MSU Denver Roadrunners men's basketball

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MSU Denver Roadrunners
men's basketball
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University Metropolitan State University of Denver
First season1968 (1968)
Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Location Denver, Colorado
ArenaAuraria Event Center
(capacity: 2,300)
Nickname Roadrunners
ColorsNavy blue and red [1]
   
NCAA tournament champions
2000, 2002
Other NCAA tournament results
Runner-up1999, 2013
Final Four1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2014
Elite Eight1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014
Sweet Sixteen1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014
Appearances1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Conference tournament champions
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
Conference regular-season champions
Great Northwest Conference
1990

Colorado Athletic Conference
1991, 1992

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015

The MSU Denver men's basketball team, or Roadrunners, represents Metropolitan State University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Contents

Postseason results

National Championships

YearCoachRivalScoreRecord
2000 Mike Dunlap Kentucky Wesleyan 97–7933–4
2002 Mike Dunlap Kentucky Wesleyan 80–7229–6
National Championships2

2000 NCAA Tournament Results

RoundRivalScore
Round #1 North Dakota 82–58
Sweet 16#19 Wayne State (NE)84–72
Elite 8St. Anselm81–61
Final 4 #5 Missouri Southern State 75–74
Championship #2 Kentucky Wesleyan 97–79

2002 NCAA Tournament Results

RoundRivalScore
Round #1 Minnesota-Duluth 66–61
Round #2 #13 Nebraska–Kearney 59–51
Sweet 16at #17 South Dakota State 87–86
Elite 8 #10 Cal State San Bernardino 65–48
Final 4 #16 Indiana (PA) 82–52
Championship #1 Kentucky Wesleyan 80–72

Final Four history

YearResul
1999Finalist
2000Champion
2002Champion
2004Semifinalist
2013Finalist
2014Semifinalist

Season-by-season results

Source: [2]

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
1968–69Bill Mumma –
1969–70James Bryant 0–25
1970–71James Bryant –
1971–72James Bryant 0–24
1972–73James Bryant 6–17
1973–74Wayne Monson/Jim Jarvis –
1974–75Erv Bratcher 7–14
1975–76Gene Lee –
1976–77Gene Lee –
1977–78Gene Lee/Marc Rabinoff 0–24
No Basketball (1978–1984)
1984–85Bob Ligouri 13–13
1985–86Bob Hull 12–12
Great Northwest Conference (1986–1990)
1986–87Bob Hull 16–125–5
1987–88Bob Hull 17–115–5
1988–89Bob Hull 20–87–5
1989–90Bob Hull 28–48–21stNCAA Tournament
Colorado Athletic Conference (1990–1996)
1990–91Bob Hull 23–88–21stNCAA Tournament
1991–92Bob Hull 17–1110–21st
1992–93Bob Hull 16–128–42nd
1993–94Joe Strain 14–135–75th
1994–95 Charles Bradley 6–214–63rd
1995–96 Charles Bradley 17–96–42nd
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1996–present)
1996–97 Charles Bradley 13–139–103rd – East
1997–98 Mike Dunlap 25–516–31st – EastNCAA Tournament
1998–99 Mike Dunlap 28–615–41st – EastNCAA Runner Up
1999–00 Mike Dunlap 33–417–21st – EastNCAA National Champions
2000–01 Mike Dunlap 23–714–53rd – EastNCAA Tournament
2001–02 Mike Dunlap 29–616–32nd – EastNCAA National Champions
2002–03 Mike Dunlap 28–516–32nd – EastNCAA Tournament
2003–04 Mike Dunlap 32–319–01st – EastNCAA Final Four
2004–05 Mike Dunlap 29–416–31st – EastNCAA Elite Eight
2005–06 Mike Dunlap 21–1013–63rd – EastNCAA Tournament
2006–07Brannon Hays 28–417–21st – EastNCAA Tournament
2007–08Brannon Hays 19–1212–73rd – East
2008–09Brannon Hays 27–418–11st – EastNCAA Tournament
2009–10Brannon Hays 24–714–51st – East (Co-Champions)NCAA Tournament
2010–11 Derrick Clark 22–817–52ndNCAA Tournament
2011–12 Derrick Clark 25–717–52ndNCAA Elite Eight
2012–13 Derrick Clark 32–320–21stNCAA Runner Up
2013–14 Derrick Clark 32–222–01stNCAA Final Four
2014–15 Derrick Clark 26–619–31stNCAA Tournament
2015–16 Derrick Clark 19–1116–61st - Rocky (Co-Champions)
2016–1718–1214–86th
2017–1815–1414–86th
Total:

      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

NIT

Metro State was selected for the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off, their opponent is the Rhode Island Rams. The regional is being played at the McKale Center in Tucson, AZ. Home of the Arizona Wildcats. Metro State became the second Division II team to be selected in the NIT Season Tip-Off. [3]

Date, Time, TVRankRivalScoreRecordHost
Exhibition
11/18/2013*
6:00 pm, N/A		No. 1 vs.  Rhode Island
NIT Season Tip-Off, First Round		W 66–63 [4] [5]  0–1
 McKale Center  (0)
Tucson, AZ
11/19/2013*
6:00 pm, N/A		No. 1 vs.  Fairleigh Dickinson
NIT Season Tip-Off, West Consolation		W 87–76 [6] [7]  1–1
 McKale Center  (0)
Tucson, AZ
11/25/2013*
5:30 pm, N/A		No. 1 at  Elon
NIT Season Tip-Off, Consolation round		W 75–74 [8] [9]  2–1
 Alumni Gym (Elon University)  (844)
Elon, NC
11/26/2013*
3:00 pm, N/A		No. 1 vs.  Canisius
NIT Season Tip-Off, Consolation round		W 83–69 [10] [11]  3–1
 Alumni Gym (Elon University)  (577)
Elon, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Metro State becomes first DII school to win twice at NIT Season Tip-Off [12]

Roadrunners in the Pros

Active

Retired

Roadrunner Olympians

NameGames
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Barlow 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Worthington 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kay 2020 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ↑ "Colors | Brand Central | MSU Denver" . Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan State University Of Denver". Metropolitan State University.
  3. ↑ "Arizona, Duke, Alabama, Rutgers headline NIT Season Tip-Off field". NCAA.com.
  4. ↑ "Metro State Roadrunners vs. Rhode Island Rams Recap - CBSSports.com". CBSSports.com. 18 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Metro State Roadrunners vs. Rhode Island Rams – Recap – November 18, 2013 – ESPN". ESPN.com.
  6. ↑ "Metro State Roadrunners vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Recap - CBSSports.com". CBSSports.com. 19 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Fairleigh Dickinson Knights vs. Metro State Roadrunners – Recap – November 19, 2013 – ESPN". ESPN.com.
  8. ↑ "Metropolitan State University Of Denver". gometrostate.com.
  9. ↑ "Elon University Phoenix". elonphoenix.com.
  10. ↑ "Metropolitan State University Of Denver". gometrostate.com.
  11. ↑ "Metro State vs Canisius (11/26/13 at Alumni Gym (Elon, N.C.))". gogriffs.com.
  12. ↑ "Metro State becomes first DII school to win twice at NIT Season Tip-Off". NCAA.com.
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