WPI Engineers men's basketball

WPI Engineers

2016–17 WPI Engineers men's basketball team

University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Conference

NEWMAC

Location

Worcester, MA

Head coach

Chris Bartley (16th year)

Arena

Harrington Auditorium
(Capacity: 3,000)

Nickname

Engineers

Student section

Goat Nation

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

2005

NCAA Tournament appearances

2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Conference tournament champions

2005, 2006, 2013

Conference regular season champions

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014

The WPI Engineers men's basketball team is the college basketball program representing Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The Engineers compete in the Division III (DIII) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the NEWMAC.^[1] WPI's men's basketball program began competing in the sport in 1915. The team is currently coached by Chris Bartley.

WPI plays its home games at Harrington Auditorium, located on the campus in Worcester, Massachusetts,with a capacity of 3,000.^[2]

History

Although an informal team played in 1902, the WPI Engineers basketball team was sponsored by the Athletic Association in 1903, but then was abolished in the spring of 1910.^[3] The sport was brought back in 1915 and have competed regularly since.^[4]

During the 1919–20 season, the WPI Engineers competed at the Division I level. The team was ranked 25 in the Premo-Porretta Poll.

The 1965–66 team was defeated by Army 71–62 on December 8, 1965. The win marked the first career coaching victory for the Hall of Fame coach, Bobby Knight.

During the 2012–13 season, the team was ranked second in the nation in National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III and had their best start ever, going undefeated for their first 22 games. On February 24, 2013, WPI beat Springfield College in overtime to win the NEWMAC Championship and secure a place in the 2013 NCAA Division III Tournament.

References

↑ "NCAA Members By Division". NCAA. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
↑ "Harrington Auditorium". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
↑ Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 228. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
↑ Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 271. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

External links

Official website

WPI Engineers men's basketball

Venues	Alumni Gym (1915-1968) Harrington Auditorium (1968-present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 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 1942–43 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 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

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