The 2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the

2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2011 with the (2K Sports Classic) and ended with the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 2, 2012 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome ...

. The Gauchos, led by 14th year head coach Bob Williams, played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, nicknamed ''The Thunderdome'', and are members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 12–4 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the championship game of the Big West Basketball tournament to Long Beach State. They were invited to the

2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament The 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams, up from 24 teams in the 2011 CIT. The CIT began with 16 first-round games. Games took place March 13–28, 2012 ...

where they lost in the first round to Idaho.

Roster

Source

Schedule

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2012 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament The 2012 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 8–10, 2012 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Tournament was previously held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Long Beach State won the tournament, which a ...

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2012 CIT The 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams, up from 24 teams in the 2011 CIT. The CIT began with 16 first-round games. Games took place March 13–28, 2012. ...

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