Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball
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| University | Santa Clara University | |||
| First season | 1904 | |||
| All-time record | 1,418-1,019 (.582) | |||
| Conference | WCC | |||
| Location | Santa Clara, CA | |||
| Head coach | Herb Sendek (1st year) | |||
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Leavey Center (Capacity: 4,500) |
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| Nickname | Broncos | |||
| Colors | Maroon and White |
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1969 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| 1993, 1996 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1987, 1988, 1993 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1952, 1953, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1995, 1996, 1997 | ||||
The Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team represents Santa Clara University in NCAA Division I basketball competition. The team plays home games at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California and have been members of the West Coast Conference since its formation in 1952. The team is currently coached by Herb Sendek, who had previously been the head coach at NC State and Arizona State. Sendek was hired on March 29, 2016
Santa Clara has a long history of basketball success, having appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments and 4 National Invitational Tournaments and producing a number of both collegiate All-Americans and NBA players. Recently, The 2010–11 team won the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament and the 2012–13 team won the 2013 College Basketball Invitational. They are currently the only team to have won a CBI and a CIT.
Basketball made its inauspicious debut at Santa Clara in 1904 with a 9–7 victory over Alameda High School. Later that year, Santa Clara played its first intercollegiate game, a loss to the University of the Pacific, then located just down the road from Santa Clara. Early schedules composed of high school and YMCA opponents gave way to wholly intercollegiate schedules, and by 1916, the Broncos were matching up with teams like Stanford, USC, and Nevada, in addition to traditional arch-rivals San Francisco and St. Mary's. Santa Clara has long been blessed with a series of long-tenured coaches; since 1935, only seven different men have coached the Broncos.
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