2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball team
American college basketball season
2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball | |
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OVC Regular Season & tournament champions Great Alaska Shootout Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Third Round | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 12 |
Record | 31–2 (15–1 OVC) |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | CFSB Center |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Murray State † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 31 | – | 2 | .939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*SIU Edwardsville | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Martin | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 4 | – | 27 | .129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 Ohio Valley Conference tournament winner As of March 15, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll * Ineligible for conference tournament |
The 2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Racers, led by first year head coach Steve Prohm, played their home games at the CFSB Center and were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They were the Ohio Valley regular season champions and champions of the 2012 OVC Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA tournament. This was the Racers 15th tournament appearance. They defeated Colorado State in the second round before falling to Marquette in the third round to finish the season 31–2.[1][2]
Roster
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- Dexter Fields was ineligible this season under NCAA rules as a transfer. After this season, he had two years of eligibility remaining
Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/08/2011* 7:00 pm | Bethel | W 77–32 | CFSB Center Murray, KY | ||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2011* 7:45 pm | Harris–Stowe | W 76–49 | 1–0 | CFSB Center (2,440) Murray, KY | |||||||
11/14/2011* 6:00 pm | at Morgan State | W 80–69 | 2–0 | Talmadge L. Hill Field House (2,738) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
11/17/2011* 7:30 pm | Tennessee Temple | W 83–41 | 3–0 | CFSB Center (2,308) Murray, KY | |||||||
11/20/2011* 3:00 pm | at UAB | W 62–55 | 4–0 | Bartow Arena (3,863) Birmingham, AL | |||||||
11/23/2011* 9:30 pm | at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout first round | W 64–62 | 5–0 | Sullivan Arena (4,586) Anchorage, AK | |||||||
11/25/2011* 8:30 pm | vs. San Francisco Great Alaska Shootout semifinals | W 70–67 | 6–0 | Sullivan Arena (4,661) Anchorage, AK | |||||||
11/26/2011* 11:00 pm | vs. Southern Miss Great Alaska Shootout finals | W 90–81 2OT | 7–0 | Sullivan Arena (5,057) Anchorage, AK | |||||||
12/01/2011* 7:00 pm | at WKU | W 70–59 | 8–0 | E. A. Diddle Arena (3,845) Bowling Green, Kentucky | |||||||
12/04/2011* 1:00 pm, FS Ohio | Dayton | W 75–58 | 9–0 | CFSB Center (3,857) Murray, KY | |||||||
12/11/2011* 5:00 pm, CSS | at No. 21 Memphis | W 76–72 | 10–0 | FedExForum (16,795) Memphis, TN | |||||||
12/15/2011* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Lipscomb | W 89–65 | 11–0 | CFSB Center (3,993) Murray, KY | ||||||
12/17/2011* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Arkansas State | W 66–53 | 12–0 | CFSB Center (4,031) Murray, KY | ||||||
12/21/2011 7:00 pm | No. 22 | UT Martin | W 78–54 | 13–0 (1–0) | CFSB Center (5,877) Murray, KY | ||||||
12/30/2012 7:00 pm | No. 20 | at Eastern Illinois | W 73–40 | 14–0 (2–0) | Lantz Arena (2,612) Charleston, IL | ||||||
01/04/2012 7:00 pm | No. 18 | Eastern Kentucky | W 76–67 | 15–0 (3–0) | CFSB Center (5,852) Murray, KY | ||||||
01/07/2012 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 18 | at Austin Peay | W 87–75 | 16–0 (4–0) | Dunn Center (5,503) Clarksville, TN | ||||||
01/12/2012 7:00 pm | No. 14 | Jacksonville State | W 66–55 | 17–0 (5–0) | CFSB Center (5,839) Murray, KY | ||||||
01/14/2012 5:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 14 | Tennessee Tech | W 82–74 | 18–0 (6–0) | CFSB Center (8,691) Murray, KY | ||||||
01/18/2012 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 12 | at Morehead State | W 66–60 | 19–0 (7–0) | Ellis Johnson Arena (6,036) Morehead, KY | ||||||
01/21/2012 8:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 12 | at SIU Edwardsville | W 82–65 | 20–0 (8–0) | Vadalabene Center (4,157) Edwardsville, IL | ||||||
01/28/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 11 | Eastern Illinois | W 73–58 | 21–0 (9–0) | CFSB Center (8,673) Murray, KY | ||||||
02/02/2012 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 10 | Southeast Missouri State | W 81–73 | 22–0 (10–0) | CFSB Center (8,369) Murray, KY | ||||||
02/04/2012 6:00 pm | No. 10 | at UT Martin | W 65–58 | 23–0 (11–0) | Skyhawk Arena (4,700) Martin, TN | ||||||
02/09/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 9 | Tennessee State | L 68–72 | 23–1 (11–1) | CFSB Center (8,668) Murray, KY | ||||||
02/11/2012 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | No. 9 | Austin Peay | W 82–63 | 24–1 (12–1) | CFSB Center (8,587) Murray, KY | ||||||
02/15/2012 7:00 pm | No. 16 | at Southeast Missouri State | W 75–66 | 25–1 (13–1) | Show Me Center (7,125) Cape Girardeau, MO | ||||||
02/18/2012* 5:00 pm, ESPN | No. 16 | No. 21 Saint Mary's ESPN BracketBusters | W 65–51 | 26–1 | CFSB Center (8,825) Murray, KY | ||||||
02/23/2012 7:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 14 | at Tennessee State | W 80–62 | 27–1 (14–1) | Gentry Complex (10,125) Nashville, TN | ||||||
02/25/2012 7:30 pm | No. 14 | at Tennessee Tech | W 69–64 | 28–1 (15–1) | Eblen Center (9,021) Cookeville, TN | ||||||
2012 OVC Basketball tournament | |||||||||||
03/02/2012 6:00 pm, ESPNU | (1) No. 12 | vs. (4) Tennessee Tech Semifinals | W 78–58 | 29–1 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (5,142) Nashville, TN | ||||||
03/03/2012 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1) No. 12 | vs. (2) Tennessee State Championship Game | W 54–52 | 30–1 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (6,454) Nashville, TN | ||||||
2012 NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
03/15/2012* 11:15 am, CBS | (6 W) No. 12 | vs. (11 W) Colorado State Second Round | W 58–41 | 31–1 | KFC Yum! Center (16,069) Louisville, KY | ||||||
03/17/2012* 4:15 pm, CBS | (6 W) No. 12 | vs. (3 W) No. 11 Marquette Third Round | L 53–62 | 31–2 | KFC Yum! Center (21,757) Louisville, KY | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time (#) Number seeded with region.. |
Rankings
Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | WK 17 | Wk 18 | Final |
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AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | |
Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
References
- ^ "Canaan lifts Murray St over Colorado St 58-41". The Denver Post. March 15, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "Marquette ends Murray State's season at 31-2". ESPN. March 17, 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.