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

2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball
Sun Belt East Division and overall regular season champions
NIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record27–7 (14–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMurphy Center
2011–12 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Middle Tennessee142 .875277  .794
South Alabama88 .5001712  .586
Florida Atlantic79 .4381119  .367
Western Kentucky79 .4381619  .457
Troy511 .3131018  .357
Florida International511 .313821  .276
West
Arkansas–Little Rock124 .7501516  .484
Denver115 .688229  .710
Louisiana–Lafayette106 .6251616  .500
North Texas97 .5631814  .563
Arkansas State610 .3751420  .412
*Louisiana–Monroe214 .125326  .103
2012 Sun Belt Tournament winner
As of March 21, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament

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.