Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers men's basketball

Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers
UniversityKentucky Wesleyan College
Head coachDrew Cooper (3rd season)
ConferenceG-MAC
LocationOwensboro, Kentucky
ArenaSportscenter
(capacity: 5,500)
NicknamePanthers
ColorsWesleyan purple and medium gray[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament champions
1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, 1990, 1999, 2001
NCAA tournament runner-up
1957, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1957, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
NCAA tournament appearances
1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017
Conference tournament champions
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2017
Conference regular season champions
1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2016, 2017

The Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers men's basketball team represents Kentucky Wesleyan College, a private college located in Owensboro, Kentucky. The Panthers compete in the NCAA Division II as a member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), They have won the NCAA Division II tournament eight times, most recently in the year 2001.[2]

Joel Utley was the "Voice of the Panthers" from 1962 to 2022[3] (including all eight championships), broadcasting a play-by-play of all Wesleyan basketball games on local Owensboro radio station WBIO.

  1. ^ "ATHLETIC IDENTITY GUIDELINES" (PDF). Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  2. ^ "DII Men's Basketball Championship History". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  3. ^ Ford, Mel. "Joel Utley retires after 61 years as the Voice of the Panthers". Owensboro Radio. Retrieved 2023-02-01.