The Towson Tigers men's basketball team represents

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competition. The school's team currently competes in the

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and play their home games at

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. The Tigers have appeared two times in the

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, most recently in 1991.

History

Conference memberships

*1959–1979:

Mason–Dixon Conference The Mason–Dixon Conference is a defunct NCAA Division II (former ''NCAA College Division'') athletics conference, formed in 1936 and disbanded in October 1978. A track championship bearing the conference's name continued for several years after ...

(Division II) *1979–1982: ECAC Metro South Conference *1982–1992:

East Coast Conference The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located primarily in the state of New York, with a single ...

*1992–1995:

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), ...

*1995–2001:

America East Conference The America East Conference (AmEast) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I whose members are located in the Northeastern United States. The conference is headquartered in Boston, Massachu ...

*2001–present:

Season-by-season results

Postseason results

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Tigers have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament two times. Their combined record is 0–2.

NIT results

The Tigers have appeared in one

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(NIT). Their record is 0–1.

Vegas 16 results

The Tigers have appeared in one

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. Their record is 0–1.

CIT results

The Tigers have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 2–1.

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Tigers appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament two times. Their combined record is 3–2.

Program records

Notable players

* Justin Gorham (born 1998), basketball player in the

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* Ryan Lexer (born 1976), American-Israeli basketball player

References

External links

* {{Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball navbox