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UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball

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UTSA Roadrunners
2022–23 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team
UTSA Roadrunners logo.svg
UniversityUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
First season1981
All-time record434–389 (.527)
Head coachSteve Henson (7th season)
ConferenceC-USA
West Division
LocationSan Antonio, Texas
ArenaConvocation Center
(Capacity: 2,650)
NicknameRoadrunners
ColorsNavy blue, orange, and white[1]
     
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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NCAA tournament appearances
1988, 1999, 2004, 2011
Conference tournament champions
1988, 1999, 2004, 2011
Conference regular season champions
1991, 1992, 2004

The UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represents the University of Texas at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas, US. Originally competing as an NCAA independent in 1981–82, the Roadrunners moved to the Trans-America Athletic Conference in 1986–87, then moved to the Southland Conference in 1991–92,[2][3] then moved to the Western Athletic Conference in 2012–2013,[4] then moved to Conference USA in 2013–2014[5] where they are currently a member. UTSA plays its home games at the on-campus Convocation Center, and is coached by former NBA player Steve Henson.

UTSA has won four conference tournaments and three conference regular season championships.[6] The team has made a total of four NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship appearances in its history. In the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, the Roadrunners defeated SWAC Champion Alabama State, 70–61 in the opening round before falling in the second round to Ohio State. The victory over Alabama State marked the first time in school history that a Roadrunner team won an NCAA tournament game in any sport. As a relatively young Division I program, the team has made no other appearances in post-season tournaments.

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University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Texas at San Antonio

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is a public research university in San Antonio, Texas. With over 34,000 students across its four campuses spanning 758 acres, UTSA is the largest university in San Antonio and the eighth-largest by enrollment in the state of Texas. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity" and offers 159 degree options from its nine colleges.

San Antonio

San Antonio

San Antonio, officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in Bexar County, Texas. The city is the seventh most populous in the United States, the second largest in the Southern United States, and the second most populous in Texas. It is the 12th most populous city in North America, with 1,434,625 residents as of 2020.

Texas

Texas

Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,660 km2), and with more than 30 million residents in 2022, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population. Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast.

Southland Conference

Southland Conference

The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Southland sponsors 18 sports, 10 for women and eight for men, and is governed by a presidential Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of athletic and academic administrators. Chris Grant became the Southland's seventh commissioner on April 5, 2022. From 1996 to 2002, for football only, the Southland Conference was known as the Southland Football League.

Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Texas.

Conference USA

Conference USA

Conference USA is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are located in Dallas, Texas.

Convocation Center (University of Texas at San Antonio)

Convocation Center (University of Texas at San Antonio)

The Convocation Center is a 4,080-seat multi-purpose arena in San Antonio, Texas, USA, on the Main Campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio. It was built in 1975 and is home to the UTSA Roadrunners men's and women's basketball teams and women's volleyball team. It hosted the Southland Conference men's basketball tournament in 1992 and 2004. It has hosted many concerts, with acts like Bad Company, AC/DC and Black Sabbath.

Steve Henson

Steve Henson

Steven Michael Henson is a retired American professional basketball player, who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round of the 1990 NBA draft. He was an assistant basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma under his former college coach Lon Kruger. On April 1, 2016, Henson was hired as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio and assumed his new position after the Sooners' exit from the NCAA tournament the following day.

Don Eddy (1981-1986)

On May 14, 1980, Don Eddy was announced as the first head coach for UTSA, with the school planning to a field team starting in the 1980–81 season.[7] After compiling a record of 56–54, he resigned following an altercation with a player in a January 26, 1986 game.[8] After his resignation, former Baylor basketball player Larry Gatewood closed out the season as interim head coach.

Ken Burmeister (1986-1990)

The Roadrunners moved to the Trans-America Athletic Conference for the 1986–87 season. Ken Burmeister coached the roadrunners from 1986 to 1990 and led the team to its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1988, where they lost to Illinois in the first round .

Stu Starner (1990-1995)

Stu Starner spent five seasons coaching the Roadrunners, Starner resigned in 1995 with an 84–58 record at the school. His teams won conference regular season championships in 1991 and 1992.[9]

Tim Carter (1995-2006)

Tim Carter was hired as the head coach for the roadrunners, where he is the all-time winningest coach in the university's history.[10]

Brooks Thompson (2006-2016)

On April 19, 2006, Thompson was named head coach of the roadrunners. On November 15, 2009, UTSA defeated the University of Iowa, UTSA's first ever win versus a Big Ten Conference school. On March 16, 2011, Thompson guided UTSA to the school's first ever NCAA Tournament win when the Roadrunners defeated Alabama State 70–61. On March 10, 2016, he was fired by UTSA following a 5–27 record.

