2011–12 Melbourne Tigers season

Melbourne Tigers
Head Coach Trevor Gleeson
Captain Tommy Greer
Arena The Cage
SNAHC
NBL results
Finals TBD
Record
Melbourne Tigers seasons

The 2011-12 NBL season is the 29th season for the Melbourne Tigers in the NBL. After missing out on the playoffs last season, Melbourne will look to improve and return to finals stages of this season's competition. Due to the 2011 NBA Lockout, Melbourne acquired the services of Patrick Mills for the first 9 rounds until losing him to the Chinese team Xinjiang Flying Tigers.

Off-season

Additions

Player Signed Former Team
Patrick Mills Signed August 29 (due to NBA lockout)[1] Portland Trail Blazers
Ayinde Ubaka Announced May 25 [2] Cairns Taipans
Ron Dorsey Announced May 25 [2] Cairns Taipans
Daniel Dillon Announced in May Cairns Taipans

Roster

Melbourne Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 5 Australia Greer, Tommy (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
G/F 7 United States Dorsey, Ron (I) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
G/F 9 Australia Lewis, Bennie 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
F/C 11 Australia Tragardh, Cameron 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
G 12 Australia Dillon, Daniel 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
F 13 Australia Rush, Liam 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
PG 14 Australia Wilcher, Josh (DP) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
F/C 22 Australia Burston, Matt 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
PF 24 Australia Walker, Lucas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
PG 45 United States Allen, Myron (I) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
G/F 53 Australia Odigie, Owen (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
C 54 Australia Lang, Tim 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Australia Rohan Short
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 27 January 2012

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Reserve
C Matt Burston Tim Lang
PF Cameron Tragardh Lucas Walker
SF Tommy Greer Liam Rush Owen Odigie
SG Ron Dorsey Bennie Lewis
PG Myron Allen Daniel Dillon Josh Wilcher

Regular season

Standings

# Team Pld W L Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against % Win %
1 New Zealand Breakers 28 21 7 4-1 L1 13-1 8-6 2,382 2,177 109.42% 75.00%
2 Perth Wildcats 28 19 9 3-2 W3 10-4 9-5 2,434 2,171 112.11% 67.86%
3 Gold Coast Blaze 28 17 11 3-2 W2 10-4 7-7 2,387 2,253 105.95% 60.71%
4 Townsville Crocodiles 28 15 13 2-3 L2 11-3 4-10 2,213 2,210 100.14% 53.37%
5 Cairns Taipans 28 15 13 2-3 W1 9-5 6-8 2,025 2,107 96.11% 53.37%
6 Melbourne Tigers 28 11 17 1-4 L3 7-7 4-10 2,156 2,239 96.29% 39.29%
7 Sydney Kings 28 11 17 2-3 L1 5-9 6-8 2,279 2,423 94.06% 39.29%
8 Wollongong Hawks 28 9 19 3-2 W3 4-10 5-9 2,093 2,232 93.77% 32.14%
9 Adelaide 36ers 28 8 20 1-4 L4 4-10 4-10 2,297 2,454 93.60% 28.57%

Game log

2011–12 season game log

See also

2011-12 NBL season

References

  1. ↑ Tigers sign NBA star Boomer Patty Mills
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tigers sign former Taipans stars Ubaka, Dorsey

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