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UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball

UC Riverside Highlanders
2016–17 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team
UC Riverside Highlanders logo.svg
University University of California, Riverside
Conference Big West
Location Riverside, CA
Head coach Dennis Cutts (4th year)
Arena UC Riverside Student Recreation Center
(Capacity: 3,168)
Nickname Highlanders
Colors Blue and Gold
         
NCAA Tournament runner-up
*1995
NCAA Tournament Final Four
*1970, *1989, *1995
NCAA Tournament appearances
*1970, *1972, *1973, *1974, *1975, *1979, *1980, *1984, *1986, *1988, *1989, *1990, *1991, *1992, *1994, *1995, *1997
*at Division II level

The UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represents the University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference. The squad is currently led by interim head coach Dennis Cutts, who replaced Jim Wooldridge when the latter stepped down as head coach to assume the role of interim athletic director at the school. The Highlanders play their home games at the UC Riverside Student Recreation Center. The program had its greatest success as a Division II program, making it to three Final Fours and the national title game in 1995.

The Highlanders have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament 17 times (known as the college division until 1974 but considered the same tournament). Their combined record is 29–18.






      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion



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