Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
2021–22 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team
University	Coastal Carolina University
Head coach	Cliff Ellis (14th season)
Conference	Sun Belt
Location	Conway, South Carolina
Arena	HTC Center (Capacity: 3,600)
Nickname	Chanticleers
Colors	Teal, bronze, and black[1]
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1991, 1993, 2014, 2015
Conference tournament champions
1990, 1991, 1993, 2014, 2015
Conference regular season champions
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2010, 2011, 2014
Conference division season champions
2021

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Sun Belt Conference. Tony Dunkin, a former Chanticleer, is the only men's basketball player in NCAA Division I history to be named the conference player of the year all four seasons he played.

Postseason history[]

Coastal Carolina has competed in the NCAA Tournament four times and have a record of 0–4. In 1991, the Chanticleers were a 15-seed and lost 79–69 to Indiana. In 1993, the team was a 16-seed and lost 84–53 to Michigan; Michigan later vacated the victory.^[2] The Chanticleers next appeared in 2014, as a 16-seed, losing to first-seed Virginia, 70–59. In 2015, after beating Winthrop 81–70 for the Big South championship,^[3] the team made their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Again a 16-seed, the Chanticleers lost to eventual tournament runner-up Wisconsin, 86–72.

The Chanticleers have also appeared in two National Invitation Tournaments (NIT), where they have a record of 0–2, two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournaments (CIT), where they have a record of 3–2, and one College Basketball Invitational (CBI), where they have a record of 4–2.

NCAA tournament results[]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1991	First Round	(2) Indiana	L 69–79
1993	First Round	(1) Michigan	L 53–84*
2014	Second Round	(1) Virginia	L 59–70
2015	Second Round	(1) Wisconsin	L 72–86

*Michigan's win later vacated.
Note: From 2011 to 2015, the tournament's First Round consisted of the First Four play-in games.

NIT results[]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2010	First Round	(2) UAB	L 49–65
2011	First Round	(1) Alabama	L 44–68

CIT results[]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2012	First Round	Old Dominion	L 66–68
2016	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Mercer New Hampshire Grand Canyon UC Irvine	W 65–57 W 71–62 W 60–58 L 47–66

CBI results[]

The Chanticleers have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) three times. Their combined record is 8–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2017	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals–Game 1 Finals–Game 2 Finals–Game 3	Hampton Loyola (MD) UIC Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming	W 83–67 W 72–63 W 89–78 W 91–81 L 57–81 L 59–83
2019	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Howard West Virginia DePaul	W 81–72 W 109–91 L 87–92
2021	First Round Semifinals Finals	Bryant Stetson Pepperdine	W 93–82 W 77-72OT L 61–84

Current coaching staff[]

Name	Position
Cliff Ellis	Head Basketball Coach
Benny Moss	Associate Head Coach
	Assistant Coach
	Assistant Coach
	Director of Basketball Operations
	Video Coordinator
	Administrative Assistant
	Special Assistant; Quality Control
Kyle Johnson	Director of Speed, Strength and Conditioning

Head coaching history[]

Updated through results of the 2018–19 season.

Head coach	Years	Overall record	Conference record
Dan Selwa	1974–1975	6–17 (.241)	—
Russ Bergman	1975–1994	306–246 (.554)	75–41 (.647)
Michael Hopkins	1994–1998	30–76 (.283)	14–42 (.250)
Pete Strickland	1998–2005	70–127 (.355)	42–56 (.429)
Buzz Peterson	2005–2007	35–25 (.583)	19–11 (.633)
Cliff Ellis	2007–present	232–166 (.583)	125–83 (.601)

Conference affiliations[]

• Big South Conference (1985–86 to 2015–16)
• Sun Belt Conference (2016–17 to present)

Source:^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website