Mercer has competed in the NCAA tournament three times, including 1981 and 1985; the team lost in the first round in both years.[2] The Bears won the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, defeating Utah State in the championship game; the victory was the first postseason championship won by a team from the Atlantic Sun Conference.[3]
mercer, bears, basketball, team, represents, mercer, university, macon, georgia, united, states, school, team, competes, southern, conference, they, head, coach, greg, gary, play, their, home, games, hawkins, arena, mercer, bears2022, teamuniversitymercer, uni. The Mercer Bears men s basketball team represents Mercer University in Macon Georgia United States The school s team competes in the Southern Conference They are led by head coach Greg Gary and play their home games at Hawkins Arena Mercer Bears2022 23 Mercer Bears men s basketball teamUniversityMercer UniversityHead coachGreg Gary 4th season ConferenceSoConLocationMacon GeorgiaArenaHawkins Arena Capacity 3 500 NicknameBearsStudent sectionMercer ManiacsColorsBlack and orange 1 NCAA tournament round of 321972 2014NCAA tournament appearances1972 1981 1985 2014 at Division II levelConference tournament championsSIAA 1922 1924 1925TAAC A Sun 1981 1985 2014Conference regular season championsTAAC A Sun 2003 2013 2014 Contents 1 History 2 Postseason 2 1 NCAA Division I tournament results 2 2 NCAA Division II tournament results 2 3 NIT results 2 4 CBI results 2 5 CIT results 2 6 NAIA Tournament results 2 7 NIBT results 3 Players 3 1 Retired numbers 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditMercer has competed in the NCAA tournament three times including 1981 and 1985 the team lost in the first round in both years 2 The Bears won the 2012 CollegeInsider com Postseason Tournament defeating Utah State in the championship game the victory was the first postseason championship won by a team from the Atlantic Sun Conference 3 Mercer s biggest win occurred at the 2014 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament where they beat third seed Duke in the second round Postseason EditNCAA Division I tournament results Edit The Bears have appeared in three NCAA Division I Tournaments Their combined record is 1 3 Their latest appearance was the 2014 NCAA Tournament Year Round Opponent Result1981 First round Arkansas L 67 731985 First round Georgia Tech L 58 652014 Second RoundThird round DukeTennessee W 78 71 L 63 83NCAA Division II tournament results Edit The Bears have appeared in one NCAA Division II tournament Their record is 0 2 Year Round Opponent Result1972 Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd place game RoanokeFlorida Southern L 72 78L 83 85NIT results Edit The Bears have appeared in one National Invitation Tournament NIT Their record is 1 1 Year Round Opponent Result2013 First roundSecond Round TennesseeBYU W 75 67L 71 90CBI results Edit The Bears have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational CBI two times Their combined record is 2 2 Year Round Opponent Result2015 First roundQuarterfinals Stony BrookLouisiana Monroe W 72 70L 69 712018 First roundQuarterfinals Grand CanyonNorth Texas W 78 73L 67 96CIT results Edit The Bears have appeared in the CollegeInsider com Postseason Tournament CIT two times They are 5 1 and were champions in 2012 Year Round Opponent Result2012 First roundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals Tennessee StateGeorgia StateOld DominionFairfieldUtah State W 68 60W 64 59W 79 73W 64 59W 70 672016 First round Coastal Carolina L 57 65NAIA Tournament results Edit The Bears have appeared in two NAIA Tournaments Their combined record is 0 2 Year Round Opponent Result1948 First round Hamline L 41 851954 First round Arkansas Tech L 72 100NIBT results Edit The Bears participated in the 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament the first national championship tournament ever held in intercollegiate basketball Their record is 0 1 Year Round Opponent Result1922 Semifinals Wabash L 25 62Players EditRetired numbers Edit Mercer has retired six numbers in program history 4 Mercer Bears retired numbersNo Player Years4 Scott Emerson 1999 20047 Tommy Mixon 1951 195513 Glenn Wilkes 1946 195021 Langston Hall 2010 201424 Eric Chambers 1983 198542 Sam Mitchell 1981 1985References Edit Color Mercer University Style Guide Retrieved April 8 2016 NCAA basketball tournament History Mercer Bears ESPN com Retrieved November 25 2012 Men s Basketball Captures CIT Championship Mercer University Retrieved November 25 2012 2019 20 Mercer Bears media guide page 35 PDF Mercerbears com Retrieved May 10 2020 External links EditOfficial website This college basketball team article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a basketball team in Georgia U S state is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mercer Bears men 27s basketball amp oldid 1168984753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
