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The 2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team represents the University of Delaware during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by sixteenth year head coach Tina Martin, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 31–2, going 18-0 in CAA play to win their second CAA regular season championship. They won the 2012 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament, defeating Drexel in the finals to win their first CAA title. A #3 seed in the Des Moines region of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, the Blue Hens defeated #14 seed Arkansas-Little Rock for the first Delaware NCAA Basketball tournament win, men's or women's, before falling to #11 seed Kansas in the second round.
2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball | |
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CAA regular season & tournament champions | |
NCAA women's tournament, second round | |
Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 14 |
AP | No. 7 |
Record | 31–2 (18–0 CAA) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Bob Carpenter Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Delaware† | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | – | 2 | .939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drexel | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hofstra | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Wilmington | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VCU | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Mason | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1][2] |
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2011* 7:00 pm |
Rhode Island | W 89-53 | 1-0 |
Bob Carpenter Center (3,211) Newark, Delaware | |||||||
11/17/2011* 7:00 pm |
No. 11 Penn State | W 80-71 | 2-0 |
Bob Carpenter Center (3,352) Newark, Delaware | |||||||
11/22/2011* 7:00 pm |
at Villanova | W 64-56 | 3-0 |
The Pavilion (1,517) Villanova, Pennsylvania | |||||||
11/27/2011* 1:00 pm |
at St. Bonaventure | W 61-49 | 4-0 |
Reilly Center (417) St. Bonaventure, New York | |||||||
12/01/2011* 7:00 pm |
No. 24 | at Princeton | W 81-70 | 5-0 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,824) Princeton, New Jersey | ||||||
12/04/2011 2:00 pm |
No. 24 | William & Mary | W 73-57 | 6-0 (1-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (3,365) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
12/05/2011* 7:00 pm |
No. 22 | Yale | W 77-45 | 7-0 |
Bob Carpenter Center (2,439) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
12/11/2011* 2:00 pm |
No. 22 | at Wake Forest | W 70-57 | 8-0 |
Joel Coliseum (507) Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
12/19/2011* 7:05 pm |
No. 19 | at Providence | W 68-47 | 9-0 |
Alumni Hall (187) Providence, Rhode Island | ||||||
12/28/2011* 2:30 pm |
No. 19 | vs. East Carolina Terrapin Classic at Maryland |
W 60-40 | 10-0 |
Comcast Center (4,795) College Park, Maryland | ||||||
12/29/2011* 7:00 pm |
No. 19 | at No. 5 Maryland Terrapin Classic at Maryland |
L 76-85 | 10-1 |
Comcast Center (8,733) College Park, Maryland | ||||||
01/05/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 21 | Towson | W 74-51 | 11-1 (2-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (3,804) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
01/08/2012 2:00 pm |
No. 21 | George Mason | W 66-54 | 12-1 (3-0) |
Patriot Center (670) Fairfax, Virginia | ||||||
01/12/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 20 | UNC Wilmington | W 69-37 | 13-1 (4-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (3,552) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
01/15/2012 2:00 pm |
No. 20 | at Northeastern | W 70-54 | 14-1 (5-0) |
Solomon Court (282) Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||
01/19/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 16 | at Towson | W 65-46 | 15-1 (6-0) |
Towson Center (1,041) Towson, Maryland | ||||||
01/22/2012 3:30 pm, CSN |
No. 16 | at Drexel | W 60-49 | 16-1 (7-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (5,021) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
01/26/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 15 | Hofstra | W 84-66 | 17-1 (8-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (3,510) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
01/29/2012 7:00 pm, CSN |
No. 15 | at James Madison | W 72–65 | 18-1 (9-0) |
JMU Convocation Center (4,637) Harrisonburg, Virginia | ||||||
02/02/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 12 | at UNC Wilmington | W 62-53 | 19-1 (10-0) |
Trask Coliseum (1,253) Wilmington, North Carolina | ||||||
02/05/2012 2:00 pm |
No. 12 | Virginia Commonwealth | W 68-49 | 20-1 (11-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (4,646) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
02/09/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 12 | Old Dominion | W 76-63 | 21-1 (12-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (4,111) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
02/12/2012 2:00 pm |
No. 12 | at Georgia State | W 94-56 | 22-1 (13-0) |
GSU Sports Arena (602) Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
02/16/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 10 | at Hofstra | W 89-79 | 23-1 (14-0) |
Mack Sports Complex (1,194) Hempstead, New York | ||||||
02/19/2012 2:00 pm |
No. 10 | at Drexel | W 40-39 | 24-1 (15-0) |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,532) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
02/23/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 9 | George Mason | W 71-53 | 25-1 (16-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (4,824) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
02/26/2012 2:00 pm |
No. 9 | Northeastern | W 89-71 | 26-1 (17-0) |
Bob Carpenter Center (5,043) Newark, Delaware | ||||||
02/29/2012 7:00 pm |
No. 8 | at William & Mary | W 79-53 | 27-1 (18-0) |
Kaplan Arena (953) Williamsburg, Virginia | ||||||
CAA tournament | |||||||||||
03/09/2012 12:00 pm |
No. 7 | vs. Old Dominion Quarterfinals |
W 74-54 | 28-1 |
Show Place Arena (2,401) Upper Marlboro, Maryland | ||||||
03/10/2012 12:00 pm, CSN |
No. 7 | vs. UNC Wilmington Semifinals |
W 66-39 | 29-1 |
Show Place Arena (1,926) Upper Marlboro, Maryland | ||||||
03/11/2012 12:30 pm, CSN |
No. 7 | vs. Drexel CAA Championship |
W 59-43 | 30-1 |
Show Place Arena (2,223) Upper Marlboro, Maryland | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
03/18/2015* 4:20 pm, ESPN2 |
(3) No. 7 | at (14) Arkansas-Little Rock First Round |
W 73-42 | 31-1 |
Jack Stephens Center (3,466) Little Rock, Arkansas | ||||||
03/20/2012* 8:40 pm, ESPN2 |
(3) No. 7 | vs. (11) Kansas Second Round |
L 60-70 | 31-2 |
Jack Stephens Center (2,744) Little Rock, Arkansas | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Week | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Post | Final |
AP | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | N/A |
Coaches | — | — | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
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