2011–12 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Jamie Dixon, who was in his ninth year as head coach at Pittsburgh and 13th overall at the university. The team played its home games in the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and are members of the Big East Conference. Pitt entered the 2011–12 season picked to finish fourth in the Big East Conference, ranked #11 in the pre-season ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, and with the Big East pre-season player of the year, Ashton Gibbs. They finished the season 22–17, 5–13 in Big East play for a disappointing 13th-place finish. They lost in the second round of the Big East Basketball tournament to Georgetown. They were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational where they advanced to the best of three game finals series against Washington State. They defeated the Cougars 2 games to 1 to be the 2012 CBI Champions.

2011–12 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
College Basketball Invitational Champions
Philly Hoop Group Classic Champions
CBI Champions
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Record22–17 (5–13 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Pat Sandle (11th season)
  • Brandin Knight (4th season)
  • Bill Barton (1st season)
Home arenaPetersen Events Center
(Capacity: 12,508)
2011–12 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 Marquette144 .778278  .771
Notre Dame135 .7222212  .647
Cincinnati126 .6672611  .703
No. 15 Georgetown126 .667249  .727
South Florida126 .6672214  .611
West Virginia99 .5001914  .576
Connecticut810 .4442014  .588
Seton Hall810 .4442113  .618
Rutgers612 .3331418  .438
St. John's612 .3331319  .406
Pittsburgh513 .2782217  .564
Villanova513 .2781319  .406
Providence414 .2221517  .469
DePaul315 .1671219  .387
*No. 2 Syracuse01 .00003  .000
**No. 17 Louisville08 .000010  .000
2012 Big East tournament winner
As of March 31, 2012
*Syracuse: 30 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Syracuse–(34–3)(17–1) **Louisville: 25 reg. season games, 5 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Louisville–(30-10)(10-8)
Rankings from AP Poll
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