2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball team

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.^[1][2]

2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball
OVC Regular Season & tournament champions Great Alaska Shootout Champions
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 12
Record	31–2 (15–1 OVC)
Head coach	Steve Prohm (1st season)
Assistant coaches	William Small Matt McMahon Tim MacAllister James Kane
Home arena	CFSB Center
Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Murray State †	15	–	1		.938			31	–	2		.939
Tennessee State	11	–	5		.688			20	–	13		.606
Morehead State	10	–	6		.625			18	–	15		.545
Tennessee Tech	9	–	7		.563			19	–	14		.576
Southeast Missouri State	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
Austin Peay	8	–	8		.500			12	–	20		.375
Jacksonville State	8	–	8		.500			15	–	18		.455
Eastern Kentucky	7	–	9		.438			16	–	16		.500
*SIU Edwardsville	6	–	10		.375			10	–	17		.370
Eastern Illinois	5	–	11		.313			12	–	17		.414
UT Martin	0	–	16		.000			4	–	27		.129
† 2012 Ohio Valley Conference tournament winner As of March 15, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll * Ineligible for conference tournament

Roster

2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Stacy Wilson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Mullins Coffeyville CC Mullins, SC F 2 Ed Daniel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Woodlawn Birmingham, AL G 3 Isaiah Canaan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Jr Biloxi Biloxi, MS G 5 Latreze Mushatt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Arthur Hill UMKC Saginaw, MI G 10 Zay Jackson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr St. Thomas Aquinas Hammond, LA F 11 Donte Poole 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Mojave Las Vegas, NV F 13 Brandon Garrett 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Paradise Valley Indian Hills CC Phoenix, AZ G 14 Jordan Burge 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Jr Northside Baptist Mayfield, KY G 23 Dexter Fields  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Olympia UAB Orlando, FL G 32 Jaylen Bland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr Cleveland Reseda, CA G 33 Jewuan Long 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Sr Liberty Tech Jackson, TN C 34 Harley Nussman 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Fr Pearland Pearland, TX F 42 Ivan Aska 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Boyd H. Anderson Fort Lauderdale, FL	Head coach Steve Prohm (Alabama) Assistant coach(es) William Small (Belhaven) Matt McMahon (Appalachian State) James Kane (Florida) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

• Dexter Fields was ineligible this season under NCAA rules as a transfer. After this season, he had two years of eligibility remaining

