California Baptist Lancers men's basketball

College basketball team

2024–25 California Baptist Lancers men's basketball team

University

California Baptist University

Head coach

Rick Croy (12th season)

Conference

Western Athletic Conference

Location

Riverside, California

Arena

Fowler Events Center
(capacity: 6,000)

Nickname

Lancers

Colors

Navy blue and gold

NCAA tournament Elite Eight

2018*

NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen

2015*, 2018*

NCAA tournament round of 32

2015*, 2016*, 2017*, 2018*

NCAA tournament appearances

2014*, 2015*, 2016*, 2017*, 2018*
*at Division II level

Conference tournament champions

Pacific West: 2016

Conference regular season champions

Pacific West: 2014, 2016

The California Baptist Lancers men's basketball team represents California Baptist University in the Western Athletic Conference. The team made the jump into Division I basketball on July 1, 2018. They are currently led by head coach Rick Croy and play at the Fowler Events Center, which opened in 2017 and replaced the Van Dyne Gym. The men's basketball program was ineligible to play in the NCAA Division I Tournament during their transition period, although they were eligible for other tournaments such as the College Basketball Invitational. The 2022-23 season was the 1st season the Lancers were eligible for the NCAA tournament.

History

The men's basketball program began playing at the NAIA level in 1969 and stayed at that level until 2010, competing in the Golden State Athletic Conference. In 2010, California Baptist Lancers moved up in all sports to the NCAA Division II, joining the Pacific West Conference in all sports on July 1, 2011. In January 2017, the California Baptist Lancers announced their transition to NCAA Division I, joining the Western Athletic Conference on July 1, 2018, in all sports. The school became eligible for the NCAA Division I postseason tournament in the 2022–23 season.

Postseason results

College Basketball Invitational (CBI) results

The Lancers have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) twice. Their record is 0–2.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2019		First round	Loyola Marymount	L 55–56
2022	#15	First round	Middle Tennessee	L 58–64

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Lancers have appeared in 5 NCAA Division II Tournaments. Their combined record is 7–5.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2014	Regional Quarterfinals	Chico State	L 71–77
2015	Regional Quarterfinals Regional semifinals Regional Finals	Chico State Seattle Pacific Azusa Pacific	W 67–61 W 78–77 L 79–91
2016	Regional Quarterfinals Regional semifinals	Cal Poly Pomona UC San Diego	W 70–63 L 69–71
2017	Regional Quarterfinals Regional semifinals	San Francisco State UC San Diego	W 71–50 L 80–84
2018	Regional Quarterfinals Regional semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	UC San Diego Azusa Pacific Western Oregon Queens	W 81–67 W 72–68 W 80–76 L 94–100

NAIA tournament results

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1976	10	First round Second Round	Husson Lincoln Memorial	W 95–81 L 78–107
2005		First round Second Round	# 13 Lubbock Christian # 4 Robert Morris (IL)	W 77–66 L 71–105
2007		First round	# 12 Lubbock Christian	L 77–105
2008	10	First round Second Round	Xavier (LA) Oklahoma City	W 77–69 L 63–69

References

CBU Athletics Updated Branding Guide (PDF). July 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
Robin, Brian (November 10, 2017). "New Cal Baptist University arena in Riverside impresses on opening day". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
Wellman, Sammi (January 13, 2017). "CBU Announces D1, WAC Move". cbulancers.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

v t e California Baptist Lancers men's basketball
Venues	Van Dyne Gym (1968–2017) Fowler Events Center (2017–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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

v t e Western Athletic Conference men's basketball
Teams	Abilene Christian Wildcats California Baptist Lancers Grand Canyon Antelopes (leaving in 2025) Seattle Redhawks (leaving in 2025) Southern Utah Thunderbirds Tarleton Texans UT Arlington Mavericks Utah Tech Trailblazers Utah Valley Wolverines
Championships & awards	WAC men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	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

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