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.
Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Ahmad Ibrahim Forward 6–6 220 Freshman Beirut, Lebanon 1 Nate Schwarze Guard 5–11 182 Senior Chelsea, Michigan 3 Tamir Jackson Guard 6–3 194 Junior Paterson, New Jersey 4 Connor Frizzelle Guard 6–1 191 Senior Red Oak, Texas 5 Emerson Herndon Forward 6–9 235 Senior Houston, Texas 10 Dan Peera Guard 6–0 185 Freshman Concord, California 12 Jarelle Reischel Forward 6–6 212 Freshman Frankfurt, Germany 14 Arsalan Kazemi Forward 6–7 220 Junior Isfahan, Iran 15 Julian DeBose Guard 6–4 196 Freshman Washington, D.C. 20 Lucas Kuipers Forward 6–8 217 Senior Rochester, Minnesota 30 David Chadwick Forward 6–9 220 Sophomore Charlotte, North Carolina 31 Dylan Ennis Guard 6–2 182 Freshman Brampton, Ontario 34 Omar Oraby Center 7–2 265 Sophomore Cairo, Egypt 41 Seth Gearhart Forward 6–7 208 Freshman Wilsonville, Oregon
Schedule
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=9| 2012 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
!colspan=9| 2012 CIT
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