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

2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball

Sun Belt East Division Champions
NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Sun Belt Conference East Division
2011–12 record	27–7 (14–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Kermit Davis (10th year)
Assistant coach	Win Case
Assistant coach	Greg Grensing
Assistant coach	Monte Towe
Home arena	Murphy Center

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Middle Tennessee	14	–	2	.875	27	–	7	.794
South Alabama	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Florida Atlantic	7	–	9	.438	11	–	19	.367
WKU†	7	–	9	.438	16	–	19	.457
Troy	5	–	11	.313	10	–	18	.357
Florida International	5	–	11	.313	8	–	21	.276
West
Arkansas–Little Rock	12	–	4	.750	15	–	16	.484
Denver	11	–	5	.688	22	–	9	.710
Louisiana–Lafayette	10	–	6	.625	16	–	16	.500
North Texas	9	–	7	.563	18	–	14	.563
Arkansas State	6	–	10	.375	14	–	20	.412
*Louisiana–Monroe	2	–	14	.125	3	–	26	.103

† 2012 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 21, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament

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 are 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. As regular season conference champions, they received an automatic bid into 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

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/07/2011*	North Alabama	W 108–58		Murphy Center (2,300)
Regular Season
11/11/2011*	Austin Peay	W 80–71	1–0	Murphy Center (4,011)
11/13/2011*	at Loyola Marymount	W 58–51	2–0	Gersten Pavilion (1,853)
11/15/2011*	at UCLA (Maui Invitational Opening Game)	W 86–66	3–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (2,308)
11/19/2011*	UNC Greensboro (Maui Invitational Regional)	W 82–60	4–0	Murphy Center (5,411)
11/20/2011*	Belmont (Maui Invitational Regional)	L 84–87 ^2OT	4–1	Murphy Center (4,762)
11/22/2011*	Cumberland	W 88–48	5–1	Murphy Center (2,911)
11/26/2011*	at Austin Peay	W 90–70	6–1	Dunn Center (2,632)
12/01/2011*	at Tennessee State	W 77–62	7–1	Gentry Center (6,131)
12/04/2011*	Akron	W 77–53	8–1	Murphy Center (3,298)
12/07/2011*	at UAB	L 56–66	8–2	Bartow Arena (4,576)
12/10/2011*	UT Martin	W 78–62	9–2	Murphy Center (3,528)
12/13/2011*	Belmont	W 65–62	10–2	Murphy Center (6,095)
12/21/2011*	vs. Ole Miss	W 68–56	11–2	Lander's Center (2,342)
12/29/2011	at FIU	W 71–66	12–2 (1–0)	Murphy Center (4,922)
12/31/2011	South Alabama	W 68–52	13–2 (2–0)	Murphy Center (3,528)
01/05/2012	at Troy	W 63–53	14–2 (3–0)	Trojan Arena (1,752)
01/07/2012	Louisiana–Lafayette	W 65–53	15–2 (4–0)	Murphy Center (4,028)
01/12/2012	at FIU	W 70–59	16–2 (5–0)	U.S. Century Bank Arena (1,116)
01/14/2012	at Florida Atlantic	W 67–54	17–2 (6–0)	FAU Arena (2,590)
01/19/2012	Arkansas State	W 59–46	18–2 (7–0)	Murphy Center (5,822)
01/21/2012	at South Alabama	W 68–47	19–2 (8–0)	Mitchell Center (2,889)
01/26/2012	Troy	W 71–58	20–2 (9–0)	Murphy Center (5,712)
01/28/2012*	at Vanderbilt	L 77–84	20–3	Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
02/02/2012	at North Texas	W 68–66	21–3 (10–0)	UNT Coliseum (5,510)
02/04/2012	at Denver	L 60–75	21–4 (10–1)	Magness Arena (6,066)
02/09/2012	WKU	W 72–64	22–4 (11–1)	Murphy Center (7,080)
02/11/2012	Arkansas–Little Rock	W 68–60	23–4 (12–1)	Murphy Center (6,806)
02/18/2012	Florida Atlantic	W 72–59	24–4 (13–1)	Murphy Center (7,605)
02/23/2012	at Louisiana–Monroe	W 94–61	25–4 (14–1)	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,498)
02/25/2012	at WKU	L 67–73	25–5 (14–2)	E. A. Diddle Arena (7,326)
2012 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/04/2012	vs. Arkansas State (Quarterfinals)	L 61–64	25–6	Summit Arena (4,365)
2012 NIT
03/13/2012*	Marshall (First Round)	W 86–78	26–6	Murphy Center (4,556)
03/19/2012*	at Tennessee (Second Round)	W 71–64	27–6	Thompson-Boling Arena (12,038)
03/21/2012*	Minnesota (Quarterfinals)	L 72–78	27–7	Murphy Center (10,521)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball

Venues	Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1950–1972) Murphy Center (1972–present)

People	Head coaches

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