2011–12 Savannah State Tigers basketball team

2011–12 Savannah State Tigers men's basketball
MEAC Regular Season Champions
NIT, 1st Round
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record21–12 (14–2 MEAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jay Gibbons (6th season)
  • Clyde Wormley (4th season)
Home arenaTiger Arena
2011–12 MEAC men's basketball standings
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

The 2011–12 Savannah State Tigers basketball team represented Savannah State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Horace Broadnax in his seventh year. The Tigers played their home games at the Tiger Arena. After previously playing as a Division I Independent, the Tigers were 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.