Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball

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Northern Colorado Bears
2021–22 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team
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UniversityUniversity of Northern Colorado
Head coachSteve Smiley (1st season)
ConferenceBig Sky
LocationGreeley, Colorado
ArenaBank of Colorado Arena
(Capacity: 2,992)
NicknameBears
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1989*
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1964*, 1965*, 1966*, 1989*, 2011
*at Division II level
Conference tournament champions
2011
Conference regular season champions
2011

The Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in Greeley, Colorado, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big Sky Conference.

Postseason history[]

NCAA Division I tournament results[]

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament once, where they lost to San Diego State in 2011.[2]

Year Round Opponent Result UNC Head Coach
2011 Second Round San Diego State L 50–68 B. J. Hill

NCAA Division II tournament results[]

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament four times. Their combined record is 1–6.

Year Round Opponent Result
1964 Regional Semifinals
Regional 3rd Place Game		 Southeast Missouri State
Lamar		 L 79–83
L 85–116
1965 Regional Semifinals
Regional 3rd Place Game		 Minnesota State–Moorhead
Minnesota–Duluth		 L 73–74
L 58–86
1966 Regional Semifinals North Dakota L 71–84
1989 Regional Semifinals
Regional Finals		 Alaska–Fairbanks
Wisconsin-Milwaukee		 W 92–70
L 88–89 OT

CIT results[]

The Bears have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) three times. Their combined record is 5–2. They were CIT champions in 2018.

Year Round Opponent Result UNC Head Coach
2010 First Round
Quarterfinals		 Loyola Marymount
Pacific		 W 86–76
L 59–63		 Tad Boyle
2014 First Round Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 71–82 B. J. Hill
2018 Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship Game		 Drake
San Diego
Sam Houston State
UIC		 W 81–72
W 86–75
W 99–80
W 76–71		 Jeff Linder

References[]

  1. ^ UNC Style Guide (PDF). May 18, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "NCAA Basketball Tournament History: Northern Colorado Bears - ESPN".

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