2011–12 Southern Conference men's basketball season

2011–12 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	SoConTV
Tournament

2011–12 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
UNC Greensboro	10	–	8		.556			13	–	19		.406
Elon	9	–	9		.500			15	–	16		.484
Samford	8	–	10		.444			11	–	19		.367
Western Carolina	8	–	10		.444			17	–	18		.486
Appalachian State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Chattanooga	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
South
Davidson†	16	–	2		.889			25	–	8		.758
Georgia Southern	12	–	6		.667			15	–	15		.500
Wofford	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
College of Charleston	10	–	8		.556			19	–	12		.613
Furman	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
The Citadel	3	–	15		.167			6	–	24		.200
† SoCon Tournament winner As of March 15, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

The Southern Conference media picked Chattanooga and Davidson as division winners.

SoCon Preseason Poll

Rank	Team	Votes
North
1	Chattanooga (24)	172
2	Appalachian State (3)	136
3	Western Carolina (2)	123
4	UNC Greensboro (1)	90
5	Elon	76
6	Samford	36
South
1	Davidson (18)	165
2	College of Charleston (10)	156
3	Wofford (1)	105
4	Furman	80
5	Georgia Southern (1)	76
6	The Citadel	48

Preseason All-SoCon

• Keegan Bell, Chattanooga
• Omar Carter, Appalachian State
• Jake Cohen, Davidson
• JP Kuhlman, Davidson
• Willie Powers III, Georgia Southern
• Drew Spradlin, Elon
• Trey Sumler, Western Carolina
• Omar Wattad, Chattanooga
• Trent Wiedeman, College of Charleston
• Antwaine Wiggins, College of Charleston

Preseason Player of the Year

• Omar Carter, Appalachian State

Rankings

See also: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
North Division
Appalachian State	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chattanooga	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elon	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	RV	-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samford	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNC-Greensboro	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Carolina	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Division
The Citadel	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
College of Charleston	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	RV	RV	21	23	19	17	13	13	16	18	22	RV
Davidson	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	24	19	14	12	11
Furman	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia Southern	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wofford	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Name	School	Position	Class	Source
November	Mike Groselle	The Citadel	C	Jr.	"SoCon Announces November Athletes of the Month".
December	Antwaine Wiggins	College of Charleston	F	Sr.	"SoCon Announces December Athletes of the Month".

Player of the Week

Southern Conference Player of the Week award is for games through the day before the announcement.

Date	Name	School	Position	Class	Source
November 15	Mike Groselle	The Citadel	C	Jr.	SoCon Weekly Release
November 22	Antwaine Wiggins	College of Charleston	F	Sr.	SoCon Weekly Release
November 29	JP Kuhlman	Davidson	G	Jr.	SoCon Weekly Release
December 6	Jake Cohen	Davidson	F	Jr.	SoCon Weekly Release
December 13	Brad Loesing	Wofford	G	Sr.	SoCon Weekly Release
December 20	Nik Cochran	Davidson	G	Jr.	SoCon Weekly Release
January 3	Andre Williamson	Appalachian State	F	Sr.	SoCon Weekly Release
January 10	Jake Cohen	Davidson	F	Jr.	SoCon Weekly Release
January 17	Jake Cohen	Davidson	F	Jr.	SoCon Weekly Release
January 24	Derell Armstrong	UNC Greensboro	G	Jr.	SoCon Weekly Release