2011–12 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

2011–12 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball

Conference	Big 12
2011–12 record	15–16 (5–13 Big 12)
Head coach	Lon Kruger
Assistant coach	Steve Henson
Assistant coach	Lew Hill
Assistant coach	Chris Crutchfield
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center

	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 Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represents the University of Oklahoma in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sooners are led by Lon Kruger in his first season. The team plays its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma and are members of the Big 12 Conference.

Preseason

Coaching Change

On March 14, 2011, Oklahoma fired Jeff Capel, after the Sooners had back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 1967. Capel led the Sooners to a 17-36 record since Blake Griffin left for the NBA.^[1] Overall, Capel was 96-69 in five seasons. Capel received a $1.75 million buyout from Oklahoma.^[2] On April 2, 2011, it was announced that Lon Kruger would leave UNLV to become the Sooners new coach. Kruger will be paid about $2.2 million annually.^[3]

Preseason Poll

The Sooners were picked to finish 9th in conference play.^[4]

Class of 2011

^[5]^[6]^[7]

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Casey Arent C	Penryn, California	Del Oro High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Apr 24, 2011
Casey Arent C	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: JC
Sam Grooms PG	Greensboro, North Carolina	Charis Prep	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Apr 10, 2011
Sam Grooms PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: JC

Roster

Source^[8]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
1	Sam Grooms	6'1"	203	G	Jr.	Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.	Chipola College Charis Prep
2	Steven Pledger	6'4"	222	G	Jr.	Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.	Atlantic Shores Christian School
3	T. J. Franklin	5'11"	175	G	Sr.	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.	North Crowley HS
4	Andrew Fitzgerald	6'8"	247	F	Jr.	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Brewster Academy
5	C. J. Washington	6'7"	230	F	Sr.	Stringtown, Oklahoma, U.S.	Connors State Stringtown HS
12	Jarrod Kruger	6'1"	174	G	So.	Topeka, Kansas, U.S.	Kansas State Topeka West HS
13	James Fraschilla	5'10"	142	G	Fr.	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Highland Park HS
14	Carl Blair, Jr.	6'2"	205	G	Jr.	Houston, Texas, U.S.	University of New Orleans Bridgton Academy
15	Tyler Neal	6'7"	227	F	So.	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.	Putnam City West HS
21	Cameron Clark	6'6"	198	G	So.	Sherman, Texas, U.S.	Sherman HS
22	Amath M'Baye	6'9"	214	F	Jr.	Bordeaux, France	Wyoming Stoneridge Prep
24	Romero Osby	6'8"	232	F	Jr.	Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.	Mississippi State North Lauderdale HS
31	Barry Honoré	6'7"	270	F	Sr.	Garland, Texas, U.S.	Southern South Garland HS
32	Casey Arent	6'10"	227	C	Jr.	Penryn, California, U.S.	Sierra College Del Oro HS

The Sooners' second leading scorer, Calvin Newell, transferred to the University of Central Florida. Newell decided to leave Oklahoma due to family issues.^[9]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/01/2011*	Northeastern State	W 85–51		Lloyd Noble Center (3,187)
11/06/2011*	Washburn	W 85–59		Lloyd Noble Center (2,608)
Regular Season
11/11/2011*	Idaho State	W 78–74	1–0	Lloyd Noble Center (7,622^[10])
11/18/2011*	Coppin State	W 92–65	2–0	Lloyd Noble Center (7,460^[10])
11/24/2011*	vs. Washington State (76 Classic Quarterfinals)	W 74–79	3–0	Anaheim Convention Center (1,457^[10])
11/25/2011*	vs. Santa Clara (76 Classic Semifinals)	W 85–73	4–0	Anaheim Convention Center (1,777^[10])
11/27/2011*	vs. Saint Louis (76 Classic Finals)	L 63–83	4–1	Anaheim Convention Center (2,637^[10])
12/02/2011*	Sacramento State	W 82–53	5–1	Lloyd Noble Center (7,460^[10])
12/08/2011*	Oral Roberts	W 73–59	6–1	Lloyd Noble Center (7,699^[10])
12/10/2011*	Arkansas	W 78–63	7–1	Lloyd Noble Center (9,077^[10])
12/17/2011*	vs. Houston (All-College Classic)	W 79–74	8–1	Chesapeake Energy Arena (5,303^[10])
12/21/2011*	South Carolina State	W 83–48	9–1	Lloyd Noble Center (8,136^[10])
12/29/2011*	at Cincinnati	L 55–56	9–2	U.S. Bank Arena (4,439^[10])
12/31/2011*	Northwestern State	W 83–63	10–2	Lloyd Noble Center (8,532^[10])
01/03/2012	at #7 Missouri	L 49–87	10–3 (0–1)	Mizzou Arena (15,061^[10])
01/07/2012	#14 Kansas	L 61–72	10–4 (0–2)	Lloyd Noble Center (11,268^[10])
01/09/2012	at Oklahoma State	L 65–72	10–5 (0–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,478^[10])
01/14/2012	#18 Kansas State	W 82–73	11–5 (1–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (8,812^[10])
01/17/2012	Texas Tech	W 64–55	12–5 (2–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (7,786^[10])
01/21/2012	at Texas A&M	L 75–81	12–6 (2–4)	Reed Arena (8,468^[10])
01/24/2012	Baylor	L 65–77	12–7 (2–5)	Lloyd Noble Center (8,004^[10])
01/28/2012	at #22 Kansas State	W 63–60	13–7 (3–5)	Bramlage Coliseum (12,528^[10])
02/01/2012	at #8 Kansas	L 62–84	13–8 (3–6)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300^[10])
02/04/2012	Iowa State	L 70–77	13–9 (3–7)	Lloyd Noble Center (9,272^[10])
02/06/2012	#4 Missouri	L 68-71	13–10 (3–8)	Lloyd Noble Center (7,794)
02/11/2012	at Texas Tech	L 47-65	13–11 (3–9)	United Spirit Arena (7,525)
02/14/2012	Texas	L 58-69	13–12 (3–10)	Lloyd Noble Center (5,314)
02/18/2012	at Iowa State	L 69-80	13–13 (3–11)	Hilton Coliseum (14,376)
02/22/2012	Oklahoma State	W 77-64	14–13 (4–11)	Lloyd Noble Center (9,393)
02/25/2012	at #13 Baylor	L 60-70	14–14 (4–12)	Ferrell Center (7,793)
02/29/2012	at Texas	L 64–72	14–15 (4–13)	Frank Erwin Center (12,142)
03/03/2012	Texas A&M	W 65–62	15–15 (5–13)	Lloyd Noble Center (6,188)
2012 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2012	vs. Texas A&M (First Round)	L 53–62	15–16	Sprint Center (18,972)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR

References

External links

Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Men's Basketball

Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball

Venues	McCasland Field House (1928–1975) Lloyd Noble Center (1975–present)

Rivalries	Oklahoma State

Culture & lore	History List of conference championships Boomer and Sooner Sooner Schooner RUF/NEKS

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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 appearances in italics