Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball

Grand Canyon Antelopes

2014–15 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team

University

Grand Canyon University

Conference

WAC

Location

Phoenix, AZ

Head coach

Dan Majerle (2nd year)

Arena

GCU Arena
(Capacity: 7,200)

Nickname

Antelopes

Colors

Purple, Black, and White

NCAA Tournament appearances

1992*, 1993*, 1994*, 1995*, 1996*, 1997*, 1998*, 2007*, 2012*, 2013*
*at Division II level

The Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team represents Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. They are a member of the Western Athletic Conference. They are currently led by head coach Dan Majerle and play their home games at the GCU Arena. They made the jump to Division I and joined the WAC on July 1, 2013.^[1]^[2]

During their time as a member of the NAIA, they were three time national champions (1975, 1978, 1988).

Postseason

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Lopes have appeared in ten NCAA Division II Tournaments. Their combined record is 5–10.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1992	Regional Quarterfinals Regional 3rd Place Game	UC Riverside Chico State	L 61–74 W 88–87
1993	Regional Quarterfinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Cal State Bakersfield Chico State	L 68–98 W 103–98
1994	Regional Quarterfinals	San Francisco State	L 79–84 ^OT
1995	Regional Quarterfinals	UC Davis	L 88–92 ^OT
1996	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals	Alaska-Anchorage Cal State Bakersfield	W 105–96 ^OT L 65–71
1997	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals	UC Davis Cal State Bakersfield	W 78–66 L 70–80
1998	Regional Quarterfinals	Cal State Los Angeles	L 58–53
2007	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals	Seattle Pacific Humboldt State	W 87–65 L 81–95
2012	Regional Quarterfinals	Western Washington	L 73–79
2013	Regional Quarterfinals	Seattle Pacific	L 59–85

NAIA Tournament results

The Lopes have appeared in 11 NAIA Tournaments. Their combined record is 18–8 and are three time NAIA national champions (1975, 1978, 1988).

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1973	First Round	Winona State	L 64–70
1974	First Round Second Round	Virginia State Indiana (PA)	W 67–65 L 65–66
1975	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Willamette Illinois Wesleyan Wisconsin-Parkside Alcorn State Midwestern State	W 83–60 W 66–63 W 70–54 W 88–68 W 65–54
1962	First Round	Cal State Fullerton	L 79–94
1976	First Round Second Round	Central State (OH) Newberry	W 57–52 L 58–65
1978	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Cumberland Hawaiʻi-Hilo Central State (OH) Texas A&M-Commerce Nebraska-Kearney	W 70–64 W 83–67 W 88–82 ^5OT W 74–69 W 79–75
1979	First Round	Marymount (KS)	L 74–79
1980	First Round	Clarion	L 75–83
1988	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Hastings Fort Hays State College of Idaho Waynesburg Auburn-Montgomery	W 103–75 W 101–95 W 99–96 ^OT W 108–106 W 88–86 ^OT
1989	First Round	Western Montana	L 65–79
1990	First Round Second Round	Blair Cliff South Carolina-Upstate	W 72–66 L 69–75

CIT results

The Lopes have appeared in two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2014	First Round	Pacific	L 67–69
2015	First Round	Northern Arizona	L 70–75

Record year-by-year

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Grand Canyon (Great Northwest Conference) (1949–1994)
1990–1991	Leighton McCrary	19–11^[3]	5–3
1991–1992	Leighton McCrary	21–7^[4]	7–3
1992–1993	Leighton McCrary	20–11^[5]	7–5
1993–1994	Leighton McCrary	14–15^[6]	6–6
Grand Canyon (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1994–2004)
1994–1995	Leighton McCrary	17–11^[7]	8–4	2nd of 7	NCAA First Round
1995–1996	Leighton McCrary	23–6^[8]	8–4	2nd of 7	NCAA Second Round
1996–1997	Leighton McCrary	23–6^[9]	9–3	2nd of 7	NCAA Second Round
1997–1998	Leighton McCrary	17–10^[10]	6–6	T–2nd of 7	NCAA First Round
1998–1999	Leighton McCrary	16–11^[11]	12–10	6th of 12
1999–2000	Leighton McCrary	15–14^[12]	11–11^[13]^[14]	T–7th of 12
2000–2001	Leighton McCrary	9–17^[15]	9–13^[16]	T–8th of 12
2001–2002	Leighton McCrary	10–17	8–14	9th of 12
2002–2003	Leighton McCrary	9–18	7–15	9th of 12
2003–2004	Leighton McCrary	3–24	2–20	12th of 12
Grand Canyon (Pacific West Conference) (2004–2013)
2004–2005	Scott Mossman	13–16
2005–2006	Scott Mossman	19–8
2006–2007	Scott Mossman	21–8	13–2^[17]	1st of 7	NCAA Second Round
2007–2008	Scott Mossman	12–15	6–12^[18]	T–5th of 7
2008–2009	Dan Nichols	14–14	5–7^[19]	5th of 7
2009–2010	Russ Pennell	16–16	10–6^[20]	4th of 9
2010–2011	Russ Pennell	14–12	9–7^[21]	4th of 9
2011–2012	Russ Pennell	19–8	13–5^[22]	3rd of 10	NCAA First Round
2012–2013	Russ Pennell	23-8	0–0	TBD of 14	NCAA First Round
Grand Canyon (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–present)
2013–2014	Dan Majerle	15–15 ^[23]	10–6	3 of 9	CIT
2014–2015	Dan Majerle	17-15	8-6	2 of 8	CIT
Total:		??–??
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

Totals updated through the end of the 2011–2012 school year.

References

External links

Grand Canyon Antelopes Official Athletic Site

Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball

Venues	Antelope Gymnasium (1994–2011) GCU Arena (2011–present)

Culture & lore	"Feel the Place Go Boom"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

NAIA national championships in bold

Western Athletic Conference men's basketball

Teams	Chicago State Cougars Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Grand Canyon Antelopes New Mexico State Aggies Seattle Redhawks UMKC Kangaroos Utah Valley Wolverines Texas–Pan American Broncs (to become UTRGV Vaqueros in 2015–16)

Championships & awards	WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year