The 2011–12 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented

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. The head coach,

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, served for his 36th year. The team played its home games at the

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and is a member of the

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. In 2015, Syracuse voluntarily vacated 9 wins from this season due to participation of ineligible players. Following an NCAA investigation, all 25 other wins were vacated.NCAA Career Statistics
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Preseason

Roster changes

Syracuse graduated one starter from the previous year's team, power forward

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. Center DaShonte Riley transferred to

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Recruiting

Preseason outlook

In the Big East preseason Coaches' Poll, Syracuse was predicted to finish tied for first with

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. The Orange received five first place votes and 209 votes overall. Kris Joseph was named to the Preseason All-Big East first team and Scoop Jardine was named to the second team.

Postseason awards

Fab Melo was named the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Dion Waiters won the Big East

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Award. Kris Joseph was named to the All-Big East First Team while Scoop Jardine made the Second Team and Dion Waiters made the Third Team. The

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named Joseph to its All-America Second Team. NBC Sports also named Melo the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year and Waiters the Sixth Man of the Year. NBC named Joseph to its All-Big East First Team and Jardine and Waiters to its Second Team. CBS Sports named Waiters its national Sixth Man of the Year. It also named Waiters All-Big East First Team and Joseph Second Team.

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule

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Rankings

2012–13 Recruiting

References

External links

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