Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||
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University | Eastern Kentucky University | ||
Head coach | A.W. Hamilton (6th season) | ||
Conference | ASUN | ||
Location | Richmond, Kentucky | ||
Arena | McBrayer Arena at Alumni Coliseum (Capacity: 6,500) | ||
Nickname | Colonels | ||
Student section | TBD | ||
Colors | Maroon and white [1] | ||
Uniforms | |||
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NCAA tournament appearances | |||
1953, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1979, 2005, 2007, 2014 | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
1950, 1955, 1979, 2005, 2007, 2014 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
1953, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979 | |||
Conference division season champions | |||
2015 |
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team is a college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), located in Richmond, Kentucky, United States. The Colonels are members of the ASUN Conference, which they joined in 2021 after having been members of the Ohio Valley Conference since that league's founding in 1948. [2] Home games are played at Alumni Coliseum, located on EKU's campus. The team last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2014. The Colonels are coached by A.W. Hamilton, who came to EKU in 2018 after previous head coach Dan McHale was fired after 3 seasons.
Season | W | L | PCT | Conf. Record | Postseason | |
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Independent | ||||||
1909–10 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |||
1910–11 | 4 | 6 | .400 | |||
1911–12 | 3 | 2 | .600 | |||
1912–13 | 9 | 3 | .750 | |||
1913–14 | 4 | 3 | .571 | |||
1914–15 | 0 | 3 | .000 | |||
1915–16 | 7 | 1 | .875 | |||
1916–17 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |||
1919–20 | 3 | 4 | .429 | |||
1920–21 | 3 | 6 | .333 | |||
1921–22 | 10 | 4 | .714 | |||
1922–23 | 9 | 6 | .600 | |||
1923–24 | 12 | 7 | .632 | |||
1924–25 | 5 | 13 | .278 | |||
1925–26 | 1 | 11 | .083 | |||
1926–27 | 4 | 13 | .235 | |||
1927–28 | 3 | 15 | .167 | |||
1928–29 | 2 | 13 | .133 | |||
1929–30 | 14 | 8 | .636 | |||
1930–31 | 12 | 4 | .750 | |||
1931–32 | 13 | 8 | .619 | |||
1932–33 | 14 | 4 | .778 | |||
1933–34 | 7 | 7 | .500 | |||
1934–35 | 8 | 9 | .471 | |||
1935–36 | 12 | 10 | .545 | |||
1936–37 | 10 | 6 | .625 | |||
1937–38 | 12 | 7 | .632 | |||
1938–39 | 11 | 5 | .688 | |||
1939–40 | 16 | 2 | .889 | |||
1940–41 | 10 | 5 | .667 | |||
1941–42 | 11 | 5 | .688 | |||
1942–43 | 12 | 5 | .706 | |||
1944–45 | 20 | 5 | .800 | NAIA National Semifinals | ||
1945–46 | 21 | 3 | .875 | NAIA First Round | ||
1946–47 | 21 | 4 | .840 | |||
1947–48 | 17 | 7 | .708 | |||
Ohio Valley Conference | ||||||
1948–49 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 7–3 | ||
1949–50 | 16 | 6 | .728 | 7–3 | ||
1950–51 | 18 | 8 | .692 | 8–3 | ||
1951–52 | 13 | 11 | .542 | 10–2 | ||
1952–53 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 9–1 | NCAA first round | |
1953–54 | 7 | 16 | .304 | 4–6 | ||
1954–55 | 15 | 8 | .652 | 6–4 | ||
1955–56 | 9 | 16 | .360 | 3–7 | ||
1956–57 | 6 | 15 | .286 | 4–6 | ||
1957–58 | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3–7 | ||
1958–59 | 16 | 6 | .727 | 10–2 | NCAA first round | |
1959–60 | 14 | 8 | .636 | 9–3 | ||
1960–61 | 15 | 9 | .625 | 9–3 | ||
1961–62 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 7–5 | ||
1962–63 | 9 | 12 | .429 | 6–6 | ||
1963–64 | 15 | 9 | .625 | 9–5 | ||
1964–65 | 19 | 6 | .760 | 13–1 | NCAA first round | |
1965–66 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 9–5 | ||
1966–67 | 5 | 18 | .217 | 2–12 | ||
1967–68 | 10 | 14 | .417 | 6–8 | ||
1968–69 | 13 | 9 | .591 | 7–7 | ||
1969–70 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 8–6 | ||
1970–71 | 16 | 8 | .667 | 10–4 | ||
1971–72 | 15 | 11 | .577 | 9–5 | NCAA first round | |
1972–73 | 12 | 13 | .480 | 7–7 | ||
1973–74 | 8 | 15 | .348 | 6–8 | ||
1974–75 | 7 | 18 | .280 | 3–11 | ||
1975–76 | 10 | 15 | .400 | 6–8 | ||
1976–77 | 8 | 16 | .333 | 3–11 | ||
1977–78 | 15 | 11 | .577 | 8–6 | ||
1978–79 | 21 | 8 | .724 | 9–3 | NCAA first round | |
1979–80 | 15 | 12 | .556 | 7–5 | ||
1980–81 | 10 | 16 | .385 | 7–7 | ||
1981–82 | 5 | 21 | .192 | 3–13 | ||
