Savannah State Tigers basketball
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The Savannah State Tigers basketball team represents Savannah State University and competes in NCAA Division II as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference since July 2019. The Tigers play their home games in Tiger Arena on the university's Savannah, Georgia campus.
Savannah State Tigers | ||||
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University | Savannah State University | |||
Head coach | Horace Broadnax[1] (19th season) | |||
Conference | SIAC | |||
Location | Savannah, Georgia | |||
Arena | Tiger Arena (Capacity: 6,000) | |||
Nickname | Tigers | |||
Colors | Burnt orange and reflex blue[2] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
Division II: 2022 Division III: 1979, 1980, 1981 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
1970, 2022 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2012, 2018 |
They are currently coached by Horace Broadnax who is in his 19th season as head coach of the Tigers.
They competed in NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference from 2010–2019,[3] but never qualified for the NCAA Division I Tournament. On April 17, 2017, the school announced that it would return to Division II due to financial issues associated with competing in Division I.[4][5] On December 7, 2017, the school announced it would rejoin Division II's Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) following the 2018–19 academic year, pending NCAA approval.[6] Since joining the SIAC in the 2019-2020 academic year, the Tigers have won a SIAC Conference Championship (2021) and made a NCAA Division II National Tournament Appearance (2021).[7]