East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball
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| University | East Tennessee State University | |||
| First season | 1918 | |||
| All-time record | 1,256–1,010 (.554) | |||
| Conference | SoCon | |||
| Location | Johnson City, TN | |||
| Head coach | Steve Forbes (2nd year) | |||
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Freedom Hall Civic Center (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| Nickname | Buccaneers | |||
| Colors | Navy Blue and Gold |
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| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| 1968, 1992 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2017 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2017 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1968, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2017 | ||||
The East Tennessee State Buccaneers are the basketball team that represents East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in Johnson City, Tennessee. ETSU currently competes in the Southern Conference as of July 1, 2014. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2017.
ETSU has been playing Division I basketball since the 1958–59 season when they joined the Ohio Valley Conference. In the 1979–1980 season ETSU joined the Southern Conference and after the 2004–2005 season they left the Southern Conference for the Atlantic Sun Conference. On July 1, 2014, they re-joined the Southern Conference.
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
Commonly referred to as "The Glory Days" of ETSU basketball, between 1989 and 1992, ETSU won 4 straight Southern Conference titles while compiling 99 wins. During this 4-year period ETSU had wins over prestigious programs such as Arizona, NC State (3 times), Wake Forest, Cincinnati, BYU, Xavier, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Tennessee (twice) and Memphis. ETSU also suffered their most famous loss when they lost by 1 point to top ranked Oklahoma as a 16th seed in the 1989 NCAA Tournament.
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