2011 – 12 Fairfield Stags men 's basketball team represented Fairfield University during the 2011 – 12 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Stags , led by first year head coach Sydney Johnson , played their home games at Webster Bank Arena , with games during the CIT played at Alumni Hall , and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . They finished the season 22 – 15 , 12 – 6 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for third place . They lost in the semifinals of the MAAC Basketball Tournament to Iona . They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Yale , Manhattan , and Robert Morris en route to the semifinals where they fell to Mercer
MAAC Basketball Tournament
2012 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2011–12 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team