2011–12 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by 13th year head coach Scott Sutton, played their home games at the Mabee Center and are members of The Summit League. This was their last season as a member of The Summit League before joining the Southland Conference in 2012–13 (they rejoined the Summit League in 2014–15). They finished the season 27–7, 17–1 in Summit League play to be crowned regular season champions. They lost in the semifinals of The Summit League Basketball tournament to Western Illinois. As regular season conference champions, they received an automatic bid into the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Nevada.

2011–12 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball
The Summit League Regular Season champions
NIT, First round
Conference	The Summit League
Record	27–7 (17–1 The Summit)
Head coach	Scott Sutton (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Hankins Conley Phipps Sean Sutton
Home arena	Mabee Center

2011–12 Summit League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oral Roberts	17	–	1		.944			27	–	7		.794
South Dakota State†	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Oakland	11	–	7		.611			20	–	16		.556
Western Illinois	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
North Dakota State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	14		.548
Southern Utah	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
IUPUI	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
* South Dakota	5	–	13		.278			10	–	18		.357
IPFW	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
UMKC	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
† 2012 Summit League tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll * Ineligible for conference tournament

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
2	D.J. Jackson	Guard	5–11	175	Freshman	Kansas City, Missouri
3	Robert Aery	Guard	6–0	185	Senior	Tulsa, Oklahoma
4	Roderick Pearson, Jr.	Guard	6–2	195	Senior	Kansas City, Missouri
10	Tyrone Nance	Forward	6–5	211	Junior	Los Angeles, CA
11	Shawn Glover	Guard/Forward	6–7	195	Junior	Dallas, TX
12	Ken Holdman	Guard	6–0	180	Senior	Tulsa, Oklahoma
13	Warren Niles	Guard	6–5	195	Junior	Cincinnati, Ohio
14	Jake Lliteras	Guard	6–5	195	Freshman	Hillsborough, North Carolina
21	Kris Obaseki	Forward	6–9	180	Freshman	Houston, TX
22	Steven Roundtree	Forward	6–8	190	Sophomore	Jacksonville, Florida
23	P.J. Purnell	Guard	6–2	175	Freshman	Silver Spring, Maryland
25	Trey Cox	Guard	6–1	190	Freshman	Kansas City, Missouri
32	Damen Bell-Holter	Forward/Center	6–9	245	Junior	Hydaburg, Alaska
35	Mikey Manghum	Guard	6–2	185	Junior	Derby, England
45	Dominique Morrison	Forward	6–6	210	Senior	Kansas City, Missouri
54	Michael Craion	Forward	6–5	215	Senior	Kansas City, Missouri

