Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball

Detroit Mercy Titans
Detroit Mercy Titans
	2021–22 Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team
University	University of Detroit Mercy
Head coach	Mike Davis (3rd season)
Conference	Horizon League
Location	Detroit, Michigan
Arena	Calihan Hall ; (Capacity: 8,295)
Nickname	Titans
Colors	Red, white, and blue;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1977
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	1962, 1977, 1998, 1999
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1962, 1977, 1979, 1998, 1999, 2012
Conference tournament champions
	1994, 1999, 2012
Conference regular season champions
	1998, 1999

The Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team is the college basketball team that represents University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, and competes in NCAA Division I men's basketball as a member of the Horizon League. Traditionally, the Titans have been a fairly strong "mid-major" program, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in 1977 and to the Round of 32 twice during the 1990s. The Titans are currently coached by Mike Davis, who was hired on June 13, 2018.^[2] The Titans play their home games at Calihan Hall on the school's McNichols Campus.

Season by season records[]

NOTE: The Titans did not field a basketball team in 1907–08 and 1908–09.

Season	Team	Overall record	Pct.	Conf. record	Postseason
Independent
1905–06	Detroit	3–1	.750
1906–07	Detroit	1–3	.250
1909–10	Detroit	2–3	.400
1910–11	Detroit	6–0	1.000
1911–12	Detroit	6–5	.545
1912–13	Detroit	13–0	1.000
1913–14	Detroit	6–3	.667
1914–15	Detroit	3–5	.375
1915–16	Detroit	7–3	.700
1916–17	Detroit	5–4	.556
1917–18	Detroit	13–5	.722
1918–19	Detroit	4–5	.444
1919–20	Detroit	12–7	.632
1920–21	Detroit	10–8	.556
1921–22	Detroit	2–13	.133
1922–23	Detroit	9–7	.563
1923–24	Detroit	9–8	.529
1924–25	Detroit	6–6	.500
1925–26	Detroit	13–6	.684
1926–27	Detroit	8–9	.471
1927–28	Detroit	11–4	.733
1928–29	Detroit	4–11	.267
1929–30	Detroit	10–9	.526
1930–31	Detroit	10–9	.526
1931–32	Detroit	8–8	.500
1932–33	Detroit	12–5	.706
1933–34	Detroit	7–8	.467
1934–35	Detroit	4–10	.286
1935–36	Detroit	12–5	.706
1936–37	Detroit	11–5	.688
1937–38	Detroit	16–4	.800
1938–39	Detroit	15–5	.750
1939–40	Detroit	14–9	.609
1940–41	Detroit	11–10	.524
1941–42	Detroit	13–8	.619
1942–43	Detroit	15–5	.750
1943–44	Detroit	13–7	.650
1944–45	Detroit	8–12	.400
1945–46	Detroit	15–8	.652
1946–47	Detroit	12–13	.480
1947–48	Detroit	7–15	.318
1948–49	Detroit	12–10	.545
Missouri Valley Conference
1949–50	Detroit	20–6	.769	7–5
1950–51	Detroit	17–14	.548	7–7
1951–52	Detroit	14–12	.538	4–6
1952–53	Detroit	12–14	.462	4–6
1953–54	Detroit	11–17	.393	1–9
1954–55	Detroit	15–11	.577	2–8
1955–56	Detroit	13–12	.520	3–9
1956–57	Detroit	11–15	.423	5–9
Independent
1957–58	Detroit	13–12	.520
1958–59	Detroit	11–14	.440
1959–60	Detroit	20–7	.741		NIT 1st Round
1960–61	Detroit	18–9	.667		NIT 1st Round
1961–62	Detroit	15–12	.556		NCAA 1st Round
1962–63	Detroit	14–12	.538
1963–64	Detroit	14–11	.560
1964–65	Detroit	20–8	.714		NIT Quarterfinals
1965–66	Detroit	17–8	.680
1966–67	Detroit	10–15	.400
1967–68	Detroit	13–12	.520
1968–69	Detroit	16–10	.615
1969–70	Detroit	7–18	.280
1970–71	Detroit	14–12	.538
1971–72	Detroit	18–6	.750
1972–73	Detroit	16–9	.640
1973–74	Detroit	17–9	.654
1974–75	Detroit	17–9	.654
1975–76	Detroit	19–8	.704
1976–77	Detroit	26–3	.897		NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1977–78	Detroit	25–4	.862		NIT Quarterfinals
1978–79	Detroit	22–6	.786		NCAA 1st Round
1979–80	Detroit	14–13	.519
Midwestern City Conference
1980–81	Detroit	9–18	.333	1–5
1981–82	Detroit	10–17	.370	6–6
1982–83	Detroit	12–17	.414	6–8
1983–84	Detroit	8–20	.286	4–10
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
1984–85	Detroit	16–12	.571	8–6
1985–86	Detroit	14–15	.483	7–5
1986–87	Detroit	7–21	.250	2–10
1987–88	Detroit	7–23	.233	2–8
1988–89	Detroit	7–21	.250	4–8
1989–90	Detroit	10–18	.357	3–11
1990–91	Detroit	9–19	.321	2–12
1991–92	Detroit	12–17	.414	1–9
1992–93	Detroit Mercy	15–12	.556	7–7
1993–94	Detroit Mercy	16–13	.552	5–5
1994–95	Detroit Mercy	13–15	.464	9–5
1995–96	Detroit Mercy	18–11	.621	8–8
1996–97	Detroit Mercy	16–13	.552	11–5
1997–98	Detroit Mercy	25–6	.802	12–2	NCAA 2nd Round
1998–99	Detroit Mercy	25–6	.802	12–2	NCAA 2nd Round
1999–2000	Detroit Mercy	20–12	.625	8–6
2000–01	Detroit Mercy	25–12	.676	10–4	NIT 4th place
Horizon League
2001–02	Detroit Mercy	18–13	.581	11–5	NIT Opening Round
2002–03	Detroit Mercy	18–12	.600	9–7
2003–04	Detroit Mercy	19–11	.633	10–6
2004–05	Detroit Mercy	14–16	.467	9–7
2005–06	Detroit Mercy	16–16	.500	8–8
2006–07	Detroit Mercy	11–19	.367	6–10
2007–08	Detroit Mercy	7–23	.233	3–15
2008–09	Detroit Mercy	7–23	.233	2–16
2009–10	Detroit Mercy	20–14	.588	9–9
2010–11	Detroit Mercy	17–16	.515	10–8
2011–12	Detroit Mercy	22–13	.629	11–7	NCAA 2nd Round
2012–13	Detroit Mercy	20–13	.606	12–4	NIT 1st Round
2013–14	Detroit Mercy	13–19	.406	6–10
2014–15	Detroit Mercy	15–18	.455	7–9
2015–16	Detroit Mercy	16–15	.516	9–9
2016–17	Detroit Mercy	8–23	.258	5–12 (.294)
2017–18	Detroit Mercy	8–24	.250	4–14 (.222)
2018–19	Detroit Mercy	11–20	.355	8–10 (.444)
2019–20	Detroit Mercy	8–23	.258	6–12 (.333)
2020–21	Detroit Mercy	12–10	.545	10–6 (.625)
Totals		1,425–1,200	.543

