Tarleton State Texans men's basketball

Tarleton State Texans
2024–25 Tarleton State Texans men's basketball team
University	Tarleton State University
First season	1961
Head coach	Billy Gillispie (5th season)
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Location	Stephenville, Texas
Arena	Wisdom Gym (capacity: 3,000)
Nickname	Texans
Colors	Purple and white[1]
NCAA tournament Final Four
2005*, 2015*
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
2005*, 2006*, 2015*, 2016*
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2003*, 2005*, 2006*, 2008*, 2015*, 2016*
NCAA tournament round of 32
2003*, 2004*, 2005*, 2006*, 2008*, 2010*, 2012*, 2014*, 2015*, 2016*
NCAA tournament appearances
2002*, 2003*, 2004*, 2005*, 2006*, 2008*, 2010*, 2011*, 2012*, 2013*, 2014*, 2015*, 2016*, 2017* *at Division II level
Conference tournament champions
Lone Star: 2004, 2013, 2014
Conference regular season champions
TIAA 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991 Lone Star 2004, 2012, 2014, 2015
Conference division season champions
LSC North: 2004 LSC South: 2002, 2006, 2011

The Tarleton State Texans men's basketball team, also known as the Tarleton Texans, represents Tarleton State University, located in Stephenville, Texas, in NCAA Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Through the 2019–20 season, the team competed in NCAA Division II as a member of the Lone Star Conference.

The Texans made their Division I debut under first-year head coach Billy Gillispie for the 2020–21 season.

The team plays its games at Wisdom Gym on its campus in Stephenville.