Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in Conference USA and are currently led by seventh-year head coach Nick McDevitt. The Blue Raiders have appeared nine times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2017. Middle Tennessee has six appearances in the NCAA round of 32 with upsets in 2016 over 2-seed Michigan State and 2017 upset over 5-seed Minnesota.

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball
2025–26 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team
University	Middle Tennessee State University
Head coach	Nick McDevitt (8th season)
Location	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Arena	Murphy Center (capacity: 11,520)
Conference	Conference USA
Nickname	Blue Raiders
Colors	Royal blue and white
NCAA Division I tournament round of 32
1975, 1977, 1982, 1989, 2016, 2017
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2013, 2016, 2017
Conference tournament champions
1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2016, 2017
Conference regular-season champions
1975, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
Conference division champions
2022
Uniforms
Home Away

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the NCAA tournament nine times. Their combined record is 4–9. The 2015–16 season was most notable after MTSU became just the eighth #15 seed to win a game, winning against Michigan State.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1975	Regional Quarterfinals	Oregon State	L 67–78
1977	Regional Quarterfinals	Detroit	L 76–93
1982	First Round Second Round	Kentucky Louisville	W 50–44 L 56–81
1985	First Round	North Carolina	L 57–76
1987	First Round	Notre Dame	L 71–84
1989	First Round Second Round	Florida State Virginia	W 97–83 L 88–104
2013	First Four	Saint Mary's	L 54–67
2016	First Round Second Round	Michigan State Syracuse	W 90–81 L 50–75
2017	First Round Second Round	Minnesota Butler	W 81–72 L 65–74

NAIA Tournament results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the NAIA Tournament one time. Their record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1955	First Round	Southeastern Oklahoma State	L 67–120

NIT results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) five times. Their combined record is 5–5.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	First Round	Clemson	L 81–99
1988	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Tennessee Georgia Boston College	W 85–80 W 69–54 L 69–78
2012	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Marshall Tennessee Minnesota	W 86–78 W 71–64 L 72–78
2018	First Round Second Round	Vermont Louisville	W 91–64 L 68–84
2025	First Round	Chattanooga	L 103–1093OT

CBI results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) one time. Their combined record is 3–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2022	#2	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	#15 California Baptist #10 Boston University #6 Abilene Christian #9 UNC Wilmington	W 64–58 W 76–46 W 85–69 L 90–962OT

CIT results

The Blue Raiders have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2010	First Round	Missouri State	L 79–87
2015	First Round	Kent State	L 56–68

Notable players

Shawn Jones

• Shawn Jones (born 1992), for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Reggie Upshaw (born 1995), in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• JaCorey Williams (born 1994), for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

External links

• Official website