WPI plays its home games at Harrington Auditorium, located on the campus in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a capacity of 3,000.[3]
HistoryEdit
Although an informal team played in 1902, the WPI Engineers basketball team was sponsored by the Athletic Association in 1903, but then was abolished in the spring of 1910.[4] The sport was brought back in 1915, but only as an intramural.[5] It wasn't until the winter of 1917–1918, that basketball became an intercollegiate sport again.[6] The team won back to back New England Championships during the 1919–20 and 1920–21 and seasons.[7] According to the Premo-Porretta Power Poll, the 1919–20 team would have been ranked 25th in the country.
The 1965–66 team was defeated by Army 71–62 on December 8, 1965. The win marked the first career coaching victory for the Hall of Fame coach, Bobby Knight.
The Engineers had a program record 27 victories during their 2021–22 season, which included a NEWMAC regular season championship, a NEWMAC tournament championship, and an Elite Eight appearance in the 2022 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament. This marked the program's second NCAA quarterfinal game and first since 1985.[8]
ReferencesEdit
^WPI Logo Usage: Quick Reference Guide(PDF). Retrieved January 1, 2017.
^"NCAA Members By Division". NCAA. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
^"Harrington Auditorium". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
^Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 228. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 271. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 285. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 310. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^"Men's Basketball Sees Historic Season End at No. 1 Randolph-Macon in NCAA Quarterfinals - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics". athletics.wpi.edu. 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
External linksEdit
Official website
October 25, 2023
engineers, basketball, team, college, basketball, program, representing, worcester, polytechnic, institute, engineers, compete, division, diii, national, collegiate, athletics, association, ncaa, newmac, basketball, program, began, competing, regularly, varsit. The WPI Engineers men s basketball team is the college basketball program representing Worcester Polytechnic Institute WPI The Engineers compete in the Division III DIII of the National Collegiate Athletics Association NCAA and the NEWMAC 2 WPI s men s basketball program began competing regularly as a varsity sport in 1918 The team is currently coached by Chris Bartley WPI EngineersUniversityWorcester Polytechnic InstituteHead coachChris Bartley 22nd season ConferenceNEWMACLocationWorcester MassachusettsArenaHarrington Auditorium Capacity 3 000 NicknameEngineersStudent sectionGoat NationColorsCrimson and gray 1 UniformsHome AwayNCAA tournament Elite Eight1985 2022NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen1985 2005 2022NCAA tournament round of 321985 2005 2006 2009 2011 2013 2022NCAA tournament appearances1982 1985 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2020 2022Conference tournament champions2005 2006 2013 2022Conference regular season champions2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2014 2022WPI plays its home games at Harrington Auditorium located on the campus in Worcester Massachusetts with a capacity of 3 000 3 History EditAlthough an informal team played in 1902 the WPI Engineers basketball team was sponsored by the Athletic Association in 1903 but then was abolished in the spring of 1910 4 The sport was brought back in 1915 but only as an intramural 5 It wasn t until the winter of 1917 1918 that basketball became an intercollegiate sport again 6 The team won back to back New England Championships during the 1919 20 and 1920 21 and seasons 7 According to the Premo Porretta Power Poll the 1919 20 team would have been ranked 25th in the country The 1965 66 team was defeated by Army 71 62 on December 8 1965 The win marked the first career coaching victory for the Hall of Fame coach Bobby Knight During the 2012 13 season the team was ranked second in the nation in National Collegiate Athletic Association s Division III and had their best start ever going undefeated for their first 22 games On February 24 2013 WPI beat Springfield College in overtime to win the NEWMAC Championship and secure a place in the 2013 NCAA Division III men s basketball tournament The Engineers had a program record 27 victories during their 2021 22 season which included a NEWMAC regular season championship a NEWMAC tournament championship and an Elite Eight appearance in the 2022 NCAA Division III men s basketball tournament This marked the program s second NCAA quarterfinal game and first since 1985 8 References Edit WPI Logo Usage Quick Reference Guide PDF Retrieved January 1 2017 NCAA Members By Division NCAA Retrieved 2016 09 10 Harrington Auditorium Worcester Polytechnic Institute Retrieved 2016 09 10 Taylor Herbert Foster 1937 Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Privately Published p 228 Retrieved 21 September 2016 Taylor Herbert Foster 1937 Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Privately Published p 271 Retrieved 21 September 2016 Taylor Herbert Foster 1937 Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Privately Published p 285 Retrieved 13 December 2016 Taylor Herbert Foster 1937 Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Privately Published p 310 Retrieved 13 December 2016 Men s Basketball Sees Historic Season End at No 1 Randolph Macon in NCAA Quarterfinals WPI Athletics WPI Athletics athletics wpi edu 2022 03 12 Retrieved 2022 03 19 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WPI Engineers men 27s basketball amp oldid 1109934335, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
