The Eastern Kentucky Colonels

Eastern Kentucky Colonels

EKU fields teams in 15 varsity sports . The school is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference in Division I of the NCAA , having been a part of the conference since its inception in 1948...

 men's basketball team is a college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

, located in Richmond, Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

. The basketball team has been competing in the Ohio Valley Conference

Ohio Valley Conference

The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I...

 since 1948. Home games are played at Alumni Coliseum

Alumni Coliseum

Alumni Coliseum is a multi-use sports arena located on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, USA. Built in 1963, the Paul S...

, located on EKU's campus. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2007

2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball season...

. The Colonels are currently coached by Jeff Neubauer

Jeff Neubauer

Jeff Neubauer is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Eastern Kentucky University....

, who came to EKU

Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

 at the start of the 2005-2006 season.

Season by Season Records

• NOTE: Eastern Kentucky did not field a team from 1917–1919, 1943–44, and from 1948-1951.

  Season	Team	W	L	PCT	Conf. Record	Postseason
  Independent
  1909-10	Eastern Kentucky	3	3	.500
  1910-11	Eastern Kentucky	4	6	.400
  1911-12	Eastern Kentucky	3	2	.600
  1912-13	Eastern Kentucky	9	3	.750
  1913-14	Eastern Kentucky	4	3	.571
  1914-15	Eastern Kentucky	0	3	.000
  1915-16	Eastern Kentucky	7	1	.875
  1916-17	Eastern Kentucky	3	3	.500
  1919-20	Eastern Kentucky	3	4	.429
  1920-21	Eastern Kentucky	3	6	.333
  1921-22	Eastern Kentucky	10	4	.714
  1922-23	Eastern Kentucky	9	6	.600
  1923-24	Eastern Kentucky	12	7	.632
  1924-25	Eastern Kentucky	5	13	.278
  1925-26	Eastern Kentucky	1	11	.083
  1926-27	Eastern Kentucky	4	13	.235
  1927-28	Eastern Kentucky	3	15	.167
  1928-29	Eastern Kentucky	2	13	.133
  1929-30	Eastern Kentucky	14	8	.636
  1930-31	Eastern Kentucky	12	4	.750
  1931-32	Eastern Kentucky	13	8	.619
  1932-33	Eastern Kentucky	14	4	.778
  1933-34	Eastern Kentucky	7	7	.500
  1934-35	Eastern Kentucky	8	9	.471
  1935-36	Eastern Kentucky	12	10	.545
  1936-37	Eastern Kentucky	10	6	.625
  1937-38	Eastern Kentucky	12	7	.632
  1938-39	Eastern Kentucky	11	5	.688
  1939-40	Eastern Kentucky	16	2	.889
  1940-41	Eastern Kentucky	10	5	.667
  1941-42	Eastern Kentucky	11	5	.688
  1942-43	Eastern Kentucky	12	5	.706
  1944-45	Eastern Kentucky	20	5	.800		NAIA 1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 8th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 16 teams playing in a single-elimination format , instead of the normal 32. The NAIA Semifinals featured four new teams for...  National Semifinals
  1945-46	Eastern Kentucky	21	3	.875		NAIA 1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 9th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format...  First Round
  1946-47	Eastern Kentucky	21	4	.840
  1947-48	Eastern Kentucky	17	7	.708
  Ohio Valley Conference Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I...
  1951-52	Eastern Kentucky	13	11	.542	10-2
  1952-53	Eastern Kentucky	16	9	.640	9-1	NCAA 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 10, 1953, and ended with the championship game on March 18 in Kansas City, Missouri...  First Round
  1953-54	Eastern Kentucky	7	16	.304	4-6
  1954-55	Eastern Kentucky	15	8	.652	6-4
  1955-56	Eastern Kentucky	9	16	.360	3-7
  1956-57	Eastern Kentucky	6	15	.286	4-6
  1957-58	Eastern Kentucky	8	11	.421	3-7
  1958-59	Eastern Kentucky	16	6	.727	10-2	NCAA 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 7, 1959, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Louisville,...  First Round
  1959-60	Eastern Kentucky	14	8	.636	9-3
  1960-61	Eastern Kentucky	15	9	.625	9-3
  1961-62	Eastern Kentucky	10	6	.625	7-5
  1962-63	Eastern Kentucky	9	12	.429	6-6
  1963-64	Eastern Kentucky	15	9	.625	9-5
  1964-65	Eastern Kentucky	19	6	.760	13-1	NCAA 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1965, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Portland, Oregon...  First Round
  1965-66	Eastern Kentucky	16	9	.640	9-5
  1966-67	Eastern Kentucky	5	18	.217	2-12
  1967-68	Eastern Kentucky	10	14	.417	6-8
  1968-69	Eastern Kentucky	13	9	.591	7-7
  1969-70	Eastern Kentucky	12	10	.545	8-6
  1970-71	Eastern Kentucky	16	8	.667	10-4
  1971-72	Eastern Kentucky	15	11	.577	9-5	NCAA 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA University Division college basketball. It began on March 11, 1972, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Los Angeles, California...  First Round
  1972-73	Eastern Kentucky	12	13	.480	7-7
  1973-74	Eastern Kentucky	8	15	.348	6-8
  1974-75	Eastern Kentucky	7	18	.280	3-11
  1975-76	Eastern Kentucky	10	15	.400	6-8
  1976-77	Eastern Kentucky	8	16	.333	3-11
  1977-78	Eastern Kentucky	15	11	.577	8-6
  1978-79	Eastern Kentucky	21	8	.724	9-3	NCAA 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 40 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 9, 1979, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in Salt Lake City, Utah...  First Round
  1979-80	Eastern Kentucky	15	12	.556	7-5
  1980-81	Eastern Kentucky	10	16	.385	7-7
  1981-82	Eastern Kentucky	5	21	.192	3-13
  1982-83	Eastern Kentucky	10	17	.370	7-7
  1983-84	Eastern Kentucky	11	16	.407	5-9
  1984-85	Eastern Kentucky	16	13	.552	9-5
  1985-86	Eastern Kentucky	10	18	.357	5-9
  1986-87	Eastern Kentucky	19	11	.633	9-5
  1987-88	Eastern Kentucky	18	11	.621	10-4
  1988-89	Eastern Kentucky	7	22	.341	4-8
  1989-90	Eastern Kentucky	13	17	.433	7-5
  1990-91	Eastern Kentucky	19	10	.655	9-3
  1991-92	Eastern Kentucky	19	14	.576	9-5
  1992-93	Eastern Kentucky	15	12	.556	11-5
  1993-94	Eastern Kentucky	13	14	.481	9-7
  1994-95	Eastern Kentucky	9	19	.321	6-10
  1995-96	Eastern Kentucky	13	14	.481	7-9
  1996-97	Eastern Kentucky	8	18	.308	6-12
  1997-98	Eastern Kentucky	10	17	.370	8-10
  1998-99	Eastern Kentucky	3	23	.115	2-16
  1999–2000	Eastern Kentucky	6	21	.222	2-16
  2000-01	Eastern Kentucky	7	19	.269	1-15
  2001-02	Eastern Kentucky	7	20	.259	3-13
  2002-03	Eastern Kentucky	11	17	.393	5-11
  2003-04	Eastern Kentucky	14	15	.483	8-8
  2004-05	Eastern Kentucky	22	9	.710	11-5	NCAA 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at the Edward Jones Dome in St...  First Round
  2005-06	Eastern Kentucky	14	16	.467	11-9
  2006-07	Eastern Kentucky	21	12	.636	13-7	NCAA 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball season...  First Round
  2007-08	Eastern Kentucky	14	16	.467	10-10
  2008-09	Eastern Kentucky	18	13	.581	10-8
  2009-10	Eastern Kentucky	20	12	.625	11-7	CBI 2010 College Basketball Invitational The 2010 College Basketball Invitational is a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 2010 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round began Tuesday,...  First Round
  Totals		1063	1022	.510

