Kansas City Roos men's basketball

Kansas City Roos
Kansas City Roos
	2023–24 Kansas City Roos men's basketball team
University	University of Missouri–Kansas City
First season	1954
Head coach	Marvin Menzies (2nd season)
Conference	Summit League
Location	Kansas City, Missouri
Arena	Swinney Recreation Center ; (capacity: 1,600)
Nickname	Roos
Colors	Blue and gold;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;

The Kansas City Roos men's basketball team represents the University of Missouri–Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri. The school plays in the Summit League after completing a seven-season tenure in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in July 2020. The team has never played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Roos are led by head coach Marvin Menzies.

The team returned to Municipal Auditorium for the 2013–14 school year after a brief stint of playing on campus at Swinney Recreation Center.

The team made its first Division I postseason appearance in the 2017 College Basketball Invitational.

Conference affiliations

1969–70 to 1985–86 – NAIA Independent
1986–87 to 1993–94 – NCAA Division I Independent (no team during the 1986–87 school year)
1994–95 to 2012–13 – Mid-Continent Conference/Summit League
2013–14 to 2019–20 – Western Athletic Conference
2020–21 to Present – Summit League

Athletic brand names

Kansas City Kangaroos (1954–1963) — At the time, UMKC was known as the University of Kansas City (short form KCU).
UMKC Kangaroos (1963–2019) — KCU joined the University of Missouri system in 1963, adopting its institutional name at that time.
Kansas City Roos (2019–present)

Season–by–season results

NAIA

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Bill Ross (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) (1969–1973)
1969–70	Bill Ross	11–13	—	—
1970–71	Bill Ross	14–16	—	—
1971–72	Bill Ross	19–8	—	—
1972–73	Bill Ross	15–11	—	—
Darrell Corwin (NAIA) (1973–1980)
1973–74	Darrell Corwin	15–12	—	—
1974–75	Darrell Corwin	21–7	—	—
1975–76	Darrell Corwin	16–10	—	—
1976–77	Darrell Corwin	21–9	—	—	NAIA First Round
1977–78	Darrell Corwin	15–15	—	—
1978–79	Darrell Corwin	17–11	—	—
1979–80	Darrell Corwin	13–14	—	—
Darrell Corwin:		118–78 (.602)	–
Byron Lehman (NAIA) (1980–1983)
1980–81	Byron Lehman	7–16	—	—
1981–82	Byron Lehman	11–13	—	—
1982–83	Byron Lehman	10–16	—	—
Byron Lehman:		28–45 (.384)	–
Bruce Carrier (NAIA) (1983–1985)
1983–84	Bruce Carrier	23–13	—	—
1984–85	Bruce Carrier	27–9	—	—
Bruce Carrier:		50–22 (.694)	–
Bill Ross (NAIA) (1985–1986)
1985–86	Bill Ross	19–15	—	—
Bill Ross:		78–63 (.553)	–
Total:		274–208 (.568)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

NCAA

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
(NCAA Division I Independents) (1987–1994)
1987–88	Lee Hunt	9–18	—	—
1988–89	Lee Hunt	9–18	—	—
1989–90	Lee Hunt	13–15	—	—
1990–91	Lee Hunt	15–14	—	—
1991–92	Lee Hunt	21–7	—	—
1992–93	Lee Hunt	15–12	—	—
1993–94	Lee Hunt	12–17	—	—
Lee Hunt (Mid-Continent Conference) (1994–1996)
1994–95	Lee Hunt	7–19	7—11	7th
1995–96	Lee Hunt	12–15	10—8	T—3rd
Lee Hunt:		113–135 (.456)	17–19 (.472)
Bob Sundvold (Mid-Continent Conference) (1996–2000)
1996–97	Bob Sundvold	10–17	7—9	6th
1997–98	Bob Sundvold	9–18	7—9	6th
1998–99	Bob Sundvold	8–22	3—11	T—7th
1999–00	Bob Sundvold	16–13	10—6	T—2nd
Bob Sundvold:		43–70 (.381)	27–35 (.435)
Dean Demopoulos (Mid-Continent Conference) (2000–2001)
2000–01	Dean Demopoulos	14–16	9—7	4th
Dean Demopoulos:		14–16 (.467)	9–7 (.563)
Rich Zvosec (Mid-Continent Conference) (2001–2007)
2001–02	Rich Zvosec	18–11	7—7	5th
2002–03	Rich Zvosec	9–20	7—7	5th
2003–04	Rich Zvosec	15–14	9—7	T–5th
2004–05	Rich Zvosec	16–12	12—4	2nd
2005–06	Rich Zvosec	14–14	11—5	3rd
2006–07	Rich Zvosec	12–20	6—8	T–5th
Rich Zvosec:		84–91 (.480)	52–38 (.578)
Matt Brown (Summit League) (2007–2013)
2007–08	Matt Brown	9–21	4—12	8th
2008–09	Matt Brown	5–24	1—15	10th
2009–10	Matt Brown	12–18	6—12	T–7th
2010–11	Matt Brown	16–14	9—9	6th
2011–12	Matt Brown	10–21	4—14	10th
2012–13	Matt Brown	8–23	5—11	T–7th
Matt Brown:		60–122 (.330)	29–73 (.284)
Kareem Richardson (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–2019)
2013–14	Kareem Richardson	10–20	7—9	T–5th
2014–15	Kareem Richardson	14–19	8—6	T–2nd
2015–16	Kareem Richardson	12–19	4—10	T–6th
2016–17	Kareem Richardson	18–17	8—6	4th	CBI Quarterfinals
2017–18	Kareem Richardson	10–22	5—9	T–6th
2018–19	Kareem Richardson	11–21	6—10	6th
Kareem Richardson:		75–118 (.389)	38–50 (.432)
Billy Donlon (Western Athletic Conference) (2019–2020)
2019–20	Billy Donlon	16–14	8—7	4th
Billy Donlon (Summit League) (2020–2022)
2020–21	Billy Donlon	11–13	7—7	T–5th
2021–22	Billy Donlon	19–12	12—6	T–3rd
Billy Donlon:		46–39 (.541)	27–20 (.574)
Marvin Menzies (Summit League) (2022–present)
2022–23	Marvin Menzies	11–21	7—11	T–6th
Marvin Menzies:		11–21 (.344)	7–11 (.389)
Total:		435–591 (.424)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion