Emporia State Hornets basketball
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| University | Emporia State University | |||
| First season | 1901 | |||
| All-time record | 1,393–1,142 (.550) | |||
| Conference | MIAA | |||
| Location | Emporia, KS | |||
| Head coach | Shaun Vandiver (6th year) | |||
| Arena |
William L. White Auditorium (Capacity: 5,000) |
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| Nickname | Hornets | |||
| Student section | E-Zone | |||
| Colors | Black and Gold |
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| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 2004, 2007 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1946, 1947, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1985, 1988 | ||||
The Emporia State Hornets basketball team represents Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, in the NCAA Division II men's basketball competition (the school's women's basketball team is known as the "Lady Hornets"). The team is currently coached by Shaun Vandiver, who replaced David Moe after he resigned in 2011. The Hornets currently compete in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
The basketball team plays its home games in William L. White Auditorium downtown Emporia. Since joining the NCAA in 1991, Emporia State has only been to the NCAA Tournament twice: 2004 and 2007.
The Emporia State Hornets team annually plays a nineteen-game conference schedule that is preceded by an out-of-conference schedule that includes one exhibition game between the Kansas Jayhawks or the Kansas State Wildcats, switching every other year. The conference schedule consists of playing every MIAA member at least once, some twice. Emporia State does, however, play the Washburn Ichabods in the rivalry known as the Turnpike Tussle and the Pittsburg State Gorillas.
Emporia State's basketball program was founded in 1901, thirty-eight years after the university was founded. Since 1901, the Hornets have belonged to six conferences. When the school was an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, they participated in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Great Plains Athletic Conference, and the Central States Intercollegiate Conference. When the university was recognized as an NCAA Division II school, they joined the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association(MIAA).
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