The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team represents
Mount St. Mary's University in
Emmitsburg, Maryland
Emmitsburg is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, Frederick County, Maryland, United States, south of the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania. Founded in 1785, Emmitsburg is the home of Mount St. Mary's University. The town ...
, United States. The team's current head coach is
Dan Engelstad, it competed in the
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...
from 1989 until July 1, 2022, after which, they will join the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I. Of its current 11 full members, 10 are located in three states of the northeastern United States: Connecticut, New Jersey, and ...
.
The Mountaineers play their home games at
Knott Arena
Knott Arena is a multi-purpose sports arena at Mount Saint Mary's University, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was built in 1987 and is home to the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team. It features a main arena/convocation center with ...
. The team has played in five
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments by virtue of winning the NEC tournament. They were
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
National Champions in 1962 and NCAA Division II runner-up in 1981.
Mount Saint Mary's basketball program is likely best known for the career of head coach
Jim Phelan, who coached at Mount St. Mary's for 49 years, compiling 830 wins in 1,354 games. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Postseason results
NCAA Division I Tournament results
The Mountaineers have played six previous NCAA Division I Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–6.
NCAA Division II Tournament results
The Mountaineers have appeared in the
NCAA Division II Tournament 14 times. Their combined record is 25–17.
NIT results
The Mountaineers have appeared in the
National Invitation Tournament (NIT) one time. Their record is 0–1.
CIT results
The Mountaineers have appeared in the
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was an American men's college basketball postseason tournament founded by Collegeinsider.com. The tournament was oriented toward schools that did not get selected for the NCAA Division I men's ...
(CIT) one time. Their record is 0–1.
Mountaineers in professional basketball
The following Mountaineer players have played in the
NBA:
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Fred Carter
Fredrick James Carter (born February 14, 1945), nicknamed "Mad Dog" or "Doggy", is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons (1969– 77) for the Balti ...
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Bob Riley
Robert Renfroe Riley (born October 3, 1944) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 52nd governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Alabama's 3rd district in the U. ...
The following Mountaineer players have played in other professional leagues:
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John F. Sullivan,
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See also
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Jim Phelan Award
The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (formerly called the CollegeInsider.com National Coach of the Year Award from 2003 to 2009) is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I ( ...
References
External links
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{{Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball navbox
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