The Elon Phoenix men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents

Elon University Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, the university is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or ...

Elon, North Carolina Elon () is a town in Alamance County, North Carolina, Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina, Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, metropolitan statistical area. The population as of the ...

, United States. The school completed an 11-season tenure in the

Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams c ...

in 2013–14; it moved to the

Colonial Athletic Association The Coastal Athletic Association (CAA), formerly the ECAC South Conference and the Colonial Athletic Association, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA' ...

on July 1, 2014.

History

Conference affiliations

*Big Ten Conference *North State Conference *Carolinas Conference *South Atlantic Conference *Big South Conference *Southern Conference *Colonial Athletic Association

School records

Season

*Most victories :25 (1951-52, 1952-53, 1955-56) *Longest winning streak :14 (1939-1940) *Highest scoring average :84.3 (1955-56) *Field-goal percentage :50.0 (1968-69, 1977-78) *Rebounds :1,528 (1955-56) *Rebounding average :47.8 (1955-56)

Game

*Points allowed :4 vs. Atlantic Christian (1925) *Field-goals made :44 vs. Guilford (1956) and vs. DuPont (1957) *Field-goals attempted :85 vs. Guilford (1949) *Field-goals percentage :68.9 vs. Guilford (1961) *Free throws :52 vs. North Carolina A&T (1969) *Free throws attempted :55 vs. North Carolina A&T (1969)

Championships

*Division :2013 (SoCon North) *Conference :1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1952, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 *Conference tournament :1947, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1997 *State :1914, 1915, 1921 *District :1956, 1957 On February 9, 2009, Elon retired its first basketball jerseys, honoring All-Americans Jesse Branson ('65) and Tommy Cole ('72).

Head coaches

Postseason

CBI results

The Phoenix have appeared in the

College Basketball Invitational The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI sel ...

(CBI) one time. Their record is 0–1.

CIT results

The Phoenix have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 0–1.

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Phoenix appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament one time. Their record was 0–1.

NAIA tournament results

The Phoenix appeared in the NAIA tournament three times. Their combined record was 0–3.

References

External links

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