Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball

Northern Kentucky Norse

2016–17 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team

University

Northern Kentucky University

Conference

Horizon

Location

Highland Heights, KY

Head coach

John Brannen (2nd year)

Arena

BB&T Arena
(Capacity: 9,200)

Nickname

Norse

Colors

Black, White, and Gold^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

NCAA Tournament runner-up

(D-II) 1996, 1997

NCAA Tournament appearances

(D-II) 1978, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012^[2]

Conference tournament champions

GLVC: 2003, 2009

Conference regular season champions

GLVC: 1995, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2009

Previous logo

The Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team represents Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky, United States. The school's athletic program began a transition to NCAA Division I in the 2012–13 school year. For the first three seasons of the transition (through 2014–15), it was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The final season of the transition in 2015–16 sees the Norse as the newest members of the Horizon League.^[3] The Norse are currently coached by John Brannen. The program's previous coach was Dave Bezold,^[4] who had an overall record of 138 wins and 72 losses.^[5]

History

The program began in 1971, NKU then known as Northern Kentucky State College, and played out of a local high school gymnasium.^[6] The team played its first game on November 12, 1971 against Calvary College; winning 109-65.^[7]

Over the past 15 years, NKU became one of the country's premier NCAA Division II college basketball programs. The Norse won three Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Tournament Championships in 1994-95, 2002–03, and 2008–09; and GLVC East Division regular season champion in 2006-07, 2007–08, and 2008–09. In NCAA postseason play, NKU made 12 NCAA DII postseason appearances, including back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship in the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons.^[8]

On December 8, 2011 NKU officially announced it accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Sun Conference and begin a multi-year transition to Division I beginning in 2012.^[6] The Norse began a full Atlantic Sun Conference and Division I schedule in the 2012-13 season,^[9] however the university is not eligible for NCAA D-I postseason competition until becoming a full Division I member in 2016.^[6]

The team's 2013-14 season schedule featured 3 marquee games against Purdue, UK and North Carolina. This was also the first season in which the team hosted Division I non-conference home games.

Postseason

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Norse have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament 13 times. Their combined record is 17–14.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1978	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Southern Indiana Saint Joseph's (IN)	L 78–86 L 87–93
1995	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Quincy Southern Indiana	W 97–91 L 94–102
1996	Regional Semfinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Northern State Southern Indiana Cal State Bakersfield Virginia Union Fort Hays State	W 82–71 W 99–87 W 56–55 W 68–66 L 63–70
1997	Regional Semfinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Quincy Oakland Texas A&M–Commerce Lynn Cal State Bakersfield	W 82–54 W 101–87 W 79–67 W 79–58 L 56–57
1998	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals	Ferris State Southern Indiana	W 78–63 L 66–81
2000	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals	Northern Michigan Kentucky Wesleyan	W 89–57 L 62–66
2001	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Grand Valley State Southern Indiana Kentucky Wesleyan	W 106–102 W 93–92 L 57–59
2003	Regional Quarterfinals	Findlay	L 76–80
2007	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Drury Findlay Grand Valley State	W 73–68 W 60–56 L 42–66
2008	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals	Kentucky Wesleyan Grand Valley State	W 61–55 L 58–62
2009	Regional Quarterfinals	Lake Superior State	L 72–75^2OT
2011	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals	Kentucky Wesleyan Bellarmine	W 76–74^OT L 82–87
2012	Regional Quarterfinals	Findlay	L 49–50

