The Elon Phoenix men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents

Elon University Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or professional doctora ...

Elon, North Carolina Elon () is a town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington metropolitan statistical area. The population as of the 2020 census was 11,324. The town of Elon is home to Elon University. Elon began in 1881 as ...

, United States. The school completed an 11-season tenure in the

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in 2013–14; it moved to the Colonial Athletic Association on July 1, 2014.

History

Conference affiliations

*North State Conference *Carolinas Conference *South Atlantic Conference *Big South Conference *Southern Conference *Colonial Athletic Association

School records

Season

*Most victories :25 (1951-52, 1952-53, 1955-56) *Longest winning streak :14 (1939-1940) *Highest scoring average :84.3 (1955-56) *Field-goal percentage :50.0 (1968-69, 1977-78) *Rebounds :1,528 (1955-56) *Rebounding average :47.8 (1955-56)

Game

*Points allowed :4 vs. Atlantic Christian (1925) *Field-goals made :44 vs. Guilford (1956) and vs. DuPont (1957) *Field-goals attempted :85 vs. Guilford (1949) *Field-goals percentage :68.9 vs. Guilford (1961) *Free throws :52 vs. North Carolina A&T (1969) *Free throws attempted :55 vs. North Carolina A&T (1969)

Championships

*Division :2013 (SoCon North) *Conference :1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1952, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 *Conference tournament :1947, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1997 *State :1914, 1915, 1921 *District :1956, 1957 On February 9, 2009, Elon retired its first basketball jerseys, honoring All-Americans Jesse Branson ('65) and Tommy Cole ('72).

Head coaches

Postseason

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Phoenix have appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament one time. Their record is 0–1.

CIT results

The Phoenix have appeared in one

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(CIT). Their record is 0–1.

NAIA tournament results

The Phoenix have appeared in the NAIA tournament three times. Their combined record is 0–3.

References

External links

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