The 2011–12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by 14th year head coach Bob Williams, played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, nicknamed The Thunderdome, and are members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 12–4 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the championship game of the Big West Basketball tournament to Long Beach State. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Idaho.
Roster Source #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometown0Jaimé Serna6'9"235ForwardSeniorLaguna Beach, California1Nate Garth6'2"180GuardJuniorSacramento, California5Keegan Hornbuckle6'7"205ForwardSophomoreWestlake Village, California10Kyle Boswell6'2"180GuardSophomoreHuntington Beach, California11T.J. Taylor5'9"160GuardFreshmanOakland, California12Lewis Thomas6'7"210Guard/ForwardFreshmanPerth, Australia15Alan Williams6'7"240CenterFreshmanPhoenix, Arizona20Shawn Moore6'5"210Guard/ForwardJuniorChico, California21James Nunnally6'7"205GuardSeniorStockton, California24Christian Peterson6'3"219GuardSeniorCarlsbad, California30Tyler Steinhause6'1"160GuardSophomoreSan Diego, California32John Green6'5"180GuardFreshmanOakland, California33Orlando Johnson6'5"205GuardSeniorSeaside, CA34Prince Arceneux6'6"190ForwardFreshmanLos Angeles, California35Taran Brown6'8"190ForwardFreshmanGillette, Wyoming55Greg Somogyi7'3"242CenterSeniorBudapest, HungaryDuke DaRe6'1"185GuardFreshmanClayton, California
Schedule
!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=9| 2012 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
!colspan=9| 2012 CIT
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