2011–12 Southern Conference men's basketball season

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2011–12 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 12
TV partner(s) SoConTV
Tournament
Basketball seasons
2012–13 
2011–12 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf   Overall
TeamW 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.

2011–12 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team

The 2011–12 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represents University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is John Shulman. The Mocs play their home games at the McKenzie Arena.

The Davidson Wildcats basketball team is the basketball team that represents Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, in the NCAA Division I. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2018. The Wildcats are currently coached by Bob McKillop. Davidson plays its home games at the Belk Arena in Baker Sports Complex on the school's campus.

Contents

SoCon Preseason Poll

RankTeamVotes
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

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Preseason All-SoCon

Jake Cohen American/Israeli basketball player

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Preseason Player of the Year

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Awards

Player of the Month

MonthNameSchoolPositionClassSource
NovemberMike GroselleThe CitadelCJr. "SoCon Announces November Athletes of the Month". 
DecemberAntwaine WigginsCollege of CharlestonFSr. "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.

DateNameSchoolPositionClassSource
November 15Mike GroselleThe CitadelCJr. SoCon Weekly Release
November 22Antwaine WigginsCollege of CharlestonFSr. SoCon Weekly Release
November 29JP KuhlmanDavidsonGJr. SoCon Weekly Release
December 6Jake CohenDavidsonFJr. SoCon Weekly Release
December 13Brad LoesingWoffordGSr. SoCon Weekly Release
December 20Nik CochranDavidsonGJr. SoCon Weekly Release
January 3Andre WilliamsonAppalachian StateFSr. SoCon Weekly Release
January 10Jake CohenDavidsonFJr. SoCon Weekly Release
January 17Jake CohenDavidsonFJr. SoCon Weekly Release
January 24Derell ArmstrongUNC GreensboroGJr. SoCon Weekly Release

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