Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball

{{Short description|Men's basketball team of Niagara University}}

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|conference = MAAC

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|location = Lewiston, New York

|coach = Greg Paulus

|tenure = 6th

|arena = Gallagher Center

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|NCAAsweetsixteen = 1970

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: For information on all Niagara University sports, see Niagara Purple Eagles

The Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team is the college basketball team that represents Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The team formerly played at the now-defunct Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center from 1973 to 1982 and from 1988 to 1996.

History

Niagara has played in the NCAA Tournament three times. They last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2007. They played in the National Invitation Tournament on 14 occasions, advancing to the championship game in 1972 before losing to Maryland.{{cite web|url=http://www.terptalk.com/2013/03/19/a-trip-down-memory-lane-the-1972-nit-championship-game-terps-100-niagara-69/

|title=A trip Down Memory Lane-The 1972 NIT Championship Game -Terps 100 Niagara 69|website=terptalk.com|date=19 March 2013 |access-date=2019-03-21}} Niagara has been ranked in the AP Final Polls twice, 16th in 1954 and 17th in 1970.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/niagara/

|title=Niagara Purple Eagles Index|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}

Roster

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|+ 2023-2024 Niagara Purple Eagles

{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Niagara Purple Eagles|Number|Name|Position|Height|Year|Previous School|Hometown}}

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|Randy Tucker

|Guard

|6'4"

|Graduate Student

|Green Bay

|Rock Island, Illinois {{flagicon|USA}}

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|Lance Erving

|Guard

|6'3"

|Senior

|Chipola Community College

|Leesburg, Florida {{flagicon|USA}}

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|Braxton Bayless

|Guard

|6'2"

|Senior

|Indian Hills Community College

|Ankeny, Iowa {{flagicon|USA}}

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|Luke Bumbalough

|Guard

|6'1"

|Graduate Student

|Ball State

|New Castle, Indiana {{flagicon|USA}}

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|10

|Jalen Brown

|Guard

|5'10"

|Sophomore

|De La Salle

|Chicago, Illinois {{flagicon|USA}}

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|11

|Ahmad Henderson II

|Guard

|5'9"

|Sophomore

|Brother Rice

|Chicago, Illinois {{flagicon|USA}}

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|12

|Kwane Marble Jr.

|Guard

|6'5"

|Graduate Student

|Loyola Marymount

|Denver, Colorado {{flagicon|USA}}

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|13

|Dre Bullock

|Forward

|6'6"

|Junior

|LA Tech

|Franklinton, North Carolina {{flagicon|USA}}

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|15

|Yaw Obeng-Mensah

|Forward

|6'7"

|Senior

|UMBC

|Toronto, Ontario {{flagicon|CAN}}

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|20

|Malik Edwards

|Guard

|6'2"

|Junior

|William Penn (NAIA)

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania {{flagicon|USA}}

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|24

|Aime Rutayisire

|Forward

|6'8"

|Sophomore

|Barton (NJCAA)

|Adelaide, South Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}

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|55

|Harlan Obioha

|Forward

|7'0"

|Sophomore

|Hoxie High School

|Hoxie, Kansas {{flagicon|USA}}

Postseason

=NCAA tournament results=

The Purple Eagles have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–4.

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align="center" \| 1970	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional third place Game	Pennsylvania Villanova North Carolina State	W 79–69 L 73–98 L 88–108
align="center" \| 2005	First Round	Oklahoma	L 67–85
align="center" \| 2007	Opening Round First Round	Florida A&M Kansas	W 77–69 L 67–107

=NIT results=

The Purple Eagles have appeared in 14 National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 9–14.

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align="center" \| 1950	First Round	Western Kentucky	L 72–79
align="center" \| 1953	First Round Quarterfinals	BYU Seton Hall	W 82–76 L 74–79
align="center" \| 1954	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Dayton Duquesne Western Kentucky	W 77–74 L 51–66 W 71–65
align="center" \| 1955	First Round Quarterfinals	Lafayette Cincinnati	W 83–70 L 83–85
align="center" \| 1956	Quarterfinals	St. Francis (NY)	L 72–74
align="center" \| 1958	First Round	Xavier	L 86–95
align="center" \| 1961	Quarterfinals	Providence	L 68–71
align="center" \| 1972	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	UTEP Princeton St. John's Maryland	W 76–57 W 65–60 W 69–67 L 69–100
align="center" \| 1976	First Round	Kentucky	L 61–67
align="center" \| 1987	First Round Second Round	Seton Hall La Salle	W 74–65 L 81–89
align="center" \| 1993	First Round	Boston College	L 83–87
align="center" \| 2004	Opening Round First Round	Troy Nebraska	W 87–83 L 70–78
align="center" \| 2009	First Round	Rhode Island	L 62–68
align="center" \| 2013	First Round	Maryland	L 72–86

=CIT results=

The Purple Eagles made their first appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) in 2018. Their record is 0–1.

