2011–12 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

2011–12 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2011–12 record	12–18 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Doc Sadler (6th Season)
Assistant coach	Wes Flanigan
Assistant coach	David Anwar
Assistant coach	Jeremy Cox
Home arena	Bob Devaney Sports Center

2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#7 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	31	–	8	.795
#5 Michigan State †	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
#13 Michigan	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
#14 Wisconsin	12	–	6	.667	26	–	10	.722
#16 Indiana	11	–	7	.611	27	–	9	.750
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	22	–	13	.629
Northwestern	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Iowa	8	–	10	.444	18	–	17	.514
Minnesota	6	–	12	.333	23	–	15	.605
Illinois	6	–	12	.333	17	–	15	.531
Nebraska	4	–	14	.222	12	–	18	.400
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	12	–	20	.375

† 2012 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 3, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The head coach was Doc Sadler, in his sixth season with the Cornhuskers. The team will play its home games in Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, and are a new member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 12–18 overall, 4–14 in Big Ten play. They lost in the first round by Purdue of the 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. It was announced on March 2012 that Doc Sadler was fired.

Incoming Recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
David Rivers SF	Little Rock, AR	Hall High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Nov 5, 2010
David Rivers SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 90
Corey Hilliard PG	Raytown, MO	Raytown South High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 6, 2010
Corey Hilliard PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 88
Josiah Moore SG	Lawrenceville, GA	Norcross High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 11, 2010
Josiah Moore SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 88
Dylan Talley PG	Camden, NJ	Blinn College	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Apr 11, 2011
Dylan Talley PG	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
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: "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-06-11.

Roster

2011–12 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	0	McCray, ToneyToney McCray	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Missouri City, TX
1.5 !G	2	Rivers, DavidDavid Rivers	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Little Rock, AR
1.5 !G	3	Richardson, BrandonBrandon Richardson	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Los Angeles, CA
1.5 !G	5	Moore, JosiahJosiah Moore	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Norcross, GA
1.5 !G	10	Meke, TrevorTrevor Meke	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Beatrice, NE
3.5 !F	11	Tyrance, JordanJordan Tyrance	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Lincoln, NE
1.5 !G	12	Hilliard, CoreyCorey Hilliard	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Kansas City, MO
3.5 !F	13	Ubel, BrandonBrandon Ubel	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Overland Park, KS
5.0 !C	14	Niemann, ChristopherChristopher Niemann	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Kühlungsborn, GER
1.5 !G	15	Gallegos, RayRay Gallegos	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Salt Lake City, UT
5.0 !C	21	Diaz, Brian JorgeBrian Jorge Diaz	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Caguas, PR
1.5 !G	23	Spence, BoBo Spence	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Baton Rouge, LA
1.5 !G	24	Talley, DylanDylan Talley	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Camden, NJ
1.5 !G	25	Walker, CalebCaleb Walker	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Hutchinson, KS
5.0 !C	32	Almeida, AndreAndre Almeida	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	310 lb (141 kg)	4.0 !Sr	São Paulo, BRA
3.5 !F	33	Fox, MikeMike Fox	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Beatrice, NE
5.0 !C	44	Kurkowski, KyeKye Kurkowski	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Grant, NE

Head coach

Doc Sadler (Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Wes Flanigan (Auburn)
David Anwar (Fitchburg State)
Jeremy Cox (Mesa State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-11-20

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition

11/07/2011* 7:00 PM	Doane College	W 76–54	–	Bob Devaney Sports Center (4,127) Lincoln, NE
Regular Season