Steve Henson (2016-present)

In his first year of coaching, Henson engaged in a major rebuilding effort after succeeding Thompson as head coach. In his first year, UTSA posted a nine-win improvement in the overall record, going to 14–19 and a five-win improvement in Conference USA conference games to 8–10. In his second season, Henson posted a winning record for the first time since 2011–12, going 20–15 for the season and 11–7 in conference play, and being named the conference coach of the year. The UTSA Roadrunners lost in the quarterfinals of the 2018 C-USA tournament, but secured an invite into the 2018 CIT tournament. Henson has turned UTSA's home arena into a tough place to play amassing a 61–20 home record over his tenure.

Seasonal Record

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
NCAA independent (1981–1986)
1981-82 Don Eddy 8-19 — — —
1982-83 Don Eddy 10-17 — — —
1983-84 Don Eddy 20-8 — — —
1984-85 Don Eddy 18–10 — — —
1985-86 Don Eddy
Larry Gatewood 		7–24[Note A] — — —
(Trans-America Athletic Conference) (1986–1990)
1986–87 Ken Burmeister 13–15 7–11 6th
1987–88 Ken Burmeister 22–9 13–5 3rd NCAA Division I First Round
1988–89 Ken Burmeister 15–13 8–10 7th
1989–90 Ken Burmeister 22–7 13–3 2nd
1990-91 Stu Starner 21-8 12-2 1st
(Southland Conference) (1991–2012)
1991-92 Stu Starner 21-8 15-3 1st
1992-93 Stu Starner 15-14 10-8 3rd
1993-94 Stu Starner 12-15 8-10 6th
1994-95 Stu Starner 15-13 11-7 2nd
1995-96 Tim Carter 14-14 12-6 2nd
1996-97 Tim Carter 9-17 4-12 9th
1997-98 Tim Carter 16-11 10-6 2nd
1998-99 Tim Carter 18–11 12-6 2nd NCAA Division I First Round
1999-00 Tim Carter 15-13 12-6 3rd
2000-01 Tim Carter 14-15 12-8 2nd
2001-02 Tim Carter 19-10 13-7 3rd
2002-03 Tim Carter 10-17 7-13 9th
2003-04 Tim Carter 19-14 11-5 1st NCAA Division I First Round
2004-05 Tim Carter 15-13 10-6 4th
2005-06 Tim Carter 11-17 6-10 8th
2006-07 Brooks Thompson 7–22 3–13 6th (West)
2007–08 Brooks Thompson 13–17 7–9 T–3rd (West)
2008–09 Brooks Thompson 17–12 8–8 4th (West)
2009–10 Brooks Thompson 19–11 9–7 T–3rd (West)
2010–11 Brooks Thompson 20–14 9–7 T–3rd (West) NCAA Division I Round of 64
2011–12 Brooks Thompson 18–14 10–6 3rd (West)
(Western Athletic Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–13 Brooks Thompson 9–21 3–14 T–8th
(Conference USA) (2013–present)
2013–14 Brooks Thompson 8–22 4–12 T–14th
2014–15 Brooks Thompson 14–16 8–10 T–7th
2015–16 Brooks Thompson 5–27 3–15 14th
2016–17 Steve Henson 14–19 8–10 9th
2017–18 Steve Henson 20–15 11–7 5th CIT Quarterfinals
2018–19 Steve Henson 17–15 11–7 T–2nd Declined
2019–20 Steve Henson 13–19 7–11 10th
2020–21 Steve Henson 15–11 9–7 4th (West) Declined
2021–22 Steve Henson 10-22 3-15 6th (West)
Total: 434–389

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

^A. Don Eddy went 4–14 and Larry Gatewood went 3-10 as head coaches, respectively.

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1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 27, 1981, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship game on March 29, 1982, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their second NCAA national championship with a 63–62 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas.

Don Eddy (basketball)

Don Eddy (basketball)

Don R. Eddy was an American college basketball coach, known for his tenure at Eastern Illinois University and as the first head basketball coach for the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).

1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1982 and ended with the Final Four in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 4, 1983. The NC State Wolfpack won their second NCAA national championship with a 54–52 victory over the heavily favored #1 ranked Houston Cougars.

1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1983 and ended with the Final Four in Seattle, Washington on April 2, 1984. The Georgetown Hoyas won their first NCAA national championship with an 84–75 victory over the Houston Cougars, who were making their third consecutive appearance in the Final Four.

1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1984 and ended with the Final Four in Lexington, Kentucky on April 1, 1985. The Villanova Wildcats won their first NCAA national championship with a 66–64 victory over the defending champion, top-ranked Georgetown Hoyas. It was the second time in three seasons that the national champion had 10 losses.

1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1986 and ended with the Final Four in New Orleans on March 30, 1987.

Ken Burmeister

Ken Burmeister

Ken Burmeister was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the University of the Incarnate Word for 12 seasons from 2006 until 2018.

1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1987 and ended with the Final Four in Kansas City, Missouri on April 4, 1988.

1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 50th annual edition of the tournament began on March 17, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 returning to Kansas City for the 10th time. A total of 63 games were played.

1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1988 and ended with the Final Four at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington on April 3, 1989.

