Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball

Oklahoma City Stars
Oklahoma City Stars
University	Oklahoma City University
Head coach	Vinay Patel (3rd season)
Conference	Sooner Athletic Conference
Location	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Arena	Abe Lemons Arena ; (Capacity: 3,500)
Nickname	Stars
Colors	Blue and White[1];
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
	1956, 1957
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1965
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973
Conference Tournament Champions
	Midwestern City Conference; 1981[2]

The Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Oklahoma City University (OCU) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference.

Oklahoma City competed in NCAA Division I for many years, and the program was especially noted for its success under coaches Doyle Parrack (1950–1955) and his successor Abe Lemons (1955–1973 and 1984–1990).[3] OCU appeared in eleven NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournaments.

In 1985, the school moved from the NCAA to the NAIA and has since won six national championships.[4]

Tournament results

NCAA tournament results

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1952	Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Wyoming UCLA	L 48–54 W 55–53
1953	Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Kansas TCU	L 65–73 L 56–58
1954	First Round	Bradley	L 55–61
1955	First Round	Bradley	L 65–69
1956	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Memphis State Kansas State SMU	W 97–81 W 97–93 L 63–84
1957	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Loyola (LA) Saint Louis Kansas	W 76–55 W 75–66 L 61–81
1963	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Colorado State Colorado Texas	W 70–67 L 72–78 L 83–90
1964	First Round	Creighton	L 78–89
1965	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Colorado State San Francisco BYU	W 70–68 L 67–91 W 112–102
1966	First Round	Texas Western	L 74–89
1973	First Round	Arizona State	L 78–103

NIT results

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1959		First Round	NYU	L 48–63
1968		First Round	Duke	L 81–97

References

"Colors – Oklahoma City University". Retrieved July 16, 2018.
http://hln.s3.amazonaws.com/sports/recordbooks/2/recordbook.pdf
ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game (Random House LLC, 2009), ISBN 978-0345513922, p. 315. Excerpts available at Google Books.
"History". Oklahoma City University. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Colors – Oklahoma City University". Retrieved July 16, 2018.

[2] ttp://hln.s3.amazonaws.com/sports/recordbooks/2/recordbook.pdf

[3] ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game (Random House LLC, 2009), ISBN 978-0345513922, p. 315. Excerpts available at Google Books.

[4] "History". Oklahoma City University. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball
Venues	Municipal Auditorium (?–1959) Frederickson Fieldhouse (1959–2000) Abe Lemons Arena (2000–present)
People	Head coaches NBA draftees
Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
NAIA national championships in bold

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