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| University | Oklahoma City University | ||||||||
| Head coach | Sam Kohnke (1st season) | ||||||||
| Conference | Sooner Athletic Conference | ||||||||
| Location | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | ||||||||
| Arena | Abe Lemons Arena (capacity: 3,500) | ||||||||
| Nickname | Stars | ||||||||
| Colors | Blue and white[1] | ||||||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||||||||
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| NAIA tournament champions | |||||||||
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TheOklahoma City Stars men's basketball team is the basketball team that representsOklahoma City University (OCU) inOklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The school's team currently competes in theSooner Athletic Conference.
Until 1998, the team was known as theOklahoma City Chiefs.
Oklahoma City competed in theNational Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA's)Division I for many years, and the program was especially noted for its success under coachesDoyle Parrack (1950–1955) and his successorAbe Lemons (1955–1973 and 1984–1990).[4] OCU appeared in elevenNCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments.
As an NCAA Division I team, OCU was an independent team until joining the Midwestern City Conference (MCC), now known as theHorizon League. In 1985, the school moved from the NCAA to theNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), citing as reasons for the move the number of sports the NCAA required at member schools, the MCC's insistence that teams host their games in arenas with seating capacities greater than 7,500, and the concerns of other MCC members that OCU lacked geographic proximity to their institutions.[5] Since the move to the NAIA, OCU had joined theSooner Athletic Conference (SAC) in the 1986–87 school year, which they still compete to this day, and has won sixnational championships.[6]
In 1998, OCU changed the name of its athletic teams from Chiefs to Stars.
| Year | Coach | Rival | Score | |
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| 1991 | Darrel Johnson | Central Arkansas Bears | 77–74 | |
| 1992 | Darrel Johnson | Central Arkansas Bears | 82–73 | |
| 1994 | Win Case | Life Running Eagles | 99–81 | |
| 1996 | Win Case | Georgetown Tigers | 86–80 | |
| 2007 | Ray Harper | Concordia Eagles | 79–71 | |
| 2008 | Ray Harper | Mountain State Cougars | 75–72 | |
National Championships (total) | 6 | |||
The Chiefs appeared in 11 NCAA Division I basketball tournaments from 1952 to 1973, making them the most prolific tournament team that is no longer in Division I. Their record in tournaments was 8–13, giving them the second most wins (afterNew York University) among teams no longer in Division I.[7]
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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| 1952 | Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place | Wyoming UCLA | L 48–54 W 55–53 | |
| 1953 | Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place | Kansas TCU | L 65–73 L 56–58 | |
| 1954 | First Round | Bradley | L 55–61 | |
| 1955 | First Round | Bradley | L 65–69 | |
| 1956 | First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | Memphis State Kansas State SMU | W 97–81 W 97–93 L 63–84 | |
| 1957 | First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | Loyola (LA) Saint Louis Kansas | W 76–55 W 75–66 L 61–81 | |
| 1963 | First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place | Colorado State Colorado Texas | W 70–67 L 72–78 L 83–90 | |
| 1964 | First Round | Creighton | L 78–89 | |
| 1965 | First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place | Colorado State San Francisco BYU | W 70–68 L 67–91 W 112–102 | |
| 1966 | First Round | Texas Western | L 74–89 | |
| 1973 | First Round | Arizona State | L 78–103 |
The Chiefs played in theNational Invitation Tournament twice.[8]
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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| 1959 | Quarterfinals | NYU | L 48–63 | |
| 1968 | First Round | Duke | L 81–97 |
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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| 1987 | 1 | First Round Second Round | Northwood (16)Georgetown (KY) | W 101–66 L 64–67 |
| 1991 | 2 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship | Concordia (NE) (15)Concord St. Mary’s (MI) (6)Pfeiffer (5)Central Arkansas | W 80–77 W 107–85 W 112–94 W 100–83 W 77–74 |
