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| School Name: | United States Military Academy |
| Location: | West Point, NY |
| Arena: | Christl Arena |
| Capacity: | 5,043 |
| Conference: | Patriot League |
| Head coach: | Jim Crews |
The Army Black Knights men's basketball team represents the United States Military Academy in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball. Army currently competes as a member of the Patriot League and plays its home games at Christl Arena in West Point, New York.
Bob Knight, the winningest men's basketball coach in NCAA history, began his head coaching career at Army from 1965 to 1971 before moving on to Indiana. One of Knight's players at Army was Mike Krzyzewski, who later was head coach at Army before moving on to Duke.
While the Black Knights have played in the National Invitational Tournament 5 times, Army is one of five original Division I teams in history to have never participated in the NCAA Tournament.[1]. Army shares this dubious distinction with William & Mary, The Citadel, Northwestern, and St. Francis (NY).
Season records under Bob Knight[]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Army Black Knights (Independent) (1965–1971) | |||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Army | 18–8 | NIT Semifinals | ||||||
| 1966–1967 | Army | 13–8 | — | ||||||
| 1967–1968 | Army | 20–5 | NIT First Round | ||||||
| 1968–1969 | Army | 18–10 | NIT Semifinals | ||||||
| 1969–1970 | Army | 22–6 | NIT Semifinals | ||||||
| 1970–1971 | Army | 11–13 | — | ||||||
| Army: | 102–50 | N/A | |||||||
| Total: | 102–50 | ||||||||
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National Champion
Conference Regular Season Champion
Conference Tournament Champion
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Season records under Mike Krzyzewski[]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| United States Military Academy (Independent) (1975–1980) | |||||||||
| 1975-76 | Army | 11-14 | |||||||
| 1976-77 | Army | 20-8 | |||||||
| 1977-78 | Army | 19-9 | NIT First Round | ||||||
| 1978-79 | Army | 14-11 | |||||||
| 1979-80 | Army | 9-17 | |||||||
| Army: | 73-59 (.553) | N/A | |||||||
| Total: | 73-59 (.553) | ||||||||
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National Champion
Conference Regular Season Champion
Conference Tournament Champion
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Conference membership history[]
All-time records[]
See Also[]
- Army Mules - Official Mascots
- On Brave Old Army Team - Official Fight song.
External links[]
- ↑ Wall Street Journal blog: March Madness Claims New Victims. Accessed March 18, 2008.