2011–12 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 2011–12 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Basketball MVSU VS simple monogram.svg 150 Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC 21–13 17–1 Sean Woods 4th Brian Ellis Chico Potts Harrison HPER Complex SWAC Regular Season & tournament champions NCAA Tournament South Region 16 Seed First Four The 2011–12 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by fourth year head coach Sean Woods, played their home games at Harrison HPER Complex and are members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Delta Devils finished the season 21–13, 17–1 in SWAC play to be crowned SWAC regular season champions. They also won the SWAC Basketball tournament, defeating Texas Southern in the championship game, to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA tournament.https://www.chron.com/sports/college-basketball/article/tsu-s-rally-falls-short-in-swac-tournament-final-3397400.php TSU's rally falls short in SWAC tournament final Jon Machota Houston Chronicle March 11, 2012 February 5, 2024 It was the Delta Devils fifth NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2008. They lost in the First Four round to WKU. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 1 William Pugh Guard 6–3 195 Junior Greenwood, Mississippi 3 Terrence Joyner Guard 6–3 180 Senior Mendenhall, Mississippi 5 Luka Pajkovic Guard 6–2 195 Freshman Belgrade, Serbia 11 Brent Arrington Guard 6–2 181 Freshman Baltimore, Maryland 12 Amos Studivant Forward/Center 6–8 230 Senior Bessemer, Alabama 21 Cor-J Cox Guard 6–5 190 Senior Washington, North Carolina 23 Falando Jones Forward 6–4 212 Senior Greenwood, Mississippi 25 Kevin Burwell Guard 5–10 185 Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 32 Paul Crosby Center 6–8 245 Senior Lansing, Michigan 33 Blake Ralling Guard 6–5 197 Freshman Smyrna, Georgia 42 Jason Holmes Forward 6–9 225 Senior Chicago, Illinois Schedule 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/12/2011 1:00 pm yes yes Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 7,087 67–80 0–1 11/14/2011 7:00 pm yes yes DePaul Sullivan Athletic Center Chicago, IL 3,286 70–80 0–2 11/20/2011 2:00 pm yes yes North Carolina 1 Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC Las Vegas Invitational 18,160 FS South 75–101 0–3 11/22/2011 7:00 pm yes yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC Las Vegas Invitational 6,723 FS South 57–61 0–4 11/25/2011 1:30 pm yes yes Tennessee State Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational 7,200 90–89 2OT 1–4 11/26/2011 4:00 pm yes yes Cal Poly Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational 500 55–72 1–5 11/30/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR 11,446 64–97 1–6 12/02/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 4,705 67–92 1–7 12/10/2011 2:00 pm yes yes Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS 5,585 56–80 1–8 12/19/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Florida 11 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 8,025 FS South 54–82 1–9 12/23/2011 2:00 pm yes yes Wisconsin 13 Kohl Center Madison, WI 17,230 BTN 45–79 1–10 12/31/2011 12:00 pm yes yes Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA 12,399 65–67 1–11 01/03/2012 7:30 pm Arkansas–Pine Bluff Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 3,497 82–67 2–11 (1–0) 01/07/2012 4:30 pm yes Alabama State Dunn–Oliver Acadome Montgomery, AL 1,912 67–60 3–11 (2–0) 01/09/2012 5:00 pm yes Alabama A&M Elmore Gymnasium Normal, AL NA 81–69 4–11 (3–0) 01/14/2012 4:30 pm Alcorn State Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 4,976 85–66 5–11 (4–0) 01/16/2012 7:30 pm Southern Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 3,938 77–56 6–11 (5–0) 01/21/2012 7:30 pm yes Prairie View A&M William Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 3,311 81–57 7–11 (6–0) 01/23/2012 8:00 pm yes Texas Southern Health and Physical Education Arena Houston, TX 1,412 ESPNU 77–69 OT 8–11 (7–0) 01/28/2012 4:30 pm Jackson State Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 5,301 60–54 9–11 (8–0) 01/30/2012 7:30 pm Grambling State Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 3,209 77–59 10–11 (9–0) 02/04/2012 4:30 pm Alabama State Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 3,445 70–58 11–11 (10–0) 02/06/2012 7:30 pm Alabama A&M Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 3,091 78–64 12–11 (11–0) 02/11/2012 4:30 pm yes Alcorn State Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS 2,000 71–63 13–11 (12–0) 02/13/2012 7:30 pm yes Southern F. G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, LA 2,062 58–53 14–11 (13–0) 02/18/2012 4:30 pm Prairie View A&M Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 3,098 60–58 15–11 (14–0) 02/20/2012 8:00 pm Texas Southern Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS 4,908 ESPNU 56–53 16–11 (15–0) 02/25/2012 5:00 pm yes Grambling State Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center Grambling, LA NA 79–60 17–11 (16–0) 02/27/2012 7:30 pm yes Jackson State Williams Assembly Center Jackson, MS 2,608 ESPNU 78–69 18–11 (17–0) 03/01/2012 7:30 pm yes Arkansas–Pine Bluff K. L. Johnson Complex Pine Bluff, AR 4,012 67–78 18–12 (17–1) |- !colspan=9| 2012 SWAC men's basketball tournament 03/07/2012 8:00 pm yes Jackson State Garland Special Events Center Garland, TX Quarterfinals NA 63–60 19–12 03/09/2012 8:00 pm yes Arkansas-Pine Bluff Garland Special Events Center Garland, TX Semifinals NA 71–64 20–12 03/10/2012 7:00 pm yes Texas Southern Garland Special Events Center Garland, TX Championship Game NA ESPNU 71–69 21–12 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament 03/13/2012 5:40 pm yes yes S 16 WKU S 16 UD Arena Dayton, OH First Four truTV 58–59 8,510 21–13 AP Poll Central Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region References Category:Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball seasons Mississippi Valley State Mississippi Valley State Mississippi Valley Mississippi Valley