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2011* 7:00 pm		Rogers State	W 78–45	—	Mabee Center  Tulsa, OK
11/06/2011* 3:00 pm		Northeastern State	W 65–59	—	Mabee Center  Tulsa, OK
Regular season
11/11/2011* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at West Virginia	L 71–78	0–1	WVU Coliseum (8,579) Morgantown, WV
11/15/2011* 9:30 pm		vs. UTSA NIT Season Tip-Off	L 77–78	0–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,719) Stillwater, OK
11/16/2011* 9:30 pm		vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff NIT Season Tip-Off	W 80–44	1–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,836) Stillwater, OK
11/19/2011* 7:00 pm		Austin Peay	W 71–59	2–2	Mabee Center (2,852) Tulsa, OK
11/21/2011* 7:30 pm		SMU NIT Season Tip-Off	W 62–56	3–2	Mabee Center (1,971) Tulsa, OK
11/22/2011* 7:30 pm		FIU NIT Season Tip-Off	W 73–65	4–2	Mabee Center (2,218) Tulsa, OK
11/30/2011* 7:00 pm, FCS		Missouri State	W 68–63	5–2	Mabee Center (3,352) Tulsa, OK
12/03/2011 7:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 61–55	6–2 (1–0)	Mabee Center (2,263) Tulsa, OK
12/08/2011* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Oklahoma	L 59–73	6–3	Lloyd Noble Center (7,699) Norman, OK
12/12/2011* 7:00 pm		at Arkansas–Little Rock	W 58–55	7–3	Jack Stephens Center (2,557) Little Rock, AR
12/15/2011* 8:00 pm		at Gonzaga	L 61–67	7–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
12/18/2011* 12:00 pm, FS Ohio		at No. 8 Xavier	W 64–42	8–4	Cintas Center (9,678) Cincinnati, OH
12/22/2011* 7:00 pm, FCS		Texas Tech	W 72–56	9–4	Mabee Center (8,064) Tulsa, OK
12/28/2011 7:00 pm		at UMKC	W 72–65	10–4 (2–0)	Swinney Recreation Center (1,504) Kansas City, MO
12/30/2011 7:00 pm		at South Dakota	W 79–67	11–4 (3–0)	DakotaDome (1,689) Vermillion, SD
01/03/2012 6:00 pm		at Oakland	W 89–80	12–4 (4–0)	Athletics Center O'rena (2,185) Rochester, MI
01/05/2012 7:00 pm, FCS		North Dakota State	W 89–80	13–4 (5–0)	Mabee Center (2,524) Tulsa, OK
01/07/2012 7:00 pm, FCS		South Dakota State	W 97–75	14–4 (6–0)	Mabee Center (3,725) Tulsa, OK
01/12/2012 7:00 pm		at Western Illinois	W 71–70 2OT	15–4 (7–0)	Western Hall (1,029) Macomb, IL
01/14/2012 6:00 pm		at IUPUI	W 81–71	16–4 (8–0)	IUPUI Gymnasium (1,215) Indianapolis, IN
01/19/2012 7:00 pm, FCS		IPFW	W 65–54	17–4 (9–0)	Mabee Center (3,583) Tulsa, OK
01/21/2012 7:00 pm, FCS		Oakland	W 93–86	18–4 (10–0)	Mabee Center (9,005) Tulsa, OK
01/26/2012 7:00 pm, FCS		South Dakota	W 97–64	19–4 (11–0)	Mabee Center (3,170) Tulsa, OK
01/28/2012 7:00 pm, FCS		UMKC	W 77–67	20–4 (12–0)	Mabee Center (6,850) Tulsa, OK
02/02/2012 7:00 pm		at South Dakota State	L 60–75	20–5 (12–1)	Frost Arena (4,255) Brookings, SD
02/04/2012 7:30 pm		at North Dakota State	W 85–76	21–5 (13–1)	Bison Sports Arena (4,464) Fargo, ND
02/09/2012 7:00 pm, FCS		IUPUI	W 76–74 OT	22–5 (14–1)	Mabee Center (3,495) Tulsa, OK
02/11/2012 7:00 pm, FCS		Western Illinois Homecoming	W 61–51	23–5 (15–1)	Mabee Center (8,617) Tulsa, OK
02/15/2012 6:00 pm		at IPFW	W 75–71	24–5 (16–1)	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (1,679) Ft. Wayne, IN
02/18/2012* 1:00 pm, ESPN2		Akron ESPN BracketBusters	W 67–61	25–5	Mabee Center (7,745) Tulsa, OK
02/25/2012 8:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 73–71	26–5 (17–1)	Centrum Arena (2,738) Cedar City, UT
Summit League tournament
03/03/2012 6:00 pm, FCS	(1)	vs. (8) IPFW Quarterfinals	W 71–67	27–5	Sioux Falls Arena (6,614) Sioux Falls, SD
03/05/2012 6:00 pm, FCS	(1)	vs. (4) Western Illinois Semifinals	L 53–54	27–6	Sioux Falls Arena (6,448) Sioux Falls, SD
NIT
03/14/2012* 8:15 pm, ESPN3	(4)	(5) Nevada First round	L 59–68	27–7	Mabee Center (2,474) Tulsa, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.