Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball

Sam Houston Bearkats
2024–25 Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball team
UniversitySam Houston State University
Head coachChris Mudge (2nd season)
ConferenceC-USA
LocationHuntsville, Texas
ArenaBernard Johnson Coliseum
(capacity: 6,110)
NicknameBearkats
ColorsOrange and white[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament round of 32
1986*
NCAA tournament appearances
1986*, 2003, 2010
*at Division II level
Conference tournament champions
Southland: 2003, 2010
Lone Star: 1975, 1981, 1982
Conference regular season champions
C–USA: 2024
Southland: 2000, 2003, 2010, 2019
Gulf Star: 1986
Lone Star: 1934, 1937, 1948, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981
TIAA: 1925

The Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball team, represents Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The Bearkats were one of four programs, all from Texas, that left the Southland Conference on July 1, 2021 to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).[2] Sam Houston had previously been a member of the Southland Conference since the 1987–88 season. The Bearkats have played home games at Johnson Coliseum, a 6,110 seat indoor arena, since 1976, when it was then called University Coliseum.[3] On July 1, 2023 the Bearkats joined Conference USA.[4]

  1. ^ "Athletic Branding". Sam Houston State University Department of Marketing and Communications. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  4. ^ "Conference USA welcomes the Bearkats" (Press release). GoBearkats.com. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.