The Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team is an

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college basketball team competing in the

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for the

University of Wisconsin–Green Bay The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (UW–Green Bay, UWGB, or Green Bay) is a public university in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1965, it is part of the University of Wisconsin System. As of fall 2024, student enrollment h ...

. They are coached by Doug Gottlieb. The Phoenix have appeared five times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2016.

History

The Green Bay men's basketball team began play in the 1969–70 school year where it competed at the NAIA level before moving to

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in 1973. In 1982, it moved to

, where it competed in the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (now the

Summit League The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States, from Minnesota in the east, to the Dakotas, Nebraska and Colorado to the West, and Mis ...

). Since 1994, Green Bay has competed in the Horizon League (formerly the Midwestern Collegiate Conference). The Phoenix saw success in the early-to-mid-1990s, making their first NCAA tournament appearance in

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

and their first second-round appearance in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. The team made another first-round appearance in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Division I seasons

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Phoenix have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament five times. Their combined record is 1–5. Their highest seed was #8 in 1996.

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Phoenix have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament six times. Their combined record is 13–8.

NAIA tournament results

The Phoenix have appeared in the NAIA Tournament one time. Their record is 2–1.

NIT results

The Phoenix have appeared in the

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(NIT) four times. Their combined record is 1–4.

CBI results

The Phoenix have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) three times. Their combined record is 1–3.

CIT results

The Phoenix have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 4–2.

Horizon League awards

Player of the Year

*Jeff Nordgaard (1996) *Keifer Sykes (2014, 2015)

Newcomer of the Year

*Noah Reynolds (2023)

Defensive Player of the Year

*Terry Evans (2008) *Alec Brown (2014)

Sixth Man of the Year

*Ryan Tillema (2009) *Warren Jones (2017)

Freshman of the Year

*Amari Davis (2020) *David Douglas Jr. (2023)

Coach of the Year

*Brian Wardle (2014) *Sundance Wicks (2023)

All-League First Team

*Javier Mendiburu (2005) *Ryan Tillema (2009) *Rahmon Fletcher (2010) *Alec Brown (2012, 2014) *Keifer Sykes (2013, 2014, 2015) *Carrington Love (2016) *Khalil Small (2018) * Sandy Cohen III (2019) *JayQuan McCloud (2020) *Noah Reynolds (2023)

All-League Second Team

*Brandon Morris (2004) *Benito Flores (2005) *Ryan Evanochko (2006, 2007) *Mike Schachtner (2007, 2008) *Rahmon Fletcher (2009, 2011) *Alec Brown (2013) *Greg Mays (2015) *Jordan Fouse (2016) *Charles Cooper (2017) *Amari Davis (2021)

All-League Third Team

*Amari Davis (2020)

All-Freshman Team/All-Newcomer Team

*Brandon Morris (2004) *Benito Flores (2005) *Mike Schachtner (2006) *Rahmon Fletcher (2008) *Alec Brown (2011) *Keifer Sykes (2012) *Jordan Fouse (2013) *Amari Davis - FOY (2020) *Lucas Stieber (2021) *Cade Meyer (2022) *Kamari McGee (2022) *David Douglas Jr. (2023) *Marcus Hall (2023)

All-Defensive Team

*Terry Evans (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) *Alec Brown (2013, 2014) *Jordan Fouse (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) *Carrington Love (2016) *Kenneth Lowe (2017) *Khalil Small (2017, 2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Green Bay Phoenix Men's Basketball