1982–83 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 7–7 | ||
1983–84 | 11 | 16 | .407 | 5–9 | ||
1984–85 | 16 | 13 | .552 | 9–5 | ||
1985–86 | 10 | 18 | .357 | 5–9 | ||
1986–87 | 19 | 11 | .633 | 9–5 | ||
1987–88 | 18 | 11 | .621 | 10–4 | ||
1988–89 | 7 | 22 | .341 | 4–8 | ||
1989–90 | 13 | 17 | .433 | 7–5 | ||
1990–91 | 19 | 10 | .655 | 9–3 | ||
1991–92 | 19 | 14 | .576 | 9–5 | ||
1992–93 | 15 | 12 | .556 | 11–5 | ||
1993–94 | 13 | 14 | .481 | 9–7 | ||
1994–95 | 9 | 19 | .321 | 6–10 | ||
1995–96 | 13 | 14 | .481 | 7–9 | ||
1996–97 | 8 | 18 | .308 | 6–12 | ||
1997–98 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 8–10 | ||
1998–99 | 3 | 23 | .115 | 2–16 | ||
1999–2000 | 6 | 21 | .222 | 2–16 | ||
2000–01 | 7 | 19 | .269 | 1–15 | ||
2001–02 | 7 | 20 | .259 | 3–13 | ||
2002–03 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 5–11 | ||
2003–04 | 14 | 15 | .483 | 8–8 | ||
2004–05 | 22 | 9 | .710 | 11–5 | NCAA first round | |
2005–06 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 11–9 | ||
2006–07 | 21 | 12 | .636 | 13–7 | NCAA first round | |
2007–08 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 10–10 | ||
2008–09 | 18 | 13 | .581 | 10–8 | ||
2009–10 | 20 | 12 | .625 | 11–7 | CBI First Round | |
2010–11 | 15 | 16 | .484 | 9–9 | ||
2011–12 | 16 | 16 | .500 | 7–9 | ||
2012–13 | 25 | 10 | .714 | 12–4 | CBI First Round | |
2013–14 | 24 | 10 | .706 | 11-5 | NCAA second round | |
2014-15 | 21 | 12 | .636 | 11-5 | CIT third round | |
2015-16 | 15 | 16 | .484 | 6-10 | ||
2016-17 | 12 | 19 | .387 | 5-11 | ||
2017-18 | 11 | 20 | .355 | 5-13 | ||
2018-19 | 13 | 18 | .419 | 6-12 | ||
2019-20 | 16 | 17 | .485 | 12-6 | ||
2020-21 | 22 | 7 | .759 | 15-5 | ||
ASUN Conference | ||||||
2021-22 | 13 | 18 | .419 | 5-11 | ||
2022-23 | 23 | 14 | .622 | 12-6 | CBI runner-up | |
Totals | 1342 | 1235 | .520 |
The Colonels have appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 0–8, the second worst record of most losses without a victory in the NCAA tournament (Iona had a win in the NCAA Tournament in 1980 before the NCAA stripped it away due to violation, which means they are "0-15").
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1953 | First Round | Notre Dame | L 57–72 |
1959 | First Round | Louisville | L 63–77 |
1965 | First Round | DePaul | L 52–99 |
1972 | First Round | Florida State | L 81–83 |
1979 | First Round | Tennessee | L 81–97 |
2005 | First Round | Kentucky | L 64–72 |
2007 | First Round | North Carolina | L 65–86 |
2014 | Second Round | Kansas | L 69–80 |
The Colonels have appeared in two NAIA Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–3.
Year | Round | Opponent | Final Score |
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1945 | First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National 3rd Place Game | Simpson (IA) Central Methodist Pepperdine Southern Illinois | W 64–42 W 50–48 OT L 34–52 L 45–49 |
1956 | First Round | Drury | L 47–51 |
The Colonels have appeared in two College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 3–2.
Year | Round | Opponent | Final Score |
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2010 | First Round | College of Charleston | L 79–82 |
2023 | First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals | Cleveland State Indiana State Southern Utah Charlotte | W 91–75OT W 89–88OT W 108–106OT L 68–71 |
The Colonels have appeared in two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their combined record is 3–2.
Year | Round | Opponent | Final Score |
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2013 | First Round Second Round | Gardner–Webb Evansville | W 69–62 L 72–86 |
2015 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals | Norfolk State High Point UT Martin | W 81–75 W 66–65 L 69–70 |
The Colonels have won six conference regular season championships.
Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
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1953 | Ohio Valley | 16–9 | 9–1 | Paul S. McBrayer |
1959 | Ohio Valley | 16–6 | 10–2 | Paul S. McBrayer |
1961 | Ohio Valley | 15–9 | 9–3 | Paul S. McBrayer |
1965 | Ohio Valley | 19–6 | 13–1 | James E. Baechtold |
1972 | Ohio Valley | 15–11 | 9–5 | Guy R. Strong |
1979 | Ohio Valley | 21–8 | 9–3 | Ed Byhre |
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