| Santa Clara Broncos | ||||
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| University | Santa Clara University | |||
| First season | 1904 | |||
| All-time record | 1,418-1,019 (.582) | |||
| Head coach | Herb Sendek (9th season) | |||
| Conference | West Coast Conference | |||
| Location | Santa Clara, California | |||
| Arena | Leavey Center (capacity: 4,500) | |||
| Nickname | Broncos | |||
| Colors | Maroon and white[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1952, 1953, 1954, 1968, 1969 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970 | ||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
| 1993, 1996 | ||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
| 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1987, 1993 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1995, 1996, 1997 | ||||
The Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team represents Santa Clara University in NCAA Division I basketball competition. The team plays home games at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California and have been members of the West Coast Conference since its formation in 1952. The team is currently coached by Herb Sendek, who had previously been the head coach at NC State and Arizona State. Sendek was hired on March 29, 2016.[2]
Santa Clara has a long history of basketball success, having appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments and six National Invitational Tournaments and producing a number of both collegiate All-Americans and NBA players. The 2010–11 team won the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and the 2012–13 team won the 2013 College Basketball Invitational. They are the only team to have won a CBI and a CIT.
More recently, the Broncos have returned to the NIT in both 2022 and 2023, and in each season produced a first round draft pick in the NBA draft.
- ^ "SCU Color Palette - University Marketing and Communications - Santa Clara University". Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ "Santa Clara" (PDF).