The Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents

California State University, Sacramento California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California, United States. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is part of the California State Universit ...

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. Members of the

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since 1996, the Hornets have yet to play in the NCAA Division I Tournament or the

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(NIT). They are currently coached by

Mike Bibby Michael Bibby (born May 13, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach at California State University, Sacramento. He played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He last served as the ...

. Recently, former NBA star

Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), commonly known as Shaq ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program ''Inside the NBA''. He is a and Center (basketball), center ...

took over as the GM of basketball operations at the university.

Postseason

CIT results

The Hornets have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) once, with a record of 1–1.

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Hornets appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament four times, with a combined record of 4–7.

Notable players

Joshua Patton Joshua Kyle Patton (born March 7, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Górnik Wałbrzych of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Sacramento State Hornets. High school career Patton attended Sie ...

(born 1997), basketball player in the

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* Eric Stuteville (born 1995), first overall pick in the 2017 NBA G League Draft. * Mikh McKinney (born 1992), basketball player in the CIBACOPA *

Cody Demps Cody Cooper Demps (born December 2, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for the Sacramento State Hornets. Early life Demps grew up in the Sac ...

(born 1993) - basketball player for New Taipei CTBC DEA of the

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* Nick Hornsby (born 1995) - basketball player for

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of the

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References

External links

* {{SacramentoCA-stub