2011–12 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team

2011–12 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball
MEAC tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 32
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record26–10 (13–3 MEAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaJoseph G. Echols Memorial Hall
2011–12 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Savannah State142 .8752112  .636
Norfolk State133 .8132610  .722
Delaware State124 .7501514  .517
Bethune–Cookman115 .6881817  .514
North Carolina Central106 .6251715  .531
Coppin State97 .5631416  .467
North Carolina A&T79 .4381220  .375
Hampton610 .3751221  .364
Morgan State610 .375920  .310
Howard610 .3751021  .323
Florida A&M610 .3751023  .303
Maryland Eastern Shore412 .250723  .233
South Carolina State016 .000526  .161
2012 MEAC tournament winner
As of March 16, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team represented Norfolk State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by fifth year head coach Anthony Evans, played their home games at Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall and are members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 13–3 in MEAC play to finish in second place. They were the champions of the MEAC Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid in the 2012 NCAA tournament, the school's first ever appearance in the tournament. As a 15 seed, the Spartans shocked the 2 seed Missouri in the second round, 86–84. This was only the fifth time in NCAA Tournament history that a 15 seed defeated a 2 seed, with the last coming in 2001 (later that same day, 15 seed Lehigh defeated 2 seed Duke). Norfolk State would fall to Florida in the second round.