2011–12 Florida Gators men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2011–12 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

2011–12 Florida Gators men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 25
Record	26–11 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	Billy Donovan (16th season)
Assistant coach	Matt McCall John Pelphrey Norm Roberts
Home arena	O'Connell Center
Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Kentucky	16	–	0		1.000			38	–	2		.950
No. 25 Florida	10	–	6		.625			26	–	11		.703
No. 20 Vanderbilt †	10	–	6		.625			25	–	11		.694
Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			19	–	15		.559
Alabama	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Mississippi State	8	–	8		.500			21	–	12		.636
Ole Miss	8	–	8		.500			20	–	14		.588
LSU	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Arkansas	6	–	10		.375			18	–	14		.563
Auburn	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Georgia	5	–	11		.313			15	–	17		.469
South Carolina	2	–	14		.125			10	–	21		.323
† 2012 SEC tournament winner As of April 2, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

The Gators finished the SEC regular season with a 10–6 conference record, and lost to Kentucky in the semifinals of the 2012 SEC tournament. They received an at-large bid in the 2012 NCAA tournament as a No. 7 seed in west region where they advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Louisville.

Previous season

The Gators finished the 2010–11 season 29–8, 13–3 in SEC play and lost in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament to Butler. Senior small forward Chandler Parsons won SEC Player of the Year honors and head coach Billy Donovan was named SEC Coach of the Year. Parsons and senior power forward Vernon Macklin were both selected in the 2011 NBA draft.

Roster

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2011–12 Florida Gators men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 23 Bradley Beal 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Fr St. Louis, Missouri G 1 Kenny Boynton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Jr Pompano Beach, Florida G 0 Jacob Kurtz 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Oviedo, Florida F 34 Cody Larson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 231 lb (105 kg) RS Fr Sioux Falls, South Dakota F 33 Erik Murphy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr South Kingstown, Rhode Island F 35 Walter Pitchford 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Fr Grand Rapids, Michigan G/F 24 Casey Prather 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) So Jackson, Tennessee G 3 Mike Rosario 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) RS Jr Jersey City, New Jersey G 11 Erving Walker 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Sr Brooklyn, New York G 5 Scottie Wilbekin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Gainesville, Florida F 15 Will Yeguete 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) So Bordeaux, FRA F/C 4 Patric Young 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 247 lb (112 kg) So Jacksonville, Florida	Head coach Billy Donovan Assistant coach(es) Matt McCall John Pelphrey Norm Roberts Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

Coaches

Name	Position	College	Graduating year
Billy Donovan	Head coach	Providence College	1987
Matt McCall	Associate head coach	University of Florida	2005
John Pelphrey	Assistant coach	University of Kentucky	1992
Norm Roberts	Assistant coach	Queens College	1987
Darren Hertz	Assistant to the head coach	University of Florida	1997
Oliver Winterbone	Video coordinator	Rutgers University	2005
Preston Greene	Strength & Conditioning Coordinator	Clemson University	1999
Dave Werner	Athletic Trainer	Eastern Kentucky University	1991
Tom Williams	Academic Counselor	University of Florida	1978
Denver Parler	Communications

Team statistics

As of March 24, 2012.
  Indicates team leader in specific category.
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Name	PTS	PPG	FG %	3P %	FT %	AST	REB	BLK	STL
Bradley Beal	546	14.8	.445	.339	.769	83	249	31	51
Kenny Boynton	588	15.9	.440	.407	.754	100	97	1	28
Jacob Kurtz	2	0.5	–	–	1.000	0	1	0	0
Cody Larson	12	0.5	.455	.000	.400	1	21	2	0
Erik Murphy	356	10.5	.485	.421	.814	29	154	37	18
Walter Pitchford	6	0.5	.273	.000	–	1	4	1	0
Casey Prather	57	2.0	.367	.400	.393	8	49	8	12
Mike Rosario	205	6.6	.430	.337	.750	30	43	2	16
Erving Walker	447	12.1	.394	.363	.815	170	106	0	37
Scottie Wilbekin	97	2.6	.434	.457	.714	61	55	2	22
Will Yeguete	114	4.4	.581	–	.359	27	163	10	31
Patric Young	378	10.2	.618	–	.593	41	238	30	18
TEAM	2808	75.9	.463	.380	.713	551	1321	124	233

