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Metro State Roadrunners men's basketball

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MSU Denver Roadrunners
men's basketball
UniversityMetropolitan State University of Denver
First season1968 (1968)
LocationDenver, Colorado
ArenaAuraria Event Center
(capacity: 2,300)
ConferenceRocky Mountain Athletic Conference
NicknameRoadrunners
ColorsNavy blue and red[1]
   
NCAA Division I tournament champions
2000, 2002
Other NCAA Division I tournament results
Runner-up1999, 2013
Final Four1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2014
Elite Eight1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014
Sweet Sixteen1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014
Appearances1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Conference tournament champions
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
Conference regular-season champions
Great Northwest Conference
1990

Colorado Athletic Conference
1991, 1992

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015

The MSU Denver men's basketball team, or Roadrunners, represents Metropolitan State University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Postseason results

National championships

Year Coach Rival Score Record
2000Mike DunlapKentucky Wesleyan97–7933–4
2002Mike DunlapKentucky Wesleyan80–7229–6
National Championships 2

2000 NCAA tournament results

Round Rival Score
Round #1 North Dakota 82–58
Sweet 16 #19 Wayne State (NE) 84–72
Elite 8 St. Anselm 81–61
Final 4 #5 Missouri Southern State 75–74
Championship #2 Kentucky Wesleyan 97–79

2002 NCAA tournament results

Round Rival Score
Round #1 Minnesota-Duluth 66–61
Round #2 #13 Nebraska–Kearney 59–51
Sweet 16 at #17 South Dakota State 87–86
Elite 8 #10 Cal State San Bernardino 65–48
Final 4 #16 Indiana (PA) 82–52
Championship #1 Kentucky Wesleyan 80–72

Final Four history

Year Resul
1999Finalist
2000Champion
2002Champion
2004Semifinalist
2013Finalist
2014Semifinalist

Season-by-season results

Source:[2]

Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
1968–69 Bill Mumma –
1969–70 James Bryant 0–25
1970–71 James Bryant –
1971–72 James Bryant 0–24
1972–73 James Bryant 6–17
1973–74 Wayne Monson/Jim Jarvis –
1974–75 Erv Bratcher 7–14
1975–76 Gene Lee –
1976–77 Gene Lee –
1977–78 Gene Lee/Marc Rabinoff 0–24
No Basketball (1978–1984)
1984–85 Bob Ligouri 13–13
1985–86 Bob Hull 12–12
Great Northwest Conference (1986–1990)
1986–87 Bob Hull 16–125–5
1987–88 Bob Hull 17–115–5
1988–89 Bob Hull 20–87–5
1989–90 Bob Hull 28–48–21stNCAA Tournament
Colorado Athletic Conference (1990–1996)
1990–91 Bob Hull 23–88–21stNCAA Tournament
1991–92 Bob Hull 17–1110–21st
1992–93 Bob Hull 16–128–42nd
1993–94 Joe Strain 14–135–75th
1994–95 Charles Bradley 6–214–63rd
1995–96 Charles Bradley 17–96–42nd
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1996–present)
1996–97 Charles Bradley 13–139–103rd – East
1997–98 Mike Dunlap 25–516–31st – EastNCAA Tournament
1998–99 Mike Dunlap 28–615–41st – EastNCAA Runner Up
1999–00 Mike Dunlap 33–417–21st – EastNCAA National Champions
2000–01 Mike Dunlap 23–714–53rd – EastNCAA Tournament
2001–02 Mike Dunlap 29–616–32nd – EastNCAA National Champions
2002–03 Mike Dunlap 28–516–32nd – EastNCAA Tournament
2003–04 Mike Dunlap 32–319–01st – EastNCAA Final Four
2004–05 Mike Dunlap 29–416–31st – EastNCAA Elite Eight
2005–06 Mike Dunlap 21–1013–63rd – EastNCAA Tournament
2006–07 Brannon Hays 28–417–21st – EastNCAA Tournament
2007–08 Brannon Hays 19–1212–73rd – East
2008–09 Brannon Hays 27–418–11st – EastNCAA Tournament
2009–10 Brannon Hays 24–714–51st – East (Co-Champions)NCAA Tournament
2010–11 Derrick Clark 22–817–52ndNCAA Tournament
2011–12 Derrick Clark 25–717–52ndNCAA Elite Eight
2012–13 Derrick Clark 32–320–21stNCAA Runner Up
2013–14 Derrick Clark 32–222–01stNCAA Final Four
2014–15 Derrick Clark 26–619–31stNCAA Tournament
2015–16 Derrick Clark 19–1116–61st - Rocky (Co-Champions)
2016–17 Derrick Clark 17–1312–106th
2017–18 Michael Bahl 15–1414–8T–5th
2018–19 Michael Bahl 12–1410–12T–9th
2019–20 Michael Bahl 12–168–1412th
2020–21 Michael Bahl 9–89–64th
2021–22 Michael Bahl 17–1211–117th
2022–23 Dan Ficke 12–179–13T–7th
2023–24 Dan Ficke 19–1013–95th
2024–25 Dan Ficke 19–1013–7T–3rd
2025–26 Dan Ficke 10–188–12T–9th
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

NIT

Metro State was selected for the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off, their opponent is the Rhode Island Rams. The regional is being played at the McKale Center in Tucson, AZ. Home of the Arizona Wildcats. Metro State became the second Division II team to be selected in the NIT Season Tip-Off.[3]

Date, Time, TV Rank Rival Score Record Host
Exhibition
11/18/2013*
6:00 pm, N/A		 No. 1 vs. Rhode Island
NIT Season Tip-Off, First Round		 W 66–63[4][5]  0–1
 McKale Center (0)
Tucson, AZ
11/19/2013*
6:00 pm, N/A		 No. 1 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson
NIT Season Tip-Off, West Consolation		 W 87–76[6][7]  1–1
 McKale Center (0)
Tucson, AZ
11/25/2013*
5:30 pm, N/A		 No. 1 at Elon
NIT Season Tip-Off, Consolation round		 W 75–74[8][9]  2–1
 Alumni Gym (Elon University) (844)
Elon, NC
11/26/2013*
3:00 pm, N/A		 No. 1 vs. Canisius
NIT Season Tip-Off, Consolation round		 W 83–69[10][11]  3–1
 Alumni Gym (Elon University) (577)
Elon, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Metro State becomes first DII school to win twice at NIT Season Tip-Off[12]

Roadrunners in the pros

Active

Retired

Roadrunner Olympians

Name Games
Australia David Barlow2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics
Australia Mark Worthington2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics
Australia Nick Kay2020 Summer Olympics

References