The Christian Brothers University Buccaneers and Lady Buccaneers are the official sports teams of

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. The Bucs and Lady Bucs play in Division II as a part of the

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. The university's colors are

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and

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. The

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is Bucky the

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Conference history

The Buccaneers began playing in the 1950s as independents. Over the last half-century, CBU has competed in the NAIA Division I in the

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. Since 1992, CBU has been a member of the

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Division II and a member of the Gulf South Conference since 1996.

Teams

Men's intercollegiate sports include

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

, cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field,

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

, and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

. Women's intercollegiate sports include

, cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field,

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

, and

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

. 15% of students participate in intercollegiate sports. Each of these sports, with the exception of golf, offers

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s to

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Other athletics at CBU

In addition to intercollegiate athletics, CBU offers

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. Types of intramurals, such as

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, and

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, vary from year to year.

Facility

Buccaneer and Lady Buccaneer basketball and volleyball teams play at Canale Arena.

Accomplishments

Teams

Lady Buccaneer soccer

* NCAA Division II national champions, 2002 * Gulf South Conference champions, 2000, 2001 2002, 2003, 2004 ** The first Gulf South Conference team to win five consecutive GSC tournaments ** The first five-time Gulf South Conference winner

Buccaneer soccer

* Memphis Cup winners, 2004 * Tim McCage Cup winners, 2007

Buccaneer basketball

* Gulf South Conference Champions, 2008, 2012 * NCAA South Regional Champions, 2008 * Beat Memphis Tigers Basketball in a 2014 exhibition match (2 overtimes).

Individuals

* Missy Gregg, Lady Buccaneer Soccer ** First-team, All-American ** NCAA Tournament Outstanding Offensive Player ** Two-time NSCAA Player of the Year in all divisions ** Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Female Amateur Athlete of the Year ** Gulf South Conference All-American team ** Honda Award Winner: Division II Athlete of the Year

References

External links

* {{Tennessee College Sports