2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Basketball Middle Tennessee MT Logomark.svg 150 Sun Belt Conference East Division Sun Belt 27–7 14–2 Kermit Davis 10th Win Case Greg Grensing Monte Towe Murphy Center Sun Belt East Division and overall regular season champions NIT Quarterfinals The 2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by tenth-year head coach Kermit Davis, played their home games at the Murphy Center and were members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 27–7, 14–2 in Sun Belt play to be Sun Belt East Division champions and overall regular season conference champions. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Basketball tournament to Arkansas State.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/320642393 https://web.archive.org/web/20240215002828/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/320642393 dead February 15, 2024 Arkansas St. 64, Middle Tennessee 61 ESPN March 4, 2012 February 14, 2024 As regular season conference champions, they received an automatic bid to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Marshall in the first round and Tennessee in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to Minnesota. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Zane Gibson Guard 6–2 180 Sophomore Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 LaRon Dendy Forward 6–9 230 Senior Greenville, South Carolina 3 James Gallman Guard 5–11 180 Junior Knoxville, Tennessee 11 Julian Edmonson Guard 6–2 190 Freshman Fort Worth, Texas 12 Shawn Jones Forward 6–8 227 Sophomore Hialeah, Florida 13 Bruce Massey Guard 6–3 195 Junior Germantown, Maryland 14 Marcos Knight Guard 6–2 210 Junior Rentz, Georgia 15 Raymond Cintron Guard 6–0 195 Junior San Juan, Puerto Rico 20 Jimmy Oden Guard 6–3 175 Senior Murfreesboro, Tennessee 21 Torin Walker Center 6–11 248 Sophomore Columbus, Georgia 22 Jason Jones Guard/forward 6–6 195 Junior Memphis, Tennessee 24 Kerry Hammonds Guard/forward 6–5 200 Sophomore Murfreesboro, Tennessee 30 JT Sulton Forward 6–8 230 Junior Yazoo City, Mississippi 42 Jacquez Rozier Forward 6–7 210 Freshman Waynesboro, Georgia Schedule 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/07/2011 7:00 pm yes North Alabama Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 2,300 108–58 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/11/2011 7:00 pm yes Austin Peay Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,011 80–71 1–0 11/13/2011 5:00 pm yes yes Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,853 58–51 2–0 11/15/2011 10:00 pm yes yes UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA Maui Invitational Opening Game 2,308 Prime Ticket 86–66 3–0 11/19/2011 5:15 pm yes UNC Greensboro Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN Maui Invitational Regional 5,411 82–60 4–0 11/20/2011 3:30 pm yes Belmont Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN Maui Invitational Regional 4,762 84–87 2OT 4–1 11/22/2011 7:00 pm yes Cumberland Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 2,911 88–48 5–1 11/26/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Austin Peay Dunn Center Clarksville, TN 2,632 90–70 6–1 12/01/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Tennessee State Gentry Center Nashville, TN 6,131 77–62 7–1 12/04/2011 1:00 pm yes Akron Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,298 77–53 8–1 12/07/2011 7:00 pm yes yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 4,576 56–66 8–2 12/10/2011 5:00 pm yes UT Martin Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,528 78–62 9–2 12/13/2011 7:00 pm yes Belmont Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 6,095 ESPN3 65–62 10–2 12/21/2011 8:00 pm yes yes Ole Miss Lander's Center Southaven, MS 2,342 CSS 68–56 11–2 12/29/2011 7:00 pm yes FIU Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,922 71–66 12–2 (1–0) 12/31/2011 2:30 pm South Alabama Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,528 Sun Belt Network 68–52 13–2 (2–0) 01/05/2012 7:30 pm yes Troy Trojan Arena Troy, AL 1,752 63–53 14–2 (3–0) 01/07/2012 5:30 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,028 65–53 15–2 (4–0) 01/12/2012 6:30 pm yes FIU U.S. Century Bank Arena Miami, FL 1,116 70–59 16–2 (5–0) 01/14/2012 6:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 2,590 67–54 17–2 (6–0) 01/19/2012 7:00 pm Arkansas State Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,822 ESPN3 59–46 18–2 (7–0) 01/21/2012 7:00 pm yes South Alabama Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,889 68–47 19–2 (8–0) 01/26/2012 7:00 pm Troy Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,712 71–58 20–2 (9–0) 01/28/2012 1:00 pm yes yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 14,316 77–84 20–3 02/02/2012 7:00 pm yes North Texas UNT Coliseum Denton, TX 5,510 68–66 21–3 (10–0) 02/04/2012 3:00 pm yes Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO 6,066 ESPN2 60–75 21–4 (10–1) 02/09/2012 7:00 pm WKU Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 7,080 FCS 72–64 22–4 (11–1) 02/11/2012 5:00 pm Arkansas–Little Rock Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 6,806 ESPN2 68–60 23–4 (12–1) 02/18/2012 5:30 pm Florida Atlantic Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 7,605 ESPN3 72–59 24–4 (13–1) 02/23/2012 7:30 pm yes Louisiana–Monroe Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA 1,498 94–61 25–4 (14–1) 02/25/2012 5:00 pm yes WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 7,326 Sun Belt Network 67–73 25–5 (14–2) |- !colspan=9| 2012 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament 03/04/2012 6:00 pm yes Arkansas State Summit Arena Hot Springs, AR Quarterfinals 4,365 Sun Belt Network 61–64 25–6 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NIT 03/13/2012 8:15 pm yes Marshall Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN First round 4,556 ESPN3 86–78 26–6 03/19/2012 6:00 pm yes yes Tennessee Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Second Round 12,038 ESPN 71–64 27–6 03/21/2012 6:00 pm yes Minnesota Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN Quarterfinals 10,521 ESPN2 72–78 27–7 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball seasons Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders