Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball

Binghamton Bearcats
Binghamton Bearcats
	2020–21 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team
University	Binghamton University
Head coach	Tommy Dempsey (9th season)
Conference	America East
Location	Vestal, New York
Arena	Binghamton University Events Center ; (Capacity: 5,322)
Nickname	Bearcats
Colors	Dark Green, White, and Black[1];
Uniforms
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	2009
Conference Tournament Champions
	2009
Conference Regular Season Champions
	2009

The Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team represents Binghamton University and is located in Vestal, New York. The team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at the Binghamton University Events Center. Since becoming an NCAA Division I basketball program in 2001, the team has played in one NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2009.

History

Since the school's founding in 1946 until 1998 the Bearcats, originally known as the Colonials, participated in the NCAA as a Division III basketball program. From 1998 to 2001 the school was able to elevate its status as a Division II program and since has competed in the America East Conference at the Division I level.[2] Prior to this, no school had elevated divisions faster than Binghamton.

Division I

Since moving to Division I in 2001 the Binghamton basketball team has seen rewarding successes and great disappointments. Perhaps the program's biggest non-conference win was against ACC member, University of Miami in the winter of 2006. The Bearcats also have had wins against both Rutgers University and Tulane.

Following an unsuccessful 2007 season head coach Al Walker, the only coach Binghamton had held in their Division I history, was forced to step down. Kevin Broadus, an assistant coach for Georgetown University was signed to fill Walker's position for the 2008 season. In his second season as head coach, Broadus took the Bearcats to their first regular season conference title in school history.[3] Binghamton subsequently defeated UMBC 61–51 in the America East Tournament Championship Game to make their debut in the 2009 NCAA Tournament as a 15th seed. Binghamton would lose to second-seeded Duke in the first round that year.

Following the March Madness loss, a series of incidents began to make both local and regional headlines regarding academic and ethical violations by both players and coaches of the team.[4] By the start of the 2009–10 campaign, six players had been kicked off the team from problems stemming back to the 2008–09 season, and head coach Kevin Broadus was suspended. Despite these handicaps, the 09–10 team led by interim head coach Mark Macon managed to finish fifth in conference play with a .500 record and recorded a 13–18 overall record. Towards the end of the basketball season the SUNY system produced an audit outlining the failures of the previous administration in running the basketball team. Due to these failures, Binghamton withdrew itself from the 2010 America East Men's Basketball Tournament.[5] Numerous coaches and Binghamton staffers were fired as a result of the scandal.

Since then, Binghamton has been barely competitive. The 2011–12 Bearcats set a school record after beginning the season on a 26-game losing streak and finishing 2–29 for the worst winning percentage in program history. The team has yet to record a winning record in either conference or overall play.

NCAA Tournament results

Binghamton has been to the tournament one time. Their combined record is 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2009	No. 15	First round	No. 2 Duke	L 86–62

Records

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Al Walker (America East) (2001–2007)
2001–02	Al Walker	9–19	6–10	6th
2002–03	Al Walker	14–13	9–7	4th
2003–04	Al Walker	14–16	10–8	5th
2004–05	Al Walker	12–17	8–10	T–5th
2005–06	Al Walker	16–13	12–4	2nd
2006–07	Al Walker	13–16	6–10	T–6th
Kevin Broadus (America East) (2007–2009)
2007–08	Kevin Broadus	14–16	9–7	T–4th
2008–09	Kevin Broadus	23–9	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Tournament First Round
Mark Macon (America East) (2009–2012)
2009–10	Mark Macon	13–18	8–8	5th	Ineligible
2010–11	Mark Macon	8–23	4–12	T–8th
2011–12	Mark Macon	2–29	1–15	9th
Tommy Dempsey (America East) (2012–present)
2012–13	Tommy Dempsey	3–27	1–15	9th
2013–14	Tommy Dempsey	7–23	4–12	T–7th
2014–15	Tommy Dempsey	6–26	5–11	7th
2015–16	Tommy Dempsey	8–22	5–11	6th
2016–17	Tommy Dempsey	12–20	3–13	T–8th
2017–18	Tommy Dempsey	11–20	2–14	9th
2018–19	Tommy Dempsey	10–23	5–11	7th
Total:		195–350 (.358)
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

References

"Athletics Brand Colors – Binghamton University". Retrieved April 5, 2017.
Archived February 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Mushnick, Phil (2009-09-27). "Binghamton goes, falls, big time | New York Post". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/sports/ncaabasketball/12binghamton.html

External links

Official website

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[1] "Athletics Brand Colors – Binghamton University". Retrieved April 5, 2017.

[2] Archived February 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Mushnick, Phil (2009-09-27). "Binghamton goes, falls, big time | New York Post". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.

[5] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/sports/ncaabasketball/12binghamton.html

Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Events Center (2004–present)
Culture & lore	History Scandal
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 2020–21

Binghamton University
Academics	School of Management Colleges and schools Curriculum Rankings and reputation Research
Athletics	Binghamton Bearcats Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's lacrosse Wrestling Events Center Varsity Field
Campus	City of Binghamton Town of Vestal Cider Mill Playhouse Fernand Braudel Center Harpur Palate Harpur's Ferry History OCC Transport Residential communities
People	Harvey G. Stenger (President) Honorary degree recipients
Student life	Binghamton Crosbys Binghamton Review BTV Harpur Harpeggios Pipe Dream Rhythm Method Student Association WHRW Radio

America East Conference men's basketball
Teams	Albany Great Danes Binghamton Bearcats Hartford Hawks Maine Black Bears New Hampshire Wildcats NJIT Highlanders Stony Brook Seawolves UMass Lowell River Hawks UMBC Retrievers Vermont Catamounts
Championships & awards	List of conference champions Conference Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	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 2020–21