2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball
2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball
Horizon League Regular Season Champions
NIT, First Round
Conference	Horizon League
Record	22–12 (14–4 Horizon)
Head coach	Bryce Drew;
Assistant coaches	Roger Powell; Luke Gore; Jake Diebler;
Home arena	Athletics–Recreation Center
	Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represented the Valparaiso University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Bryce Drew. The Crusaders played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center and are members of the Horizon League. The Crusaders were Horizon League regular season champions but failed to win the Horizon League Basketball tournament. As regular season champions, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 NIT where they lost in the first round.

2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Valparaiso	14	–	4	.778	22	–	11	.667
Cleveland State	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
Detroit †	11	–	7	.611	22	–	14	.611
Milwaukee	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Butler	11	–	7	.611	22	–	14	.611
Youngstown State	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Green Bay	10	–	8	.556	15	–	15	.500
Wright State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
UIC	3	–	15	.167	8	–	22	.267
Loyola Chicago	1	–	17	.056	7	–	23	.233

† 2012 Horizon League Tournament winner As of March 6, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	0	Richie Edwards	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Lakeland, FL
G	2	Griffyn Carpenter	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Bourbon, IN
C	3	Hrvoje Vucic	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	RS So	Glavice, HR
F	5	Bobby Capobianco	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Jr	Loveland, OH
G	11	Nick Shelton	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Frankenmuth, MI
G	12	Ben Boggs	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Roanoke, VA
F	14	Vashil Fernandez	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Kingston, JM
G	15	Erik Buggs	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	RS Jr	Memphis, TN
G	20	Tommy Kurth	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Osceola, IN
G	21	Will Bogan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Caldwell, ID
G	22	Jay Harris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	So	Aurora, IL
G	23	Matt Kenney	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Mooresville, IN
F	44	Nathan Stegelmann	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Goshen, IN
G/F	45	Ryan Broekhoff	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Frankston, VIC, AU
F	55	Kevin van Wijk	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Hoofddorp, NL

Head coach

Bryce Drew (Valparaiso)

Assistant coach(es)

Roger Powell, Jr. (Illinois)
Luke Gore (Bethel (TN))
Jake Diebler (Valparaiso)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-10-30

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct. 29* 7:05 pm	Hillsdale	W 73–71	0–0	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,946) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 3* 7:05 pm	Augustana	W 74–65	0–0	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,488) Valparaiso, IN
Regular season
Nov. 7* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	at No. 16 Arizona	L 64–73	0–1	McKale Center (12,871) Tucson, AZ
Nov. 11* 6:30 pm	at Georgia Southern	W 90–81	1–1	Hanner Fieldhouse (2,547) Statesboro, GA
Nov. 14* 7:05 pm, HLN	Holy Cross (IN)	W 88–38	2–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (1,957) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 18* 7:30 pm, HLN	Akron	W 62–59	3–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,876) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 19* 7:30 pm, HLN	IU-Kokomo	W 79–48	4–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,244) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 20* 3:30 pm, HLN	Duquesne	W 84–68	5–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,011) Valparaiso, IN
Nov. 25* 5:30 pm, BTN	at No. 3 Ohio State	L 47–80	5–2	Value City Arena (15,606) Columbus, OH
Dec. 3 1:00 pm, HLN/WNDY	at Butler	W 77–71 ^OT	6–2 (1–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,239) Indianapolis, IN
Dec. 7* 6:00 pm	at IPFW	L 76–85	6–3	Memorial Coliseum (1,550) Fort Wayne, IN
Dec. 10* 7:05 pm, HLN	Bowling Green	W 82–79	7–3	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,667) Valparaiso, IN
Dec. 17* 7:05 pm, HLN	Oakland	L 80–82	7–4	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,884) Valparaiso, IN
Dec. 20* 7:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	W 59–48	8–4	Convocation Center (850) DeKalb, IL
Dec. 23* 12:00 pm	at IUPUI	L 88–97	8–5	Conseco Fieldhouse (1,576) Indianapolis, IN
Dec. 29 7:05 pm, HLN	Milwaukee	L 55–57	8–6 (1–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,644) Valparaiso, IN
Dec. 31 4:05 pm, HLN	Green Bay	W 90–87	9–6 (2–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,353) Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 6 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Detroit	W 73–71	10–6 (3–1)	Calihan Hall (2,271) Detroit, MI
Jan. 8 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Wright State	L 55–73	10–7 (3–2)	Nutter Center (3,736) Dayton, OH
Jan. 13 7:05 pm, HLN	Youngstown State	W 76–62	11–7 (4–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,271) Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 15 1:35 pm, HLN	Cleveland State	W 72–66	12–7 (5–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center (4,124) Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 19 7:00 pm, HLN	at Loyola	W 69–48	13–7 (6–2)	Gentile Center (2,555) Chicago, IL
Jan. 21 3:00 pm, HLN	at UIC	W 60–55	14–7 (7–2)	UIC Pavilion (3,367) Chicago, IL
Jan. 26 7:00 pm, HLN	at Green Bay	L 60–75	14–8 (7–3)	Resch Center (2,546) Green Bay, WI
Jan. 28 1:00 pm, HLN	at Milwaukee	W 55–52	15–8 (8–3)	U.S. Cellular Arena (5,773) Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 2 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Detroit	W 78–73	16–8 (9–3)	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,488) Valparaiso, IN
Feb. 4 7:05 pm, HLN	Wright State	W 63–54	17–8 (10–3)	Athletics–Recreation Center (4,727) Valparaiso, IN
Feb. 9 6:00 pm, HLN	at Cleveland State	W 59–41	18–8 (11–3)	Wolstein Center (4,521) Cleveland, OH
Feb. 11 6:00 pm, HLN	at Youngstown State	L 53–71	18–9 (11–4)	Beeghly Center (3,374) Youngstown, OH
Feb. 14 7:05 pm, HLN	UIC	W 74–65	19–9 (12–4)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,714) Valparaiso, IN
Feb. 18* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	at Loyola Marymount	L 53–61	19–10	Gersten Pavilion (4,021) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 21 7:05 pm, HLN	Loyola	W 66–62 ^OT	20–10 (13–4)	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,337) Valparaiso, IN
Feb. 24 6:00 pm, ESPNU	Butler	W 71–59	21–10 (14–4)	Athletics–Recreation Center (5,237) Valparaiso, IN
Horizon League tournament
Mar. 3 8:30 pm, ESPNU/ESPN3	Butler Semifinal	W 65–46	22–10	Athletics-Recreation Center (4,716) Valparaiso, IN
Mar. 6 9:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN3	Detroit Championship Game	L 50–68	22–11	Athletics-Recreation Center (4,258) Valparaiso, IN
2012 NIT
Mar. 14 7:30 pm, ESPNU	at Miami (FL) First Round	L 50–66	22–12	BankUnited Center (1,229) Coral Gables, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time..

2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

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