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 3, 2011* 7:00 p.m., GatorVision	No. 8	Catholic	W 114–57		O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Regular season (Non-conference play)
Nov. 11, 2011* 7:00 p.m., FSFL	No. 8	Jackson State Global Sports Shootout	W 99–59	1–0	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Nov. 15, 2011* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 7	at No. 3 Ohio State Global Sports Shootout	L 74–81	1–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Nov. 17, 2011* 8:00 p.m., FSFL	No. 7	North Florida Global Sports Shootout	W 91–55	2–1	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Nov. 21, 2011* 7:00 p.m., Sun Sports	No. 10	vs. Wright State Global Sports Shootout	W 78–65	3–1	St. Pete Times Forum  Tampa, Florida
Nov. 25, 2011* 7:00 p.m., FSFL	No. 10	Jacksonville	W 107–62	4–1	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Nov. 28, 2011* 7:00 p.m., Sun Sports	No. 10	vs. Stetson Florida Citrus Sports Shootout	W 96–70	5–1	Amway Center  Orlando, Florida
Dec. 2, 2011* 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 10	at No. 4 Syracuse SEC–Big East Challenge	L 68–72	5–2	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Dec. 7, 2011* 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 12	Arizona	W 78–72 ^OT	6–2	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Dec. 9, 2011* 7:00 p.m., CSS/ESPN3	No. 12	vs. Rider	W 90–69	7–2	Veterans Memorial Arena  Jacksonville, Florida
Dec. 17, 2011* 2:30 p.m., FSN/Sun	No. 13	vs. No. 22 Texas A&M Orange Bowl Classic	W 84–64	8–2	BankAtlantic Center  Sunrise, Florida
Dec. 19, 2011* 7:00 p.m., FSFL	No. 11	Mississippi Valley State	W 82–54	9–2	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Dec. 22, 2011* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 11	Florida State	W 82–64	10–2	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Dec. 29, 2011* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10	at Rutgers	L 83–85 ^2OT	10–3	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, New Jersey
Dec. 31, 2011* 2:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 10	Yale	W 90–70	11–3	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Jan. 3, 2012* 7:00 p.m., FSN	No. 13	UAB	W 79–60	12–3	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Regular season (SEC conference play)
Jan. 7, 2012 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	No. 13	at Tennessee	L 56–67	12–4 (0–1)	Thompson–Boling Arena  Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan. 10, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 19	Georgia	W 70–48	13–4 (1–1)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Jan. 14, 2012 7:00 p.m., CSS	No. 19	at South Carolina	W 79–65	14–4 (2–1)	Colonial Life Arena  Columbia, South Carolina
Jan. 21, 2012 6:00 p.m., FSN	No. 17	LSU	W 76–64	15–4 (3–1)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Jan. 26, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 14	at Ole Miss	W 64–60	16–4 (4–1)	Tad Smith Coliseum  Oxford, Mississippi
Jan. 28, 2012 1:30 p.m., SECN	No. 14	No. 18 Mississippi State	W 69–57	17–4 (5–1)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Feb. 2, 2012 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 12	South Carolina	W 74–66	18–4 (6–1)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Feb. 4, 2012 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 12	No. 25 Vanderbilt	W 73–65	19–4 (7–1)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Feb. 7, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 8	at No. 1 Kentucky	L 58–78	19–5 (7–2)	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
Feb. 11, 2012 4:00 p.m., SECN	No. 8	Tennessee	L 70–75	19–6 (7–3)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Feb. 14, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 14	at Alabama	W 61–52	20–6 (8–3)	Coleman Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Feb. 18, 2012 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 14	at Arkansas	W 98–68	21–6 (9–3)	Bud Walton Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
Feb. 21, 2012 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 12	Auburn	W 63–47	22–6 (10–3)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Feb. 25, 2012 4:00 p.m., SECN	No. 12	at Georgia	L 62–76	22–7 (10–4)	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Feb. 28, 2012 9:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 16	at Vanderbilt	L 67–77	22–8 (10–5)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
Mar. 4, 2012 12:00 p.m., CBS	No. 16	No. 1 Kentucky	L 59–74	22–9 (10–6)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
SEC tournament
Mar. 9, 2012 3:30 p.m., SECN	(4) No. 22	vs. (5) Alabama Quarterfinals	W 66–63	23–9	New Orleans Arena  New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar. 10, 2012 1:00 p.m., ABC	(4) No. 22	vs. (1) No. 1 Kentucky Semifinals	L 71–74	23–10	New Orleans Arena  New Orleans, Louisiana
NCAA tournament
Mar. 16, 2012 2:10 p.m., TNT	(7 W) No. 25	vs. (10 W) Virginia Second round	W 71–45	24–10	CenturyLink Center  Omaha, Nebraska
Mar. 18, 2012 6:10 p.m., TNT	(7 W) No. 25	vs. (15 W) Norfolk State Third round	W 84–50	25–10	CenturyLink Center  Omaha, Nebraska
Mar. 22, 2012 10:17 p.m., TBS	(7 W) No. 25	vs. (3 W) No. 11 Marquette Sweet Sixteen	W 68–58	26–10	US Airways Center  Phoenix, Arizona
Mar. 24, 2012 4:30 p.m., CBS	(7 W) No. 25	vs. (4 W) No. 17 Louisville Elite Eight	L 68–72	26–11	US Airways Center  Phoenix, Arizona
*Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1 Nov 14	Wk 2 Nov 21	Wk 3 Nov 28	Wk 4 Dec 5	Wk 5 Dec 12	Wk 6 Dec 19	Wk 7 Dec 26	Wk 8 Jan 2	Wk 9 Jan 9	Wk 10 Jan 16	Wk 11 Jan 23	Wk 12 Jan 30	Wk 13 Feb 6	Wk 14 Feb 13	Wk 15 Feb 20	Wk 16 Feb 27	Wk 17 Mar 5	Wk 18 Mar 12	Final Apr 2
AP	8	7	10	10	12	13	11	10	13	19	17	14	12	8	14	12	16	22	25	-
Coaches	10	8	9	9	12	13	12	10	14	19	14	13	11	7	12	11	13	19	21	9

