2011–12 Melbourne Tigers season

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2011–12 Melbourne Tigers season
Head CoachAustralia Trevor Gleeson
CaptainAustralia Tommy Greer
StadiumState Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne
NBL results
Ladder6th
FinalsDNQ
Wins11
Losses17
Player Records
Scoring leaderAustralia Patrick Mills
18.6
Rebounding leaderUnited States
5.9
Assists leaderUnited States
6.2
Uniforms

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.

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

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Matt Burston Timothy Lang
PF Lucas Walker
SF Tommy Greer Liam Rush
SG Ron Dorsey Daniel Dillon Bennie Lewis
PG Patty Mills Ayinde Ubaka

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Pos 2011–12 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 New Zealand Breakers 28 21 7 75.00% 4–1 L1 13–1 8–6 2382 2177 109.42%
2 Perth Wildcats 28 19 9 67.86% 3–2 W3 10–4 9–5 2434 2171 112.11%
3 Gold Coast Blaze 28 17 11 60.71% 3–2 W2 10–4 7–7 2387 2253 105.95%
4 Townsville Crocodiles1 28 15 13 53.37% 2–3 L2 11–3 4–10 2213 2210 100.14%
5 Cairns Taipans1 28 15 13 53.37% 2–3 W1 9–5 6–8 2025 2107 96.11%
6 Melbourne Tigers2 28 11 17 39.29% 1–4 L3 7–7 4–10 2156 2239 96.29%
7 Sydney Kings2 28 11 17 39.29% 2–3 L1 5–9 6–8 2279 2423 94.06%
8 Wollongong Hawks 28 9 19 32.14% 3–2 W3 4–10 5–9 2093 2232 93.77%
9 Adelaide 36ers 28 8 20 28.57% 1–4 L4 4–10 4–10 2297 2454 93.60%

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2012. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log[]

2011–12 game log
October: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 7 October Sydney W 82–76 Patrick Mills (28) (9) Ayinde Ubaka (2) State Netball Hockey Centre 1–0
2 14 October @ Perth L 92–76 Patrick Mills (19) Tommy Greer (9) Ayinde Ubaka (6) Challenge Stadium 1–1
3 22 October New Zealand W 67–64 Patrick Mills (19) Daniel Dillon (7) Daniel Dillon (4) State Netball Hockey Centre 2–1
4 30 October @ Wollongong 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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 4 November @ Sydney W 76–94 Patrick Mills (20) Dillon, Walker (5) Patrick Mills (8) Sydney Entertainment Centre 4–1
6 6 November Cairns W 80–63 (17) Tommy Greer (9) Patrick Mills (10) State Netball Hockey Centre 5–1
7 11 November Townsville L 88–95 (26) (14) Patrick Mills (10) State Netball Hockey Centre 5–2
8 18 November Perth W 87–82 Ayinde Ubaka (23) Tommy Greer (7) Patrick Mills (6) State Netball Hockey Centre 6–2
9 19 November @ Adelaide L 95–89 Patrick Mills (32) Ron Dorsey (7) Mills, Ubaka, Walker (3) Adelaide Arena 6–3
10 25 November Sydney L 80–89 (28) (5) Dillon, Greer (4) State Netball Hockey Centre 6–4
December: 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 2 December @ New Zealand L 108–98 Ron Dorsey (21) Tommy Greer (14) Daniel Dillon (6) North Shore Events Centre 6–5
12 10 December @ Cairns L 79–77 (24) Ron Dorsey (12) Ayinde Ubaka (5) Cairns Convention Centre 6–6
13 18 December Townsville W 93–80 (19) Tommy Greer (8) Daniel Dillon (4) State Netball Hockey Centre 7–6
14 23 December Cairns W 67–65 (14) Rush, (5) Daniel Dillon (5) State Netball Hockey Centre 8–6
15 31 December @ Gold Coast W 72–79 (25) Dillon, Greer (7) Daniel Dillon (4) Gold Coast Convention Centre 9–6
January: 0–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 6 January @ Perth L 72–67 Rush, (17) (9) Daniel Dillon (6) Challenge Stadium 9–7
17 8 January New Zealand L 79–90 (22) (7) Dillon, Ubaka (5) State Netball Hockey Centre 9–8
18 15 January Gold Coast L 60–73 (14) (6) Daniel Dillon (5) State Netball Hockey Centre 9–9
19 19 January @ New Zealand L 91–77 Dillon, Rush (18) Tommy Greer (7) Dillon, (4) North Shore Events Centre 9–10
20 21 January @ Gold Coast L 92–78 Ron Dorsey (24) (6) (8) Gold Coast Convention Centre 9–11
21 27 January @ Wollongong L 90–68 Liam Rush (18) (9) (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 9–12
February: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
22 3 February Adelaide W 87–81 (20) , Greer, Walker (6) (8) State Netball Hockey Centre 10–12
23 18 February @ Cairns L 77–56 (13) (10) (3) Cairns Convention Centre 10–13
24 25 February Adelaide L 83–92 (19) Lucas Walker (9) (7) State Netball Hockey Centre 10–14
March: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 2 March @ Sydney W 61–66 Lucas Walker (12) Lucas Walker (7) (4) Sydney Entertainment Centre 11–14
26 4 March @ Townsville L 67–64 Dorsey, Walker (13) Burston, Walker (6) (7) Townsville Entertainment Centre 11–15
27 18 March Wollongong L 61–71 Bennie Lewis (15) Tommy Greer (8) Dillon (7) State Netball Hockey Centre 11–16
28 23 March Perth L 71–72 Ron Dorsey (22) Matt Burston (13) (7) State Netball 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. ^ a b Tigers sign former Taipans stars Ubaka, Dorsey

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