2011–12 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

2011–12 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball

WCC Regular Season Champions WCC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament 7-Seed, Second Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#16
AP	#24
2011–12 record	27–6 (14–2 WCC)
Head coach	Randy Bennett (11th year)
Assistant coach	Rick Croy
Assistant coach	Eran Ganot
Home arena	McKeon Pavilion

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#24 Saint Mary's†	14	–	2	.875	27	–	6	.818
Gonzaga	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
BYU	12	–	4	.750	26	–	9	.743
Loyola Marymount	11	–	5	.688	21	–	13	.618
San Francisco	8	–	8	.500	20	–	14	.588
San Diego	7	–	9	.438	13	–	18	.419
Pepperdine	4	–	12	.250	10	–	19	.345
Portland	3	–	13	.188	7	–	24	.226
Santa Clara	0	–	16	.000	8	–	22	.267

† 2012 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament winner As of March 21, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's eleventh season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels compete in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 27–6, 14–2 in WCC play to be crowned West Coast Conference regular season champions. They were also champions of the West Coast Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's auotmatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament where they lost in the second round to Purdue.

Roster

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
00	Brad Waldow	6'9"	250	F	RS Fr.	Shingle Springs, CA, U.S.	Ponderosa HS
1	Jorden Page	6'1"	180	G	So.	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia	AIS
2	Paul McCoy	5'11"	175	G	Jr.	Portland, OR, U.S.	Grant HS SMU
3	Mitchell Young	6'9"	235	F	Jr.	Logan, Queensland, Australia	AIS
4	Matthew Dellavedova	6'4"	190	G	Jr.	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia	AIS
5	Kyle Rowley	7'0"	280	C	Jr.	Arima, Trinidad	Lake Forest Acad. Northwestern
10	Zach Sanchez	6'1"	175	G	RS Fr.	Bonita, CA, U.S.	Bonita Vista HS
11	Clint Steindl	6'7"	195	F	Sr.	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	AIS
12	Jordan Giusti	6'2"	185	G	Fr.	San Ramon, CA, U.S.	San Ramon Valley HS
14	Stephen Holt	6'4"	195	G	So.	Portland, OR, U.S.	Jesuit HS
15	Beau Levesque	6'6"	220	F	So.	Lafayette, CA, U.S.	De La Salle HS
22	Rob Jones	6'6"	240	F	RS Sr.	San Francisco, CA, U.S.	Archbishop Riordan HS San Diego
25	Tim Williams	6'9"	235	F	RS Jr.	Antioch, CA, U.S.	Antioch HS
30	Kenton Walker II	6'9"	240	F	RS Sr.	San Diego, CA, U.S.	Scripps Ranch HS Creighton
42	Eividas Petrulis	6'7"	210	F	RFr.	Vilnius, Lithuania	Šarūnas Marčiulionis Academy
	Matt Hodgson	6'11"	225	C	Jr.	Booval, Queensland, Australia	Ipswich Grammar

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

All times are Pacific

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
11/11/2011*		Fresno Pacific	W 98–58	1–0	McKeon Pavilion (2,453)
11/14/2011*		Northern Iowa (ESPN Season Tip-Off Marathon)	W 57–41	2–0	McKeon Pavilion (2,053)
11/23/2011*		at Denver	L 58–70	2–1	Magness Arena (5,408)
11/27/2011*		San Francisco State (Shamrock Office Solutions Classic)	W 86–52	3–1	McKeon Pavilion (1,791)
11/28/2011*		Weber State (Shamrock Office Solutions Classic)	W 87–70	4–1	McKeon Pavilion (1,488)
12/03/2011*		at Cal Poly	W 59–54	5–1	Mott Gym (2,878)
12/13/2011*		Jackson State	W 77–53	6–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,401)
12/15/2011*		North Carolina A&T	W 84–45	7–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,368)
12/17/2011*		Bethune-Cookman (Las Vegas Classic)	W 77–52	8–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,380)
12/19/2011*		Kennesaw State (Las Vegas Classic)	W 74–51	9–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,548)
12/20/2011*		Eastern Washington	W 77–61	10–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,796)
12/22/2011*		vs. #6 Baylor (Las Vegas Classic Semifinals)	L 59–72	10–2	Orleans Arena (1,526)
12/23/2011*		vs. Missouri State (Las Vegas Classic 3rd place)	W 77–61	11–2	Orleans Arena (1,526)
12/29/2011		BYU	W 98–82	12–2 (1–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
12/31/2011		at Pepperdine	W 74–45	13–2 (2–0)	Firestone Fieldhouse (741)
01/05/2012		at San Diego	W 78–72	14–2 (3–0)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (3,317)
01/09/2012		San Francisco	W 87–72	15–2 (4–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
01/12/2012		#21 Gonzaga	W 83–62	16–2 (5–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
01/14/2012		Portland	W 69–61	17–2 (6–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
01/19/2012	#24	Pepperdine	W 61–47	18–2 (7–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
01/21/2012	#24	at Santa Clara	W 93–77	19–2 (8–0)	Leavey Center (4,700)
01/26/2012	#21	at Loyola Marymount	W 71–64	20–2 (9–0)	Gersten Pavilion (2,243)
01/28/2012	#21	at BYU	W 80–66	21–2 (10–0)	Marriott Center (22,700)
02/02/2012	#18	San Diego	W 84–73	22–2 (11–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
02/09/2012	#16	at Gonzaga	L 59–73	22–3 (11–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
02/11/2012	#16	Santa Clara	W 82–67	23–3 (12–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
02/15/2012	#21	Loyola Marymount	L 60–75	23–4 (12–2)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
02/18/2012*	#21	at #16 Murray State (ESPN BracketBusters)	L 51–65	23–5	CFSB Center (8,825)
02/23/2012		at Portland	W 70–43	24–5 (13–2)	Chiles Center (2,829)
02/25/2012		at San Francisco	W 67–60	25–5 (14–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium (4,500)
West Coast Conference Tournament
03/03/2011		vs. San Francisco (Semifinals)	W 83–78	26–5	Orleans Arena (7,828)
03/05/2011		vs. #24 Gonzaga (Championship)	W 78–74 ^OT	27–5	Orleans Arena (6,826)
2012 NCAA Tournament
03/16/2012*	#24	vs. Purdue (Second Round)	L 69–72	27–6	CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,833)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ http://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21400&SPID=12536&SPSID=101618
↑ "2011-12 Schedule". Retrieved 2011-11-06.

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