The Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team is the
college basketball
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team that represents
University of Detroit Mercy in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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, and competes in
NCAA Division I
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men's
basketball
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as a member of the
Horizon League
The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region.
The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...
. Traditionally, the Titans have been a fairly strong "mid-major" program, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in 1977 and to the Round of 32 twice during the 1990s. The Titans are currently coached by
Mike Davis, who was hired on June 13, 2018.
The Titans play their home games at
Calihan Hall on the school's McNichols Campus.
Season by season records
*NOTE: The Titans did not field a basketball team in 1907–08 and 1908–09.
Postseason
NCAA tournament results
The Titans have appeared in six
NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–6.
NIT Results
The Titans have appeared in seven
National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 5–8.
The Basketball Classic results
The Titans have appeared in
The Basketball Classic one time. Their record is 0–1.
Players
Retired numbers
Detroit Mercy has retired 10 jerseys in program history.
Titans in the NBA
23 Detroit alumni have gone on to play in the
NBA. They include:
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Paris Bass
Paris Bass (born August 29, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Suwon KT Sonicboom of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He played college basketball for the Detroit Mercy Titans.
High school career
Bass attended Seaholm ...
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Dennis Boyd
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Earl Cureton
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Dave DeBusschere
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Terry Duerod
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Bill Ebben
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Desmond Ferguson
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Willie Green
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Spencer Haywood
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Jermaine Jackson
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Lee Knorek
Leonard J. Knorek (July 15, 1921 – July 22, 2003) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'7" center, he spent the majority of his career with the New York Knicks of the Basketball Association of America. He was of Polish desce ...
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Joe Kopicki
Joseph Gerard Kopicki (born 12 June 1960) is a former American basketball player. At and , he played the power forward position.
Biography
Kopicki played basketball at Fitzgerald High School in Warren, Michigan, his hometown. He was named t ...
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John Long
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Ray McCallum, Jr.
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Dorie Murrey
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Gino Sovran
Gino Sovran (December 17, 1924 – June 26, 2016) was a Canadian professional basketball player.
Born in Windsor, Ontario, Sovran attended Kennedy Collegiate Institute and was a top basketball player at Assumption College, scoring more than 1,0 ...
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Guy Sparrow
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Art Stolkey
Arthur Francis Stolkey (October 23, 1920 – December 31, 2013) was an American professional basketball player.[Norm Swanson
Norman Paul Swanson (October 4, 1930 – November 24, 2016)
was an American professional basketball player. Swanson was selected in the 1953 NBA draft by the Rochester Royals after a collegiate career at Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is ...]
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Terry Tyler
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Owen Wells
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Frank Russell
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Terry Thomas
In the late seventies, Coach
Dick Vitale led the Titans to two NCAA tournament appearances before heading the
Detroit Pistons
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and later embarking on a broadcasting career that would put him in the
Basketball Hall of Fame.
Alumni who played in the
NBA G League
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:
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Rashad Phillips
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Marc Mazur Marc or MARC may refer to:
People
* Marc (given name), people with the first name
* Marc (surname), people with the family name
Acronyms
* MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging,
* MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system of ...
References
External links
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