Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball

Central Michigan Chippewas

2016–17 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

University

Central Michigan University

Conference

MAC

Location

Mount Pleasant, MI

Head coach

Keno Davis (5th year)

Arena

McGuirk Arena
(Capacity: 5,300)

Nickname

Chippewas

Colors

Maroon and Gold^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

1975

NCAA Tournament Round of 32

1975, 1977, 2003

NCAA Tournament appearances

1975, 1977, 1987, 2003

Conference tournament champions

1987, 2003

Conference regular season champions

1975, 1977, 1979, 1987, 2001, 2003, 2015, 2016

The Central Michigan Chippewas team is the basketball team that represent Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school's team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2003. The Chippewas are currently coached by Keno Davis.

NCAA Tournament results

NCAA Tournament

The Chippewas have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–4.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1975		First Round Sweet 16 Regional Third Place Game	Georgetown Kentucky Oregon State	W 77–75 L 73–90 W 88–87
1977		First Round	Charlotte	L 86–91
1987	#13	First Round	UCLA	L 73–92
2003	#11	First Round Second Round	Creighton Duke	W 79–73 L 60–86

NIT

The Chippewas have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) twice. Their combined record is 0–2.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1979		First Round	Purdue	L 80–97
2015	#6	First Round	Louisiana Tech	L 79–89

CIT

The Chippewas have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) once. Their record is 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2016	First Round	Tennessee–Martin	L 73–76

NAIA Tournament results

The Chippewas appeared in the NAIA National Tournament twice. In back to back seasons in 1966 and 1967. The combined tournament wins and losses were 2 and 2 (advancing and then losing in the second round both years). Former coach Ted Kjolhede was named NAIA coach of the year for 1966.

Chippewas currently playing in the NBA

Chris Kaman - Center, Portland Trail Blazers^[2]

Notable former players

Mark Brisker, American-Israeli professional basketball player
Nate Huffman (1975–2015), played most of his career with Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ben Kelso
Dan Majerle
Jim McElroy
Ben Poquette
Dan Roundfield
Chris Kaman

References

↑ Central Michigan University Brand Identity (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-28.
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External links

Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball

Venues	McGuirk Arena (1973–present)

Rivalries	In-state MAC schools

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Mid-American Conference men's basketball

Teams

East Division	Akron Zips Bowling Green Falcons Buffalo Bulls Kent State Golden Flashes Miami RedHawks Ohio Bobcats

West Division	Ball State Cardinals Central Michigan Chippewas Eastern Michigan Eagles Northern Illinois Huskies Toledo Rockets Western Michigan Broncos

Championships & awards

Seasons

1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16

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