Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball

Abilene Christian Wildcats
2024–25 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team
UniversityAbilene Christian University
Head coachBrette Tanner (4th season)
ConferenceWAC
LocationAbilene, Texas
ArenaMoody Coliseum
(capacity: 4,600)
NicknameWildcats
Student sectionWildcat Reign
ColorsPurple and white[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1966*
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1960*, 1964*, 1965*, 1966*, 1999*
NCAA tournament round of 32
1959*, 1960*, 1962*, 1964*, 1965*, 1966*, 1986*, 1987*, 1999*, 2021
NCAA tournament appearances
1959*, 1960*, 1962*, 1964*, 1965*, 1966*, 1986*, 1987*, 1999*, 2019, 2021
*at Division II level
Conference tournament champions
Lone Star: 1985, 1986, 1987
Southland Conference: 2019, 2021

The Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represents Abilene Christian University (ACU) in Abilene, Texas, United States. The Wildcats joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) on July 1, 2021, after having spent the previous eight years in the Southland Conference. Before this move, ACU's most recent conference change was in the 2013 offseason, when the Wildcats made the jump to NCAA Division I and rejoined the Southland Conference after a 40-year absence.[2] They are led by head coach Brette Tanner and play their home games at Moody Coliseum.

In 2019, the Wildcats won the Southland Conference and earned their first Division I NCAA Tournament appearance. The Wildcats recorded their first tournament win in 2021, upsetting #3 seeded Texas 53–52.

  1. ^ Abilene Christian University Branding and Editorial Style Guide. July 1, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Abilene Christian moving to Division I, Southland Conference in 2013 - NCAA.com". Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.