2011–12 Savannah State Tigers basketball team
The 2011–12 Savannah State Tigers basketball team represents Savannah State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Horace Broadnax in his seventh year. The Tigers play their home games at the Tiger Arena. After previously playing as a Division I Independent, the Tigers are new members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The Tigers were the 2011–12 MEAC regular season champions and received an automatic bid into the 2012 NIT, their first ever appearance in any Division I tournament as a Division I member. The team posted a 21–10 overall mark and lead the MEAC in scoring defense, only allowing 58.9 points per game and were second in the conference in scoring margin (+5.4). In his sixth year as the head coach of the Tigers, Horace Broadnax was named the MEAC Coach of the Year as he guided the team to a 14–2 conference record and the school's first MEAC regular season title.[1]
2011–12 Savannah State Tigers men's basketball | |
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MEAC Regular Season Champions | |
NIT, 1st Round | |
Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
2011–12 record | 21–12 (14–2 MEAC) |
Head coach | Horace Broadnax (7th season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Tiger Arena |
2011–12 MEAC men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Savannah State | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk State† | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 26 | – | 10 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune-Cookman | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Central | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coppin State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampton | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 10 | – | 23 | .303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland Eastern Shore | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 5 | – | 26 | .161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 MEAC Tournament winner As of March 16, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll |
Roster
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Roster |
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov. 3* 7:00 PM |
Armstrong Atlantic State | W 70–64 | – |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Nov. 7* 7:00 PM |
Benedict | L 73–80 | – |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov. 12* 12:00 PM |
at Georgetown | L 54–83 | 0–1 |
Verizon Center Washington, DC | |||||||
Nov. 14* 7:00 PM |
at North Florida | L 57–62 | 0–2 |
UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
Nov. 16* 7:00 PM |
at Jacksonville | W 73–70 OT | 1–2 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Nov. 19* 8:00 PM |
at Indiana Hoosier Invitational |
L 65–94 | 3–1 |
Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | |||||||
Nov. 21* 7:00 PM |
at Butler Hoosier Invitational |
L 42–57 | 1–4 |
Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
Nov. 25* 7:00 PM |
at Chattanooga Hoosier Invitational |
L 63–65 | 1–5 |
McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
Nov. 26* 7:00 PM |
vs. Gardner-Webb Hoosier Invitational |
W 72–66 | 2–5 |
McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
Dec. 1 7:00 PM |
at Hampton | W 65–49 | 3–5 (1–0) |
Hampton Convocation Center Hampton, VA | |||||||
Dec. 3 6:00 PM |
at Norfolk State | L 58–60 | 3–6 (1–1) |
Echols Hall Norfolk, VA | |||||||
Dec. 10* 6:00 PM |
Georgia Tech | L 45–65 | 3–7 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Dec. 12* 7:00 PM |
Coastal Georgia | W 80–42 | 4–7 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Dec. 15* 7:00 PM, BTN |
at No. 14 Wisconsin | L 33–66 | 4–8 |
Kohl Center Madison, WI | |||||||
Dec. 22* 6:00 PM |
Mount St. Mary's | W 45–41 | 5–8 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan. 3* 8:00 PM |
at Arkansas | W 83–66 | 5–9 |
Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR | |||||||
Jan. 7 4:00 PM |
Coppin State | W 72–60 | 6–9 (2–1) |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan. 9 8:00 PM |
Morgan State | W 57–55 | 7–9 (3–1) |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan. 14 7:00 PM |
at Florida A&M | W 69–58 | 8–9 (4–1) |
Teaching Gym Tallahassee, FL | |||||||
Jan. 16 7:30 PM |
at Bethune-Cookman | L 62–68 | 8–10 (4–2) |
Moore Gymnasium Daytona Beach, FL | |||||||
Jan. 21 4:00 PM |
South Carolina State | W 83–53 | 9–10 (5–2) |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan. 23* 7:00 PM |
Stetson | W 75–45 | 10–10 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan. 28 4:00 PM |
Howard | W 71–50 | 11–10 (6–2) |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan. 31* 7:00 PM |
Trinity Baptist | W 86–56 | 12–10 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb. 4 4:00 PM |
at South Carolina State | W 73–60 | 13–10 (7–2) |
SHM Memorial Center Orangeburg, SC | |||||||
Feb. 6* 8:00 PM |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 55–49 | 14–10 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb. 11 4:00 PM |
at North Carolina Central | W 67–57 | 15–10 (8–2) |
McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium Durham, NC | |||||||
Feb. 13 8:00 PM |
at North Carolina A&T | W 66–59 | 16–10 (9–2) |
Corbett Sports Center Greensboro, NC | |||||||
Feb. 18 4:00 PM |
Florida A&M | W 76–57 | 17–10 (10–2) |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb. 20 8:00 PM |
Bethune-Cookman | W 67–44 | 18–10 (11–2) |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb. 25 4:00 PM |
North Carolina Central | W 60–47 | 19–10 (12–2) |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb. 27 8:00 PM |
North Carolina A&T | W 62–50 | 20–10 (13–2) |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | |||||||
Mar. 1 7:30 PM |
at Maryland Eastern Shore | W 72–54 | 21–10 (14–2) |
Hytche Athletic Center Princess Anne, MD | |||||||
MEAC Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar. 7 6:00 PM |
vs. Hampton Quarterfinals |
L 46–59 | 21–11 |
LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||
2012 NIT | |||||||||||
Mar. 13 or Mar. 14* 8:00 PM |
at Tennessee First Round |
L 51–65 | 21–12 |
Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.. |
Source: 2011–12 Savannah State Men's Basketball Schedule[3]
References
- "MEAC announces All-MEAC Men's Basketball Honors". MEACSports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- "2011–12 Savannah State Men's Basketball Roster". SSUAthletics.com. Savannah State University. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- "2011–12 Savannah State Men's Basketball Schedule". SSUAthletics.com. Savannah State University. Retrieved 1 November 2011.