UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball

UTRGV Vaqueros men's basketball
2023–24 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Head coachKahil Fennell (1st season)
ConferenceSouthland Conference
LocationEdinburg, Texas
ArenaUTRGV Fieldhouse
(capacity: 2,500[1])
NicknameVaqueros
ColorsOrange and gray[2]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1968*
NCAA tournament appearances
1968*
*at Division II level
NAIA tournament champions
1963
NAIA tournament runner-up
1964
NAIA semifinals
1963, 1964
NAIA quarterfinals
1963, 1964
NAIA tournament second round
1962, 1963, 1964
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The UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team, or UTRGV Vaqueros, represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas, United States. The school's team competed in the Southland Conference since the 2024–25 season. They play their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. The Vaqueros are one of 45 Division I programs to have never appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

The team's current identity was established after the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) were merged in 2015. The merged university inherited the athletic legacy of UTPA, including its WAC membership. Before the merger, UTPA's teams were known as the “Broncs.”[3]

  1. ^ "UTPA Fieldhouse". UTRGV Vaqueros Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "UTRGV Color Palette". Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "UTRGV 2015-16 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2016-09-08.