The Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team is the basketball team that represent

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. The school's team currently competes in the

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. The team last played in the

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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

. Former head coach Michael Huger was fired after the 2022-23 season, and

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was hired to replace him on March 15, 2023.

Coaching history

*Bowling Green was a member of the Northwest Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association from at least 1927–28 through at least 1930–31. Information about their conference record is unavailable. *Bowling Green was a member of the

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from the 1933–34 through 1941–42 seasons, but never won an OAC title. *Anderson took a leave of absence midway through the 1950–51 season. George Muellich coached the final 13 games of that season in place of Anderson and went 5-8 (.385); Anderson returned for the start of the 1951–52 season. *Bowling Green joined the

beginning with the 1953–54 season. *The Mid-American Conference did not hold a conference tournament until the 1979–80 season.

Postseason

NCAA Tournament Results

The Falcons have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–5. Their drought of 55 years (as of ) is tied for the third longest active and fourth longest all time between tournament appearances.

NIT Results

The Falcons have appeared in 14

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s. Their combined record is 6–15.

CIT Results

The Falcons have appeared in two

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. Their combined record is 1–2.

CBI results

The Falcons have appeared in one

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(CBI). Their record is 0–1.

CCAT Results

The Falcons appeared in one

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, a tournament that was only held twice. Their record is 1–1.

Awards

Mid-American Conference Player of the Year

* Jim Penix (1969-1970) *

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(1996-1997) * Anthony Stacey (1999-2000) *

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(2001-2002)

Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year

* John Weinert (1978) *

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(1997) *

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(2009)

Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year

*Shane Kline-Ruminski (1992) *

(1994) * Anthony Stacey (1996)

Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year

*DeMar Moore (1997) *

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(2015)

Falcons in the NBA

Notable awards

*Don Otten — NBL Most Valuable Player (1949), All-NBL First Team (1949), All-NBL Second Team (1948), NBL scoring champion (1949) *Chuck Share —

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) *Nate Thurmond —

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( 50th, 75th), No. 42 retired by Golden State Warriors, No. 42 retired by Cleveland Cavaliers *Howard Komives —

() * Walt Piatkowski — ABA All-Rookie (

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Draft history

* 12 total NBA draft picks. * 3 first round picks. * 1 overall No. 1 pick –

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* 3 top ten picks.

References

External links

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Players who attended BGSU
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