2011–12 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth year head coach John Groce, played their home games at the Convocation Center and are members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 29–8, 11–5 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They were champions of the MAC Basketball tournament and earned an automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA tournament where the 13th seeded Bobcats defeated Michigan in the second round and South Florida in the third round to advance to school's first Sweet Sixteen since 1964. They lost in the Sweet Sixteen to top-seed North Carolina in overtime. After the season Groce accepted the head coach position at Illinois

Preseason
The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 28, 2015. Ohio was picked third in the MAC East.

Preseason poll
(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

 * 1) Kent State 132 (16)
 * 2) Akron 104 (8)
 * 3) Ohio 94
 * 4)  80
 * 5) Buffalo 62
 * 6) Bowling Green 32

West Division

 * 1)  128 (14)
 * 2) Ball State 111 (9)
 * 3)  92 (1)
 * 4) Toledo 76
 * 5)  59
 * 6) Eastern Michigan 38

Tournament champs
Kent State (12), Akron (6), Ball State (3), Western Michigan (2), Central Michigan (1)

Preseason All-MAC
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Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Regular Season

!colspan=9 style=| MAC Tournament

!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament

Team statistics

 * Final 2011–12 statistics

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Player statistics
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All-MAC Awards
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