2011–12 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team

2011–12 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils men's basketball

SWAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament South Region 16 Seed, First Four
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
2011–12 record	21–13 (17–1 SWAC)
Head coach	Sean Woods (4th year)
Assistant coach	Brian Ellis
Assistant coach	Chico Potts
Home arena	Harrison HPER Complex

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 SWAC men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Mississippi Valley State†	17	–	1	.944	21	–	13	.618
*Southern	13	–	5	.722	17	–	14	.548
Texas Southern	12	–	6	.667	15	–	18	.455
Prairie View A&M	10	–	8	.556	14	–	18	.438
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	9	–	9	.500	11	–	22	.333
Alabama State	9	–	9	.500	12	–	19	.387
Alcorn State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	22	.313
Alabama A&M	5	–	13	.278	7	–	21	.250
Jackson State	5	–	13	.278	7	–	24	.226
*Grambling State	4	–	14	.222	4	–	24	.143

† 2012 SWAC Tournament winner As of March 13, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament due to low APR

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 to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament. 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
0	Bryson Pope	Guard	6–6	220	Junior	Jenks, Oklahoma
1	William Pugh	Guard	6–3	195	Junior	Greenwood, Mississippi
2	Roger Hubbard, Jr.	Guard	5–10	160	Freshman	Marietta, Georgia
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 Crosy	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

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
11/12/2011*		at Notre Dame	L 67–80	0–1	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,087)
11/14/2011*		at DePaul	L 70–80	0–2	Sullivan Athletic Center (3,286)
11/20/2011*		at #1 North Carolina (Las Vegas Invitational)	L 75–101	0–3	Dean E. Smith Center (18,160)
11/22/2011*		at South Carolina (Las Vegas Invitational)	L 57–61	0–4	Colonial Life Arena (6,723)
11/25/2011*		vs. Tennessee State (Las Vegas Invitational)	W 90–89 ^2OT	1–4	Orleans Arena (7,200)
11/26/2011*		vs. Cal Poly (Las Vegas Invitational)	L 55–72	1–5	Orleans Arena (500)
11/30/2011*		at Arkansas	L 64–97	1–6	Bud Walton Arena (11,446)
12/02/2011*		at Northwestern	L 67–92	1–7	Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,705)
12/10/2011*		at Ole Miss	L 56–80	1–8	Tad Smith Coliseum (5,585)
12/19/2011*		at #11 Florida	L 54–82	1–9	O'Connell Center (8,025)
12/23/2011*		at #13 Wisconsin	L 45–79	1–10	Kohl Center (17,230)
12/31/2011*		at Iowa State	L 65–67	1–11	Hilton Coliseum (12,399)
01/03/2012		Arkansas-Pine Bluff	W 82–67	2–11 (1–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (3,497)
01/07/2012		at Alabama State	W 67–60	3–11 (2–0)	Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,912)
01/09/2012		at Alabama A&M	W 81–69	4–11 (3–0)	Elmore Gymnasium (NA)
01/14/2012		Alcorn State	W 85–66	5–11 (4–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (4,976)
01/16/2012		Southern	W 77–56	6–11 (5–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (3,938)
01/21/2012		at Prairie View A&M	W 81–57	7–11 (6–0)	William Nicks Building (3,311)
01/23/2012		at Texas Southern	W 69–77 ^OT	8–11 (7–0)	Health and Physical Education Arena (1,412)
01/28/2012		Jackson State	W 60–54	9–11 (8–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (5,301)
01/30/2012		Grambling State	W 77–59	10–11 (9–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (3,209)
02/04/2012		Alabama State	W 70–58	11–11 (10–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (3,445)
02/06/2012		Alabama A&M	W 78–64	12–11 (11–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (3,091)
02/11/2012		at Alcorn State	W 71–63	13–11 (12–0)	Davey Whitney Complex (2,000)
02/13/2012		at Southern	W 58–53	14–11 (13–0)	F. G. Clark Center (2,062)
02/18/2012		Prairie View A&M	W 60–58	15–11 (14–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (3,098)
02/20/2012		Texas Southern	W 56–53	16–11 (15–0)	Harrison HPER Complex (4,908)
02/25/2012		at Grambling State	W 79–60	17–11 (16–0)	Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (NA)
02/27/2012		at Jackson State	W 78–69	18–11 (17–0)	Williams Assembly Center (2,608)
03/01/2012		at Arkansas-Pine Bluff	L 67–78	18–12 (17–1)	K. L. Johnson Complex (4,012)
2012 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2012		vs. Jackson State (Quarterfinals)	W 63–60	19–12	Garland Special Events Center (NA)
03/09/2012		vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Semifinals)	W 71–64	20–12	Garland Special Events Center (NA)
03/10/2012		vs. Texas Southern (Championship Game)	W 71–69	21–12	Garland Special Events Center (NA)
2012 NCAA Tournament
03/13/2012*	#(S 16)	vs. (S 16) WKU (First Four)	L 58–59	21–13	UD Arena (8,510)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region.

References

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball

Venues	Harrison HPER Complex (1977–present)

People	Head coaches

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