2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College in NCAA men's Division I competition. The Wildcats were coached by Bob McKillop in his 23rd year and played their home games at John M. Belk Arena. They compete in the Southern Conference's South Division. They finished the season 25–8, 16–2 in SoCon play to be crowned South Division Champions and overall regular season champions. They were the champions of the SoCon Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisville.

2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball
SoCon tournament champions
SoCon South Division Champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64
ConferenceSouthern Conference
DivisionSouth
Record25–8 (16–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaJohn M. Belk Arena
Seasons
2011–12 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
UNC Greensboro 10 8   .556 13 19   .406
Elon 9 9   .500 15 16   .484
Samford 8 10   .444 11 19   .367
Western Carolina 8 10   .444 17 18   .486
Appalachian State 7 11   .389 13 18   .419
Chattanooga 5 13   .278 11 21   .344
South
Davidson 16 2   .889 25 8   .758
Georgia Southern 12 6   .667 15 15   .500
Wofford 12 6   .667 19 14   .576
College of Charleston 10 8   .556 19 12   .613
Furman 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
The Citadel 3 15   .167 6 24   .200
SoCon tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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No. Position Player
1   F Youssef Mejri
2   G Mason Archie II
4   G Tyler Kalinoski
5   G J.P. Kuhlman
12   G Nik Cochran
14   G Clay Tormey
15   F Jake Cohen
20   SG Will Reigel
No. Position Player
22   F Ali Mackay
23   G Tom Droney
24   F De'Mon Brooks
25   SG A.J Atkinson
34   PF Frank Ben-Eze
35   G Chris Czerapowicz
40   F Clint Mann

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Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2011*
7:00 pm
Lenoir-Rhyne W 81–44   
John M. Belk Arena (2,304[2])
Davidson, NC
Regular season
November 11, 2011*
8:00 pm
Guilford W 111–64  1–0
John M. Belk Arena (3,423[3])
Davidson, NC
November 14, 2011*
8:15 pm
Richmond W 74–61  2–0
John M. Belk Arena (3,887[4])
Davidson, NC
November 18, 2011*
6:00 pm
at No. 6 Duke L 69–82  2–1
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314[5])
Durham, NC
November 21, 2011*
8:15 pm
Presbyterian W 68–54  3–1
John M. Belk Arena (3,060[6])
Davidson, NC
November 26, 2011*
2:00 pm
at UNC Wilmington W 70–67  4–1
Trask Coliseum (2,854[7])
Wilmington, NC
December 1, 2011
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Wofford W 72–69  5–1 (1–0)
Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,412[8])
Spartanburg, SC
December 3, 2011
7:00 pm
Furman W 86–65  6–1
(2–0)
John M. Belk Arena (3,573[9])
Davidson, NC
December 7, 2011*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Vanderbilt L 83–87  6–2
John M. Belk Arena (4,475[10])
Davidson, NC
December 10, 2011*
7:00 pm
at Charlotte L 61–84  6–3
Halton Arena (7,551[11])
Charlotte, NC
December 19, 2011*
9:00 pm, ESPNU
vs. No. 11 Kansas W 80–74  7–3
Sprint Center (18,757[12])
Kansas City, MO
December 22, 2011*
7:00 pm
at Massachusetts L 65–73  7–4
Mullins Center (3,821[13])
Amherst, MA
December 29, 2011*
7:00 pm
Penn L 70–75  8–4
John M. Belk Arena (4,064[14])
Davidson, NC
January 5, 2012
7:00 pm
at UNC Greensboro W 92–63  9–4
(3–0)
Greensboro Coliseum (2,529[15])
Greensboro, NC
January 7, 2012
12:00 pm
Georgia Southern W 96–74  10–4
(4–0)
John M. Belk Arena (3,395[16])
Davidson, NC
January 12, 2012
7:00 pm
Western Carolina W 88–67  11–4
(5–0)
John M. Belk Arena (3,293[17])
Davidson, NC
January 14, 2012
2:00 pm
at Appalachian State W 83–79  12–4
(6–0)
Holmes Center (2,071[18])
Boone, NC
January 19, 2012
7:00 pm
College of Charleston W 87–69  13–4
(7–0)
John M. Belk Arena (4,127[19])
Davidson, NC
January 21, 2012
7:00 pm
The Citadel W 80–51  14–4
(8–0)
John M. Belk Arena (4,546[20])
Davidson, NC
January 26, 2012
7:00 pm
at Chattanooga W 64–63  15–4
(9–0)
McKenzie Arena (2,847[21])
Chattanooga, TN
January 28, 2012
5:00 pm
at Samford L 74–77  15–5
(9–1)
Pete Hanna Center (1,257[22])
Homewood, AL
February 1, 2012
7:00 pm
at Furman W 71–53  16–5
(10–1)
Timmons Arena (2,324[23])
Greenville, SC
February 4, 2012
4:00 pm
Chattanooga W 88–61  17–5
(11–1)
John M. Belk Arena (4,583[24])
Davidson, NC
February 6, 2012
7:00 pm
Wofford W 76–54  18–5
(12–1)
John M. Belk Arena (3,864[25])
Davidson, NC
February 9, 2012
7:00 pm
at The Citadel W 77–66  19–5
(13–1)
McAlister Field House (2,289[26])
Charleston, SC
February 11, 2012
12:00 pm
at College of Charleston L 78–86  19–6
(13–2)
TD Arena (5,112[27])
Charleston, SC
February 15, 2012
7:00 pm
Samford W 81–54  20–6
(14–2)
John M. Belk Arena (3,686[28])
Davidson, NC
February 18, 2012*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 24 Wichita State
ESPN Bracketbusters
L 74–91  20–7
John M. Belk Arena (5,223[29])
Davidson, NC
February 23, 2012
7:00 pm
Elon W 66–45  21–7
(15–2)
John M. Belk Arena (4,154[30])
Davidson, NC
February 25, 2012
7:00 pm
at Georgia Southern W 71–54  22–7
(16–2)
Hanner Fieldhouse (6,364)
Statesboro, GA
Southern Conference tournament
March 3, 2012
6:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Furman
Quarterfinals
W 73–54  23–7
U.S. Cellular Center (5,432)
Asheville, NC
March 4, 2012
8:30 pm, ESPN3
vs. Elon
Semifinals
W 83–67  24–7
U.S. Cellular Center (6,364)
Asheville, NC
March 5, 2012
9:00 pm, ESPN2
vs. Western Carolina
Championship Game
W 93–91 2OT 25–7
U.S. Cellular Center (6,049)
Asheville, NC
2012 NCAA tournament
March 15, 2012*
1:40 pm, TBS
No. (W 13) vs. No. 17 (W 4) Louisville
2nd round
L 62–69  25–8
Rose Garden (17,519)
Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

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References

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