The Green Bay Phoenix, previously known as the UW–Green Bay Phoenix and UWGB Phoenix, are the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. A total of 15 Phoenix athletic teams compete in the Horizon League of NCAA Division I. The school does not sponsor an American football team.

Teams

A member of the Horizon League, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay sponsors teams in six men's, eight women's, and one coed NCAA sanctioned sport (cross-country skiing).

Women's basketball

During the 2008/09-2012/13 seasons, the Green Bay women's basketball team had the third highest winning-percentage in the NCAA Division I with a 175–21 mark trailing only Connecticut and Stanford. The Phoenix has the fifth-most wins in Division I during that same stretch. The Phoenix entered the 2017–18 season on a string of 40 consecutive winning seasons, with only Tennessee having a longer such streak in women's college basketball. Green Bay has won or tied for the Horizon League regular-season championship since 2000, the longest active streak in Division I NCAA women's basketball. In those 17 years, the team has only lost the conference tournament three times, in the 2000–01, 2009–10, and 2013–14 seasons. Since the 2002–03 season, Green Bay has been ranked in the top 25 polls, with the highest ranking being #9 at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season when they made it to the Sweet 16 where they lost to the University of Baylor, 86–76. They have been to the NCAA tournament 18 times, advancing to the second round five times and to the Sweet 16 once.

Men's basketball

The men's basketball team has appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times, most recently in 2016.

Softball

In the 2005 season, they claimed their first Horizon League tournament championship after being picked to finish last in the conference. They went on to the national tournament, where they defeated #6 seed Oregon State in the first round of the tournament. They also won both the Horizon League regular season title as well as the Horizon League tournament title in 2014.

Notable sports figures

Athletes

* Tony Bennett, former

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

basketball player and current men's head basketball coach at the University of Virginia *

Alec Brown Alec Thomas Brown (born July 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for BC Budivelnyk of the European North Basketball League and the Champions League. He played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Bro ...

, former NBA player, currently playing overseas *

Logan Vander Velden Logan Vander Velden (born April 3, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a member of the 1995–96 Los Angeles Clippers team for 15 games. Born in Valders, Wisconsin, Vander Velden attended high school in his home tow ...

, former NBA basketball player * Jeff Nordgaard, former NBA basketball player * Tosaint Ricketts, professional soccer player for

FK Sūduva FK Sūduva is a Lithuanian professional football club based in the city of Marijampolė. Founded in 1968, the club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club has been playing in the A Lyga since 2002. In 2006, ...

and Canada men's national soccer team *

Keifer Sykes Keifer Jerail Sykes (born December 30, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay and his professional career has inc ...

, professional basketball player, currently playing overseas *

Alfonzo McKinnie Alfonzo McKinnie (born September 17, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Eastern Illinois University and University of Wisconsin–Green ...

, NBA player, currently playing for the Chicago Bulls

Coaches

* Dick Bennett, former head basketball coach (and father of the aforementioned Tony Bennett) *

Kevin Borseth Kevin Paul Borseth (born June 9, 1954) is the current head women's basketball coach at The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Career A native of Bessemer, Michigan, he has compiled a 477–186 record in 22 years as a head basketball coach. He ...

, current women's head basketball coach

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Green Bay Phoenix