The Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents
Southern Utah University
Southern Utah University (SUU) is a public university in Cedar City, Utah, United States. Founded in 1897 as a normal school, Southern Utah University now has over 1,800 graduates each year with baccalaureate and other graduate degrees from its ...
in
Cedar City
Cedar City is the largest city in Iron County, Utah, United States. Located south of Salt Lake City, it is north of Las Vegas on Interstate 15 in Utah, Interstate 15. Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City. It is the home of the Ut ...
,
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
. The school's team currently competes in the
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the Western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington.
Due to ...
. The Thunderbirds are currently coached by
Rob Jeter
Robert DeLafayette Jeter III (born May 15, 1969) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach at Southern Utah.
Personal life
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jeter grew up in Chicago. His father, Bob (1937–2008), was a Ro ...
. The student section is known as the Thunderstorm.
Postseason
NCAA Division I Tournament results
The Thunderbirds have appeared in the
NCAA tournament once, as tournament champions of the
Mid-Continent Conference
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 ...
in
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
. Seeded fourteenth in the East regional, Southern Utah was eliminated in the first round, falling by three points to the third seed, seventh-ranked
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...
.
CBI results
Southern Utah has appeared in one
CBI tournament. Their record is 2–1.
CIT results
Southern Utah has appeared in one
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 1–1.
The Basketball Classic results
Southern Utah has appeared in one
The Basketball Classic
The Basketball Classic presented by Eracism was a Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament created in 2022 as a successor to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament af ...
Tournament. Their record is 3–1.
NAIA Tournament results
The Thunderbirds appeared in the
NAIA tournament once and lost their opening game.
Coaching records
Gallery
File:America First Event Center Inside1.jpg, America First Event Center Inside1
File:America First Event Center Inside2.jpg, America First Event Center Inside2
File:America First Event Center T-Bird Nation.jpg, America First Event Center T-Bird Nation
File:America First Event Center Thunderbirds.jpg, America First Event Center Thunderbirds
References
External links
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1963 establishments in Utah
Basketball teams established in 1963
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