The Hampton Pirates basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Hampton University in

Hampton, Virginia Hampton is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 137,148 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Virginia, seve ...

, United States. The Pirates compete in the

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. The school's team formerly competed in the

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC ) is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and the Mid-A ...

, and the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), ...

. Hampton has appeared six times in the

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, most recently in 2016. The Pirates advanced to the Round of 32 of the NCAA tournament in 2001, the 2000–01 Hampton team was one of ten 15 seeds ever to upset a 2 seed in the Round of 64 of an NCAA tournament, defeating Iowa State in the first round 58–57.

Postseason results

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament six times. Their combined record is 2–6.

NIT results

The Pirates have appeared in the

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country whi ...

(NIT) one time. Their record is 0–1.

CBI results

The Pirates have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) two times. Their combined record is 0–2.

CIT results

The Pirates have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT), one time. Their record is 3–1.

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Pirates have appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament one time. Their record is 1–1.

NAIA tournament results

The Pirates have appeared in the NAIA tournament three times. Their combined record is 4–3.

Award winners

MEAC Player of the Year

Tarvis Williams Tarvis Devar Williams (born January 22, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He is best known, however, for making the game-winning shot with 6.9 seconds left that propelled 15th-seeded Hampton past 2nd-seeded ...

(2001) * Tommy Adams (2002)

References

External links

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