2011–12 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

2011–12 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball

WAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament South Region 13 Seed, Second Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2011–12 record	26–10 (10–4 WAC)
Head coach	Marvin Menzies (5th year)
Assistant coach	Paul Weir
Assistant coach	Keith Brown
Assistant coach	Tony Delk
Home arena	Pan American Center

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 WAC men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Nevada	13	–	1	.929	28	–	7	.800
New Mexico State†	10	–	4	.714	26	–	10	.722
Idaho	9	–	5	.643	19	–	14	.576
Utah State	8	–	6	.571	21	–	16	.568
Louisiana Tech	6	–	8	.429	18	–	16	.529
Hawaii	6	–	8	.429	16	–	16	.500
Fresno State	3	–	11	.214	13	–	20	.394
San Jose State	1	–	13	.071	9	–	22	.290

† 2012 WAC Tournament winner As of March 28, 2012/FINAL 2011–12 STANDINGS; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by fifth year head coach Marvin Menzies, played their home games at Pan American Center and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. The finished the season 26–10, 10–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. They were champions of WAC Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament where they lost in the second round to Indiana.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
2	Sim Bhullar	Center	7–5	360	Freshman	Toronto, Ontario
3	Remi Barry	Forward	6–7	210	Freshman	Paris, France
5	D.J. Lewis	Guard	6–0	170	Freshman	New Orleans, Louisiana
10	Dandja Sy	Forward	6–8	214	Junior	Cergy, France
11	Eric Weary	Guard	6–5	210	Freshman	New Orleans, Louisiana
12	K.C. Ross-Miller	Guard	6–1	175	Sophomore	Grand Prairie, Texas
13	Hernst Laroche	Guard	6–1	170	Senior	Montreal, Quebec
14	Terrel de Rouen	Guard	6–1	165	Freshman	Las Cruces, New Mexico
15	Tshilidzi Nephawe	Center	6–10	268	Sophomore	Johannesburg, South Africa
23	Daniel Mullings	Guard	6–2	170	Freshman	Toronto, Ontario
25	Renaldo Dixon	Forward	6–10	210	Sophomore	Toronto, Ontario
31	Wendell McKines	Forward	6–6	230	Senior	Oakland, California
32	Hamidu Rahman	Center	6–11	245	Senior	Somerset, New Jersey
35	B.J. West	Forward	6–11	240	Junior	Cheneyville, Louisiana
45	Tyrone Watson	Forward	6–5	225	Junior	Hamilton, Ontario
	Emery Coleman	Guard	6–3	180	Freshman	Tularosa, New Mexico
	Temjae Singleton	Forward	6–5	210	Freshman	Woodland Hills, California

NMSU Media

Most New Mexico State Aggies home basketball games will be carried by Aggie Vision TV. Aggie Vision has multiple affiliates that carry games throughout parts of the US. The list includes select games on Comcast New Mexico, Altitude Sports and Entertainment, and Fox Sports Arizona. Locally all but one game will be carried on KVIA-TV through KVIA's CW and 24/7 stations (7.2 and 7.3). Every Aggie vision game will be carried online through ESPN3.

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/02/2011*		Eastern New Mexico	W 115–64		Pan American Center (5,742)
Regular Season
11/12/2011*		at Northern Colorado	W 89–75	1–0	Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion (2,259)
11/16/2011*		at New Mexico (Rio Grande Rivalry)	W 62–53	2–0	The Pit (15,303)
11/19/2011*		UTEP (The Battle of I-10)	W 89–73	3–0	Pan American Center (6,967)
11/24/2011*		vs. Central Michigan (Great Alaska Shootout First Round)	W 78–49	4–0	Sullivan Arena (4,271)
11/25/2011*		vs. Southern Miss (Great Alaska Shootout Semifinals)	L 49–62	4–1	Sullivan Arena (4,744)
11/26/2011*		vs. San Francisco (Great Alaska Shootout 3rd Place Game)	W 71–60	5–1	Sullivan Arena (4,327)
11/29/2011*		Arizona	L 76–83	5–2	Pan American Center (7,966)
12/04/2011*		at Southern Miss	L 66–74	5–3	Reed Green Coliseum (2,606)
12/11/2011*		at UTEP (The Battle of I-10)	L 69–73	5–4	Don Haskins Center (7,839)
12/14/2011*		Western New Mexico	W 92–65	6–4	Pan American Center (4,671)
12/19/2011*		Southern	W 91–66	7–4	Pan American Center (4,544)
12/21/2011*		McNeese State	W 82–62	8–4	Pan American Center (4,844)
12/28/2011*		New Mexico (Rio Grande Rivalry)	L 69–89	8–5	Pan American Center (8,361)
12/31/2011*		Arkansas-Pine Bluff	W 81–65	9–5	Pan American Center (4,409)
01/02/2012*		at Cal State Bakersfield	W 73–72	10–5	Icardo Center (1,262)
01/07/2012		at Louisiana Tech	W 83–73	11–5 (1–0)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,263)
01/12/2012		Utah State	W 80–60	12–5 (2–0)	Pan American Center (5,214)
01/14/2012		Idaho	W 80–68	13–5 (3–0)	Pan American Center (5,306)
01/19/2012		at San Jose State	W 79–63	14–5 (4–0)	Event Center Arena (1,186)
01/21/2012		at Hawaiʻi	L 87–91	14–6 (4–1)	Stan Sheriff Center (7,346)
01/26/2012		Nevada	L 60–68	14–7 (4–2)	Pan American Center (6,192)
01/28/2012		Fresno State	W 60–56	15–7 (5–2)	Pan American Center (5,331)
02/01/2012*		Cal State Bakersfield	W 78–57	16–7	Pan American Center (5,049)
02/04/2012		Louisiana Tech	W 83–72	17–7 (6–2)	Pan American Center (5,010)
02/09/2012		at Idaho	L 58–59	17–8 (6–3)	Cowan Spectrum (1,159)
02/11/2012		at Utah State	W 80–69	18–8 (7–3)	Smith Spectrum (10,067)
02/14/2012*		Northern New Mexico	W 100–68	19–8	Pan American Center (4,469)
02/18/2012*		Drake (ESPN BracketBusters)	W 71–55	20–8	Pan American Center (5,119)
02/23/2012		Hawaiʻi	W 115–73	21–8 (8–3)	Pan American Center (5,223)
02/25/2012		San Jose State	W 79–68	22–8 (9–3)	Pan American Center (6,049)
03/01/2012		at Nevada	L 61–65	22–9 (9–4)	Lawlor Events Center (8,074)
03/03/2012		at Fresno State	W 83–78 ^OT	23–9 (10–4)	Save Mart Center (6,135)
2012 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
03/08/2012		vs. Fresno State (Quarterfinals)	W 65–49	24–9	Orleans Arena (1,902)
03/09/2012		vs. Hawaiʻi (Semifinals)	W 92–81	25–9	Orleans Arena (2,352)
03/10/2012		vs. Louisiana Tech (Championship Game)	W 82–57	26–9	Orleans Arena (1,405)
2012 NCAA Tournament
03/15/2012*	#(S 13)	vs. #16 (S 4) Indiana (Second Round)	L 66–79	26–10	Rose Garden (17,519)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

References

New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball

Venues	Pan American Center (1968–present)

Rivalries	New Mexico UTEP

Culture & lore	History Pistol Pete

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics