The Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team is the

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team that represents

University of Detroit Mercy The University of Detroit Mercy is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Roman Catholic university in Detroit, Michigan. It is sponsored by both the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy. The university was founded in 1877 ...

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, and competes in

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men's

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as a member of the

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. Traditionally, the Titans have been a fairly strong "mid-major" program, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in 1977 and to the Round of 32 twice during the 1990s. The Titans are currently coached by Mike Davis, who was hired on June 13, 2018. The Titans play their home games at

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on the school's McNichols Campus.

Season by season records

*NOTE: The Titans did not field a basketball team in 1907–08 and 1908–09.

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Titans have appeared in six NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–6.

NIT Results

The Titans have appeared in seven

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s. Their combined record is 5–8.

The Basketball Classic results

The Titans have appeared in

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one time. Their record is 0–1.

Players

Retired numbers

Detroit Mercy has retired 10 jerseys in program history.

Titans in the NBA

23 Detroit alumni have gone on to play in the

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. They include: *

Paris Bass Paris Bass (born August 29, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Suwon KT Sonicboom of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He played college basketball for the Detroit Mercy Titans. High school career Bass attended Seaholm ...

* Dennis Boyd *

Earl Cureton Earl Cureton (born September 3, 1957) is an American retired professional basketball player. His nickname was "The Twirl". Amateur career Cureton played high school basketball at Finney High School in Detroit, and signed to play college basketbal ...

Dave DeBusschere David Albert DeBusschere (October 16, 1940 – May 14, 2003) was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player and coach and Major League Baseball (MLB) player. He played for the Chicago White Sox of MLB in 1962 and 1963 a ...

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* Bill Ebben *

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* Lee Knorek *

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* John Long * Ray McCallum, Jr. *

Dorie Murrey Dorie S. Murrey (born September 7, 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" (2.03 m) 215 lb (97½ kg) forward and he played collegiately at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has played in the NBA from ...

Gino Sovran Gino Sovran (December 17, 1924 – June 26, 2016) was a Canadian professional basketball player. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Sovran attended Kennedy Collegiate Institute and was a top basketball player at Assumption College, scoring more than 1,0 ...

* Guy Sparrow * Art Stolkey * Norm Swanson * Terry Tyler * Owen Wells * Frank Russell * Terry Thomas In the late seventies, Coach

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led the Titans to two NCAA tournament appearances before heading the

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and later embarking on a broadcasting career that would put him in the

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. Alumni who played in the

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: *

Rashad Phillips Rashad Keith Phillips (born May 5, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 5'9 " (1.76 m) tall, and a weight of 170 pounds (77 kg), he played at the guard position. Since retiring from basketball, he started and ...

* Marc Mazur

References

External links

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