Eastern Kentucky Colonels basketball

Eastern Kentucky Colonels

2016–17 Eastern Kentucky Colonels basketball team

University

Eastern Kentucky University

Conference

OVC

Location

Richmond, KY

Head coach

Dan McHale (2nd year)

Arena

McBrayer Arena at Alumni Coliseum
(Capacity: 6,500)

Nickname

Colonels

Colors

Maroon and White^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA Tournament appearances

1953, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1979, 2005, 2007, 2014

Conference tournament champions

1950, 1955, 1979, 2005, 2007, 2014

Conference regular season champions

1953, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979

Conference division season champions

2015

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels basketball team is a men's college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University, located in Richmond, Kentucky, United States. The basketball team has been competing in the Ohio Valley Conference since 1948. Home games are played at Alumni Coliseum, located on EKU's campus. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2014. The Colonels are coached by Dan McHale, who came to EKU after the 2014–2015 season. The coach for the previous ten seasons was Jeff Neubauer.

2015 roster

EASTERN KENTUCKY COLONELS
No.	Name	Pos.	Ht	Wt	Class	Hometown
0	Paul Jackson	G	6-1	178	SO	Lithonia, Georgia
4	Tommy Matthews	G	6-1	180	SR	Clinton, Maryland
5	Isaac McGlone	G	6-2	175	JR	Lancaster, Ohio
11	Jaylen Babb-Harrison	G	6-4	187	JR	Ajax, ON
14	Daniel Parke	G	6-1	165	SO	Richmond, Kentucky
21	JaVontae Hawkins	G	6-5	211	JR	Flint, Michigan
23	Jonathan Hood	G	6-4	206	SR	Durham, North Carolina
24	K.J. Bluford	G	6-1	185	SR	Minneapolis, Minnesota
32	Ja'Mill Powell	G	6-7	180	SR	Bridgeport, Connecticut
--	Greg King	F	6-7	225	SO	Ellenwood, Georgia
--	Nick Mayo	F	6-8	225	FR	Oakland, Maine
--	Anthony Pratt	F	6-6	200	FR	St. Louis, Missouri
--	Jarelle Reischel	G	6-7	210	SR	Frankfurt, Germany
--	Cameron Williams	G	5-11	170	JR	Omaha, Nebraska

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2014–15 Ohio Valley Conference standings

Standings	Conference			Overall
Ohio Valley – West	W-L	GB	PCT	W-L	PCT	STRK
Murray State	16-0	--	1.000	27-5	.844	L1
Tennessee-Martin	10-6	6	.625	18-12	.600	L2
Eastern Illinois	9-7	7	.563	17-14	.548	L1
SIU-Edwardsville	8-8	8	.500	12-16	.429	L2
Southeast Missouri State	7-9	9	.438	13-17	.433	L1
Austin Peay	3-13	13	.188	8-22	.267	L1
Ohio Valley – East	W-L	GB	PCT	W-L	PCT	STRK
Belmont	11-5	--	.688	22-10	.688	W7
Eastern Kentucky	11-5	--	.688	19-11	.633	L1
Morehead State	10-6	1	.625	17-17	.500	L1
Jacksonville State	5-11	6	.313	12-19	.387	L2
Tennessee Tech	4-12	7	.250	12-18	.400	L5
Tennessee State	2-14	9	.125	5-26	.161	L8

