The Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents

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. The school's team currently competes in the

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. They are currently led by

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, who took over in September 2020 following the resignation of Danny Kaspar. The Bobcats last appeared in the NCAA tournament in

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History

The Bobcats' first season of college basketball was in 1920. The Bobcats were one of the charter members of the

Lone Star Conference The Lone Star Conference (LSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the South Central states, with schools in Texas ...

, which started play in 1934. Starting in 1950, the team won nine conference titles, winning the 1960 NAIA title in the process along with playing in the NAIA Final Four four times before leaving in 1983 to join the Gulf Star Conference, playing from 1984 until 1987 until the conference disbanded. They soon joined the

Southland Conference The Southland Conference (SLC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in ...

from 1987 until 2012, when they left for 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 ...

. A year later, they left the WAC and joined the

. Southwest Texas State became Texas State in 2003.

Head coaches

* Oscar W. Strahan (1920–1924, 1944–1946) *

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(1924–1935) * Joe Bailey Cheaney (1935–1939, 1942–1943) *

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(1939–1942) * Milton Jowers (1946–1961) * Vernon McDonald (1961–1977) *

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(1977–1981) *

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(1981–1984) *

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(1984–1986) *

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(1986–1991) *

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(1991–1994) * Mike Miller (1994–2000) *

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(2000–2006) *

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(2006–2013) * Danny Kaspar (2013–2020) *

(2020–Present)

Postseason results

NCAA Division I Tournament results

^Minnesota win vacated for NCAA infractions

NIT results

The Bobcats have appeared in the

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(NIT) one time. Their record is 0-1.

CIT results

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

NAIA Division I Tournament results

Bobcats in the NBA

* Torgeir Bryn, 1989-1990,

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* Jeff Foster, 1999-2012,

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References

External links

* {{Texas-basketball-team-stub