# 2011–12 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team

The 2011–12 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by fourth year head coach Sean Woods, played their home games at Harrison HPER Complex and are members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Delta Devils finished the season 21–13, 17–1 in SWAC play to be crowned SWAC regular season champions. They also won the SWAC Basketball tournament, defeating Texas Southern in the championship game, to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA tournament. It was the Delta Devils fifth NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2008. They lost in the First Four round to WKU.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | William Pugh | Guard | 6–3 | 195 | Junior | Greenwood, Mississippi |
| 3 | Terrence Joyner | Guard | 6–3 | 180 | Senior | Mendenhall, Mississippi |
| 5 | Luka Pajkovic | Guard | 6–2 | 195 | Freshman | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 11 | Brent Arrington | Guard | 6–2 | 181 | Freshman | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 12 | Amos Studivant | Forward/Center | 6–8 | 230 | Senior | Bessemer, Alabama |
| 21 | Cor-J Cox | Guard | 6–5 | 190 | Senior | Washington, North Carolina |
| 23 | Falando Jones | Forward | 6–4 | 212 | Senior | Greenwood, Mississippi |
| 25 | Kevin Burwell | Guard | 5–10 | 185 | Senior | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 32 | Paul Crosby | Center | 6–8 | 245 | Senior | Lansing, Michigan |
| 33 | Blake Ralling | Guard | 6–5 | 197 | Freshman | Smyrna, Georgia |
| 42 | Jason Holmes | Forward | 6–9 | 225 | Senior | Chicago, Illinois |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2011* 1:00 pm | | at Notre Dame | L 67–80 | 0–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,087) South Bend, IN |
| 11/14/2011* 7:00 pm | | at DePaul | L 70–80 | 0–2 | Sullivan Athletic Center (3,286) Chicago, IL |
| 11/20/2011* 2:00 pm, FS South | | at No. 1 North Carolina Las Vegas Invitational | L 75–101 | 0–3 | Dean E. Smith Center (18,160) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/22/2011* 7:00 pm, FS South | | at South Carolina Las Vegas Invitational | L 57–61 | 0–4 | Colonial Life Arena (6,723) Columbia, SC |
| 11/25/2011* 1:30 pm | | vs. Tennessee State Las Vegas Invitational | W 90–89 $^{2OT}$ | 1–4 | Orleans Arena (7,200) Paradise, NV |
| 11/26/2011* 4:00 pm | | vs. Cal Poly Las Vegas Invitational | L 55–72 | 1–5 | Orleans Arena (500) Las Vegas, NV |
| 11/30/2011* 7:00 pm | | at Arkansas | L 64–97 | 1–6 | Bud Walton Arena (11,446) Fayetteville, AR |
| 12/02/2011* 7:00 pm | | at Northwestern | L 67–92 | 1–7 | Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,705) Evanston, IL |
| 12/10/2011* 2:00 pm | | at Ole Miss | L 56–80 | 1–8 | Tad Smith Coliseum (5,585) Oxford, MS |
| 12/19/2011* 7:00 pm, FS South | | at No. 11 Florida | L 54–82 | 1–9 | O'Connell Center (8,025) Gainesville, FL |
| 12/23/2011* 2:00 pm, BTN | | at No. 13 Wisconsin | L 45–79 | 1–10 | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 12/31/2011* 12:00 pm | | at Iowa State | L 65–67 | 1–11 | Hilton Coliseum (12,399) Ames, IA |
| 01/03/2012 7:30 pm | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 82–67 | 2–11 (1–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,497) Itta Bena, MS |
| 01/07/2012 4:30 pm | | at Alabama State | W 67–60 | 3–11 (2–0) | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,912) Montgomery, AL |
| 01/09/2012 5:00 pm | | at Alabama A&M | W 81–69 | 4–11 (3–0) | Elmore Gymnasium (NA) Normal, AL |
| 01/14/2012 4:30 pm | | Alcorn State | W 85–66 | 5–11 (4–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (4,976) Itta Bena, MS |
| 01/16/2012 7:30 pm | | Southern | W 77–56 | 6–11 (5–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,938) Itta Bena, MS |
| 01/21/2012 7:30 pm | | at Prairie View A&M | W 81–57 | 7–11 (6–0) | William Nicks Building (3,311) Prairie View, TX |
| 01/23/2012 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Texas Southern | W 77–69 $^{OT}$ | 8–11 (7–0) | Health and Physical Education Arena (1,412) Houston, TX |
| 01/28/2012 4:30 pm | | Jackson State | W 60–54 | 9–11 (8–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (5,301) Itta Bena, MS |
| 01/30/2012 7:30 pm | | Grambling State | W 77–59 | 10–11 (9–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,209) Itta Bena, MS |
| 02/04/2012 4:30 pm | | Alabama State | W 70–58 | 11–11 (10–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,445) Itta Bena, MS |
| 02/06/2012 7:30 pm | | Alabama A&M | W 78–64 | 12–11 (11–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,091) Itta Bena, MS |
| 02/11/2012 4:30 pm | | at Alcorn State | W 71–63 | 13–11 (12–0) | Davey Whitney Complex (2,000) Lorman, MS |
| 02/13/2012 7:30 pm | | at Southern | W 58–53 | 14–11 (13–0) | F. G. Clark Center (2,062) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/18/2012 4:30 pm | | Prairie View A&M | W 60–58 | 15–11 (14–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,098) Itta Bena, MS |
| 02/20/2012 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | Texas Southern | W 56–53 | 16–11 (15–0) | Harrison HPER Complex (4,908) Itta Bena, MS |
| 02/25/2012 5:00 pm | | at Grambling State | W 79–60 | 17–11 (16–0) | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (NA) Grambling, LA |
| 02/27/2012 7:30 pm, ESPNU | | at Jackson State | W 78–69 | 18–11 (17–0) | Williams Assembly Center (2,608) Jackson, MS |
| 03/01/2012 7:30 pm | | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 67–78 | 18–12 (17–1) | K. L. Johnson Complex (4,012) Pine Bluff, AR |
| 2012 SWAC men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2012 8:00 pm | | vs. Jackson State Quarterfinals | W 63–60 | 19–12 | Garland Special Events Center (NA) Garland, TX |
| 03/09/2012 8:00 pm | | vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Semifinals | W 71–64 | 20–12 | Garland Special Events Center (NA) Garland, TX |
| 03/10/2012 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. Texas Southern Championship Game | W 71–69 | 21–12 | Garland Special Events Center (NA) Garland, TX |
| 2012 NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/13/2012* 5:40 pm, truTV | (S 16) | vs. (S 16) WKU First Four | L 58–59 | 21–13 | UD Arena (8,510) Dayton, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. ||||||