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McNeese Cowboys basketball

2024–25 McNeese Cowboys basketball team

University

McNeese State University

Head coach

Bill Armstrong (1st season)

Conference

Southland

Location

Lake Charles, Louisiana

Arena

The Legacy Center
(capacity: 4,200)

Nickname

Cowboys

Colors

Royal blue and gold^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA tournament round of 32

1968*, 2025

NCAA tournament appearances

1968*, 1989, 2002, 2024, 2025

Conference tournament champions

1989, 2002, 2024, 2025

Conference regular-season champions

1975, 1978, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2024, 2025

*at Division II level

TheMcNeese Cowboys basketball team representsMcNeese State University inLake Charles,Louisiana, United States. The school's team currently competes in theSouthland Conference.

They are led by head coachBill Armstrong and play their home games atThe Legacy Center. Currently members of theNCAA Division I, they were national champions of theNAIA in 1956. Since joining Division I in 1972-73, the Cowboys have appeared four times in theNCAA Tournament, most recently in2025. McNeese won againstClemson in 2025 for their first NCAA tournament win in program history.

Postseason appearances

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NCAA Division I Tournament

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The Cowboys have appeared in fourNCAA Division I Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–4.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1989	16	First round	(1) Illinois	L 71–77
2002	14	First round	(3) Mississippi State	L 58–70
2024	12	First round	(5) Gonzaga	L 65–86
2025	12	First round Second round	(5) Clemson (4) Purdue	W 69–67 L 62–76

NCAA Division II Tournament

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The Cowboys have appeared in oneNCAA Division II Tournament. Their record is 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1968	Regional semifinals Regional 3rd-place game	Trinity (TX) Jackson State	L 78–95 L 71–75

NAIA Tournament

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The Cowboys have appeared in oneNAIA Tournament. Their record is 5–0. They were national champions in 1956, their only appearance in the tournament.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1956	First round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Georgetown (KY) Central State (OH) Tennessee State Pittsburg State Texas Southern	W 88–65 W 87–74 W 76–68 W 78–72 W 60–55

NIT

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The Cowboys have appeared in threeNational Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 1–3.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	First round Second Round	Dayton Louisiana Tech	W 86–75 L 61–77
2001	First round	UTEP	L 74–84
2011	First round	Boston College	L 64–82

CIT

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The Cowboys have appeared in oneCollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2012	First round	Toledo	L 63–76

Players

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Retired numbers

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No.	Player	Years
McNeese State Cowboys retired numbers
4	Joe Dumars	1981–1985
25	Stan Kernan	1957–1961
33	Bill Reigel	1954–1956
34	Frank Glenn	1955–1958

Cowboys in the NBA

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Six former Cowboys have appeared in theNational Basketball Association.

Tierre Brown, 2002-2005
Joe Dumars, 1986-1999
Trey Gilder, 2010
Edmund Lawrence, 1981
Anthony Pullard, 1993
John Rudd, 1979

References

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^"McNeese State Athletics Style Guide"(PDF). January 17, 2023. RetrievedJanuary 24, 2023.

External links

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Official website

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Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1945–1956) McNeese Arena (1956–1972) Lake Charles Civic Center (1972–1986) Burton Coliseum (1986–2018) The Legacy Center (2018–present)
Rivalries	Lamar
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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
NAIA national championship in bold

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Campus	Cowboy Stadium Lether E. Frazar Memorial Library The Legacy Center Joe Miller Ballpark Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond Ralph O. Ward Memorial Arena
Athletics	McNeese Cowboys and Cowgirls Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Softball
Student life	KBYS-FM Recreational Sports Complex

v t e Southland Conference men's basketball
Teams	East Texas A&M Lions Houston Christian Huskies Incarnate Word Cardinals Lamar Cardinals McNeese Cowboys New Orleans Privateers Nicholls Colonels Northwestern State Demons Southeastern Louisiana Lions Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Championships & awards	Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	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