2011–12 University of North Dakota men's basketball team

2011–12 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's basketball

Great West Tournament Champions
CIT, First Round
Conference	Great West Conference
2011–12 record	17–15 (6–4 Great West)
Head coach	Brian Jones (6th year)
Assistant coach	Bryan Martin
Assistant coach	Gameli Ahelegbe
Assistant coach	Dean Oliver
Home arena	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Ralph Engelstad Arena

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 Great West Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Utah Valley	9	–	1	.900	20	–	13	.606
North Dakota†	6	–	4	.600	17	–	15	.531
Texas-Pan American	5	–	5	.500	11	–	21	.344
NJIT	5	–	5	.500	15	–	17	.469
Houston Baptist	3	–	7	.300	10	–	20	.333
*Chicago State	2	–	8	.200	4	–	26	.133

† 2012 Great West Tournament winner As of March 14, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2011–12 University of North Dakota men's basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by sixth year head coach Brian Jones, played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, with one home game at Ralph Engelstad Arena, and are members of the Great West Conference. They were champions of the Great West Basketball Tournament for the second consecutive year and earned an automatic bid into the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Drake.

This season North Dakota officially played without a mascot name after the decision to retire "Fighting Sioux" as the school's mascot amid controversy.^[1] However, the school is fighting to keep the mascot name and some continue to use it.^[2]

This was also North Dakota's final year as a member of the Great West as they became a full member of the Big Sky Conference in July 2012.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
0	Aaron Anderson	Guard	5–10	150	Sophomore	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
2	Nick Haugen	Guard	6–2	200	Junior	Rockford, Minnesota
3	Lenny Antwi	Guard	6–1	173	Freshman	Montreal, Quebec
4	Mike Mathison	Center	6–10	265	Senior	Walhalla, North Dakota
5	Troy Huff	Guard/Forward	6–4	175	Sophomore	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
10	Shane Benton	Guard	6–3	195	Freshman	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
11	Jamal Webb	Guard	6–1	185	Sophomore	Buffalo, New York
12	Jordan Allard	Guard	6–7	225	Junior	Fargo, North Dakota
20	Josh Gentry	Guard	6–4	170	Freshman	Indianapolis, Indiana
22	Mitch Wilmer	Center	6–11	245	Junior	Warroad, Minnesota
23	Spencer Goodman	Forward	6–5	185	Junior	Jackson, Missouri
24	Brandon Brekke	Forward/Center	6–8	215	Sophomore	East Grand Forks, Minnesota
32	Josh Schuler	Guard	6–2	187	Sophomore	Urbana, Ohio
33	Doug Archer	Forward/Center	6–8	210	Junior	Conception Junction, Missouri
40	Dan Stockdale	Forward	6–8	180	Junior	Sheboygan, Wisconsin
45	Patrick Mitchell	Guard	6–8	220	Senior	Des Moines, Iowa

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
10/30/2011*	at Minot State	W 80–60		MSU Dome (1,340)
Regular Season
11/12/2011*	Waldorf	W 93–62	1–0	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,642)
11/14/2011*	Idaho State	W 63–47	2–0	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,645)
11/19/2011*	at Bradley	L 69–78	2–1	Carver Arena (7,777)
11/23/2011*	Montana	W 88–81 ^OT	3–1	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,760)
11/26/2011*	Western Illinois	L 62–65	3–2	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,566)
11/30/2011*	Jamestown	W 74–66	4–2	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,509)
12/03/2011*	at Idaho State	L 63–76	4–3	Holt Arena (2,001)
12/07/2011*	at UKMC	L 75–78	4–4	Swinney Recreation Center (1,131)
12/10/2011*	at South Dakota State	L 54–92	4–5	Frost Arena (4,104)
12/15/2011*	South Dakota State	W 89–70	5–5	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,495)
12/18/2011*	at Sacramento State	L 64–75	5–6	Colberg Court (406)
12/22/2011*	at Western Illinois	L 46–68	5–7	Western Hall (426)
12/31/2011*	at #17 Kansas	L 58–84	5–8	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
01/04/2012*	Mayville State	W 72–54	6–8	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,508)
01/07/2012*	at New Mexico	W 57–85	6–9	The Pit (14,094)
01/12/2012*	Valley City State	W 69–46	7–9	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,021)
01/17/2012*	North Dakota State	W 59–54	8–9	Ralph Engelstad Arena (7,169)
01/21/2012	at Utah Valley	L 64–72	8–10 (0–1)	UCCU Center (2,512)
01/26/2012	NJIT	W 80–63	9–10 (1–1)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,498)
01/28/2012	Chicago State	W 71–61	10–10 (2–1)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,844)
02/02/2012	at Houston Baptist	L 62–69	10–11 (2–2)	Sharp Gymnasium (1,844)
02/04/2012	at Texas-Pan American	L 58–70	10–12 (2–3)	UTPA Fieldhouse (643)
02/09/2012	at Chicago State	W 75–69	11–12 (3–3)	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (126)
02/11/2012	at NJIT	L 57–72	11–13 (3–4)	Fleisher Center (553)
02/16/2012*	at Louisiana Tech	L 53–58	11–14	Thomas Assembly Center (4,071)
02/18/2012*	at Longwood	W 67–59	12–14	Willett Hall (718)
02/25/2012	Houston Baptist	W 66–62	13–14 (4–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,576)
02/27/2012	Texas-Pan American	W 86–60	14–14 (5–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,496)
03/03/2012	Utah Valley	W 57–56	15–14 (6–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,903)
2012 Great West Basketball Tournament
03/09/2012	vs. Texas-Pan American (Semifinals)	W 63–59	16–14	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (NA)
03/10/2012	vs. NJIT (Championship Game)	W 75–60	17–14	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (NA)
2012 CIT
03/14/2012*	at Drake (First Round)	L 64–70	17–15	Knapp Center (1,829)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

University of North Dakota men's basketball

Venues	Budge Hall (1904–1905) Grand Forks YMCA (1906) Armory–Gym (1907–1918) New Armory (1919–1950) Hyslop Sports Center (1951–2004) Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2004–present)

Culture & lore	History "Fight On Sioux" "It's for You, North Dakota U"

People	Head coaches Retired jerseys

Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 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