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

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during the

2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2011 with the (2K Sports Classic) and ended with the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 2, 2012 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome ...

. The Golden Eagles, led by 13th year head coach Scott Sutton, played their home games at the

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and are members of

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. This was their last season as a member of The Summit League before joining the

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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

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. As regular season conference champions, they received an automatic bid into the

2012 National Invitation Tournament The 2012 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 13 on campus sites and ended on Marc ...

where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule

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References

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