The 2011–12 USC Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by tenth year head coach Eddie Payne, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
For the first time, the Spartans were eligible for the Atlantic Sun Basketball tournament and NCAA postseason play, having completed their transition process to Division I.
They finished the season 21–13, 13–5 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, their first ever Division I postseason appearance, where they defeated Kent State in the first round before falling to Old Dominion in the second round.
Roster
Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 1 Shane Porchea Guard 6–5 210 Sophomore Decatur, Georgia 5 Ty Greene Guard 6–2 180 Freshman Knoxville, Tennessee 11 Jeremy Ford Guard 6–1 170 Junior Varnville, South Carolina 12 Ricardo Glenn Forward 6–8 246 Sophomore Augusta, Georgia 13 Fred Miller Guard 6–4 200 Freshman Atlanta, Georgia 14 Aru Kok Center 6–10 210 Sophomore Perth, Australia 15 Adrian Rodgers Guard 6–4 205 Freshman Alpharetta, Georgia 22 Bruce Haynes Guard 6–2 195 Freshman Summerville, South Carolina 23 Torrey Craig Forward 6–6 215 Sophomore Great Falls, South Carolina 24 Jodd Maxey Forward 6–8 200 Sophomore Statham, Georgia 30 Rob Elam Forward 6–6 218 Junior East Point, Georgia 31 Mario Blessing Guard 6–2 165 Freshman Kusterdingen, Germany 32 Chalmers Rogers Forward 6–7 220 Senior Fort Mill, South Carolina 33 Carter Cook Guard 6–5 225 Senior Winston-Salem, North Carolina 34 Babatunde Olumuyiwa Forward/Center 6–8 220 Sophomore Athens, Georgia
Schedule
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=9| 2012 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
!colspan=9| 2012 CIT
References