Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
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| University | Indiana State University | ||
| Conference | Missouri Valley | ||
| Location | Terre Haute, IN | ||
| Head coach | Greg Lansing (7th year) | ||
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Hulman Center (Capacity: 10,200) |
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| Nickname | Sycamores | ||
| Colors | Royal Blue and White |
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| NCAA Tournament runner-up | |||
| 1968*, 1979 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||
| 1968*, 1979 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 1968*, 1979 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1967*, 1968*, 1979 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | |||
| 1967*, 1968*, 1979, 2001 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1966*, 1967*, 1968*, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2011 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 1979, 2001, 2011 (MVC) | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1930, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949*, 1950* (IIC) 1951*, 1966*, 1967*, 1968* (ICC) 1979, 2000 (MVC) *= At the Division II level |
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The Indiana State Sycamores basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. They currently compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2011.
The Sycamores' first season was 1896, making them the oldest basketball team in the NCAA along with Bucknell, Minnesota and Washington; however, the records from 1896 to 1899 no longer exist. The Sycamores boast 2 College Players of the Year, 14 All-Americans, 38 1,000-point scorers and 1,460+ victories. Their victory count places them in the Top 70 of all NCAA Division I programs.
In addition, the Sycamores have 26 Post-Season Appearances (7 NCAA, 4 NIT, 1 CBI, 1 CIT, 12 NAIA and the 1936 Olympic Trials) with 5 National Championship Appearances (2 NCAA, 3 NAIA). Seven Sycamores were members of the 1951 Pan-American Games Gold Medal-winning team. The Sycamore's greatest season was 1978–79, when star Larry Bird led an undefeated team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. However, it lost the national title game versus the Magic Johnson-led Michigan State team; and ended the season with a record of 33–1. This is the deepest run by a first-time participant in the Division I tournament, and one of only three times that a first-time team has advanced as far as the Final Four (UNCC in 1977 and Georgia in 1983). They would not have another postseason appearance until 2000.
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