/13/2011*	at #9 Louisville (Global Sports Invitational)	L 48–68	1–1	KFC Yum! Center (19,842)
11/15/2011*	at Ohio (Global Sports Invitational)	L 78–85 ^OT	1–2	Convocation Center (3,672)
11/19/2011*	Charlotte	W 72–54	2–2	Montagne Center (2,248)
11/22/2011*	at UT Martin (Global Sports Invitational)	W 80–69	3–2	Skyhawk Arena (1,037)
11/25/2011*	at Tennessee Tech	W 85–65	4–2	Eblen Center (857)
11/30/2011*	at TCU	L 72–77	4–3	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (4,263)
12/03/2011*	Louisiana-Lafayette	W 80–63	5–3	Montagne Center (2,827)
12/05/2011*	Texas–Pan American	W 60–49	6–3	Montagne Center (2,467)
12/14/2011*	Huston–Tillotson	W 88–59	7–3	Montagne Center (2,248)
12/17/2011*	at Rice	W 87–81	8–3	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,516)
12/20/2011*	at #2 Ohio State	L 50–70	8–4	Value City Arena (14,169)
12/28/2011*	at #3 Kentucky	L 64–86	8–5	Rupp Arena (24,230)
12/31/2011*	Lyon	W 102–58	9–5	Montagne Center (2,178)
01/04/2012	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 74–58	10–5 (1–0)	American Bank Center (1,078)
01/07/2012	Central Arkansas	W 103–67	11–5 (2–0)	Montagne Center (3,257)
01/11/2012	at McNeese State	L 54–57	11–6 (2–1)	Burton Coliseum (2,158)
01/14/2012	UT–Arlington	L 82–91	11–7 (2–2)	Montagne Center (2,466)
01/21/2012	at Central Arkansas	W 92–78	12–7 (3–2)	Farris Center (2,227)
01/25/2012	at Northwestern State	L 62–74	12–8 (3–3)	Prather Coliseum (1,277)
01/28/2012	Nicholls State	W 80–56	13–8 (4–3)	Montagne Center (2,965)
02/01/2012	at Southeastern Louisiana	W 83–59	14–8 (5–3)	University Center (1,016)
02/04/2012	UTSA	W 80–66	15–8 (6–3)	Montagne Center (2,743)
02/08/2012	Northwestern State	W 85–66	16–8 (7–3)	Montagne Center (2,829)
02/11/2012	at Nicholls State	L 63–72	16–9 (7–4)	Stopher Gym (597)
02/15/2012	Southeastern Louisiana	W 70–54	17–9 (8–4)	Montagne Center (2,577)
02/18/2012*	at George Mason (ESPN BracketBusters)	L 71–75	17–10	Patriot Center (7,014)
02/22/2012	Stephen F. Austin	L 52–62	17–11 (8–5)	Montagne Center (3,037)
02/25/2012	at Sam Houston State	W 72–49	18–11 (9–5)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,055)
02/29/2012	at Texas State	W 81–65	19–11 (10–5)	Strahan Coliseum (1,946)
03/03/2012	McNeese State	W 78–68	20–11 (11–5)	Montagne Center (5,138)
2012 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2012	vs. Northwestern State (Quarterfinals)	W 76–69	21–11	Leonard E. Merrell Center (1,436)
03/08/2012	vs. Stephen F. Austin (Semifinals)	W 55–44	22–11	Leonard E. Merrell Center (1,829)
03/10/2012	vs. McNeese State (Championship Game)	W 70–49	23–11	Leonard E. Merrell Center (3,593)
2012 NCAA Tournament
03/14/2012*	vs. Vermont (First Four)	L 59–71	23–12	University of Dayton Arena (7,218)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

Lamar Cardinals basketball

Venues	McDonald Gym (1958–1981) Beaumont Civic Center (1981–1984) Montagne Center (1984–present)

Rivalries	McNeese State

Culture & lore	History Big Red Cardinal "Cardinals Fight!"

People	Head coaches

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