2011–12 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team

2011–12 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball

The Summit League Regular Season Champions
NIT, First Round
Conference	The Summit League
2011–12 record	27–7 (17–1 The Summit)
Head coach	Scott Sutton (13th year)
Assistant coach	Tom Hankins
Assistant coach	Conley Phipps
Assistant coach	Sean Sutton
Home arena	Mabee Center

	Conf				Overall
2011–12 The Summit League men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oral Roberts	17	–	1	.944	27	–	7	.794
South Dakota State†	15	–	3	.833	27	–	8	.771
Oakland	11	–	7	.611	20	–	16	.556
Western Illinois	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
North Dakota State	9	–	9	.500	17	–	14	.548
Southern Utah	8	–	10	.444	14	–	17	.452
IUPUI	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
* South Dakota	5	–	13	.278	10	–	18	.357
IPFW	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
UMKC	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323

† 2012 Summit League tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll * Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2011–12 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by 13th year head coach Scott Sutton, played their home games at the Mabee Center and are members of The Summit League. This was their last season as a member of The Summit League before joining the Southland Conference in 2012–13. They finished the season 27–7, 17–1 in Summit League play to be crowned regular season champions. They lost in the semifinals of the The Summit League Basketball Tournament to Western Illinois. As regular season conference champions, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Nevada.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
2	D.J. Jackson	Guard	5–11	175	Freshman	Kansas City, Missouri
3	Robert Aery	Guard	6–0	185	Senior	Tulsa, Oklahoma
4	Roderick Pearson, Jr.	Guard	6–2	195	Senior	Kansas City, Missouri
10	Tyrone Nance	Forward	6–5	211	Junior	Los Angeles, CA
11	Shawn Glover	Guard/Forward	6–7	195	Junior	Dallas, TX
12	Ken Holdman	Guard	6–0	180	Senior	Tulsa, Oklahoma
13	Warren Niles	Guard	6–5	195	Junior	Cincinnati, Ohio
14	Jake Lliteras	Guard	6–5	195	Freshman	Hillsborough, North Carolina
21	Kris Obaseki	Forward	6–9	180	Freshman	Houston, TX
22	Steven Roundtree	Forward	6–8	190	Sophomore	Jacksonville, Florida
23	P.J. Purnell	Guard	6–2	175	Freshman	Silver Spring, Maryland
25	Trey Cox	Guard	6–1	190	Freshman	Kansas City, Missouri
32	Damen Bell-Holter	Forward/Center	6–9	245	Junior	Hydaburg, Alaska
35	Mikey Manghum	Guard	6–2	185	Junior	Derby, England
45	Dominique Morrison	Forward	6–6	210	Senior	Kansas City, Missouri
54	Michael Craion	Forward	6–5	215	Senior	Kansas City, Missouri

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/01/2011*	Rogers State	W 78–45		Mabee Center
11/06/2011*	Northeastern State	W 65–59		Mabee Center
Regular Season
11/11/2011*	at West Virginia	L 71–78	0–1	WVU Coliseum (8,579)
11/15/2011*	vs. UTSA (NIT Season Tip-Off)	L 77–78	0–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,719)
11/16/2011*	vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (NIT Season Tip-Off)	W 80–44	1–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,836)
11/19/2011*	Austin Peay	W 71–59	2–2	Mabee Center (2,852)
11/21/2011*	SMU (NIT Season Tip-Off)	W 62–56	3–2	Mabee Center (1,971)
11/22/2011*	FIU (NIT Season Tip-Off)	W 73–65	4–2	Mabee Center (2,218)
11/30/2011*	Missouri State	W 68–63	5–2	Mabee Center (3,352)
12/03/2011	Southern Utah	W 61–55	6–2 (1–0)	Mabee Center (2,263)
12/08/2011*	at Oklahoma	L 59–73	6–3	Lloyd Noble Center (7,699)
12/12/2011*	at Arkansas–Little Rock	W 58–55	7–3	Jack Stephens Center (2,557)
12/15/2011*	at Gonzaga	L 61–67	7–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
12/18/2011*	at #8 Xavier	W 64–42	8–4	Cintas Center (9,678)
12/22/2011*	Texas Tech	W 72–56	9–4	Mabee Center (8,064)
12/28/2011	at UMKC	W 72–65	10–4 (2–0)	Swinney Recreation Center (1,504)
12/30/2011	at South Dakota	W 79–67	11–4 (3–0)	DakotaDome (1,689)
01/03/2012	at Oakland	W 89–80	12–4 (4–0)	Athletics Center O'rena (2,185)
01/05/2012	North Dakota State	W 89–80	13–4 (5–0)	Mabee Center (2,524)
01/07/2012	South Dakota State	W 97–75	14–4 (6–0)	Mabee Center (3,725)
01/12/2012	at Western Illinois	W 71–70 ^2OT	15–4 (7–0)	Western Hall (1,029)
01/14/2012	at IUPUI	W 81–71	16–4 (8–0)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,215)
01/19/2012	IPFW	W 65–54	17–4 (9–0)	Mabee Center (3,583)
01/21/2012	Oakland	W 93–86	18–4 (10–0)	Mabee Center (9,005)
01/26/2012	South Dakota	W 97–64	19–4 (11–0)	Mabee Center (3,170)
01/28/2012	UMKC	W 77–67	20–4 (12–0)	Mabee Center (6,850)
02/02/2012	at South Dakota State	L 60–75	20–5 (12–1)	Frost Arena (4,255)
02/04/2012	at North Dakota State	W 85–76	21–5 (13–1)	Bison Sports Arena (4,464)
02/09/2012	IUPUI	W 76–74 ^OT	22–5 (14–1)	Mabee Center (3,495)
02/11/2012	Western Illinois	W 61–51	23–5 (15–1)	Mabee Center (8,617)
02/15/2012	at IPFW	W 75–71	24–5 (16–1)	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (1,679)
02/18/2012*	Akron (ESPN BracketBusters)	W 67–61	25–5	Mabee Center (7,745)
02/25/2012	at Southern Utah	W 73–71	26–5 (17–1)	Centrum Arena (2,738)
2012 The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
03/03/2012	vs. IPFW (Quarterfinals)	W 71–67	27–5	Sioux Falls Arena (6,614)
03/05/2012	vs. Western Illinois (Semifinals)	L 53–54	27–6	Sioux Falls Arena (6,448)
2012 NIT
03/14/2012*	Nevada (First Round)	L 59–68	27–7	Mabee Center (2,474)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball

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Rivalries	Tulsa

People	Head coaches NBA players

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