The 2011–12 Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Mountain Hawks, led by fifth-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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and were members of the

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. They finished the season 27–8, 11–3 in Patriot League play to finish in second place in the conference. Following the regular season, Lehigh won the Patriot League Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA tournament. This was their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance with their last coming in

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. As a 15 seed, they defeated 2 seed

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in the second round, only the sixth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, though it was the second time of the 2012 tournament as 15 seed

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defeated 2 seed

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earlier the same day. This is the last time as of 2023 that a Patriot League team has won an NCAA tournament game. They fell to Xavier in the next round.

Roster

Source

Schedule

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References

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