The Kansas City Roos men's basketball team represents the
University of Missouri–Kansas City in
Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
,
Missouri. The school plays in the
Summit League after completing a seven-season tenure in the
Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in July 2020. The team has never played in the
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from ...
. The Roos are led by head coach
Marvin Menzies.
The team returned to
Municipal Auditorium for the 2013–14 school year after a brief stint of playing on campus at
Swinney Recreation Center
Swinney Recreation Center is home to UMKC Campus Recreation and is the student recreation center for UMKC. The recreation center includes a fitness center, 5 multipurpose basketball courts, several group fitness studios, 3 racquetball courts, a bo ...
.
The team made their first Division I postseason appearance in the 2017
College Basketball Invitational.
Conference affiliations
* 1969–70 to 1985–86 –
NAIA Independent
* 1986–87 to 1993–94 –
NCAA Division I Independent (no team during the 1986–87 school year)
* 1994–95 to 2012–13 –
Summit League
* 2013–14 to 2019–20 –
Western Athletic Conference
* 2020–21 to Present – Summit League
Athletic brand names
* Kansas City Kangaroos (1954–1963) — At the time, UMKC was known as the University of Kansas City (short form KCU).
* UMKC Kangaroos (1963–2019) — KCU joined the University of Missouri system in 1963, adopting its institutional name at that time.
* Kansas City Roos (2019–present)
Postseason
CBI
The Roos (then nicknamed Kangaroos) appeared in one
College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 1–1.
NAIA Tournament results
The Kangaroos appeared in one
NAIA Tournament. Their record is 0–1.
Former Kangaroos in the NBA
*
Tony Dumas
*
Trey McKinney-Jones
References
External links
Official Website
1954 establishments in Missouri
Basketball teams established in 1954
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