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Season by season records

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

Season	W	L	PCT	Conf. Record	Postseason
Independent
1909–10	3	3	.500
1910–11	4	6	.400
1911–12	3	2	.600
1912–13	9	3	.750
1913–14	4	3	.571
1914–15	0	3	.000
1915–16	7	1	.875
1916–17	3	3	.500
1919–20	3	4	.429
1920–21	3	6	.333
1921–22	10	4	.714
1922–23	9	6	.600
1923–24	12	7	.632
1924–25	5	13	.278
1925–26	1	11	.083
1926–27	4	13	.235
1927–28	3	15	.167
1928–29	2	13	.133
1929–30	14	8	.636
1930–31	12	4	.750
1931–32	13	8	.619
1932–33	14	4	.778
1933–34	7	7	.500
1934–35	8	9	.471
1935–36	12	10	.545
1936–37	10	6	.625
1937–38	12	7	.632
1938–39	11	5	.688
1939–40	16	2	.889
1940–41	10	5	.667
1941–42	11	5	.688
1942–43	12	5	.706
1944–45	20	5	.800		NAIA National Semifinals
1945–46	21	3	.875		NAIA First Round
1946–47	21	4	.840
1947–48	17	7	.708
Ohio Valley Conference
1948–49	17	4	.810	7-3
1949–50	16	6	.728	7-3
1950–51	18	8	.692	8-3
1951–52	13	11	.542	10–2
1952–53	16	9	.640	9–1	NCAA First Round
1953–54	7	16	.304	4–6
1954–55	15	8	.652	6–4
1955–56	9	16	.360	3–7
1956–57	6	15	.286	4–6
1957–58	8	11	.421	3–7
1958–59	16	6	.727	10–2	NCAA First Round
1959–60	14	8	.636	9–3
1960–61	15	9	.625	9–3
1961–62	10	6	.625	7–5
1962–63	9	12	.429	6–6
1963–64	15	9	.625	9–5
1964–65	19	6	.760	13–1	NCAA First Round
1965–66	16	9	.640	9–5
1966–67	5	18	.217	2–12
1967–68	10	14	.417	6–8
1968–69	13	9	.591	7–7
1969–70	12	10	.545	8–6
1970–71	16	8	.667	10–4
1971–72	15	11	.577	9–5	NCAA First Round
1972–73	12	13	.480	7–7
1973–74	8	15	.348	6–8
1974–75	7	18	.280	3–11
1975–76	10	15	.400	6–8
1976–77	8	16	.333	3–11
1977–78	15	11	.577	8–6
1978–79	21	8	.724	9–3	NCAA First Round
1979–80	15	12	.556	7–5
1980–81	10	16	.385	7–7
1981–82	5	21	.192	3–13
1982–83	10	17	.370	7–7
1983–84	11	16	.407	5–9
1984–85	16	13	.552	9–5
1985–86	10	18	.357	5–9
1986–87	19	11	.633	9–5
1987–88	18	11	.621	10–4
1988–89	7	22	.341	4–8
1989–90	13	17	.433	7–5
1990–91	19	10	.655	9–3
1991–92	19	14	.576	9–5
1992–93	15	12	.556	11–5
1993–94	13	14	.481	9–7
1994–95	9	19	.321	6–10
1995–96	13	14	.481	7–9
1996–97	8	18	.308	6–12
1997–98	10	17	.370	8–10
1998–99	3	23	.115	2–16
1999–2000	6	21	.222	2–16
2000–01	7	19	.269	1–15
2001–02	7	20	.259	3–13
2002–03	11	17	.393	5–11
2003–04	14	15	.483	8–8
2004–05	22	9	.710	11–5	NCAA First Round
2005–06	14	16	.467	11–9
2006–07	21	12	.636	13–7	NCAA First Round
2007–08	14	16	.467	10–10
2008–09	18	13	.581	10–8
2009–10	20	12	.625	11–7	CBI First Round
2010–11	15	16	.484	9-9
2011–12	16	16	.500	7-9
2012–13	25	10	.714	12-4	CBI First Round
Totals		1172	1080	.520

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Colonels have appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 0–8.

Year	Round	Opponent	Final Score
1953	First Round	Notre Dame	L 57–72
1959	First Round	Louisville	L 63–77
1965	First Round	DePaul	L 52–99
1972	First Round	Florida State	L 81–83
1979	First Round	Tennessee	L 81–97
2005	First Round	Kentucky	L 64–72
2007	First Round	North Carolina	L 65–86
2014	Second Round	Kansas	L 69–80

NAIA tournament results

The Colonels have appeared in two NAIA Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–3.

Year	Round	Opponent	Final Score
1945	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National 3rd Place Game	Simpson (IA) Central Methodist Pepperdine Southern Illinois	W 64–42 W 50–48 ^OT L 34–52 L 45–49
1956	First Round	Drury	L 47–51

CBI results

The Colonels have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Final Score
2010	First Round	College of Charleston	L 79–82

CIT results

The Colonels have appeared in two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their combined record is 3–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Final Score
2013	First Round Second Round	Gardner–Webb Evansville	W 69–62 L 72–86
2015	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Norfolk State High Point UT Martin	W 81–75 W 66–65 L 69–70

Conference championships

Year	Conference	Overall Record	Conference Record	Coach
1953	Ohio Valley	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 R. Strong
1979	Ohio Valley	21–8	9–3	Ed Byhre
Total		6

References

↑ EKU Visual Identity (PDF). EKU. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
↑ "Eastern Kentucky Colonels 2015-16 Team Player Roster - College Basketball - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
↑ "Ohio Valley Conference Standings – College Basketball – ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

Eastern Kentucky Basketball

Eastern Kentucky Colonels basketball

Venues	Alumni Coliseum (1963–present)

Culture & lore	The Colonel "Rally Maroon and White"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Eastern Kentucky University

Facilities	Alumni Coliseum Model Laboratory School Roy Kidd Stadium Turkey Hughes Field

Athletics	Men's basketball Football

Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball

Teams	East Division: Belmont Bruins Eastern Kentucky Colonels Jacksonville State Gamecocks Morehead State Eagles Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles West Division: Austin Peay Governors Eastern Illinois Panthers Murray State Racers SIU Edwardsville Cougars Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks

Championships and awards	List of champions Player of the Year

Seasons	1948–49 1949–50 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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