2011–12 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's eleventh season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels compete in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 27–6, 14–2 in WCC play to be crowned West Coast Conference regular season champions. They were also champions of the West Coast Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Purdue.

2011–12 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
WCC Tournament champions WCC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 24
Record	27–6 (14–2 WCC)
Head coach	Randy Bennett (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Rick Croy Adam Caporn Eran Ganot
Home arena	McKeon Pavilion
Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 Saint Mary's†	14	–	2		.875			27	–	6		.818
Gonzaga	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
BYU	12	–	4		.750			26	–	9		.743
Loyola Marymount	11	–	5		.688			21	–	13		.618
San Francisco	8	–	8		.500			20	–	14		.588
San Diego	7	–	9		.438			13	–	18		.419
Pepperdine	4	–	12		.250			10	–	19		.345
Portland	3	–	13		.188			7	–	24		.226
Santa Clara	0	–	16		.000			8	–	22		.267
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
00	Brad Waldow	6'9"	250	F	RS Fr.	Shingle Springs, CA, U.S.	Ponderosa HS
1	Jorden Page	6'1"	180	G	So.	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia	AIS
2	Paul McCoy	5'11"	175	G	Jr.	Portland, OR, U.S.	Grant HS SMU
3	Mitchell Young	6'9"	235	F	Jr.	Logan, Queensland, Australia	AIS
4	Matthew Dellavedova	6'4"	190	G	Jr.	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia	AIS
5	Kyle Rowley	7'0"	280	C	Jr.	Arima, Trinidad	Lake Forest Acad. Northwestern
10	Zach Sanchez	6'1"	175	G	RS Fr.	Bonita, CA, U.S.	Bonita Vista HS
11	Clint Steindl	6'7"	195	F	Sr.	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	AIS
12	Jordan Giusti	6'2"	185	G	Fr.	San Ramon, CA, U.S.	San Ramon Valley HS
14	Stephen Holt	6'4"	195	G	So.	Portland, OR, U.S.	Jesuit HS
15	Beau Levesque	6'6"	220	F	So.	Lafayette, CA, U.S.	De La Salle HS
22	Rob Jones	6'6"	240	F	RS Sr.	San Francisco, CA, U.S.	Archbishop Riordan HS San Diego
25	Tim Williams	6'9"	235	F	RS Jr.	Antioch, CA, U.S.	Antioch HS
30	Kenton Walker II	6'9"	240	F	RS Sr.	San Diego, CA, U.S.	Scripps Ranch HS Creighton
42	Eividas Petrulis	6'7"	210	F	RFr.	Vilnius, Lithuania	Šarūnas Marčiulionis Academy
	Matt Hodgson	6'11"	225	C	Jr.	Booval, Queensland, Australia	Ipswich Grammar

