The Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represents

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 18 ...

in Easton,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

Division I competition. The school's team competes in the

Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference comprising primarily leading Private university, private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United ...

and plays home games in

Kirby Sports Center Kirby Sports Center is a 2,453-seat multi-purpose arena in Easton, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1973 and is home to the Lafayette College Leopards basketball team. It hosted the 2000 Patriot League men's basketball tournament and has been the s ...

.Lafayette Leopards men's basketball media guide
. Accessed March 9, 2012.

Fran O'Hanlon Francis Brian O'Hanlon (born August 24, 1948) is a retired American college basketball coach who was the head men's basketball coach at Lafayette College from 1995 to 2022. Formative years Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 24, 1948, O ...

is the winningest coach in program history. The Leopards are currently coached by Mike McGarvey since his appointment on March 29, 2023. Lafayette has appeared four times in the

NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, or The Big Dance, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the NCAA Division I, Di ...

, most recently in 2015.

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Leopards have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 0–5.

NIT results

The Leopards have appeared in five

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country whi ...

s. Their combined record is 1–5.

Notable alumni

Conference players of the year

* East Coast Conference POY ** Henry Horne (1975) **

Todd Tripucka Michael Todd Tripucka (born September 16, 1954) is an American former basketball player best known for his college career at Lafayette College during the 1970s. A native of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Tripucka played three varsity seasons at Lafayette ...

(1976) * Patriot League POY ** Stefan Ciosici (1998) ** Brian Ehlers (1999, 2000)

References

External links

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