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| 2018

First Round

Eastern Michigan

L 65–83

All time MAAC Awards

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rowspan="20" |All-MAAC First Team

|Patrick Jones

|1989-90

rowspan="2" |Brian Clifford

|1991-92

1992-93

Chris Watson

|1995-96

Alvin Young

|1998-99

Demond Stewart

|2000-01

Daryl Greene

|2001-02

rowspan="3" |Juan Mendez

|2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

rowspan="2" |Charron Fisher

|2006-07

2007-08

Tyrone Lewis

|2008-09

Bilal Benn

|2008-09

Juan'ya Green

|2012-13

Antoine Mason

|2012-13

Kahlil Dukes

|2017-18

rowspan="2" |Marcus Hammond

|2019-20

2021-22

Noah Thomasson

|2022-23

rowspan="22" |All-MAAC Second Team

|Brian Clifford

|1990-91

Rob Robinson

|1992-93

rowspan="2" |Chris Watson

|1994-95

1996-97

Jermaine Young

|1997-98

Jeremiah Johnson

|1998-99

Demond Stewart

|1999-00

Daryl Greene

|1999-00

rowspan="2" |Tremmell Darden

|2002-03

2003-04

Alvin Cruz

|2004-05

Clif Brown

|2006-07

Tyrone Lewis

|2007-08

Benson Egemonye

|2008-09

Tyrone Lewis

|2009-10

Bilal Benn

|2009-10

Anthony Nelson

|2010-11

Antoine Mason

|2013-14

Matt Scott

|2017-18

Marvin Prochet

|2018-19

Kobi Nwandu

|2020-21

Marcus Hammond

|2020-21

rowspan="11" |All-MAAC Third Team

|Alvin Young

|1997-98

Michael Schmidt

|2000-01

Tremmell Darden

|2001-02

David Brooks

|2003-04

James Reaves

|2003-04

Clif Brown

|2005-06

Lorenzo Miles

|2006-07

Stanley Hodge

|2007-08

Juan'ya Green

|2011-12

rowspan="2" |Matt Scott

|2015-16

2016-17

rowspan="8" |All-MAAC Rookie Team

|Juan Mendez

|2001-02

Tyrone Lewis

|2006-07

Anthony Nelson

|2007-08

Marvin Jordan

|2010-11

Juan'ya Green

|2011-12

Antoine Mason

|2011-12

T.J. Cline

|2012-13

Dominique Reid

|2014-15

rowspan="4" |Player of the year

|Alvin Young

|1998-99

Demond Stewart

|2000-01

Juan Mendez

|2004-05

Kahlil Dukes

|2017-18

rowspan="2" |Defensive player of the year

|Tyrone Lewis

|2008-09

Anthony Nelson

|2010-11

rowspan="2" |Rookie of the year

|Brian Clifford

|1990-91

Juan'ya Green

|2011-12

rowspan="3" |Sixth man of the year

|Juan Mendez

|2001-02

James Mathis

|2004-05

Clif Brown

|2005-06

rowspan="4" |Coach of the Year

|Jack Armstrong

|1992-93

rowspan="3" |Joe Mihalich

|1998-99

2004-05

2012-13

*Up to 2021-22 season

Seasons

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|conference=ECAC North

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|overall=21–10

|conference=14–4

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|overall=15–15

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|conference=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

|endyear= Present

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| overall = 7–26

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Niagara wins vs. the AP Top 25

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!Year

!Opponent

!Score

!Site

1950–51

|#17 {{cbb link|1950|sex=men|team=St. Bonaventure Bonnies|school=St. Bonaventure University|title=St.Bonaventure}}
#7 {{cbb link|1950|sex=men|team=St. John's Redmen|school=St. Johns University|title=St.Johns}}

|W 72–57
W 77–75

|Home
Away

1953–54

|#6 La Salle
#16 La Salle
#14 {{cbb link|1953|sex=men|team=Dayton Flyers|school=University of Dayton|title=Dayton}}
#4 Western Kentucky

|W 74–66
W 69–50
W 77–74
W 71–65

|Home
Home
Neutral
Neutral

1954–55

|#14 {{cbb link|1954|sex=men|team=Holy Cross Crusaders|school=College of the Holy Cross|title=Holy Cross}}

