North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball

North Carolina Central Eagles
2024–25 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team
UniversityNorth Carolina Central University
Head coachLeVelle Moton (16th season)
ConferenceMEAC
LocationDurham, North Carolina
ArenaMcDougald–McLendon Arena
(capacity: 3,056)
NicknameEagles
ColorsMaroon and gray[1]
   
NCAA tournament champions
1989*
NCAA tournament Final Four
1989*
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1989*, 1993*
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1989*, 1993*
NCAA tournament second round
1957*, 1988*, 1989*, 1990*, 1993*
NCAA tournament appearances
1957*, 1988*, 1989*, 1990*, 1993*, 1996*, 1997*, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
*at Division II level
Conference tournament champions
1946, 1950* (CIAA)[2]
2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 (MEAC)
Conference regular season champions
2014, 2015, 2017, 2020 (MEAC)

The North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents North Carolina Central University, which is located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The team currently competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Prior to 2011,[3] the Eagles competed in NCAA Division II and won the 1989 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship. For much of the university's tenure in Division II, the school (formerly "North Carolina College") was a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

  1. ^ North Carolina Central University – Our Color Palette (PDF). Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  2. ^ CIAA official site
  3. ^ NCCU Gains Full NCAA Division I Membership. Published: Thursday, August 11, 2011.