Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball

Winston-Salem State Rams
UniversityWinston-Salem State University
Head coachCleo Hill Jr. (4th season)
ConferenceCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
LocationWinston-Salem, North Carolina
ArenaLJVM Coliseum Annex
(capacity: 4,000)
NicknameRams
ColorsRed and white[1]
   
NCAA tournament champions
1967 (NCAA Division II)
NCAA tournament Final Four
1967
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1967
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1967, 1985, 1999, 2001
NCAA tournament second round
1967, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
NCAA tournament appearances
1966, 1967, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023
Conference tournament champions
1953, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2020, 2023

The Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The school won the 1967 NCAA Division II championship. Winston-Salem State competed in Division I from the 2007–08 season to the 2009–10 season as a transitional member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC); it returned to Division II in 2010 for financial reasons.[2][3]

Among its notable coaches was Clarence "Big House" Gaines (1923–2005): during his 47-year tenure at WSSU as coach, professor, and athletic director, his men's basketball team compiled a record of 828–447. Gaines was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982.

Noted players under Gaines' era were Earl Monroe, Cleo Hill and sports commentator and columnist Stephen A. Smith.[4][5] Alumnus Earl Williams, an American-Israeli basketball player, played for the school.

Postseason

NCAA Division II

The Rams have made the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament fourteen times. The Rams have a record of 11–16.

Year Region Round Opponent Result
1966 South Regional semifinals
Regional third place		 Oglethorpe
South Carolina State		 L 66–69
W 85–81
1967 Mideast Regional semifinals
Regional final
National Quarterfinals
National semifinals
National Championship		 Baldwin–Wallace
Akron
Long Island
Kentucky Wesleyan
SW Missouri State		 W 91–76
W 88–80
W 62–54
W 85–73
W 77–74
1977 South Atlantic Regional semifinals
Regional third place		 Towson
Virginia Union		 L 83–107
L 93–107
1984 South Atlantic Regional semifinals
Regional third place		 Norfolk State
Randolph–Macon		 L 61–70
L 54–69
1985 South Atlantic Regional semifinals
Regional Final		 Virginia Union
Mount St. Mary's		 W 44–42
L 56–63
1986 South Atlantic Regional semifinals
Regional third place		 Mount St. Mary's
Virginia Union		 L 71–74
L 77–95
1999 South Atlantic First round
Regional semifinals
Regional Final		 Elizabeth City State
Wingate
Lander		 W 71–60
W 66–63 OT
L 46–47
2000 South Atlantic Regional semifinals Georgia College L 68–72
2001 South Atlantic Regional semifinals
Regional Final		 Augusta State
Johnson C. Smith		 W 65–48
L 52–64
2002 South Atlantic First round
Regional semifinals		 Wingate
Shaw		 W 90–75
L 61–62
2005 South Atlantic First round South Carolina Upstate L 59–63
2011 Atlantic First round Shaw L 47–75
2012 Atlantic First round West Virginia Wesleyan L 54–57
2013 Atlantic First round Slippery Rock L 67–69
2023 Atlantic First round Indiana (PA) L 50–52

See also

References

  1. ^ Winston-Salem State University Brand Guide (PDF). July 20, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Winston-Salem State jumps to Division I, joins MEAC". ESPN.com. 19 July 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "Winston-Salem ready to return to D-II, CIAA". Sporting News. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  4. ^ Biography Of A Legend: Clarence "Big House" Gaines, Winston-Salem State University, April 20, 2005, Accessed December 12, 2012.
  5. ^ Richard Sandomir, ESPN's New Master of the Offensive Foul, The New York Times, July 31, 2005, Accessed December 12, 2012.


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