NCAA Tournament Results

The Colonels have appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

. Their combined record is 0-7. The Colonels appeared in the NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 Men's Tournament two years in 1945

1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 8th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 16 teams playing in a single-elimination format , instead of the normal 32. The NAIA Semifinals featured four new teams for...

 and 1946

1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 9th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format...

 with a combined tournament total of 3-2. In 1945 the Colonels won 3rd place.

Year	Round	Opponent	Final Score
1953 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 10, 1953, and ended with the championship game on March 18 in Kansas City, Missouri...	First Round	Notre Dame University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...	57-72
1959 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 7, 1959, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Louisville,...	First Round	Louisville University of Louisville The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...	63-77
1965 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1965, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Portland, Oregon...	First Round	DePaul DePaul University DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...	52-99
1972 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA University Division college basketball. It began on March 11, 1972, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Los Angeles, California...	First Round	Florida State Florida State University The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...	81-83
1979 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 40 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 9, 1979, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in Salt Lake City, Utah...	First Round	Tennessee University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...	81-97
2005 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at the Edward Jones Dome in St...	First Round	Kentucky University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...	64-72
2007 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball season...	First Round	North Carolina	65-86

Conference championships

Year	Conference	Overall Record	Conference Record	Coach
1953	Ohio Valley Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I...	16–9	9–1	Paul S. McBrayer
1959	Ohio Valley	16-6	10–2	Paul S. McBrayer
1961	Ohio Valley	15–9	9-3	Paul S. McBrayer
1965	Ohio Valley	19–6	13–1	James E. Baechtold
1972	Ohio Valley	15-11	9-5	Guy Strong
1979	Ohio Valley	21–8	9–3	Ed Byhre
Total		6