Men's Basketball
2011-12 Highlights

through March 26, 2012

23-9 overall, 11-3 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

•  Reached 20 victories for the seventh time in nine seasons and the 27th time overall to extend its Louisiana men's basketball record
•  Extended a school record with its 12th consecutive winning season
•  Extended a school record with its 21st consecutive non-losing season
•  Shared the GCAC regular-season championship with Tougaloo — XU's first regular-season championship since 2006-07
•  Qualified for the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship for the second consecutive year and the sixth time in eight seasons
•  Ranked in 12 of 13 NAIA Division I Coaches' Top 25 polls this season, with a high of 18th twice, a rank of 21st on March 7 entering the national tournament and a rank of 24th in the postseason poll
•  Won 33 of last 36 games at The Barn
•  Won 50 games since the start of the 2010-11 season . . . it's the first time Xavier won 50 games over two seasons since 1980-81 and 1981-82
•  44-2 in non-conference home games during the last five seasons
•  49-1 since November 2009 when making more free throws than opponents — 17-1 in 2011-12
•  Won 67-61 at home — rallying from 16 points down in the second half — against NAIA No. 18 Tougaloo on Feb. 13 in the final XU men's game at The Barn, which opened in 1937
•  Fifth consecutive year to rank among the top six in NAIA Division I in scoring defense
•  Third consecutive year to rank among the top four in NAIA Division I in field-goal percentage defense
•  Won its season opener for the 16th consecutive time
•  Allowed less than 50 points in six games — most by an XU team in one season since 1951-52
•  Won 74-50 at Fisk on Feb. 20 to give Dannton Jackson his 200th victory as XU head coach
•  Dannton Jackson became the second Xavier coach — the first since Denny Alexander (1978-87) — to post nine consecutive winning seasons
•  Dannton Jackson became the third consecutive Gold Rush coach to reach 200 victories
•  No player averaged more than 9.9 points per game for the season
•  Five of the losses were by a combined 16 points, including an overtime and a triple-overtime decision
•  Denzell Erves' six double-doubles were the most in one season by an XU player since the start of 2003-04
•  Jamaan Kenner was accepted to the School of Medicine of LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, La.
•  Four players — Denzell Erves (three times), Anthony Simmons (twice), Cordell Hadnot and Nick Haywood — combined to win seven GCAC Player of the Week awards
•  Nick Haywood made seven 3-pointers Nov. 26 at Wiley — most in a game by an XU player since Mark Stewart made a school-record-tying eight at Mobile on March 7, 2008
•  Chris Iles received honorable mention on the 2011-12 NAIA Division I All-America team.
•  Team statistical rankings in NAIA Division I included No. 2 in field-goal percentage defense (.378), No. 6 in scoring defense (62.6) and No. 12 in rebound margin (+6.4)
•  Individual statistical rankings in NAIA Division I included Chris Iles No. 14 in 3-point field-goal percentage (.433)