Sam Houston has a prestigious history in regards to men's basketball. The Bearkats have fielded a basketball team since 1917, excluding the 1942–43 and 1943–44 basketball seasons. Basketball was not played these years because World War II had decimated male enrollment at Sam Houston. Success began early as Sam Houston went 43–11 during its first five years, including an unblemished 24–0 record during its first three.
During the 21st century, Sam Houston's men's basketball program boasts the second-winningest program in Texas Division I, only behind Texas. The Bearkats are also the winningest program in the Southland Conference during the last decade.[5]
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houston, bearkats, basketball, team, represents, houston, state, university, huntsville, texas, united, states, bearkats, were, four, programs, from, texas, that, left, southland, conference, july, 2021, join, western, athletic, conference, houston, previously. The Sam Houston Bearkats men s basketball team represents Sam Houston State University in Huntsville Texas United States The Bearkats were one of four programs all from Texas that left the Southland Conference on July 1 2021 to join the Western Athletic Conference WAC 2 Sam Houston had previously been a member of the Southland Conference since the 1987 88 season The Bearkats have played home games at Johnson Coliseum a 5 529 seat indoor arena since 1976 when it was then called University Coliseum 3 On July 1 2023 the Bearkats joined Conference USA 4 Sam Houston Bearkats2022 23 Sam Houston Bearkats men s basketball teamUniversitySam Houston State UniversityHead coachChris Mudge 1st season ConferenceC USALocationHuntsville TexasArenaBernard Johnson Coliseum Capacity 6 110 NicknameBearkatsColorsOrange and white 1 UniformsHome AwayNCAA tournament round of 321986 NCAA tournament appearances1986 2003 2010 at Division II levelConference tournament championsSouthland 2003 2010Lone Star 1975 1981 1982Conference regular season championsSouthland 2000 2003 2010 2019Gulf Star 1986Lone Star 1934 1937 1948 1964 1971 1973 1975 1981 TIAA 1925 Contents 1 History 2 Postseason appearances 2 1 NCAA Division I Tournament 2 2 NIT results 2 3 CIT results 2 4 NCAA Division II Tournament 2 5 NAIA Tournament 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditSam Houston has a prestigious history in regards to men s basketball The Bearkats have fielded a basketball team since 1917 excluding the 1942 43 and 1943 44 basketball seasons Basketball was not played these years because World War II had decimated male enrollment at Sam Houston Success began early as Sam Houston went 43 11 during its first five years including an unblemished 24 0 record during its first three During the 21st century Sam Houston s men s basketball program boasts the second winningest program in Texas Division I only behind Texas The Bearkats are also the winningest program in the Southland Conference during the last decade 5 Postseason appearances EditNCAA Division I Tournament Edit The Bearkats have appeared in two NCAA Division I Tournaments Their combined record is 0 2 Year Seed Round Opponent Result2003 15 S First Round Florida L 55 852010 14 S First Round Baylor L 59 68NIT results Edit The Bearkats have appeared in two National Invitation Tournament Their combined record is 1 2 Year Round Opponent Result2019 First Round TCU L 69 822023 First RoundSecond Round Santa ClaraNorth Texas W 58 56L 55 75CIT results Edit The Bearkats have appeared in the CollegeInsider com Postseason Tournament CIT four times Their combined record is 4 4 Year Round Opponent Result2014 First RoundSecond Round Alabama StateSan Diego W 71 49L 72 772015 First RoundSecond Round UNC WilmingtonLouisiana W 87 71L 70 712016 First Round Jackson State L 77 81OT2018 Second RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals Eastern MichiganUTSANorthern Colorado W 69 62W 76 69L 80 99NCAA Division II Tournament Edit The Bearkats have appeared in one NCAA Division II tournament Their record is 0 2 Year Round Opponent Result1986 Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd place game Delta StateAbilene Christian L 59 61L 60 76NAIA Tournament Edit The Bearkats have appeared in one NAIA tournament Their record is 1 1 Year Round Opponent Result1973 First roundSecond Round WartburgXavier LA W 88 62L 60 67References Edit Athletic Branding Sam Houston State University Department of Marketing and Communications Retrieved May 15 2021 WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions Press release Western Athletic Conference January 21 2021 Retrieved January 25 2021 Bernard G Johnson Coliseum Sam Houston State University Retrieved 2013 05 14 Conference USA welcomes the Bearkats Press release GoBearkats com July 1 2023 Retrieved July 2 2023 Sam Houston State Men s Basketball Notes PDF Sam Houston Athletics Retrieved 2013 05 14 External links EditWebsite nbsp This college basketball team article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a basketball team in Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sam Houston Bearkats men 27s basketball amp oldid 1163108919, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
