2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball
OVC Regular Season & tournament champions
Great Alaska Shootout Champions
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 12
Record31–2 (15–1 OVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCFSB Center
2011–12 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 12 Murray State151 .938312  .939
Tennessee State115 .6882013  .606
Morehead State106 .6251815  .545
Tennessee Tech97 .5631914  .576
Southeast Missouri State97 .5631516  .484
Austin Peay88 .5001220  .375
Jacksonville State88 .5001518  .455
Eastern Kentucky79 .4381616  .500
*SIU Edwardsville610 .3751017  .370
Eastern Illinois511 .3131217  .414
UT Martin016 .000427  .129
2012 Ohio Valley Conference tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

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.

Roster

2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 1 Stacy Wilson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg) JrMullins
Coffeyville CC
Mullins, SC
F 2 Ed Daniel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)215 lb (98 kg) JrWoodlawn Birmingham, AL
G 3 Isaiah Canaan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)193 lb (88 kg) JrBiloxi Biloxi, MS
G 5 Latreze Mushatt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrArthur Hill
UMKC
Saginaw, MI
G 10 Zay Jackson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)175 lb (79 kg) FrSt. Thomas Aquinas Hammond, LA
F 11 Donte Poole 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg) SrMojave Las Vegas, NV
F 13 Brandon Garrett 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)200 lb (91 kg) JrParadise Valley
Indian Hills CC
Phoenix, AZ
G 14 Jordan Burge 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)162 lb (73 kg) JrNorthside Baptist Mayfield, KY
G 23 Dexter Fields Current redshirt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)190 lb (86 kg) RS JrOlympia
UAB
Orlando, FL
G 32 Jaylen Bland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)202 lb (92 kg) FrCleveland Reseda, CA
G 33 Jewuan Long 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg) RS SrLiberty Tech Jackson, TN
C 34 Harley Nussman 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)228 lb (103 kg) FrPearland Pearland, TX
F 42 Ivan Aska 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)230 lb (104 kg) SrBoyd H. Anderson Fort Lauderdale, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16WK 17Wk 18Final
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

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