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The Morgan State Bears men's basketball team represents
Morgan State University Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a Public university, public historically black colleges and universities, historically black research university in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically bla ...
, located in
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, in Division I
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competition. They currently compete 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 ...
. The Bears are currently coached by Kevin Broadus and play their home games at the Talmadge L. Hill Field House. They were the 1974 NCAA Division II national champions. Morgan State has appeared two times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2010.


History

The program hosted the first interracial American basketball game played south of the Mason–Dixon line on February 12, 1952, a 65–63 loss to
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.Henneman, Jim. "Loyola-Morgan 1952 Basketball Game Made Memories And History," ''PressBox'' (Baltimore), March 2017.
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Post-season


NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Bears have appeared in two NCAA Division I Tournaments. Their combined record is 0–2.


National Invitation Tournament results

The Bears have appeared in one
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. Their combined record is 0–1.


The Basketball Classic results

The Bears have appeared in
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one time. Their record is 0–1.


NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Bears have appeared in three NCAA Division II Tournaments. Their combined record is 6–3. They were national champions in 1974.


Notable former players

* Reggie Holmes *All-Time Leading Scorer, AP All-American * Marvin Webster *3× MEAC Player of the Year (1973–1975) *
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*All-American * Justin Black *2x First-Team All-MEAC, All-American


References


External links


Morgan State men's basketball athletics page
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