Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in Conference USA and are currently led by seventh-year head coach Nick McDevitt. The Blue Raiders have appeared nine times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2017. Middle Tennessee has six appearances in the NCAA round of 32 with upsets in 2016 over 2-seed Michigan State and 2017 upset over 5-seed Minnesota.

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the NCAA tournament nine times. Their combined record is 4–9. The 2015–16 season was most notable after MTSU became just the eighth #15 seed to win a game, winning against Michigan State.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1975	Regional Quarterfinals	Oregon State	L 67–78
1977	Regional Quarterfinals	Detroit	L 76–93
1982	First Round Second Round	Kentucky Louisville	W 50–44 L 56–81
1985	First Round	North Carolina	L 57–76
1987	First Round	Notre Dame	L 71–84
1989	First Round Second Round	Florida State Virginia	W 97–83 L 88–104
2013	First Four	Saint Mary's	L 54–67
2016	First Round Second Round	Michigan State Syracuse	W 90–81 L 50–75
2017	First Round Second Round	Minnesota Butler	W 81–72 L 65–74

NAIA Tournament results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the NAIA Tournament one time. Their record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1955	First Round	Southeastern Oklahoma State	L 67–120

NIT results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) five times. Their combined record is 5–5.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	First Round	Clemson	L 81–99
1988	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Tennessee Georgia Boston College	W 85–80 W 69–54 L 69–78
2012	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Marshall Tennessee Minnesota	W 86–78 W 71–64 L 72–78
2018	First Round Second Round	Vermont Louisville	W 91–64 L 68–84
2025	First Round	Chattanooga	L 103–109^3OT

CBI results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) one time. Their combined record is 3–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2022	#2	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	#15 California Baptist #10 Boston University #6 Abilene Christian #9 UNC Wilmington	W 64–58 W 76–46 W 85–69 L 90–96^2OT

CIT results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2010	First Round	Missouri State	L 79–87
2015	First Round	Kent State	L 56–68

Notable players

Shawn Jones (born 1992), for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Reggie Upshaw (born 1995), in the Israel Basketball Premier League
JaCorey Williams (born 1994), for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

References

^ "Color". Middle Tennessee State Athletics Branding Guide (PDF). October 18, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.

External links

Official website

[1] "Color". Middle Tennessee State Athletics Branding Guide (PDF). October 18, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball
Venues	Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1950–1972) Murphy Center (1972–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1913–14 1914–15 1915–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 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 1942–45 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 1999–2000 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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Middle Tennessee State University
Academics	Concrete Industry Management
Facilities	James E. Walker Library Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murphy Center Reese Smith Jr. Field Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
Athletics	Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Baseball Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murphy Center Reese Smith Jr. Field
Organizations	Band of Blue
Media	WMOT WMTS
Related	List of Middle Tennessee State University people

Conference USA men's basketball
Current teams	FIU Panthers Jacksonville State Gamecocks Kennesaw State Owls Liberty Flames Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders New Mexico State Aggies Sam Houston Bearkats UTEP Miners (leaving in 2026) Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Future teams	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (joining in 2025) Missouri State Bears (joining in 2025)
Championships & awards	Conference USA men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25