Postseason[]

NCAA Tournament results[]

The Titans have appeared in six NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–6.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1962	–	First Round	Western Kentucky	L 90–81
1977	–	First Round Sweet Sixteen	Middle Tennessee State Michigan	W 93–76 L 86–81
1979	#7	First Round	#10 Lamar	L 95–87
1998	#10	First Round Second Round	#7 St. John's #2 Purdue	W 66–64 L 80–65
1999	#12	First Round Second Round	#5 UCLA #4 Ohio State	W 56–53 L 75–44
2012	#15	Second Round	#2 Kansas	L 65–50

NIT Results[]

The Titans have appeared in seven National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 5–8.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1960	First Round	Villanova	L 88–86
1961	First Round	Holy Cross	L 86–82
1965	First Round Quarterfinals	La Salle NYU	W 93–86 L 87–76
1978	First Round Quarterfinals	VCU North Carolina State	W 94–86 L 84–77
2001	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Bradley Connecticut Dayton Alabama Memphis	W 68–49 W 67–61 W 59–42 L 74–63 L 86–71
2002	Opening Round	Dayton	L 80–69
2013	First Round	Arizona State	L 83–68

Players[]

Retired jerseys[]

Detroit Mercy has retired 10 jerseys in program history.^[3]

No.	Player	Years
Detroit Mercy Titans retired jerseys
3	Rashad Phillips	1997–2001
17	Bob Calihan	1937–1940
22	Dave DeBusschere	1959–1962
24	Earl Cureton	1978–1980
32	Eli Holman	2009–2012
34	Willie Green	1999–2003
42	Terry Duerod	1975–1979
44	Terry Tyler	1974–1978
45	Spencer Haywood	1968–1969
50	John Long	1974–1978

Titans in the NBA[]

22 Detroit alumni have gone on to play in the NBA. They include:

In the late seventies, Coach Dick Vitale led the Titans to two NCAA tournament appearances before heading the Detroit Pistons and later embarking on a broadcasting career that would put him in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Alumni who played in the NBA G League:

Rashad Phillips

References[]

^ "University of Detroit Mercy Brand Standards Guide" (PDF). September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
^ "Mike Davis hired by Detroit Mercy; press conference Thursday". Detroit News. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
^ "University of Detroit retires jersey of Earl 'The Twirl' Cureton". spinalcolumnonline.com. January 26, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "University of Detroit Mercy Brand Standards Guide" (PDF). September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.

[2] "Mike Davis hired by Detroit Mercy; press conference Thursday". Detroit News. Retrieved 2018-06-13.

[3] "University of Detroit retires jersey of Earl 'The Twirl' Cureton". spinalcolumnonline.com. January 26, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020.

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v t Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball
Venues	Calihan Hall (1952–1989, 1994–present) Cobo Arena (1989–1994)
People	Statistical leaders
	1907–08 1908–09 1976–77 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

v t University of Detroit Mercy
Located in: Detroit, Michigan
Academics	University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry Detroit Collaborative Design Center Detroit Institute of Musical Arts North Korean Review University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Athletics	Detroit Mercy Titans Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer Track and field Men's lacrosse Football (1896–1964) Calihan Hall Horizon League Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Mid-American Conference
People	List of University of Detroit Mercy people
Founded: 1877

v t Horizon League men's basketball
Teams	Cleveland State Vikings Detroit Mercy Titans Green Bay Phoenix IUPUI Jaguars Milwaukee Panthers Northern Kentucky Norse Oakland Golden Grizzlies Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Robert Morris Colonials UIC Flames Wright State Raiders Youngstown State Penguins
Championships and awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2018–19