11/11/2011* 7:00 PM	South Dakota	W 65–48	1–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center (8,854) Lincoln, NE
11/14/2011* 9:30 PM, PT	at USC	W 64–61 ^2OT	2–0	Galen Center (3,412) Los Angeles, CA
11/20/2011* 1:00 PM, BTN	Rhode Island	W 83–63	3–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,279) Lincoln, NE
11/23/2011* 8:00 PM, BTN	Oregon	L 76–83	3–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,881) Lincoln, NE
11/26/2011* 1:00 PM	South Dakota State	W 76–64	4–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,107) Lincoln, NE
11/30/2011* 8:15 PM, ESPNU	Wake Forest ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 53–55	4–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,769) Lincoln, NE
12/04/2011* 4:05 PM, KMTV	at Creighton	L 66–76	4–3	CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,561) Omaha, NE
12/07/2011* 7:00 PM	Florida Gulf Coast	W 51–50	5–3	Bob Devaney Sports Center (5,489) Lincoln, NE
12/10/2011* 7:00 PM, The Mtn.	at TCU	W 69–57	6–3	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (5,577) Fort Worth, TX
12/17/2011* 7:00 PM	Alcorn State	W 60–46	7–3	Bob Devaney Sports Center (8,922) Lincoln, NE
12/20/2011* 6:30 PM	Central Michigan	W 72–69	8–3	Bob Devaney Sports Center (8,840) Lincoln, NE
12/27/2011 8:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 11 Wisconsin	L 40–64	8–4 (0–1)	Bob Deavney Sports Center (11,422) Lincoln, NE
12/31/2011 2:00 PM, BTN	No. 16 Michigan State	L 55–68	8–5 (0–2)	Bob Deavney Sports Center (13,595) Lincoln, NE
01/03/2012 5:30 PM, BTN	at No. 6 Ohio State	L 40–71	8–6 (0–3)	Value City Arena (16,158) Columbus, OH
01/07/2012 12:00 PM, BTN	at Illinois	L 54–59	8–7 (0–4)	Assembly Hall (14,909) Champaign, IL
01/11/2012 7:30 PM, BTN	Penn State	W 70–58	9–7 (1–4)	Bob Deavney Sports Center (10,791) Lincoln, NE
01/15/2012 5:00 PM, BTN	at Wisconsin	L 45–50	9–8 (1–5)	Kohl Center (17,173) Madison, WI
01/18/2012 6:00 PM, BTN	No. 11 Indiana	W 70–69	10–8 (2–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,438) Lincoln, NE
01/21/2012 7:00 PM, BTN	No. 5 Ohio State	L 45–79	10–9 (2–6)	Bob Deavney Sports Center (12,214) Lincoln, NE
01/26/2012 6:00 PM, ESPNU	at Iowa	W 79–73	11–9 (3–6)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,538) Iowa City, IA
02/02/2012 6:00 PM, ESPN2	at Northwestern	L 74–84	11–10 (3–7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,239) Evanston, IL
02/05/2012 12:00 PM, BTN	Minnesota	L 61–69	11–11 (3–8)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,857) Lincoln, NE
02/08/2012 7:30 PM, BTN	No. 22 Michigan	L 46–62	11–12 (3–9)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,533) Lincoln, NE
02/11/2012 12:00 PM, ESPNU	at Penn State	L 51–67	11–13 (3–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (13,103) University Park, PA
02/18/2012 4:00 PM, BTN	Illinois	W 80–57	12–13 (4–10)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,558) Lincoln, NE
02/22/2012 5:30 PM, BTN	at Purdue	L 65–83	12–14 (4–11)	Mackey Arena (14,323) West Lafayette, IN
02/25/2012 7:00 PM, BTN	at No. 6 Michigan State	L 34–62	12–15 (4–12)	Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
02/29/2012 8:00 PM, ESPNU	Iowa	L 53–62	12–16 (4–13)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (10,772) Lincoln, NE
03/03/2012 11:30 AM, BTN	at Minnesota	L 69–81	12–17 (4–14)	Williams Arena (11,262) Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Tournament

03/08/2012 7:00 PM, ESPN2	vs. Purdue First Round	L 61–79	12–18	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time ^[1].

References

↑ "." huskers.com. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.

Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball

Venues	Nebraska Coliseum (1926–1976) Bob Devaney Sports Center (1976–2013) Pinnacle Bank Arena (2013–present)

Culture & lore	History Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity"

People	Head coaches

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