2011–12 Melbourne Tigers season

The 2011-12 NBL season is the 29th season for the Melbourne Tigers in the NBL. After missing out on the playoffs last season, Melbourne will look to improve and return to finals stages of this season's competition. Due to the 2011 NBA Lockout, Melbourne acquired the services of Patrick Mills for the first 9 rounds until losing him to the Chinese team Xinjiang Flying Tigers.

2011–12 Melbourne Tigers season
Head Coach Trevor Gleeson
Captain Tommy Greer
StadiumState Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
NBL results
Ladder6th
FinalsDid Not Qualify
Wins11
Losses17
Player Records
Scoring leader Patrick Mills
18.6
Rebounding leader Myron Allen
5.9
Assists leader Myron Allen
6.2
Uniforms

Off-season

Additions
Player Signed Former Team
Patrick Mills Signed 29 August (due to NBA lockout)[1] Portland Trail Blazers
Ayinde Ubaka Announced 25 May [2] Cairns Taipans
Ron Dorsey Announced 25 May [2] Cairns Taipans
Daniel Dillon Announced in May Cairns Taipans

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

2011–12 Melbourne Tigers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 0 Ubaka, Ayinde (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
F 5 Greer, Tommy (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
F 7 Dorsey, Ron (I) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
G/F 9 Lewis, Bennie 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
F 11 Tragardh, Cameron 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
G 12 Dillon, Daniel 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
F 13 Rush, Liam 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
G 14 Wilcher, Josh (DP) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
G 20 Mills, Patty 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
F/C 22 Burston, Matt 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
F 24 Walker, Lucas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 45 Allen, Myron (I) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
G/F 53 Odigie, Owen (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
C 54 Lang, Timothy 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Rohan Short
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Daniel Meehan
Team manager
  • Ian Jones
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: 21 March 2012

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Matt Burston Timothy Lang
PF Cameron Tragardh Lucas Walker
SF Tommy Greer Liam Rush Owen Odigie
SG Ron Dorsey Daniel Dillon Bennie Lewis
PG Patty Mills Myron Allen Ayinde Ubaka Josh Wilcher

Regular season

Standings
# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 New Zealand Breakers 28 21 7 75.00% 4-1 Lost 1 13-1 8-6 2,382 2,177 109.42%
2 Perth Wildcats 28 19 9 67.86% 3-2 Won 3 10-4 9-5 2,434 2,171 112.11%
3 Gold Coast Blaze 28 17 11 60.71% 3-2 Won 2 10-4 7-7 2,387 2,253 105.95%
4 Townsville Crocodiles1 28 15 13 53.37% 2-3 Lost 2 11-3 4-10 2,213 2,210 100.14%
5 Cairns Taipans1 28 15 13 53.37% 2-3 Won 1 9-5 6-8 2,025 2,107 96.11%
6 Melbourne Tigers2 28 11 17 39.29% 1-4 Lost 3 7-7 4-10 2,156 2,239 96.29%
7 Sydney Kings2 28 11 17 39.29% 2-3 Lost 1 5-9 6-8 2,279 2,423 94.06%
8 Wollongong Hawks 28 9 19 32.14% 3-2 Won 3 4-10 5-9 2,093 2,232 93.77%
9 Adelaide 36ers 28 8 20 28.57% 1-4 Lost 4 4-10 4-10 2,297 2,454 93.60%