1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1989 and ended with the Final Four at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado on April 2, 1990. The UNLV Runnin' Rebels won their first NCAA national championship with a 103–73 victory over the Duke Blue Devils.

Postseason history

NCAA tournament results

The Roadrunners have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–4.

Year Round Opponent Result
1988 First Round Illinois L 72–81
1999 First Round Connecticut L 66–91
2004 First Round Stanford L 45–71
2011 First Four
First Round		 Alabama State
Ohio State		 W 70–61
L 46–75

CIT results

The Roadrunners have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) one time. Their record is 1–1.

Year Round Opponent Result
2018 First Round
Quarterfinals		 Lamar
Sam Houston State		 W 76–69
L 69–76

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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to determine the national champion. The tournament was created in 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and was the idea of Ohio State coach Harold Olsen. Played mostly during March, it has become one of the most popular annual sporting events in the United States.

1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 50th annual edition of the tournament began on March 17, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 returning to Kansas City for the 10th time. A total of 63 games were played.

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at the State Farm Center, located on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's campus in Champaign. Illinois has one pre-tournament national championship and one non-NCAA tournament national championship in 1915 and 1943, awarded by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Illinois has appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 32 times, and has competed in 5 Final Fours, 9 Elite Eights, and has won 18 Big Ten regular season championships.

1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1999, and ended with the championship game on March 29 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. A total of 63 games were played. This Final Four was the first—and so far, only—to be held in a baseball-specific facility, as Tropicana Field is home to the Tampa Bay Rays.

UConn Huskies men's basketball

UConn Huskies men's basketball

The UConn Huskies men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball team of the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut. They currently play in the Big East Conference and are coached by Dan Hurley.

2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2004, and ended with the championship game on April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. A total of 64 games were played.

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball

The Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represents Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Pac-12 Conference. They are coached by Jerod Haase and play their home games at Maples Pavilion.

2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 68 teams to determine the national champion of the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 73rd edition of the NCAA tournament began on March 15, 2011, and concluded with the championship game on April 4 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. This tournament marked the introduction of the "First Four" round and an expansion of the field of participants from 65 teams to 68. The "South" and "Midwest" regional games were replaced by the monikers "Southeast" and "Southwest" for this tournament, due to the geographical location of New Orleans and San Antonio, respectively.

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

The Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represents The Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference.

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was an American men's college basketball postseason tournament founded by Collegeinsider.com. The tournament was oriented toward schools that did not get selected for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament began on March 12, 2018, and concluded on March 30, 2018.

Lamar Cardinals basketball

Lamar Cardinals basketball

The Lamar Cardinals basketball team represents Lamar University in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Cardinals currently play in the Southland Conference following a return from the Western Athletic Conference on July 11, 2022. They were one of four programs, all from Texas, that left the Southland Conference on July 1, 2021, to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Lamar left the Southland Conference for the second time, having initially joined at the league's formation in 1963, left in 1987, and returned in 1999. After one season in the WAC, Lamar returned to the Southland Conference. The Cardinals have played home games in the Montagne Center since 1984. The Lamar University basketball team is one of the school's most storied athletic programs. The Cardinals have competed in NCAA Tournament play eleven times and six times at the NCAA Division I level with the most recent appearance in the 2012 tournament. The 1979–80 team was one of the 1980 tournament's Sweet Sixteen teams. The Cardinals have also competed in four NIT tournaments. Heading into the 2014–2015 season Lamar had a 284–143 record in the Montagne Center. The Cardinals overall record going into the 2014–2015 season was 922–818.

Notable players

Retired jerseys

UTSA has retired two jerseys in program history. Also even though the jerseys are retired, the numbers are still available so current and future players can use them.[11]

UTSA Roadrunners retired jerseys
No. Player Years Jer. ret. Ref.
23 Devin Brown 1998–2002 [11]
30 Derrick Gervin 1981–1985 2006 [11]

Source: "UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 27th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTSA_Roadrunners_men's_basketball.

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References
  1. ^ UTSA Artsheet (PDF). September 20, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Heiberger, Scott (1985-12-02). "Texas-San Antonio is looking to future". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  3. ^ "UTSA to join Southland Conf". The Victoria Advocate. 1990-06-05. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  4. ^ "WAC to Add Denver, UTSA and Texas State". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
  5. ^ McMurphy, Brett (28 April 2012). "C-USA Adding UTSA in 2013; North Texas, FIU, Louisiana Tech Also Likely". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  6. ^ "2009 UTSA Men's Basketball Media Guide". UTSA Roadrunners. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  7. ^ "Eddy years revisited at EIU". Green Bay Press-Gazette. May 14, 1980. p. 25. Retrieved November 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. ^ "UTSA coach resigns". Galveston Daily News. February 8, 1986. p. 21. Retrieved November 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  9. ^ "UTSA basketball coach resigns". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. March 16, 1995. p. 65. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  10. ^ Tim Carter at scuathletics.com
  11. ^ a b c "2019–20 UTSA Roadrunners media guide, page 98" (PDF). Goutsa.com. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
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