2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 Basketball 2011–12 Murray State Racers Murray State Racers Wordmark.gif 200 Ohio Valley Conference OVC 16 12 31–2 15–1 Steve Prohm 1st William Small Matt McMahon Tim MacAllister James Kane CFSB Center OVC Regular Season & tournament championsGreat Alaska Shootout Champions NCAA Tournament Second Round 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.https://www.denverpost.com/2012/03/15/canaan-lifts-murray-st-over-colorado-st-58-41-2/ Canaan lifts Murray St over Colorado St 58-41 The Denver Post March 15, 2012 February 17, 2024https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/320770269 https://web.archive.org/web/20240218025233/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/320770269 dead February 18, 2024 Marquette ends Murray State's season at 31-2 ESPN March 17, 2012 February 17, 2024 Roster 2011 Murray State Racers y y Stacy Wilson 1 F 6 3 185 jr Mullins, SC MullinsCoffeyville CC Ed Daniel y 2 F 6 7 215 jr Birmingham, AL Woodlawn Isaiah Canaan 3 G 6 0 193 jr Biloxi, MS Biloxi y Latreze Mushatt 5 G 6 5 210 jr Saginaw, MI Arthur HillUMKC Zay Jackson 10 G 6 0 175 fr Hammond, LA St. Thomas Aquinas Donte Poole 11 F 6 3 190 sr Las Vegas, NV Mojave Brandon Garrett 13 F 6 9 200 jr Phoenix, AZ Paradise ValleyIndian Hills CC Jordan Burge 14 G 5 11 162 jr Mayfield, KY Northside Baptist Dexter Fields 23 G 6 2 190 jr y Orlando, FL OlympiaUAB yes Jaylen Bland 32 G 6 3 202 fr Reseda, CA Cleveland y Jewuan Long 33 G 6 1 175 sr y Jackson, TN Liberty Tech Harley Nussman 34 C 6 10 228 fr Pearland, TX Pearland Ivan Aska y 42 F 6 7 230 sr Fort Lauderdale, FL Boyd H. Anderson Steve Prohm (Alabama) William Small (Belhaven) Matt McMahon (Appalachian State) James Kane (Florida) http://www.goracers.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Dexter Fields was ineligible this season under NCAA rules as a transfer. After this season, he had two years of eligibility remaining Schedule 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2011 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/08/2011 7:00 pm yes Bethel CFSB Center Murray, KY   77–32 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/11/2011 7:45 pm yes Harris–Stowe CFSB Center Murray, KY 2,440 76–49 1–0 11/14/2011 6:00 pm yes yes Morgan State Talmadge L. Hill Field House Baltimore, MD 2,738 80–69 2–0 11/17/2011 7:30 pm yes Tennessee Temple CFSB Center Murray, KY 2,308 83–41 3–0 11/20/2011 3:00 pm yes yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 3,863 62–55 4–0 11/23/2011 9:30 pm yes yes Alaska Anchorage Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout first round 4,586 64–62 5–0 11/25/2011 8:30 pm yes yes San Francisco Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout semifinals 4,661 70–67 6–0 11/26/2011 11:00 pm yes yes Southern Miss Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout finals 5,057 90–81 2OT 7–0 12/01/2011 7:00 pm yes yes WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky 3,845 70–59 8–0 12/04/2011 1:00 pm yes Dayton CFSB Center Murray, KY 3,857 FS Ohio 75–58 9–0 12/11/2011 5:00 pm yes yes Memphis 21 FedExForum Memphis, TN 16,795 CSS 76–72 10–0 12/15/2011 7:00 pm yes 24 Lipscomb CFSB Center Murray, KY 3,993 89–65 11–0 12/17/2011 7:00 pm yes 24 Arkansas State CFSB Center Murray, KY 4,031 66–53 12–0 12/21/2011 7:00 pm 22 UT Martin CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,877 78–54 13–0 (1–0) 12/30/2012 7:00 pm yes 20 Eastern Illinois Lantz Arena Charleston, IL 2,612 73–40 14–0 (2–0) 01/04/2012 7:00 pm 18 Eastern Kentucky CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,852 76–67 15–0 (3–0) 01/07/2012 7:00 pm yes 18 Austin Peay Dunn Center Clarksville, TN 5,503 ESPNU 87–75 16–0 (4–0) 01/12/2012 7:00 pm 14 Jacksonville State CFSB Center Murray, KY 5,839 66–55 17–0 (5–0) 01/14/2012 5:00 pm 14 Tennessee Tech CFSB Center Murray, KY 8,691 ESPNU 82–74 18–0 (6–0) 01/18/2012 6:00 pm yes 12 Morehead State Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, KY 6,036 ESPN3 66–60 19–0 (7–0) 01/21/2012 8:00 pm yes 12 SIU Edwardsville Vadalabene Center Edwardsville, IL 4,157 ESPNU 82–65 20–0 (8–0) 01/28/2012 7:00 pm 11 Eastern Illinois CFSB Center Murray, KY 8,673 ESPN3 73–58 21–0 (9–0) 02/02/2012 7:00 pm 10 Southeast Missouri State CFSB Center Murray, KY 8,369 ESPNU 81–73 22–0 (10–0) 02/04/2012 6:00 pm yes 10 UT Martin Skyhawk Arena Martin, TN 4,700 65–58 23–0 (11–0) 02/09/2012 7:00 pm 9 Tennessee State CFSB Center Murray, KY 8,668 ESPN3 68–72 23–1 (11–1) 02/11/2012 7:30 pm 9 Austin Peay CFSB Center Murray, KY 8,587 ESPN3 82–63 24–1 (12–1) 02/15/2012 7:00 pm yes 16 Southeast Missouri State Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO 7,125 75–66 25–1 (13–1) 02/18/2012 5:00 pm yes 16 Saint Mary's 21 CFSB Center Murray, KY ESPN BracketBusters 8,825 ESPN 65–51 26–1 02/23/2012 7:30 pm yes 14 Tennessee State Gentry Complex Nashville, TN 10,125 ESPNU 80–62 27–1 (14–1) 02/25/2012 7:30 pm yes 14 Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, TN 9,021 69–64 28–1 (15–1) |- !colspan=9| 2012 OVC Basketball tournament 03/02/2012 6:00 pm yes 12 1 Tennessee Tech 4 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN Semifinals 5,142 ESPNU 78–58 29–1 03/03/2012 1:00 pm yes 12 1 Tennessee State 2 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, TN Championship Game 6,454 ESPN2 54–52 30–1 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament 03/15/2012 11:15 am yes yes 12 6 W Colorado State 11 W KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY First Round CBS 58–41 16,069 31–1 03/17/2012 4:15 pm yes yes 12 6 W Marquette 11 3 W KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Second Round CBS 53–62 21,757 31–2 AP Poll Central Time (#) Number seeded with region. Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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 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 Category:Murray State Racers men's basketball seasons Murray State Murray State Murray State Racers men's basketball Murray State Racers men's basketball