Game log
2011–12 season game log
October: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 7 October Sydney Kings W 82–76 Patrick Mills (28) Cameron Tragardh (9) Ayinde Ubaka (2) State Netball and Hockey Centre 1–0
2 14 October @ Perth Wildcats L 92–76 Patrick Mills (19) Tommy Greer (9) Ayinde Ubaka (6) Challenge Stadium 1–1
3 22 October New Zealand Breakers W 67–64 Patrick Mills (19) Daniel Dillon (7) Daniel Dillon (4) State Netball and Hockey Centre 2–1
4 30 October @ Wollongong Hawks W 74–82 Patrick Mills (20) Burston, Walker (6) Liam Rush (4) WIN Entertainment Centre 3–1
November: 3–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
5 4 November @ Sydney Kings W 76–94 Patrick Mills (20) Dillon, Walker (5) Patrick Mills (8) Sydney Entertainment Centre 4–1
6 6 November Cairns Taipans W 80–63 Cameron Tragardh (17) Tommy Greer (9) Patrick Mills (10) State Netball and Hockey Centre 5–1
7 11 November Townsville Crocodiles L 88–95 Cameron Tragardh (26) Cameron Tragardh (14) Patrick Mills (10) State Netball and Hockey Centre 5–2
8 18 November Perth Wildcats W 87–82 Ayinde Ubaka (23) Tommy Greer (7) Patrick Mills (6) State Netball and Hockey Centre 6–2
9 19 November @ Adelaide 36ers L 95–89 Patrick Mills (32) Ron Dorsey (7) Mills, Ubaka, Walker (3) Adelaide Arena 6–3
10 25 November Sydney Kings L 80–89 Cameron Tragardh (28) Cameron Tragardh (5) Dillon, Greer (4) State Netball and Hockey Centre 6–4
December: 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
11 2 December @ New Zealand Breakers L 108–98 Ron Dorsey (21) Tommy Greer (14) Daniel Dillon (6) North Shore Events Centre 6–5
12 10 December @ Cairns Taipans L 79–77 Cameron Tragardh (24) Ron Dorsey (12) Ayinde Ubaka (5) Cairns Convention Centre 6–6
13 18 December Townsville Crocodiles W 93–80 Cameron Tragardh (19) Tommy Greer (8) Daniel Dillon (4) State Netball and Hockey Centre 7–6
14 23 December Cairns Taipans W 67–65 Cameron Tragardh (14) Rush, Tragardh (5) Daniel Dillon (5) State Netball and Hockey Centre 8–6
15 31 December @ Gold Coast Blaze W 72–79 Cameron Tragardh (25) Dillon, Greer (7) Daniel Dillon (4) Gold Coast Convention Centre 9–6
January: 0–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
16 6 January @ Perth Wildcats L 72–67 Rush, Tragardh (17) Cameron Tragardh (9) Daniel Dillon (6) Challenge Stadium 9–7
17 8 January New Zealand Breakers L 79–90 Cameron Tragardh (22) Cameron Tragardh (7) Dillon, Ubaka (5) State Netball and Hockey Centre 9–8
18 15 January Gold Coast Blaze L 60–73 Cameron Tragardh (14) Cameron Tragardh (6) Daniel Dillon (5) State Netball and Hockey Centre 9–9
19 19 January @ New Zealand Breakers L 91–77 Dillon, Rush (18) Tommy Greer (7) Dillon, Tragardh (4) North Shore Events Centre 9–10
20 21 January @ Gold Coast Blaze L 92–78 Ron Dorsey (24) Cameron Tragardh (6) Myron Allen (8) Gold Coast Convention Centre 9–11
21 27 January @ Wollongong Hawks L 90–68 Liam Rush (18) Myron Allen (9) Myron Allen (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 9–12
February: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
22 3 February Adelaide 36ers W 87–81 Cameron Tragardh (20) Allen, Greer, Walker (6) Myron Allen (8) State Netball and Hockey Centre 10–12
23 18 February @ Cairns Taipans L 77–56 Myron Allen (13) Myron Allen (10) Myron Allen (3) Cairns Convention Centre 10–13
24 25 February Adelaide 36ers L 83–92 Cameron Tragardh (19) Lucas Walker (9) Myron Allen (7) State Netball and Hockey Centre 10–14
March: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
25 2 March @ Sydney Kings W 61–66 Lucas Walker (12) Lucas Walker (7) Myron Allen (4) Sydney Entertainment Centre 11–14
26 4 March @ Townsville Crocodiles L 67–64 Dorsey, Walker (13) Burston, Walker (6) Myron Allen (7) Townsville Entertainment Centre 11–15
27 18 March Wollongong Hawks L 61–71 Bennie Lewis (15) Tommy Greer (8) Dillon (7) State Netball and Hockey Centre 11–16
28 23 March Perth Wildcats L 71–72 Ron Dorsey (22) Matt Burston (13) Myron Allen (7) State Netball and Hockey Centre 11–17

See also

2011–12 NBL season

References
  1. "Tigers sign NBA star Boomer Patty Mills". The Age. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. Tigers sign former Taipans stars Ubaka, Dorsey
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