2011–12 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

The 2011–12 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented NC State University in the 2011–12 men's college basketball season. The team was led by Mark Gottfried and played its home games at the RBC Center in Raleigh, NC as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 24-13 overall, 9-7 in ACC play, finishing in a three-way tie for fourth place. As a No. 5 seed in the 2012 ACC men's basketball tournament, they defeated Boston College in the first round and Virginia in the quarterfinals before falling to North Carolina in the semifinals. They received an at large bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they beat San Diego State in the second round and Georgetown in the third round before falling to Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen.

2011–12 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
Record	24–13 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach	Mark Gottfried
Assistant coaches	Orlando Early Bobby Lutz Rob Moxley
Home arena	PNC Arena
Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 North Carolina	14	–	2		.875			32	–	6		.842
No. 14 Duke	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
No. 15 Florida State†	12	–	4		.750			25	–	10		.714
Virginia	9	–	7		.563			22	–	10		.688
No. 20 NC State	9	–	7		.563			24	–	13		.649
Miami (FL)	9	–	7		.563			20	–	13		.606
Clemson	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Maryland	6	–	10		.375			17	–	15		.531
Virginia Tech	4	–	12		.250			16	–	17		.485
Wake Forest	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Georgia Tech	4	–	12		.250			11	–	20		.355
Boston College	4	–	12		.250			9	–	22		.290
† 2012 ACC tournament winner As of April 3, 2012 Rankings from Coaches Poll

Class of 2011 Commits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyler Harris PF	Dix Hills, New York	St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)	6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	Nov 3, 2010
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 92
Jaqawn Raymond SG	Statesboro, Georgia	Statesboro High School (GA)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Mar 6, 2011
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 87
Thomas De Thaey PF	Dendermonde, Belgium	Canarias Basketball Academy (CI)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	May 18, 2011
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 40
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A  ESPN: N/A
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "N.C. State Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 24, 2011. "North Carolina State College Basketball Recruiting Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved November 24, 2011. "2011 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 24, 2011. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 24, 2011. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 24, 2011.

Roster

C.J. Williams

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No. Position Player 0 C DeShawn Painter 1 F Richard Howell 2 G Lorenzo Brown 3 G Alex Johnson 5 F C. J. Leslie 10 G Jaqawn Raymond 13 F Thomas de Thaey 14 C Jordan Vandenberg 15 F Scott Wood 20 G Jay Lewis 21 G C. J. Williams 22 G Ben Amos 25 F Kendall Smith 30 G Staats Battle 34 F Tyler Harris

