Missouri State Bears men's basketball

The Missouri State Bears men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. The Bears compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. They are currently coached by Cuonzo Martin who has been head coach since the 2008–09 season. They play their home games at the 11,000 seat JQH Arena. They have been a Division I school since the 1982–83 season.

NCAA Tournament Results

The Bears have appeared in six NCAA Tournaments, all as Southwest Missouri State. Their combined record is 3–6.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1987	First Round Second Round	Clemson Kansas	W 65–60 L 67–63
1988	First Round	UNLV	L 54–50
1989	First Round	Seton Hall	L 60–51
1990	First Round	North Carolina	L 83–70
1992	First Round	Michigan State	L 61–54
1999	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	Wisconsin Tennessee Duke	W 43–32 W 81–51 L 78–61

NIT Results

The Bears have appeared in nine National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 10–9.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1986	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Pittsburgh Marquette Florida	W 59–52 W 83–69 L 54–53
1991	First Round Second Round	Coppin State Southern Illinois	W 57–47 L 72–69
1993	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	St. Joseph's Jackson State UAB	W 56–34 W 70–52 L 61–52
1997	First Round	North Carolina State	L 77–66
2000	First Round Second Round	SMU Mississippi	W 77–64 L 70–48
2005	First Round Second Round	Rice Davidson	W 105–82 L 86–76
2006	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Stanford Houston Louisville	W 76–67 W 60–59 L 74–56
2007	First Round	San Diego State	L 74–70
2011	First Round Second Round	Murray State Miami (FL)	W 89–76 L 81–72

CIT Results

The Bears have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Their combined record is 4–0 and were the 2010 Champions.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2010	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Middle Tennessee State Louisiana Tech Creighton Pacific	W 87–79 W 69–40 W 67–61 W 78–65

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