Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball

Jacksonville State Gamecocks

2016–17 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team

University

Head coach

Ray Harper (2nd season)

Conference

Location

Arena

Nickname

Gamecocks

Colors

Red and White^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA Tournament appearances

2017

Conference tournament champions

OVC: 2017
Gulf South: 1983, 1985, 1989, 1992

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. The school's team currently competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. They are coached by Ray Harper.^[2] During their time as a member of Division II, they were National Champions in 1985.

In 2017, Jacksonville State won the OVC championship and made their 1st appearance in the Division I tournament.

Seasons

Jacksonville State' records season by season since joining Division I in 1995.

Season	Head Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Atlantic Sun Conference
1995–96	Bill Jones	10–17	4–12	6th	–
1996–97	Bill Jones	10–17	9–7	2nd	–
1997–98	Bill Jones	12–14	6–10	4th	–
1998–99	Mark Turgeon	8–18	3–13	T-10th	–
1999–00	Mark Turgeon	17–11	12–6	T–3rd	–
2000–01	Mike LaPlante	9–19	3–13	7th	–
2001–02	Mike LaPlante	13–16	8–12	T–7th	–
2002–03	Mike LaPlante	20–10	10–6	2nd	–
Ohio Valley Conference
2003–04	Mike LaPlante	14–14	7–9	T–5th	–
2004–05	Mike LaPlante	7–22	2–14	11th	–
2005–06	Mike LaPlante	16–13	12–8	4th	–
2006–07	Mike LaPlante	9–21	7–13	9th	–
2007–08	Mike LaPlante	7–22	5–15	11th	–
2008–09	James Green	11–17	5–14	9th	–
2009–10	James Green	11–19	7–11	7th	–
2010–11	James Green	5–25	3–15	10th	–
2011–12	James Green	15–18	8–8	T–6th	–
2012–13	James Green	17–11	8–8	T–4th East	–
2013–14	James Green	10–21	4–12	T–5th East	–
2014–15	James Green	12–19	5–11	4th East	–
2015–16	James Green	8–23	4–12	6th East	–
2016–17	Ray Harper	20–14	9–7	3rd East	NCAA Tournament

They Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament one time. Their record is 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2017	#15	First Round	#2 Louisville	L 63–78

The Gamecocks have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament eight times. Their combined record is 17–8. They were National Champions in 1985.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1980	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Northwest Missouri State Central Missouri State	W 78–75 L 72–79
1981	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Northeast Missouri State Lincoln (MO)	L 78–82 W 84–66
1983	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Florida Southern West Georgia Morningside	W 67–61 W 92–76 L 90–91
1984	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Northwest Missouri State Central Missouri State	W 78–75 L 72–79
1985	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game	Albany State Tampa Southeast Missouri State Kentucky Wesleyan South Dakota State	W 120–84 W 76–61 W 80–79 W 72–61 W 74–73
1989	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	Florida Tech Tampa Kentucky Wesleyan North Carolina Central UC Riverside	W 94–70 W 89–67 W 107–70 L 70–90 L 81–90
1990	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Florida Southern North Carolina Central North Dakota	W 97–96 ^OT W 96–95 ^OT L 67–89
1992	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Troy State USC Upstate Cal State Bakersfield	W 96–91 W 105–87 L 59–89

Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball
Venues	Stephenson Hall (19??–1974) Pete Mathews Coliseum (1974–present)
Culture & lore	Cocky
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 1999–00 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 2015–16 2016–17
NCAA national championship in bold

Teams

East Division	Belmont Bruins Eastern Kentucky Colonels Jacksonville State Gamecocks Morehead State Eagles Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
West Division	Austin Peay Governors Eastern Illinois Panthers Murray State Racers SIU Edwardsville Cougars Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks

Championships and awards

Seasons

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