Kennesaw State Owls | |||
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University | Kennesaw State University | ||
Head coach | Antoine Pettway (2nd season) | ||
Conference | CUSA | ||
Location | Kennesaw, Georgia | ||
Arena | KSU Convocation Center (capacity: 4,792) | ||
Nickname | Owls | ||
Colors | Black and gold[1] | ||
NCAA tournament champions | |||
2004* | |||
NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
2004* | |||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
2004* | |||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
2004* | |||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
2003*, 2004* | |||
NCAA tournament appearances | |||
2003*, 2004*, 2005*, 2023 *at Division II level | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
2004, 2023 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
2004, 2023 |
The Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represents Kennesaw State University, located in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, United States near the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. The school's team will start competition in Conference USA (CUSA) in 2024–25 after 19 seasons in the Atlantic Sun Conference. They are currently led by head coach Antoine Pettway and play their home games at the KSU Convocation Center.
During their time as a member of NCAA Division II, they were national champions in 2004. In 2023, led by head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim,[2] they made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I tournament after winning their first ASUN championship.
Former four-year graduate guard Markeith Cummings (2009–13) is the team's all-time leading scorer with 2,048 career points, passing former leader Herman Smith (1986–90, 1,683 points) on November 18, 2012.[3][4]