Savannah State Tigers basketball

This article is about the NCAA men's basketball program at Savannah State University. The women's basketball team is known as the Lady Tigers.

Savannah State Tigers
UniversitySavannah State University
Head coachHorace Broadnax[1] (19th season)
ConferenceSIAC
LocationSavannah, Georgia
ArenaTiger Arena
(capacity: 6,000)
NicknameTigers
ColorsBurnt orange and reflex blue[2]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
NCAA tournament appearances
Division II: 2022
Division III: 1979, 1980, 1981
Conference tournament champions
1970, 2022
Conference regular season champions
1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2012, 2018

The Savannah State Tigers basketball team represents Savannah State University and competes in NCAA Division II as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference since July 2019. The Tigers play their home games in Tiger Arena on the university's Savannah, Georgia campus.

They are currently coached by Horace Broadnax who is in his 19th season as head coach of the Tigers.

They competed in NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference from 2010 to 2019,[3] but never qualified for the NCAA Division I tournament. On April 17, 2017, the school announced that it would return to Division II due to financial issues associated with competing in Division I.[4][5] On December 7, 2017, the school announced it would rejoin Division II's Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) following the 2018–19 academic year, pending NCAA approval.[6] Since joining the SIAC in the 2019–2020 academic year, the Tigers have won a SIAC Conference Championship (2021) and made an NCAA Division II national tournament appearance (2021).[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Broadnax was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Savannah State University Athletics – 2016 Football Quick Facts". Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Savannah State joins Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference". savannahnow.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "Savannah State plans to move athletics down to Division II". savannahnow.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  5. ^ Ridpath, B. David. "Savannah State Is Doing The Right Thing By Downsizing Athletics". Forbes. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "SSU moves to Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference". Savannah State University. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  7. ^ Ashford, Larson. "SSU TIGERS WIN SIAC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". thesiac.com. NCAA. Retrieved November 2, 2022.