Longwood Lancers men's basketball
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| University | Longwood University | |||
| First season | 1976–77 | |||
| All-time record | 515–614 (.456) | |||
| Conference | Big South | |||
| Location | Farmville, VA | |||
| Head coach | Jayson Gee (3rd year) | |||
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Willett Hall (Capacity: 1,807) |
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| Nickname | Lancers | |||
| Student section | Lancer Lunatics | |||
| Colors | Blue and White |
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| Division III: 1980 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| Division III: 1980 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| Division II: 1994 Division III: 1980 |
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| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| Division II: 1994, 2001 Division III: 1980 |
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| NCAA Tournament Opening Round | ||||
| Division II: 1995 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| Division II: 1994, 1995, 2001 Division III: 1980 |
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| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| CVAC: 2001 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| Mason–Dixon: 1988 CVAC: 2001 |
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The Longwood Lancers men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big South Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. They are currently led by third year head coach Jayson Gee.
Longwood was an all-female school for the majority of its history; however, a limited number of male day students attended the school following World War II, and those students fielded a basketball team under the name Longwood Pioneers. The current NCAA men's basketball program began in 1976 under head coach Allan McNamee, when the school became fully co-educational that same year. The Lancers finished 1–6 against four year institutions in the inaugural season, and 2–9 overall. The Lancers were NCAA Division III members for their first four years. In 1980, they became Division II members, until 2004, when they began a transition to Division I membership. They became full Division I members in 2007.
The Lancers have had eight different head coaches of their men's basketball team, as detailed below. The current head coach, former Cleveland State associate head coach Jayson Gee, joined the program in 2013.
Longwood has reached post-season four times in its history: in 1980 at the Division III level, and three times in Division II. In 1988, Longwood won a share of the Mason-Dixon Conference regular season title.
The Lancers have been members of three conferences in their history: the Division II Mason–Dixon Conference from 1983 to 1988 (not to be confused with another defunct conference with the same name, which disbanded in 1974) and the-then Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference from 1995 to 2003. Longwood spent nine seasons as an independent during and after reclassification to Division I, until they joined the Big South Conference in 2012.
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