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 7, 2011* 7:00pm		Flagler	W 102–61		RBC Center (N/A) Raleigh, NC
Regular Season
November 11, 2011* 7:00pm		UNC Asheville	W 84–75	1–0	RBC Center (12,441[2]) Raleigh, NC
November 13, 2011* 6:00pm, ESPN3		Morehead State	W 91–61	2–0	RBC Center (10,082[3]) Raleigh, NC
November 16th, 2011* 7:00pm, ESPNU		Princeton	W 60–58	3–0	RBC Center (12,140[4]) Raleigh, NC
November 19, 2011* 6:30pm, ESPN3		vs. No. 18 Vanderbilt Legends Classic	L 79–86	3–1	Izod Center (N/A) East Rutherford, NJ
November 21, 2011* 6:30pm, ESPN3		vs. Texas Legends Classic	W 77–74	4–1	Izod Center (N/A) East Rutherford, NJ
November 25, 2011* 7:00pm, ESPN3		Elon	W 82–67	5–1	Reynolds Coliseum (7,315[5]) Raleigh, NC
November 30, 2011* 7:15pm, ESPN2		Indiana ACC-Big Ten Challenge	L 75–86	5–2	RBC Center (16,597[6]) Raleigh, NC
December 4, 2011* 4:00pm, FSN		at Stanford	L 72–76	5–3	Maples Pavilion (5,871[7]) Stanford, CA
December 11, 2011* 3:00pm, ESPN3		NC Central	W 65–60	6–3	Reynolds Coliseum (4,018[8]) Raleigh, NC
December 17, 2011* 6:30pm, ESPN2		No. 1 Syracuse	L 72–88	6–4	RBC Center (19,400) Raleigh, NC
December 20, 2011* 7:00pm		vs. St. Bonaventure Fibertech Classic	W 67–65	7–4	Blue Cross Arena (5,802) Rochester, NY
December 22, 2011* 7:00pm, ESPN3		Northeastern	W 88–59	8–4	RBC Center (11,652) Raleigh, NC
December 29, 2011* 7:00pm, ESPN3		Campbell	W 87–81	9–4	Reynolds Coliseum (7,734) Raleigh, NC
December 31, 2011* 2:00pm, ESPN3		Western Carolina	W 82–55	10–4	RBC Center (13,429) Raleigh, NC
January 4, 2012* 7:00pm		Delaware State	W 78–44	11–4	RBC Center (10,159) Raleigh, NC
ACC Regular Season
January 8, 2012 6:00pm, ESPNU		Maryland	W 79–74	12–4 (1–0)	RBC Center (18,057) Raleigh, NC
January 11, 2012 9:00pm, RSN		Georgia Tech	L 71–82	12–5 (1–1)	RBC Center (14,072) Raleigh, NC
January 14, 2012 1:00pm, RSN		at Wake Forest	W 76–40	13–5 (2–1)	LJVM Coliseum (11,101) Winston-Salem, NC
January 19, 2012 8:00pm, ACC Network		Boston College	W 76–62	14–5 (3–1)	RBC Center (16,051) Raleigh, NC
January 22, 2012 12:00pm, ACC Network		at Miami (FL)	W 78–73	15–5 (4–1)	BankUnited Center (4,371) Coral Gables, FL
January 26, 2012 7:00pm, ESPN		at No. 7 North Carolina Carolina-State Rivalry	L 55–74	15–6 (4–2)	Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
January 28, 2012 8:00pm, ESPN2		No. 19 Virginia	L 60–61	15–7 (4–3)	RBC Center (17,027) Raleigh, NC
February 1, 2012 8:00pm, RSN		at Boston College	W 56–51	16–7 (5–3)	Conte Forum (3,611) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 4, 2012 1:00pm, ACC Network		Wake Forest	W 87–76	17–7 (6–3)	RBC Center (15,525) Raleigh, NC
February 9, 2012 7:00pm, ESPNU		at Georgia Tech	W 61–52	18–7 (7–3)	Philips Arena (5,439) Atlanta, GA
February 16, 2012 9:00pm, ACC Network		at No. 5 Duke	L 73–78	18–8 (7–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
February 18, 2012 1:00pm, ACC Network		No. 20 Florida State	L 62–76	18–9 (7–5)	RBC Center (17,547) Raleigh, NC
February 21, 2012 8:00pm, ACC Network		No. 7 North Carolina	L 74–86	18–10 (7–6)	RBC Center (19,710) Raleigh, NC
February 25, 2012 2:30pm, ACC Network		at Clemson	L 69–72	18–11 (7–7)	Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000) Clemson, SC
February 29, 2012 9:00pm, RSN		Miami (FL)	W 77–73	19–11 (8–7)	RBC Center (14,682) Raleigh, NC
March 4, 2012 6:00pm, ESPNU		at Virginia Tech	W 70–58	20–11 (9–7)	Cassell Coliseum (9,847) Blacksburg, VA
2012 ACC men's basketball tournament
March 8, 2012 2:00pm, ESPNU/ACC Network		vs. Boston College First Round	W 78–57	21–11	Philips Arena (19,520) Atlanta, GA
March 9, 2012 2:35pm, ESPN2/ACC Network		vs. Virginia Quarterfinals	W 67–64	22–11	Philips Arena (19,520) Atlanta, GA
March 10, 2012 1:00pm, ESPN/ACC Network		vs. No. 4 North Carolina Semifinals	L 67–69	22–12	Philips Arena (19,520) Atlanta, GA
2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
March 16, 2012* 12:40pm, truTV	No. (MW 11)	vs. No. 22 (MW 6) San Diego State Second Round	W 79–65	23–12	Nationwide Arena (17,030) Columbus, OH
March 18, 2012* 12:15pm, CBS	No. (MW 11)	vs. No. 15 (MW 3) Georgetown Third Round	W 66–63	24–12	Nationwide Arena (17,425) Columbus, Ohio
March 23, 2012* 10:17pm, TBS	No. (MW 11)	vs. No. 6 (MW 2) Kansas Sweet Sixteen	L 57–60	24–13	Edward Jones Dome (23,964) St. Louis, MO
*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

1. "NC State University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
2. Official Basketball Box Score UNC Asheville vs NC State Archived January 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
3. Official Basketball Box Score Morehead State vs NC State Archived January 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. Official Basketball Box Score Princeton vs NC State Archived January 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
5. "Elon vs. NC State - Box Score - November 25, 2011 - ESPN".
6. "Indiana vs. NC State - Box Score - November 30, 2011 - ESPN".
7. Official Basketball Box Score NC State vs Stanford Archived January 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
8. Official Basketball Box Score North Carolina Central vs NC State Archived January 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
9. "NC State University Wolfpack - Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2011.