The New Hampshire Wildcats Basketball team is the basketball team that represent the
University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, mo ...
in
Durham, New Hampshire
Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 15,490 at the 2020 census, up from 14,638 at the 2010 census.United States Census BureauU.S. Census website 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011. D ...
. The school's team currently competes in the
America East Conference
The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I founded in 1979, whose members are located in the Northeastern United States.
The conference has nine core members including eight public research u ...
and plays its home games at
Lundholm Gym
Lundholm Gym is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Durham, New Hampshire. It is home to the University of New Hampshire Wildcats athletics program, including men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, and women's gymnastics.
Lundholm G ...
. The Wildcats are one of 45 Division I programs to have
never appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They currently coached by
Bill Herrion
William Richard Herrion (born April 6, 1958) is an American college basketball coach. Since 2005, he has been the men's head coach with the University of New Hampshire. Prior to coming to UNH, he served as the head coach at East Carolina Univer ...
.
Team history
Awards
America East Coach of the Year
*
Gerry Friel – 1983
America East Rookie of the Year
* Al McLain – 1981
* Pat Manor – 1990
*
Tanner Leissner – 2015
All-Conference First Team
* Robin Dixon – 1983
* Al McLain – 1984
*
Scott Drapeau
Scott Drapeau (born July 25, 1972) is an American former basketball player known for his collegiate career at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). In just two seasons with the team, Drapeau scored 1,290 points, was a two-time First Team All-Nort ...
– 1994, 1995
* Chris Brown – 2002
* Blagov Janev – 2006
* Tanner Leissner – 2015
All-Conference Second Team
* Dan Nolan – 1984
* Dirk Koopman – 1986
*
James Ben – 1992
* Eric Montanari – 1994
* Matt Alosa – 1995, 1996
* Austin Ganly – 2002
* Ben Sturgill – 2005
* Blagov Janev – 2007
* Tyrece Gibbs – 2009
* Alvin Abreu – 2010
All-Conference Third Team
*
Jermaine Anderson – 2007
* Tyrece Gibbs – 2008
All-Conference Defensive Team
*
Jermaine Anderson – 2007
Coaches
Season-by-season results
All-Time Conference Record: 278–648 (.300)
All-Time Overall Record: 911–1310 (.410)
Postseason
CIT results
New Hampshire has 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) twice. The Wildcats have a record of 1–2.
Records
All-time leaders
Points
Assists
Rebounds
References
External links
Official website
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