2011–12 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Willis Wilson's first season at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. The Islanders are members of the West Division of the Southland Conference. They played their home games at the American Bank Center. They finished the season 6–24, 4–12 in Southland play to finish in last place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the Southland Basketball tournament.

2011–12 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
Division	West
Record	6–24 (4–12 Southland)
Head coach	Willis Wilson (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Marty Gross K. T. Turner Mark Dannhoff
Home arena	American Bank Center

2011–12 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Lamar†	11	–	5		.688			23	–	12		.657
McNeese State	10	–	6		.625			17	–	16		.515
Northwestern State	8	–	8		.500			16	–	16		.500
Nicholls State	6	–	10		.375			10	–	20		.333
Southeastern Louisiana	5	–	11		.313			12	–	17		.414
Central Arkansas	3	–	13		.188			8	–	21		.276
West
Texas–Arlington	15	–	1		.938			24	–	9		.727
Stephen F. Austin	12	–	4		.750			20	–	12		.625
UTSA	10	–	6		.625			18	–	14		.563
Sam Houston State	7	–	9		.438			13	–	19		.406
Texas State	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	4	–	12		.250			6	–	24		.200
† 2012 Southland tournament winner As of March 14, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

Media

Texas A&M–Corpus Christi men's basketball airs on KKTX with Steven King on the call all season long. Video streaming of all non-televised home games is available at GoIslanders.com.

Roster

2011–12 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Hameed Ali 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr San Leandro Hayward, CA G/F 4 Jason Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Allen CC Ft. Worth, TX G 5 Terence Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Notre Dame Prep Baltimore, MD G 10 Johnathan Jordan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Hightower Houston, TX G/F 11 Chris Hawkins-Mast 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Eastern Utah Washington D.C. G 12 Jake Kocher 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr St. Michael's Austin, TX F 15 Kevin Lynch 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Schreiner University Rockport, TX F 21 Jordan Pope-Didier 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Westwind Academy Rockford, IL F 22 Myron Dempsey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Redlands Community College St. Petersburg, FL F/C 23 Nate Maxey 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Westwind Academy San Diego, CA G 25 Charlie Hurd 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Tarleton State Houston, TX G 32 James King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Steele Schertz, TX C 33 Ted Wang 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Westwind Academy Zhe Jiang, China G 42 Kennon Dvorak 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Victoria College Moulton, TX	Head coach Willis Wilson (Rice) Assistant coach(es) Marty Gross (Jacksonville) Kenneth "K. T." Turner (Oklahoma City) Mark Dannhoff (UW–La Crosse) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2011* 7:30pm		Incarnate Word	L 65–69 OT		American Bank Center (N/A) Corpus Christi, TX
Regular season
11/11/2011* 7:00pm		at Oklahoma State	L 39–71	0–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,377) Stillwater, OK
11/14/2011* 7:00pm		Denver	L 58–65	0–2	American Bank Center (1,226) Corpus Christi, TX
11/22/2011* 7:00pm		Utah State	W 58–55 OT	1–2	American Bank Center (1,382) Corpus Christi, TX
11/26/2011* 3:00pm		at No. 25 Texas A&M	L 43–56	1–3	Reed Arena (6,114) College Station, TX
12/01/2011* 7:00pm, CSS/ESPN3		Texas Tech	L 54–61	1–4	American Bank Center (2,719) Corpus Christi, TX
12/03/2011* 7:00pm		at Houston	L 66–87	1–5	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,052) Houston, TX
12/15/2011* 7:00pm		South Alabama	L 64–66	1–6	American Bank Center (1,159) Corpus Christi, TX
12/17/2011* 2:00pm, ESPN3		at West Virginia Las Vegas Classic	L 64–84	1–7	WVU Coliseum (7,226) Morgantown, WV
12/19/2011* 7:00pm		at Missouri State Las Vegas Classic	L 53–66	1–8	JQH Arena (5,002) Springfield, MO
12/22/2011* 12:00pm		vs. Bethune–Cookman Las Vegas Classic	L 52–61	1–9	Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
12/23/2011* 12:00pm		vs. Kennesaw State Las Vegas Classic	L 65–69	1–10	Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
12/28/2011* 7:00pm		at Rice	L 66–78	1–11	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,479) Houston, TX
01/04/2012 7:00pm, SLC TV		Lamar	L 58–74	1–12 (0–1)	American Bank Center (1,078) Corpus Christi, TX
01/07/2012 7:00pm		McNeese State	L 69–71	1–13 (0–2)	American Bank Center (1,028) Corpus Christi, TX
01/11/2012 7:00pm		UTSA	W 50–49	2–13 (1–2)	Convocation Center (1,161) San Antonio, TX
01/14/2012 7:00pm		at Southeastern Louisiana	L 55–67	2–14 (1–3)	University Center (465) Hammond, LA
01/18/2012 7:00pm		at UT–Arlington	L 73–77	2–15 (1–4)	Dugan Wellness Center (840) Corpus Christi, TX
01/21/2012 7:00pm		at Sam Houston State	W 50–49	3–15 (2–4)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,168) Huntsville, TX
01/25/2012 7:00pm		at Texas State	W 74–68	4–15 (3–4)	American Bank Center (1,528) Corpus Christi, TX
01/28/2012 7:00pm		Stephen F. Austin Homecoming	L 49–64	4–16 (3–5)	American Bank Center (2,327) Corpus Christi, TX
02/01/2012 6:30pm		at Nicholls State	L 61–65	4–17 (3–6)	Stopher Gym (632) Thibodaux, LA
02/04/2012 2:00pm		at Northwestern State	L 68–82	4–18 (3–7)	Prather Coliseum (1,523) Natchitoches, LA
02/06/2012* 7:00pm		at Savannah State	L 49–55	4–19	Tiger Arena (1,445) Savannah, GA
02/11/2012 7:00pm		Sam Houston State	L 53–61	4–20 (3–8)	American Bank Center (1,268) Corpus Christi, TX
02/15/2012 7:00pm		at Texas State	L 61–79	4–21 (3–9)	Strahan Coliseum (1,973) San Marcos, TX
02/18/2012* 7:00pm		at Central Michigan	W 49–47	5–21	McGuirk Arena (1,431) Mt. Pleasant, MI
02/22/2012 7:00pm		UTSA	L 82–86 OT	5–22 (3–10)	American Bank Center (1,197) Corpus Christi, TX
02/25/2012 7:00pm		at Stephen F. Austin	L 41–74	5–23 (3–11)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,909) Nacogdoches, TX
02/29/2012 7:00pm		at UT–Arlington	L 64–78	5–24 (3–12)	College Park Center (4,109) Arlington, TX
03/03/2012 7:00pm		Central Arkansas	W 67–65	6–24 (4–12)	American Bank Center (1,550) Corpus Christi, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.