# 2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by tenth year head coach Kermit Davis, played their home games at the Murphy Center and are members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 27–7, 14–2 in Sun Belt play to be Sun Belt East Division champions and overall regular season conference champions. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Basketball tournament to Arkansas State. As regular season conference champions, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Marshall in the first round and Tennessee in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to Minnesota.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Zane Gibson | Guard | 6–2 | 180 | Sophomore | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1 | LaRon Dendy | Forward | 6–9 | 230 | Senior | Greenville, South Carolina |
| 3 | James Gallman | Guard | 5–11 | 180 | Junior | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 11 | Julian Edmonson | Guard | 6–2 | 190 | Freshman | Fort Worth, Texas |
| 12 | Shawn Jones | Forward | 6–8 | 227 | Sophomore | Hialeah, Florida |
| 13 | Bruce Massey | Guard | 6–3 | 195 | Junior | Germantown, Maryland |
| 14 | Marcos Knight | Guard | 6–2 | 210 | Junior | Rentz, Georgia |
| 15 | Raymond Cintron | Guard | 6–0 | 195 | Junior | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 20 | Jimmy Oden | Guard | 6–3 | 175 | Senior | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| 21 | Torin Walker | Center | 6–11 | 248 | Sophomore | Columbus, Georgia |
| 22 | Jason Jones | Guard/Forward | 6–6 | 195 | Junior | Memphis, Tennessee |
| 24 | Kerry Hammonds | Guard/Forward | 6–5 | 200 | Sophomore | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| 30 | JT Sulton | Forward | 6–8 | 230 | Junior | Yazoo City, Mississippi |
| 42 | Jacquez Rozier | Forward | 6–7 | 210 | Freshman | Waynesboro, Georgia |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2011* 7:00 pm | North Alabama | W 108–58 | | Murphy Center (2,300) Murfreesboro, TN |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2011* 7:00 pm | Austin Peay | W 80–71 | 1–0 | Murphy Center (4,011) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 11/13/2011* 5:00 pm | at Loyola Marymount | W 58–51 | 2–0 | Gersten Pavilion (1,853) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/15/2011* 10:00 pm, Prime Ticket | at UCLA Maui Invitational Opening Game | W 86–66 | 3–0 | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (2,308) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/19/2011* 5:15 pm | UNC Greensboro Maui Invitational Regional | W 82–60 | 4–0 | Murphy Center (5,411) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 11/20/2011* 3:30 pm | Belmont Maui Invitational Regional | L 84–87 $^{2OT}$ | 4–1 | Murphy Center (4,762) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 11/22/2011* 7:00 pm | Cumberland | W 88–48 | 5–1 | Murphy Center (2,911) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 11/26/2011* 7:00 pm | at Austin Peay | W 90–70 | 6–1 | Dunn Center (2,632) Clarksville, TN |
| 12/01/2011* 7:00 pm | at Tennessee State | W 77–62 | 7–1 | Gentry Center (6,131) Nashville, TN |
| 12/04/2011* 1:00 pm | Akron | W 77–53 | 8–1 | Murphy Center (3,298) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 12/07/2011* 7:00 pm | at UAB | L 56–66 | 8–2 | Bartow Arena (4,576) Birmingham, AL |
| 12/10/2011* 5:00 pm | UT Martin | W 78–62 | 9–2 | Murphy Center (3,528) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 12/13/2011* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Belmont | W 65–62 | 10–2 | Murphy Center (6,095) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 12/21/2011* 8:00 pm, CSS | vs. Ole Miss | W 68–56 | 11–2 | Lander's Center (2,342) Southaven, MS |
| 12/29/2011 7:00 pm | at FIU | W 71–66 | 12–2 (1–0) | Murphy Center (4,922) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 12/31/2011 2:30 pm, Sun Belt Network | South Alabama | W 68–52 | 13–2 (2–0) | Murphy Center (3,528) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 01/05/2012 7:30 pm | at Troy | W 63–53 | 14–2 (3–0) | Trojan Arena (1,752) Troy, AL |
| 01/07/2012 5:30 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette | W 65–53 | 15–2 (4–0) | Murphy Center (4,028) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 01/12/2012 6:30 pm | at FIU | W 70–59 | 16–2 (5–0) | U.S. Century Bank Arena (1,116) Miami, FL |
| 01/14/2012 6:00 pm | at Florida Atlantic | W 67–54 | 17–2 (6–0) | FAU Arena (2,590) Boca Raton, FL |
| 01/19/2012 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Arkansas State | W 59–46 | 18–2 (7–0) | Murphy Center (5,822) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 01/21/2012 7:00 pm | at South Alabama | W 68–47 | 19–2 (8–0) | Mitchell Center (2,889) Mobile, AL |
| 01/26/2012 7:00 pm | Troy | W 71–58 | 20–2 (9–0) | Murphy Center (5,712) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 01/28/2012* 1:00 pm | at Vanderbilt | L 77–84 | 20–3 | Memorial Gymnasium (14,316) Nashville, TN |
| 02/02/2012 7:00 pm | at North Texas | W 68–66 | 21–3 (10–0) | UNT Coliseum (5,510) Denton, TX |
| 02/04/2012 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Denver | L 60–75 | 21–4 (10–1) | Magness Arena (6,066) Denver, CO |
| 02/09/2012 7:00 pm, FCS | WKU | W 72–64 | 22–4 (11–1) | Murphy Center (7,080) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 02/11/2012 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | Arkansas–Little Rock | W 68–60 | 23–4 (12–1) | Murphy Center (6,806) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 02/18/2012 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | Florida Atlantic | W 72–59 | 24–4 (13–1) | Murphy Center (7,605) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 02/23/2012 7:30 pm | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 94–61 | 25–4 (14–1) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,498) Monroe, LA |
| 02/25/2012 5:00 pm, Sun Belt Network | at WKU | L 67–73 | 25–5 (14–2) | E. A. Diddle Arena (7,326) Bowling Green, KY |
| 2012 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2012 6:00 pm, Sun Belt Network | vs. Arkansas State Quarterfinals | L 61–64 | 25–6 | Summit Arena (4,365) Hot Springs, AR |
| 2012 NIT ||||||
| 03/13/2012* 8:15 pm, ESPN3 | Marshall First round | W 86–78 | 26–6 | Murphy Center (4,556) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 03/19/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN | at Tennessee Second Round | W 71–64 | 27–6 | Thompson-Boling Arena (12,038) Knoxville, TN |
| 03/21/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | Minnesota Quarterfinals | L 72–78 | 27–7 | Murphy Center (10,521) Murfreesboro, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||