2011–12 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
CIT, Second Round
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record1914 (95 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ray Lopes
  • Mike Freeman
  • Tim Murphy
Home arenaCowan Spectrum, Memorial Gym
2011–12 WAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Nevada131 .929287  .800
New Mexico State104 .7142610  .722
Idaho95 .6431914  .576
Utah State86 .5712116  .568
Louisiana Tech68 .4291816  .529
Hawaii68 .4291616  .500
Fresno State311 .2141320  .394
San Jose State113 .071922  .290
2012 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2011–12 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played the first part of their season at Memorial Gym while waiting for the football season to end, then played where the football team plays in the Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho. They are members of the Western Athletic Conference and were led by fourth-year head coach Don Verlin. They finished the season 19–14, 9–5 in WAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Basketball tournament to Hawaiʻi. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated UC Santa Barbara in the first round before falling in the second round to fellow WAC member Utah State.

Roster

Name Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown
Djim Bandoumel 15 Forward 68 215 Senior Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Mike McChristian 12 Guard 62 220 Junior Vacaville, California
Kyle Barone 33 Center 610 220 Junior Garden Grove, California
Matt Borton 20 Guard 65 180 Freshman Yakima, Washington
Deremy Geiger 35 Guard 511 170 Senior Las Vegas, Nevada
Mansa Habeeb 3 Guard 63 220 Junior Buffalo, New York
Joe Kammerer 42 Center 69 241 Sophomore Eugene, Oregon
Stephen Madison 34 Forward 65 215 Sophomore Portland, Oregon
Sheridan Shayne 4 Guard 60 170 Junior Boise, Idaho
Landon Tatum 10 Guard 511 196 Senior San Antonio, Texas
Connor Hill 5 Guard 62 185 Freshman Post Falls, Idaho
Wendell Faines 45 Forward 68 245 Junior Lincoln, Nebraska

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2011*
7:05 p.m.
Evergreen State W 9672 
Memorial Gym (N/A)
Moscow, Idaho
November 5, 2011*
7:05 p.m.
Willamette W 11473 
Memorial Gym (N/A)
Moscow, Idaho
Regular Season
November 12, 2011*
2:05 p.m.
at Long Beach State L 6169  01
Walter Pyramid (4,348)
Long Beach, California
November 14, 2011*
7:05 p.m.
Concordia W 7761  11
Memorial Gym (720)
Moscow, Idaho
November 17, 2011*
6:00 p.m.
at Montana L 5257  12
Dahlberg Arena (2,684)
Missoula, Montana
November 23, 2011*
6:05 p.m.
vs. Lewis–Clark State W 8075  22
CenturyLink Arena (2,578)
Boise, Idaho
November 26, 2011*
7:05 p.m.
Montana State W 7667  32
Memorial Gym (906)
Moscow, Idaho
November 30, 2011*
8:00 p.m.
Eastern Washington L 6673  33
Memorial Gym (1,057)
Moscow, Idaho
December 3, 2011*
2:00 p.m.
UC Davis W 9474  43
The Pavilion (882)
Davis, California
December 7, 2011*
7:05 p.m.
Washington State L 6466  44
Cowan Spectrum (3,321)
Moscow, Idaho
December 9, 2011*
7:00 p.m., ROOT NW
at Oregon State W 7460  54
Gill Coliseum (5,119)
Corvallis, Oregon
December 11, 2011*
3:00 p.m.
at Seattle W 7362  64
KeyArena (2,630)
Seattle, Washington
December 17, 2011*
7:05 p.m.
Cal State Bakersfield W 7244  74
Cowan Spectrum (815)
Moscow, Idaho
December 20, 2011*
4:00 p.m.
at Wright State L 7880 OT 75
Nutter Center (3,040)
Dayton, Ohio
December 22, 2011*
6:00 p.m.
at Green Bay L 6163  76
Kress Events Center (2,514)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
December 31, 2011*
11:00 a.m.
vs. Boise State L 7376  77
Idaho Center (7,540)
Nampa, Idaho
January 5, 2012
7:05 p.m.
Nevada L 5573  78
(01)
Cowan Spectrum (1,081)
Moscow, Idaho
January 7, 2012
3:05 p.m., WAC Sports Network
Fresno State W 6359  88
(11)
Cowan Spectrum (1,303)
Moscow, Idaho
January 12, 2012
4:00 p.m., ERT/Altitude
at Louisiana Tech W 9088  98
(21)
Thomas Assembly Center (4,472)
Ruston, Louisiana
January 14, 2012
6:00 p.m., ESPN3
at New Mexico State L 6880  99
(22)
Pan American Center (5,306)
Las Cruces, New Mexico
January 21, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Utah State W 5754  109
(32)
Cowan Spectrum (2,359)
Moscow, Idaho
January 26, 2012
7:05 p.m.
San Jose State W 7466  119
(42)
Cowan Spectrum (1,173)
Moscow, ID
January 28, 2011
8:05 p.m., ERT/Altitude
Hawaiʻi L 7076  1110
(43)
Cowan Spectrum (1,926)
Moscow, ID
February 2, 2012
7:00 p.m.
at Fresno State L 5565  1111
(44)
Save Mart Center (6,080)
Fresno, California
February 4, 2012
7:00 p.m.
at Nevada W 7268  1211
(54)
Lawlor Events Center (7,349)
Reno, Nevada
February 7, 2012*
7:00 p.m.
Seattle W 7069  1311
Cowan Spectrum (803)
Moscow, ID
February 9, 2012
8:00 p.m.
New Mexico State W 59–58  1411
(64)
Cowan Spectrum (1,159)
Moscow, ID
February 11, 2012
8:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech W 73–64  1511
(74)
Cowan Spectrum (1,843)
Moscow, ID
February 18, 2012*
7:05 p.m.
Portland State
ESPN BracketBusters
W 7768  1611
Cowan Spectrum ( 3,081)
Moscow, ID
February 24, 2012
6:00 p.m., KMYU/ESPN3
at Utah State L 5067  1612
(75)
Smith Spectrum (10,178)
Logan, Utah
March 1, 2012
9:00 p.m., OC Sports
at Hawaiʻi W 8263  1712
(85)
Stan Sheriff Center (5,600)
Honolulu, Hawaii
March 3, 2012
7:00 p.m.
San Jose State W 70–64  1812
(95)
The Event Center Arena (1,822)
San Jose, California
WAC tournament
March 8, 2012
12:00 p.m.
vs. Hawaiʻi
Quarterfinals
L 70–72  18–13
Orleans Arena (1,902)
Las Vegas, Nevada
2012 CIT
March 14, 2012*
6:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara
First Round
W 86–83  19–13
Cowan Spectrum (1,203)
Moscow, ID
March 17, 2012*
6:00 p.m.
at Utah State
Second Round
L 56–76  19–14
Smith Spectrum (2,430)
Logan, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

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