| 1992 | 1 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship | Columbia Union (16)Urbana Cumberlands (5)Pfeiffer (7)Central Arkansas | W 107–73 W 96–89 W 97–63 W 102–92 W 82–73 |
| 1993 | 6 | First Round Second Round | Spring Hill Lenoir–Rhyne | W 84–79 L 67–85 |
| 1994 | 5 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship | Siena Heights St. Mary's (TX) (4)Drury (16)Oklahoma Baptist Life | W 104–99 W 86–75 W 90–70 W 86–85 W 99–81 |
| 1995 | 3 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight | Iowa Wesleyan (14)Transylvania (11)Pfeiffer | W 107–75 W 98–67 L 78–92 |
| 1996 | 14 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship | St. Xavier (3)The Master’s (6)Birmingham–Southern Belmont (1)Georgetown (KY) | W 94–58 W 108–85 W 82–66 W 80–77 W 86–80 |
| 1998 | 8 | First Round Second Round | The Master’s (9)Incarnate Word | W 84–73 L 52–63 |
| 1999 | 6 | First Round Second Round | Houston Baptist Life | W 61–59 L 74–87 |
| 2000 | 5 | First Round Second Round | Westmont (12)Spring Hill | W 70–62 L 67–77 |
| 2001 | – | First Round Second Round | (15)Xavier (LA) (2)Azusa Pacific | W 91–69 L 54–94 |
| 2002 | 16 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight | Houston Baptist (1)Georgetown (KY) (9)Azusa Pacific | W 88–82 W 74–59 L 72–80 |
| 2003 | – | First Round | (9)St. Xavier | L 56–82 |
| 2004 | – | First Round Second Round Elite Eight | (7)Columbia (MO) (10)Lewis–Clark State (15)Mobile | W 81–48 W 79–65 L 62–75 |
| 2005 | – | First Round Second Round | (6)Mobile Carroll (MT) | W 77–74 L 65–66 |
| 2006 | 7 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship | Columbia (MO) (10)Houston Baptist Lindsey Wilson (3)Robert Morris (IL) Texas Wesleyan | W 91–64 W 99–77 W 77–67 W 94–92 L 65–67 |
| 2007 | 2 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship | Wiley (15)Illinois–Springfield (10)Azusa Pacific Faulkner (4)Concordia (CA) | W 90–74 W 90–78 W 84–68 W 76–61 W 79–71 |
| 2008 | 7 | First Round Second Round Elite Eight Fab Four National Championship | Cumberland (10)California Baptist (2)Lee Campbellsville (5)Mountain State | W 81–64 W 69–63 W 86–66 W 78–64 W 75–72 |
| 2010 | 16 | First Round | Southern Poly | L 70–78 |
| 2013 | – | First Round | (1)Columbia (MO) | L 37–68 |
| 2015 | – | First Round | (10)Concordia (CA) | L 62–74 |
| 2016 | 6 | First Round | (3)MidAmerica Nazarene | L 82–87 (OT) |
| 2017 | 7 | First Round | (2)Dillard | L 65–86 |
| 2018 | 2 | First Round Second Round | (7)Xavier (LA) (3)Georgetown (KY) | W 65–50 L 83–91 |
| 2019 | 7 | First Round Second Round | (2)Stillman (3)Carroll (MT) | W 101–84 L 69–80 |
Note: The NAIA shifted from national to regional seeds in 2016.[9]
Frederickson Fieldhouse was an athletic facility on the campus of Oklahoma City University built in honor of a major OCU benefactor, George Frederickson of Oklahoma City. In his gift to OCU, Frederickson stipulated that the building should be built by his nephew, John Henry Frederickson. Accordingly, it was built by the John Henry Frederickson Jr. Construction Company, also of Oklahoma City, with John Henry Frederickson was thegeneral contractor. John Henry Frederickson's son Chris Frederickson also worked on the job as a laborer.
Frederickson Field House was a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) facility. At the time of its construction in 1959 it the largesthyperbolic paraboloid structure in the world. The Frederickson company was a pioneer in the design and building of extremely thin-shellconcrete buildings, of which Frederickson Field House was one. Another famous thin-shell concrete structure built by John Henry Frederickson was the First Christian Church in Oklahoma City, a building has an "eggshell"-shaped roof that is actually thinner in proportion than a realeggshell.
Frederickson Field House held 3,400 for basketball. Asked why the scoreboard at the Field House was the first one to have a three-digit capability for game scores, Abe Lemons, the head coach at the time, said "Come to the first game and you will find out." Teams rarely scored in the 100s at the time (the late 1950s), but in the first game at Frederickson Field House OCU beatFlorida State, scoring 129 points in the game. The Chiefs went on to become one of the highest-scoring teams in theUnited States, scoring over 100 points a game on many occasions.
Frederickson Field House was replaced with the more modernHenry J. Freede Wellness and Activities Center — named forHenry J. Freede — in 2000, and was torn down in 2005.
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