|W 72–68

|Away

1955–56

|#18 {{cbb link|1955|sex=men|team=La Salle Explorers|school=La Salle University|title=La Salle}}

|W 72–70

|Away

1957–58

|#16 {{cbb link|1957|sex=men|team=Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers|school=Western Kentucky University|title=Western Kentucky}}

|W 77–74 OT

|Neutral

1960–61

|#2 {{cbb link|1960|sex=men|team=St. Bonaventure Bonnies|school=St. Bonaventure University|title=St.Bonaventure}}

|W 87–77

|Away

1966–67

|#9 {{cbb link|1966|sex=men|team=Providence Friars|school=Providence College|title=Providence}}

|W 77–76

|Home

1969–70

|#6 {{cbb link|1969|sex=men|team=Tennessee Volunteers|school=University of Tennessee|title=Tennessee}}
#7 {{cbb link|1969|sex=men|team=Penn Quakers|school=University of Pennsylvania|title=Pennsylvania}}

|W 69–68
W 79–69

|Neutral
Neutral

1970–71

|#9 Drake

|W 87–77

|Neutral

1984–85

|#4 St.Johns

|W 62–59

|Home

Retired jerseys

Niagara has retired nine jerseys.{{Cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/documents/2022/11/9/History_Book.pdf|title=MBB History Book as of Nov. 9, 2022 (PDF)|website=Niagara University Athletics}}

width=40px style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|Niagara Purple Eagles\|border=0\|color=white}}" \| No. ! width=150px style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|Niagara Purple Eagles\|border=0\|color=white}}" \|Player ! width=100px style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|Niagara Purple Eagles\|border=0\|color=white}}" \|Career
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" \| colspan=6 style= "{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Niagara Purple Eagles\|border=0\|color=white}}" \| Niagara Purple Eagles retired numbers
3	Boo Ellis	1955–1958
3	Phil Scaffidi	1975–1980
4	Al Butler	1958–1961
11	Tom Birch	1948–1951
19	Zeke Sinicola	1948–1951
21	James Moran	1948–1951
23	Calvin Murphy	1967–1970
69	Larry Costello	1951–1954
70	Ed Fleming	1951–1955

Head coaches

Name	Years	Seasons	Wins	Losses	Pct
class= "wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Greg Paulus* \|2019–present \|4 \|20 \|30 \|0.400
Patrick Beilein{{Cite web\|url=https://buffalonews.com/2019/03/28/niagara-mens-basketball-head-coach-patrick-beilein-john-beilein/\|title=Niagara hires Patrick Beilein as men's basketball coach\|last=Lenzi\|first=Rachel\|date=2019-03-28\|website=The Buffalo News\|language=en-us\|access-date=2019-03-28}}* \| 2019* \| N/A \| N/A \| N/A \| N/A
Chris Casey	2013–2019	6	64	129	0.332
Joe Mihalich	1998–2013	15	265	203	0.566
Jack Armstrong	1989–1998	9	100	154	0.394
Andy Walker	1985–1989	4	59	58	0.504
Pete Lonergan	1980–1985	5	67	73	0.479
Dan Raskin	1976–1980	4	44	61	0.419
Frank Layden	1968–1976	8	119	97	0.551
James Maloney	1965–1968	3	35	38	0.479
Taps Gallagher	1946–1965	19	300	172	0.636
Edward T. Flynn	1944–1946	2	18	14	0.562
Taps Gallagher	1931–1943	12	165	89	0.650
William McCarthy	1927–1931	4	44	35	0.557
Peter Dwyer	1923–1927	4	41	30	0.577
John Blake	1919–1923	4	61	14	0.813

*-Beilein was hired in March 2019 but resigned in October 2019 without having coached a game;{{Cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/news/2019/10/24/mens-basketball-greg-paulus-named-interim-head-coach.aspx|title=Greg Paulus Named Interim Head Coach|website=Niagara University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24}} Paulus was named interim head coach in his place.

Purple Eagles in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] or National leagues

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Joe Arlauckas
Al Butler
T. J. Cline (born 1994), American-Israeli basketball player
Larry Costello
Boo Ellis
Bo Erias
Ed Fleming
Sam Iorio (born 1998), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Manny Leaks
Juan Mendez
Calvin Murphy
Zeke Sinicola
Joe Smyth
Chris Watson (born 1975), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Premier League. In the Niagara University Hall of Fame.
Andy Walker

References

External links

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