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2011–12 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team

2011–12 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball
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Missouri Valley Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament Midwest Region #8 Seed, Third Round
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 22
AP No. 19
2011–12 record 29–6 (14–4 The Valley)
Head coach Greg McDermott (2nd year)
Assistant coach Darian DeVries (14th year)
Assistant coach Steve Lutz (2nd year)
Assistant coach Steve Merfeld (2nd year)
Home arena CenturyLink Center Omaha
Seasons
« 2010–11 2012–13 »
2011–12 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#16 Wichita State 16 2   .889     27 5   .844
#19 Creighton 14 4   .778     28 5   .848
Evansville 9 9   .500     16 16   .500
Illinois State 9 9   .500     21 14   .600
Northern Iowa 9 9   .500     20 14   .588
Missouri State 9 9   .500     16 16   .500
Drake 9 9   .500     18 16   .529
Indiana State 8 10   .444     18 15   .545
Southern Illinois 5 13   .278     8 23   .258
Bradley 2 16   .111     7 25   .219
2012 MVC Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by second year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the CenturyLink Center Omaha (renamed from Qwest Center Omaha in the 2011 offseason) and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The conference season ended with 14–4 record, finishing in 2nd place, behind Wichita State. They finished the season 29–6, 14–4 in MVC play to finish in second place. They were champions of the Missouri Valley Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament where they defeated Alabama in the second round before falling in the third round to North Carolina.


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