The Hartford Hawks men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents

University of Hartford The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. It enrolled approximately 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students as ...

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. The school's team currently competes as a member of the

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History

2008

In 2008, Hartford made the America East tournament championship game falling to UMBC 65–82.

2021

In 2021, they defeated

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, 64–50, to make their first NCAA Division I Tournament.

Move to Division III

On May 6, 2021, the University of Hartford Board of Regents voted to drop its athletic department to Division III. The drop was set to take place no later than September 1, 2025, and eventually followed that schedule, The most notable basketball player to play for Hartford is

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, who played parts of 14 seasons in the

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, was named to four All-Star Games, and won a gold medal for the United States men's basketball team at the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

. Hartford has retired his jersey.

Facilities

Hartford plays their home games at Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion. In 2015 the men's locker room was expanded and refurbished.

Players

Retired Numbers

Head coaches

* A. Peter LoMaglio (1949–1955) * Abe Silverman (1955–1957) * Roy Spear (1957–1962) * Gordon McCullough (1962–1976) * Garry Palladino (1976–1981) * Jack Phelan (1981–1992) * Paul Brazeau (1992–2000) * Larry Harrison (2000–2006) * Dan Leibovitz (2006–2010). * John Gallagher (2010–2022) *

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(interim; 2022–2023) * Aaron Toomey (2023–present)

Yearly results

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Postseason

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Hawks have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament once. Their record is 0–1.

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Hawks have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament four times. Their combined record is 2–5.

CIT results

The Hawks have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 0–2.

References

External links

* {{Hartford Hawks men's basketball navbox