Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball

Oklahoma City Stars
Oklahoma City Stars
University	Oklahoma City University
Head coach	(1st season)
Conference	Sooner Athletic Conference
Location	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Arena	Abe Lemons Arena ; (Capacity: 3,500)
Nickname	Stars
Colors	Blue and white;
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
	1956, 1957
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1965
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973
Conference tournament champions
	Midwestern City Conference; 1981

The Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Oklahoma City University (OCU) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference.

Oklahoma City competed in NCAA Division I for many years, and the program was especially noted for its success under coaches Doyle Parrack (1950–1955) and his successor Abe Lemons (1955–1973 and 1984–1990).^[3] OCU appeared in eleven NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournaments.

In 1985, the school moved from the NCAA to the NAIA and has since won six national championships.^[4]

National championships[]

Year	Coach	Opponent	Score
1991	Darrel Johnson	Central Arkansas Bears	77–74
1992	Darrel Johnson	Central Arkansas Bears	82–73
1994		Life Running Eagles	99–81
1996		Georgetown (KY) Tigers	86–80
2007	Ray Harper	Concordia Eagles	79–71
2008	Ray Harper	Mountain State Cougars	75–72
National Championships			6

Tournament results[]

NCAA Tournament results[]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1952	Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Wyoming UCLA	L 48–54 W 55–53
1953	Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Kansas TCU	L 65–73 L 56–58
1954	First Round	Bradley	L 55–61
1955	First Round	Bradley	L 65–69
1956	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Memphis State Kansas State SMU	W 97–81 W 97–93 L 63–84
1957	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Loyola (LA) Saint Louis Kansas	W 76–55 W 75–66 L 61–81
1963	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Colorado State Colorado Texas	W 70–67 L 72–78 L 83–90
1964	First Round	Creighton	L 78–89
1965	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Colorado State San Francisco BYU	W 70–68 L 67–91 W 112–102
1966	First Round	Texas Western	L 74–89
1973	First Round	Arizona State	L 78–103

NIT results[]

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1959		Quarterfinals	NYU	L 48–63
1968		First Round	Duke	L 81–97

NAIA results[]

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1987	1	First Round Second Round	Northwood #16 Georgetown (KY)	W 101–66 L 64–67
1991	2	First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship	Concordia (NE) #15 Concord St. Mary’s (MI) #6 Pfeiffer #5 Central Arkansas	W 80–77 W 107–85 W 112–94 W 100–83 W 77–74
1992	1	First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship	Columbia Union #16 Urbana Cumberlands #5 Pfeiffer #7 Central Arkansas	W 107–73 W 96–89 W 97–63 W 102–92 W 82–73
1993	6	First Round Second Round	Spring Hill Lenoir–Rhyne	W 84–79 L 67–85
1994	5	First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship	Siena Heights St. Mary's (TX) #4 Drury #16 Oklahoma Baptist Life	W 104–99 W 86–75 W 90–70 W 86–85 W 99–81
1995	3	First Round Second Round Elite Eight	Iowa Wesleyan #14 Transylvania #11 Pfeiffer	W 107–75 W 98–67 L 78–92
1996	14	First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship	St. Xavier #3 The Master’s #6 Birmingham–Southern Belmont #1 Georgetown (KY)	W 94–58 W 108–85 W 82–66 W 80–77 W 86–80
1998	8	First Round Second Round	The Master’s #9 Incarnate Word	W 84–73 L 52–63
1999	6	First Round Second Round	Houston Baptist Life	W 61–59 L 74–87
2000	5	First Round Second Round	Westmont #12 Spring Hill	W 70–62 L 67–77
2001	–	First Round Second Round	#15 Xavier (LA) #2 Azusa Pacific	W 91–69 L 54–94
2002	16	First Round Second Round Elite Eight	Houston Baptist #1 Georgetown (KY) #9 Azusa Pacific	W 88–82 W 74–59 L 72–80
2003	–	First Round	#9 St. Xavier	L 56–82
2004	–	First Round Second Round Elite Eight	#7 Columbia (MO) #10 Lewis–Clark State #15 Mobile	W 81–48 W 79–65 L 62–75
2005	–	First Round Second Round	#6 Mobile Carroll (MT)	W 77–74 L 65–66
2006	7	First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship	Columbia (MO) #10 Houston Baptist Lindsey Wilson #3 Robert Morris (IL) Texas Wesleyan	W 91–64 W 99–77 W 77–67 W 94–92 L 65–67
2007	2	First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship	Wiley #15 Illinois–Springfield #10 Azusa Pacific Faulkner #4 Concordia (CA)	W 90–74 W 90–78 W 84–68 W 76–61 W 79–71
2008	7	First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship	Cumberland #10 California Baptist #2 Lee Campbellsville #5 Mountain State	W 81–64 W 69–63 W 86–66 W 78–64 W 75–72
2010	16	First Round	Southern Poly	L 70–78
2013	–	First Round	#1 Columbia (MO)	L 37–68
2015	–	First Round	#10 Concordia (CA)	L 62–74
2016	6	First Round	#3 MidAmerica Nazarene	L 82–87 (OT)
2017	7	First Round	#2 Dillard	L 65–86
2018	2	First Round Second Round	#7 Xavier (LA) #3 Georgetown (KY)	W 65–50 L 83–91
2019	7	First Round Second Round	#2 Stillman #3 Carroll (MT)	W 101–84 L 69–80

Note: The NAIA shifted from national to regional seeds in 2016.^[5]

References[]

^ "Colors – Oklahoma City University". Retrieved July 16, 2018.
^ http://hln.s3.amazonaws.com/sports/recordbooks/2/recordbook.pdf
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game (Random House LLC, 2009), ISBN 978-0345513922, p. 315. Excerpts available at Google Books.
^ "History". Oklahoma City University. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^ "Men's Basketball Championship Records" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Colors – Oklahoma City University". Retrieved July 16, 2018.

[2] ttp://hln.s3.amazonaws.com/sports/recordbooks/2/recordbook.pdf

[3] ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game (Random House LLC, 2009), ISBN 978-0345513922, p. 315. Excerpts available at Google Books.

[4] "History". Oklahoma City University. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

[5] "Men's Basketball Championship Records" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

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