Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball
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| University | California State University, Northridge | ||
| Conference | Big West Conference | ||
| Location | Northridge, CA | ||
| Head coach | Reggie Theus (4th year) | ||
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Matadome (Capacity: 2,400) |
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| Nickname | Matadors | ||
| Colors | Red, White, and Black |
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| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 2001 (Big Sky) 2009 (Big West) |
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| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1985 (CCAA) 2001 (Big Sky) 2009 (Big West) |
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The Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program representing California State University, Northridge. The team currently competes in the Big West Conference of the NCAA's Division I. The Matadors' current head coach is Reggie Theus.
Until 1972, the school and its teams were known as San Fernando Valley State College. The Matadors played their home games at local high schools until Matador Gymnasium was completed, before the start of the 1962–63 season.
San Fernando Valley State College opened in 1958, and fielded a basketball program for the 1958–59 season. The program's first head coach was Paul Thomas.
The first game in SFVSC's history was a 110–45 loss to Chapman College on December 1, 1958. The fledgling team would lose again to Westmont eight days later. They broke through for the first win of the program's history on December 13, a 73–64 triumph over La Verne. They would go on to finish their inaugural season with a record of 3–13.
The Matadors showed some improvement over the next two seasons, and joined the CCAA in 1961. Matador Gymnasium opened on November 30, 1962, with a 69–59 defeat to Pepperdine. Two consecutive last-place finishes in the CCAA resulted in Thomas's dismissal at the end of the 1962–63 season.
From 1959–62, Jim Malkin scored 1301 points for the SFVSC. He would remain the school's all-time leading scorer until 1994.
Thomas's replacement as head coach was Jerry Ball, who had been an assistant under Thomas. Ball showed immediate progress, taking the team to a 9–17 record in 1963–64, a six-game improvement over Thomas's final season. He would guide the Matadors to their first-ever winning season, finishing 18–8 in 1964–65. SFVSU would win their first conference championship under Ball, finishing 7–1 in the CCAA in 1970–71. Ball left the school after this season.
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