Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
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The Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represents Florida Atlantic University and competes in the American Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I college basketball. Their home games are played on the Abessinio Court in the Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena on the school's Boca Raton, Florida campus. The Owls have appeared in the NCAA tournament three times, in 2002 while a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, 2023, and 2024. The Owls joined Conference USA (C-USA) in 2013 as part of the early-2010s NCAA conference realignment. After not winning a single NCAA Tournament game coming into 2023, the Owls qualified for their first Final Four in program history by defeating the Kansas State Wildcats 79–76. After the 2022–23 season, FAU left C-USA for the American Athletic Conference (The American).[2]
Florida Atlantic Owls basketball | ||||
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University | Florida Atlantic University | |||
Head coach | John Jakus (1st season) | |||
Conference | American Athletic Conference | |||
Location | Boca Raton, Florida | |||
Arena | Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (Capacity: 2,900) | |||
Nickname | Owls | |||
Colors | Blue and red[1] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
2023 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
2023 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2023 | ||||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
2023 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
2002, 2023, 2024 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
Atlantic Sun: 2002 C-USA: 2023 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
Sun Belt: 2011 C-USA: 2023 | ||||
Conference division season champions | ||||
Sun Belt East: 2011 |