2011–12 Rice Owls men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by fourth year head coach Ben Braun, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and are members of Conference USA. They finished the season 19–16, 8–8 in C-USA to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Basketball tournament to East Carolina. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Louisiana in the first round and Drake in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to Oakland.

2011–12 Rice Owls men's basketball
CIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceConference USA
Record1916 (88 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Louis Reynaud
  • Mike Roberts
  • Marco Marcos
Home arenaTudor Fieldhouse
2011–12 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Memphis133 .813268  .765
Southern Miss115 .688259  .735
Tulsa106 .6251714  .548
UCF106 .6252211  .667
UAB97 .5631516  .484
Marshall97 .5632114  .600
Rice88 .5001815  .545
UTEP79 .4381517  .469
Houston79 .4381515  .500
East Carolina511 .3131516  .484
SMU412 .2501319  .406
Tulane313 .1881519  .441
2012 CUSA Tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll
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