Record year-by-year

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Northern Kentucky (Independent) (1971–1985)
1971–72	Mote Hils	12–15
1972–73	Mote Hils	10–16
1973–74	Mote Hils	12–13
1974–75	Mote Hils	12–14
1975–76	Mote Hils	17–9
1976–77	Mote Hils	15–10
1977–78	Mote Hils	20–8			NCAA DII First Round
1978–79	Mote Hils	13–14
1979–80	Mote Hils	8–19
1980–81	Mike Beitzel	10–15
1981–82	Mike Beitzel	15–12
1982–83	Mike Beitzel	22–7
1983–84	Mike Beitzel	17–11
1984–85	Mike Beitzel	16–11
Northern Kentucky (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1985–2012)
1985–86	Mike Beitzel	15–13	7–9	T–5th
1986–87	Mike Beitzel	15–13	7–9	5th
1987–88	Mike Beitzel	15–13	6–10	T–6th
1988–89	Ken Shields^{[Note 1]}	17–11	8–8	T–4th
1989–90	Ken Shields	7–21	4–14	9th
1990–91	Ken Shields	14–15	6–12	T–8th
1991–92	Ken Shields	13–15	8–10	7th
1992–93	Ken Shields	11–16	4–14	T–8th
1993–94	Ken Shields	12–14	9–9	6th
1994–95	Ken Shields	25–4	16–2	T–1st	NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
1995–96	Ken Shields	25–7	15–5	2nd	NCAA DII Runner-up
1996–97	Ken Shields	30–5	16–4	T–1st	NCAA DII Runner-up
1997–98	Ken Shields	23–7	15–3	2nd	NCAA DII Second Round
1998–99	Ken Shields	16–12	12–10	T–5th
1999–2000	Ken Shields	26–7	16–4	3rd	NCAA DII Second Round
2000–01	Ken Shields	27–7	15–5	3rd	NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
2001–02	Ken Shields	19–8	15–5	T–2nd
2002–03	Ken Shields	25–6	16–4	T–2nd
2003–04	Ken Shields	16–15	9–11	7th
2004–05	Dave Bezold	14–15	8–12	7th
2005–06	Dave Bezold	17–11	12–7	2nd (East)
2006–07	Dave Bezold	24–9	13–6	1st (East)
2007–08	Dave Bezold	21–8	14–5	T–1st (East)
2008–09	Dave Bezold	24–7	14–4	1st (East)	NCAA DII First Round
2009–10	Dave Bezold	17–13	8–10	4th (East)
2010–11	Dave Bezold	21–9	12–6	T–3rd (East)	NCAA DII Second Round
2011–12	Dave Bezold	23–7	13–5	2nd (East)	NCAA DII First Round
Northern Kentucky (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2012–2015)
2012–13	Dave Bezold	11–16	9–9	T–4th
2013–14	Dave Bezold	9–21	5–13	T–8th
2014–15	Dave Bezold	13–17	7–7	T-4th	Quarterfinals A-Sun Tournament
Northern Kentucky (Horizon League) (2015–present)
2015–16	John Brannen	0–0	0–0
Total:		754–516
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

Totals updated through March 3, 2015.

Facility

Main article: BB&T Arena

BB&T Arena opened in 2008 as The Bank of Kentucky Center and serves as the home arena for the NKU Norse men's and women's basketball teams. The 9,200-seat, multi-purpose arena replaced the 1,800-seat Regents Hall, which had served as the home venue since opening in 1973. Regents Hall still serves as the home of women's volleyball and the practice facility for men's and women's basketball.^[10]

The name of the current arena changed in 2015 after The Bank of Kentucky was purchased by BB&T.

Notes

↑ Ken Shields of Northern Kentucky University is not the same person as the Canadian basketball coach by the same name.

References

↑ Northern Kentucky University Brand Standards (PDF). 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2010/d2/champs.pdf
↑ "Northern Kentucky University to Join Horizon League in July" (Press release). Horizon League. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
↑ Russell, Shannon (October 24, 2004). "Bezold living his dream as NKU basketball coach". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
↑ "Men's Basketball Team History". Northern Kentucky University. 2010-11. Retrieved December 23, 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
1 2 3 "Fun in the Atlantic Sun" (PDF). =Northern Kentucky University. December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
↑ "Men's Basketball Archives: 1971". Northern Kentucky University. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
↑ "NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
↑ AP Staff (December 9, 2011). "NKU jumps to Division I conference, talking with Ohio State about basketball game". The Republic. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
↑ "Regents Hall". Northern Kentucky University. Retrieved December 24, 2011.

External links

Official site

Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball

Venues	Regents Hall (1973–2008) BB&T Arena (2008–present)

Culture & lore	History Victor E. Viking

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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

Northern Kentucky University

History	Kentucky YMCA of Greater Cincinnati College Lands

Campus	Academic Halls Steely Library Student Union

Colleges	Business Education and Human Services Business Informatics Health Professions Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Athletics	Norse Baseball Basketball (M) Basketball (W) Cross-Country (M) Cross-Country (W) Golf (M) Golf (W) Soccer Softball Tennis (M) Tennis (W) Track and field (W) Volleyball (W)

Arenas	BB&T Arena

People	Steve Chabot George Clooney Ken Lucas Tom Luken Jeff Walz

Media	WNKU

Horizon League men's basketball

Teams	Cleveland State Vikings Detroit Titans Green Bay Phoenix Milwaukee Panthers Northern Kentucky Norse Oakland Golden Grizzlies UIC Flames Valparaiso Crusaders Wright State Raiders Youngstown State Penguins

Championships and awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	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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