2011–12 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team

2011–12 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball

The Summit League Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament South Region 14 Seed, Second Round
Conference	The Summit League
2011–12 record	27–8 (15–3 The Summit)
Head coach	Scott Nagy (17th year)
Assistant coach	Rob Klinkefus
Assistant coach	Austin Hansen
Assistant coach	Brian Cooley
Home arena	Frost Arena

	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 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team represented South Dakota State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by 17th year head coach Scott Nagy, played their home games at Frost Arena and are members of The Summit League. They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in The Summit League to finish in second place. They were champions of The Summit League Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament. This was the Jackrabbits first ever NCAA Division I Tournament appearance. They lost in the second round to Baylor.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
3	Nate Wolters	Guard	6–4	193	Junior	St. Cloud, Minnesota
4	Cory Jacobsen	Guard	6–1	190	Freshman	Viborg, South Dakota
5	Taevaunn Prince	Guard	6–3	215	Freshman	Toronto, Canada
10	Alex Olson	Guard	6–1	191	Freshman	Brookfield, Wisconsin
12	Brayden Carlson	Guard	6–4	210	Sophomore	Brookings, South Dakota
22	Zach Monaghan	Guard	6–2	170	Freshman	Palatine, Illinois
23	Joey Feilmeier	Guard	6–1	160	Freshman	North Sioux City, South Dakota
24	Zach Horstman	Guard/Forward	6–6	195	Freshman	Winner, South Dakota
25	Chad White	Guard	6–6	213	Sophomore	Madison, South Dakota
30	Samuel Francis	Guard	6–3	185	Freshman	Silistra, Bulgaria
32	Marcus Heemstra	Forward	6–9	215	Sophomore	Rock Valley, Iowa
33	Griffan Callahan	Guard	6–4	200	Senior	Seneca, Illinois
34	Tony Fiegen	Forward	6–7	220	Junior	Madison, South Dakota
42	Jordan Dykstra	Forward	6–8	235	Sophomore	Rock Valley, Iowa
44	Austin Hennings	Forward	6–6	230	Sophomore	Council Bluffs, Iowa

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/03/2011*		MSU Moorhead	W 77–64		Frost Arena (1,776)
Regular Season
11/12/2011*		Western Michigan	W 82–76	1–0	Frost Arena (1,632)
11/14/2011*		at Minnesota	L 55–71	1–1	Williams Arena (10,460)
11/16/2011*		at Georgia (CBE Classic)	L 61–72	1–2	Stegeman Coliseum (4,913)
11/21/2011*		vs. Niagara (CBE Classic)	W 79–71	2–2	University Center (1,537)
11/22/2011*		vs. Sam Houston State (CBE Classic)	W 77–60	3–2	University Center (1,422)
11/23/2011*		at Mercer (CBE Classic)	W 74–61	4–2	University Center (1,568)
11/26/2011*		at Nebraska	L 64–76	4–3	Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,107)
12/01/2011		at IUPUI	W 97–93 ^OT	5–3 (1–0)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,085)
12/03/2011		at Western Illinois	W 67–66	6–3 (2–0)	Western Hall (1,038)
12/06/2011*		SW Minnesota State	W 92–69	7–3	Frost Arena (1,918)
12/10/2011*		North Dakota	W 92–54	8–3	Frost Arena (4,104)
12/12/2011*		Dakota State	W 93–60	9–3	Frost Arena (1,444)
12/15/2011*		at North Dakota	L 70–89	9–4	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,495)
12/18/2011*		at Washington	W 92–73	10–4	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,060)
12/28/2011		IPFW	W 94–58	11–4 (3–0)	Frost Arena (2,335)
12/30/2011		Oakland	W 76–64	12–4 (4–0)	Frost Arena (3,803)
01/05/2012		at Southern Utah	W 75–68	13–4 (5–0)	Centrum Arena (1,981)
01/07/2012		at Oral Roberts	L 75–97	13–5 (5–1)	Mabee Center (3,725)
01/12/2012		South Dakota	W 86–56	14–5 (6–1)	Frost Arena (6,216)
01/14/2012		UMKC	W 85–58	15–5 (7–1)	Frost Arena (2,607)
01/21/2012		at North Dakota State	W 91–88 ^OT	16–5 (8–1)	Bison Sports Arena (5,011)
01/26/2012		at Oakland	L 87–92	16–6 (8–2)	Athletics Center O'rena (2,935)
01/28/2012		at IPFW	W 74–43	17–6 (9–2)	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (1,856)
02/02/2012		Oral Roberts	W 75–60	18–6 (10–2)	Frost Arena (4,255)
02/04/2012		Southern Utah	W 66–56	19–6 (11–2)	Frost Arena (3,382)
02/09/2012		at South Dakota	L 68–72	19–7 (11–3)	DakotaDome (5,189)
02/11/2012		at UMKC	W 75–62	20–7 (12–3)	Swinney Recreation Center (1,231)
02/15/2012		North Dakota State	W 80–57	21–7 (13–3)	Frost Arena (3,303)
02/18/2012*		Buffalo (ESPN BracketBusters)	W 86–65	22–7	Frost Arena (5,378)
02/23/2012		Western Illinois	W 74–57	23–7 (14–3)	Frost Arena (2,174)
02/25/2012		IUPUI	W 75–64	24–7 (15–3)	Frost Arena (3,933)
2012 The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
03/03/2012		vs. IUPUI (Quarterfinals)	W 77–56	25–7	Sioux Falls Arena (6,614)
03/05/2012		vs. Southern Utah (Semifinals)	W 63–47	26–7	Sioux Falls Arena (6,448)
03/06/2012		vs. Western Illinois (Championship Game)	W 52–50 ^OT	27–7	Sioux Falls Arena (6,526)
2012 NCAA Tournament
3/15/2012*	#(S 14)	vs. #9 (S 3) Baylor (Second Round)	L 60–68	27–8	The Pit (11,839)
*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

South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball

Venues	Frost Arena (1973–present)

Culture & lore	Jack Rabbit "Ring the Bell"

People	Head coaches

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