# 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.

## 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 First 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 Second 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. :
| 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 | |