2011–12 Cairns Taipans season

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2011–12 Cairns Taipans season
Head coach	Aaron Fearne
Arena	Cairns Convention Centre
NBL results
Record	15–13 (53.6%)
Ladder	5th
Finals finish	Did not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 NBL season is the 13th season for the Cairns Taipans in the NBL.

Roster

Cairns Taipans roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
PG	1	Williams, Kerry	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
PG	2	Philp, Mitch (DP)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
PG	4	Adekponya, Matthew (DP)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
PG	5	Wilson, Jamar (I)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
G/F	6	Mitchell, James (DP)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
G/F	8	Grabau, Aaron	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
G/F	9	Hill, Brad	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
F/C	10	Dowdell, Jeff	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	101 kg (223 lb)
C	11	Crosswhite, Ian (C)	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	115 kg (254 lb)
SG	24	Warren, Andrew (I)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
PF	32	Brebner, Dean	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	105 kg (231 lb)
F/C	40	Loughton, Alex (C)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
PF	45	Rychart, Dusty	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
G	–	Comino, James (TP)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G/F	–	Vale, Dwayne (TP)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
PG	–	Ahwang, Curt (TP)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Head coach

Aaron Fearne

Assistant coach(es)

Mick Downer

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
(TP) Training player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 27 January 2012

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Reserve
C	Ian Crosswhite	Jeff Dowdell
PF	Alex Loughton	Dean Brebner
SF	Brad Hill	Dusty Rychart	James Mitchell	Dwayne Vale
SG	Andrew Warren	Aaron Grabau	Matthew Adekponya	James Comino
PG	Jamar Wilson	Kerry Williams	Mitch Philp	Curt Ahwang

Regular season

Standings

Pos	2011–12 NBL season v t e
Pos	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 Crocodiles	28	15	13	53.37%	2–3	L2	11–3	4–10	2213	2210	100.14%

5	Cairns Taipans	28	15	13	53.37%	2–3	W1	9–5	6–8	2025	2107	96.11%
6	Melbourne Tigers	28	11	17	39.29%	1–4	L3	7–7	4–10	2156	2239	96.29%
7	Sydney Kings	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: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	8 October	Townsville	W 81-76	Jamar Wilson (23)	Dusty Rychart (14)	Jamar Wilson, Brad Hill & Jeff Dowdell (4)	The Snakepit	1-0
2	14 October	@ Townsville	L 76-95	Andrew Warren (16)	Dusty Rychart (8)	Kerry Williams & Jamar Wilson (3)	The Swamp	1-1
3	16 October	@ Gold Coast	W 91-82	Andrew Warren (28)	Jamar Wilson (6)	Brad Hill (7)	The Furnace	2-1
4	28 October	Wollongong	L 64-69	Brad Hill (19)	Aaron Grabau & Brad Hill (7)	Jamar Wilson (4)	The Snakepit	2-2