2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team

2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball

CIT, First Round
Conference	Big West Conference
2011–12 record	20–11 (12–4 Big West)
Head coach	Bob Williams (14th year)
Assistant coach	Matt Stock
Assistant coach	Kevin Bromley
Assistant coach	Ryan Madry
Home arena	The Thunderdome

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 Big West men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Long Beach State†	15	–	1	.938	25	–	9	.735
Cal State Fullerton	12	–	4	.750	21	–	10	.677
UC Santa Barbara	12	–	4	.750	20	–	11	.645
Cal Poly	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
UC Riverside	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
Pacific	6	–	10	.375	11	–	19	.367
UC Irvine	6	–	10	.375	12	–	20	.375
UC Davis	3	–	13	.188	5	–	26	.161
*Cal State Northridge	3	–	13	.188	7	–	21	.250

† 2012 Big West Tournament winner As of March 15, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament due to low APR

The 2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by 14th year head coach Bob Williams, played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, nicknamed the The Thunderdome, and are members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 12–4 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the championship game of the Big West Basketball Tournament to Long Beach State. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Idaho.

Roster

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown
0	Jaimé Serna	6'9"	235	Forward	Senior	Laguna Beach, California
1	Nate Garth	6'2"	180	Guard	Junior	Sacramento, California
5	Keegan Hornbuckle	6'7"	205	Forward	Sophomore	Westlake Village, California
10	Kyle Boswell	6'2"	180	Guard	Sophomore	Huntington Beach, California
11	T.J. Taylor	5'9"	160	Guard	Freshman	Oakland, California
12	Lewis Thomas	6'7"	210	Guard/Forward	Freshman	Perth, Australia
15	Alan Williams	6'7"	240	Center	Freshman	Phoenix, Arizona
20	Shawn Moore	6'5"	210	Guard/Forward	Junior	Chico, California
21	James Nunnally	6'7"	205	Guard	Senior	Stockton, California
24	Christian Peterson	6'3"	219	Guard	Senior	Carlsbad, California
30	Tyler Steinhause	6'1"	160	Guard	Sophomore	San Diego, California
32	John Green	6'5"	180	Guard	Freshman	Oakland, California
33	Orlando Johnson	6'5"	205	Guard	Senior	Seaside, CA
34	Prince Arceneux	6'6"	190	Forward	Freshman	Los Angeles, California
35	Taran Brown	6'8"	190	Forward	Freshman	Gillette, Wyoming
55	Greg Somogyi	7'3"	242	Center	Senior	Budapest, Hungary
	Duke DaRe	6'1"	185	Guard	Freshman	Clayton, California

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/05/2011*	San Francisco State	W 67–51		The Thunderdome (2,343)
Regular Season
11/11/2011*	Chapman	W 74–48	1–0	The Thunderdome (2,030)
11/15/2011*	Santa Clara	W 89–56	2–0	The Thunderdome (2,331)
11/18/2011*	Westmont	W 82–61	3–0	The Thunderdome (2,619)
11/22/2011*	Portland	W 83–69	4–0	The Thunderdome (2,447)
11/26/2011*	San Diego State	L 75–76	4–1	The Thunderdome (5,011)
11/30/2011*	#18 UNLV	L 88–94 ^2OT	4–2	The Thunderdome (5,516)
12/13/2011*	at San Diego	W 65–61	5–2	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,720)
12/16/2011*	at Washington	L 80–87	5–3	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,246)
12/19/2011*	at California	L 50–70	5–4	Haas Pavilion (9,876)
12/22/2011*	at BYU	L 75–89	5–5	Marriott Center (10,670)
01/02/2012	at Cal Poly	W 58–57	6–5 (1–0)	Mott Gym (3,032)
01/05/2012	Cal State Fullerton	W 77–64	7–5 (2–0)	The Thunderdome (2,674)
01/12/2012	at UC Riverside	L 70–79	7–6 (2–1)	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (827)
01/14/2012	UC Irvine	W 74–56	8–6 (3–1)	The Thunderdome (2,607)
01/19/2012	Cal State Northridge	W 69–61	9–6 (4–1)	The Thunderdome (2,182)
01/21/2012	Long Beach State	L 48–71	9–7 (4–2)	The Thunderdome (6,000)
01/26/2012	at UC Davis	W 86–59	10–7 (5–2)	The Pavilion (1,477)
01/28/2012	at Pacific	W 56–53	11–7 (6–2)	Alex G. Spanos Center (2,744)
02/02/2012	at Cal State Northridge	W 85–70	12–7 (7–2)	Matadome (1,813)
02/04/2012	at Cal State Fullerton	L 86–99	12–8 (7–3)	Titan Gym (3,224)
02/11/2012	UC Riverside	W 60–52	13–8 (8–3)	The Thunderdome (3,516)
02/15/2012	at UC Irvine	W 85–62	14–8 (9–3)	Bren Events Center (1,372)
02/18/2012*	at Utah State (ESPN BracketBusters)	W 72–64	15–8	Smith Spectrum (10,048)
02/22/2012	at Long Beach State	L 58–70	15–9 (9–4)	Walter Pyramid (4,732)
02/25/2012	Cal Poly	W 68–60	16–9 (10–4)	The Thunderdome (4,205)
03/01/2012	Pacific	W 76–61	17–9 (11–4)	The Thunderdome (NA)
03/03/2012	UC Davis	W 90–43	18–9 (12–4)	The Thunderdome (3,333)
2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/08/2012	vs. Pacific (Quarterfinals)	W 72–52	19–9	Honda Center (NA)
03/09/2012	vs. Cal Poly (Semifinals)	W 64–52	20–9	Honda Center (5,171)
03/10/2012	vs. Long Beach State (Championship Game)	L 64–77	20–10	Honda Center (7,564)
2012 CIT
03/14/2012*	at Idaho (First Round)	L 83–86	20–11	Cowan Spectrum (1,203)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

↑ http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ucsb-m-baskbl-mtt.html

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball

Venues	Robertson Gymnasium (1959–1979) The Thunderdome (1979–present)

Culture & lore	Olé Fantom of the Thunderdome

People	Head coaches

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