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2011* 7:00 pm		Bethel	W 77–32		CFSB Center  Murray, KY
Regular season
11/11/2011* 7:45 pm		Harris–Stowe	W 76–49	1–0	CFSB Center (2,440) Murray, KY
11/14/2011* 6:00 pm		at Morgan State	W 80–69	2–0	Talmadge L. Hill Field House (2,738) Baltimore, MD
11/17/2011* 7:30 pm		Tennessee Temple	W 83–41	3–0	CFSB Center (2,308) Murray, KY
11/20/2011* 3:00 pm		at UAB	W 62–55	4–0	Bartow Arena (3,863) Birmingham, AL
11/23/2011* 9:30 pm		at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout first round	W 64–62	5–0	Sullivan Arena (4,586) Anchorage, AK
11/25/2011* 8:30 pm		vs. San Francisco Great Alaska Shootout semifinals	W 70–67	6–0	Sullivan Arena (4,661) Anchorage, AK
11/26/2011* 11:00 pm		vs. Southern Miss Great Alaska Shootout finals	W 90–81 2OT	7–0	Sullivan Arena (5,057) Anchorage, AK
12/01/2011* 7:00 pm		at WKU	W 70–59	8–0	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,845) Bowling Green, Kentucky
12/04/2011* 1:00 pm, FS Ohio		Dayton	W 75–58	9–0	CFSB Center (3,857) Murray, KY
12/11/2011* 5:00 pm, CSS		at No. 21 Memphis	W 76–72	10–0	FedExForum (16,795) Memphis, TN
12/15/2011* 7:00 pm	No. 24	Lipscomb	W 89–65	11–0	CFSB Center (3,993) Murray, KY
12/17/2011* 7:00 pm	No. 24	Arkansas State	W 66–53	12–0	CFSB Center (4,031) Murray, KY
12/21/2011 7:00 pm	No. 22	UT Martin	W 78–54	13–0 (1–0)	CFSB Center (5,877) Murray, KY
12/30/2012 7:00 pm	No. 20	at Eastern Illinois	W 73–40	14–0 (2–0)	Lantz Arena (2,612) Charleston, IL
01/04/2012 7:00 pm	No. 18	Eastern Kentucky	W 76–67	15–0 (3–0)	CFSB Center (5,852) Murray, KY
01/07/2012 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 18	at Austin Peay	W 87–75	16–0 (4–0)	Dunn Center (5,503) Clarksville, TN
01/12/2012 7:00 pm	No. 14	Jacksonville State	W 66–55	17–0 (5–0)	CFSB Center (5,839) Murray, KY
01/14/2012 5:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 14	Tennessee Tech	W 82–74	18–0 (6–0)	CFSB Center (8,691) Murray, KY
01/18/2012 6:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 12	at Morehead State	W 66–60	19–0 (7–0)	Ellis Johnson Arena (6,036) Morehead, KY
01/21/2012 8:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 12	at SIU Edwardsville	W 82–65	20–0 (8–0)	Vadalabene Center (4,157) Edwardsville, IL
01/28/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 11	Eastern Illinois	W 73–58	21–0 (9–0)	CFSB Center (8,673) Murray, KY
02/02/2012 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 10	Southeast Missouri State	W 81–73	22–0 (10–0)	CFSB Center (8,369) Murray, KY
02/04/2012 6:00 pm	No. 10	at UT Martin	W 65–58	23–0 (11–0)	Skyhawk Arena (4,700) Martin, TN
02/09/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 9	Tennessee State	L 68–72	23–1 (11–1)	CFSB Center (8,668) Murray, KY
02/11/2012 7:30 pm, ESPN3	No. 9	Austin Peay	W 82–63	24–1 (12–1)	CFSB Center (8,587) Murray, KY
02/15/2012 7:00 pm	No. 16	at Southeast Missouri State	W 75–66	25–1 (13–1)	Show Me Center (7,125) Cape Girardeau, MO
02/18/2012* 5:00 pm, ESPN	No. 16	No. 21 Saint Mary's ESPN BracketBusters	W 65–51	26–1	CFSB Center (8,825) Murray, KY
02/23/2012 7:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 14	at Tennessee State	W 80–62	27–1 (14–1)	Gentry Complex (10,125) Nashville, TN
02/25/2012 7:30 pm	No. 14	at Tennessee Tech	W 69–64	28–1 (15–1)	Eblen Center (9,021) Cookeville, TN
2012 OVC Basketball tournament
03/02/2012 6:00 pm, ESPNU	(1) No. 12	vs. (4) Tennessee Tech Semifinals	W 78–58	29–1	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (5,142) Nashville, TN
03/03/2012 1:00 pm, ESPN2	(1) No. 12	vs. (2) Tennessee State Championship Game	W 54–52	30–1	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (6,454) Nashville, TN
2012 NCAA tournament
03/15/2012* 11:15 am, CBS	(6 W) No. 12	vs. (11 W) Colorado State Second Round	W 58–41	31–1	KFC Yum! Center (16,069) Louisville, KY
03/17/2012* 4:15 pm, CBS	(6 W) No. 12	vs. (3 W) No. 11 Marquette Third Round	L 53–62	31–2	KFC Yum! Center (21,757) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time (#) Number seeded with region..

Rankings

Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ 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

1. "Canaan lifts Murray St over Colorado St 58-41". The Denver Post. March 15, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
2. "Marquette ends Murray State's season at 31-2". ESPN. March 17, 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.