2011 – 12 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2011 – 12 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Cardinals , led by first year head coach Pat Knight , played their home games at the Montagne Center and are members of the East Division of the Southland Conference . The Cardinals finished the season 23 – 12 , 11 – 5 in Soutland play . They were the champions of the Southland East Division and are the champions of the Southland Basketball Tournament and earned an automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament where they lost to Vermont in the '' First Four '' round
Southland Basketball Tournament
2012 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2011–12 Lamar Cardinals basketball team