Awards and honors

Bradley Beal

• SEC Freshman of the Week (11/21/11–11/28/11). Beal averaged 8.5 points, seven rebounds, two assists and 1.5 steals in two wins over Wright State and Jacksonville.^[1]
• SEC Freshman of the Week (12/5/11–12/12/11). Beal averaged 13.5 points and five rebounds in two wins over Arizona and Rider.^[2]
• SEC Freshman of the Week (12/19/11–12/26/11). Beal averaged 17 points, six rebounds, two steals and one assist in two wins over Mississippi Valley State and Florida State.^[3]
• SEC Freshman of the Week (1/23/12–1/30/12). Beal averaged 14 points, three rebounds and 2.5 assists in two wins over Ole Miss and Mississippi State.^[4]
• SEC Freshman of the Week (1/31/12–2/6/12). Beal averaged 16.5 points, nine rebounds and two assists in two wins over South Carolina and Vanderbilt.^[5]
• SEC Freshman of the Week (2/13/12–2/20/12). Beal averaged 17.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and three assists in two road wins over Alabama and Arkansas.^[6]
• First-Team All-SEC^[7]
• SEC All-Freshman Team^[7]

Kenny Boynton

• SEC Player of the Week (12/12/11–12/19/11). Boynton scored 22 points, two assists, one rebound and a steal in a win over Texas A&M.^[8]
• First-Team All-SEC^[7]

Erving Walker

• Second-Team All-SEC^[7]

Will Yeguete

• 2012 SEC Community Service Team^[7]

Patric Young

• SEC Player of the Week (12/5/11–12/12/11). Young averaged 18.5 points on 77.3 percent shooting (17–22) and 10 rebounds in two wins over Arizona and Rider.^[2]
• SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year^[7]

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