Savannah State Tigers basketball
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| University | Savannah State University | |||
| Conference | MEAC | |||
| Location | Savannah, GA | |||
| Head coach | Horace Broadnax (12th year) | |||
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Tiger Arena (Capacity: 6,000) |
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| Nickname | Tigers | |||
| Colors | Burnt Orange and Reflex Blue |
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| Conference tournament champions | ||||
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| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2012 | ||||
The Savannah State Tigers basketball team competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and plays their home games in Tiger Arena on the university campus.
The school gained notoriety when they finished the 2004–2005 men's basketball season a winless 0–28, the first Division I team to do so since Prairie View A&M University in 1991–1992. The Tigers were the 2011–12 MEAC regular season champions and received an automatic bid into the 2012 NIT, their first ever appearance in any Division I tournament as a Division I member. The team posted a 21–10 overall mark and lead the MEAC in scoring defense, only allowing 58.9 points per game and were second in the conference in scoring margin (+5.4).
Horace Broadnax became the men's head basketball coach in 2005. In his sixth year as the head coach of the Tigers, the 2011–12 season, he was named the MEAC Coach of the Year as he guided the team to a 14–2 conference record and the school's first MEAC regular season title.
Prior to moving into the NCAA, the Tigers appeared in post season play in the NAIA collegiate level. The Tigers appeared in 3 NAIA National Men's Basketball National Tournaments in 1960, 1961, and 1962 with a total combined tournament record of 2–3.
Before moving to Division I the team won the SIAC conference championship in 1970, 1979, 1980, and 1981.
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