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

• All times are Pacific

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/11/2011* 7:00pm, CSNBA		Fresno Pacific	W 98–58	1–0	McKeon Pavilion (2,453) Moraga, CA
11/14/2011* 11:00pm, ESPN		Northern Iowa ESPN Season Tip-Off Marathon	W 57–41	2–0	McKeon Pavilion (2,053) Moraga, CA
11/23/2011* 4:00pm, ROOT		at Denver	L 58–70	2–1	Magness Arena (5,408) Denver, CO
11/27/2011* 4:00pm, CSNBA		San Francisco State Shamrock Office Solutions Classic	W 86–52	3–1	McKeon Pavilion (1,791) Moraga, CA
11/28/2011* 7:30pm, CSNBA		Weber State Shamrock Office Solutions Classic	W 87–70	4–1	McKeon Pavilion (1,488) Moraga, CA
12/03/2011* 7:00pm, CSNBA		at Cal Poly	W 59–54	5–1	Mott Gym (2,878) San Luis Obispo, CA
12/13/2011* 7:00pm, CSNBA		Jackson State	W 77–53	6–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,401) Moraga, CA
12/15/2011* 7:00pm, CSNBA		North Carolina A&T	W 84–45	7–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,368) Moraga, CA
12/17/2011* 7:00pm, CSNBA		Bethune-Cookman Las Vegas Classic	W 77–52	8–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,380) Moraga, CA
12/19/2011* 7:00pm, CSNBA		Kennesaw State Las Vegas Classic	W 74–51	9–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,548) Moraga, CA
12/20/2011* 7:00pm, CSNBA		Eastern Washington	W 77–61	10–1	McKeon Pavilion (2,796) Moraga, CA
12/22/2011* 7:30pm, ESPN3		vs. No. 6 Baylor Las Vegas Classic Semifinals	L 59–72	10–2	Orleans Arena (1,526) Paradise, NV
12/23/2011* 8:30pm, ESPN3		vs. Missouri State Las Vegas Classic 3rd place	W 77–61	11–2	Orleans Arena (1,526) Las Vegas, NV
12/29/2011 8:00pm, ESPN2		BYU	W 98–82	12–2 (1–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
12/31/2011 3:00pm, CSNCA		at Pepperdine	W 74–45	13–2 (2–0)	Firestone Fieldhouse (741) Malibu, CA
01/05/2012 6:00pm, ESPNU		at San Diego	W 78–72	14–2 (3–0)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (3,317) San Diego, CA
01/09/2012 7:00pm, CSNCA		San Francisco	W 87–72	15–2 (4–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
01/12/2012 8:00pm, ESPN2		No. 21 Gonzaga	W 83–62	16–2 (5–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
01/14/2012 8:00pm, CSNBA		Portland	W 69–61	17–2 (6–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
01/19/2012 7:00pm, CSNBA	No. 24	Pepperdine	W 61–47	18–2 (7–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
01/21/2012 7:00pm, CSNCA	No. 24	at Santa Clara	W 93–77	19–2 (8–0)	Leavey Center (4,700) Santa Clara, CA
01/26/2012 7:00pm, CSNCA	No. 21	at Loyola Marymount	W 71–64	20–2 (9–0)	Gersten Pavilion (2,243) Los Angeles, CA
01/28/2012 6:00pm, ESPNU	No. 21	at BYU	W 80–66	21–2 (10–0)	Marriott Center (22,700) Provo, UT
02/02/2012 7:00pm, CSNCA	No. 18	San Diego	W 84–73	22–2 (11–0)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
02/09/2012 8:00pm, ESPN2	No. 16	at Gonzaga	L 59–73	22–3 (11–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/11/2012 7:00pm, CSNCA+	No. 16	Santa Clara	W 82–67	23–3 (12–1)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
02/15/2012 7:30pm, CSNCA	No. 21	Loyola Marymount	L 60–75	23–4 (12–2)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
02/18/2012* 3:00pm, ESPN	No. 21	at No. 16 Murray State ESPN BracketBusters	L 51–65	23–5	CFSB Center (8,825) Murray, KY
02/23/2012 7:00pm, ESPNU		at Portland	W 70–43	24–5 (13–2)	Chiles Center (2,829) Portland, OR
02/25/2012 8:00pm, CSNCA		at San Francisco	W 67–60	25–5 (14–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium (4,500) San Francisco, CA
West Coast Conference tournament
03/03/2012 6:00pm, ESPN2	(1)	vs. (5) San Francisco Semifinals	W 83–78	26–5	Orleans Arena (7,828) Las Vegas, NV
03/05/2012 6:00pm, ESPN	(1)	vs. (2) No. 24 Gonzaga Championship	W 78–74 OT	27–5	Orleans Arena (6,826) Las Vegas, NV
2012 NCAA tournament
03/16/2012* 4:27pm, truTV	(7 MW) No. 24	vs. (10 MW) Purdue Second Round	L 69–72	27–6	CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,833) Omaha, NE
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.