The Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team represents California State University, Sacramento, located in Sacramento, California. The program competes in the Big West Conference (Big West) in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Hornets play their home games at the Hornet Pavilion. The Hornets have yet to play in the NCAA Division I Tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). They are currently coached by Mike Bibby and that same year, former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal took over as the GM of basketball operations at the university. They were members of the Big Sky Conference from 1999 to 2026.
History
Postseason
CIT results The Hornets have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) once, with a record of 1–1. 2015 First roundSecond Round PortlandNorthern Arizona W 73–66L 73–78
NCAA Division II Tournament results The Hornets appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament four times, with a combined record of 4–7.
1959 Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd Place Cal State Los AngelesWillamette L 57–83L 57–76 1962 Regional semifinalsRegional FinalsElite EightFinal FourChampionship Seattle PacificCal Poly PomonaValparaisoNebraska WesleyanMount Saint Mary's W 68–57W 73–65W 61–54W 74–73 2OTL 57–58 OT 1970 Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd Place UC RiversideBoise State L 62–67L 61–63 1988 Regional semifinalsRegional 3rd Place Cal State HaywardCal State Bakersfield L 85–96L 89–90
Facilities Hornet Pavilion The men's basketball team plays in the 3,000 seat Hornet Pavilion since 2025.
The Nest The men’s basketball team played in the 1,012 seat facility from 1955 to 2025.
Coaches The Sacramento State men's basketball team has had 17 head coaches, with four head coaches being interim.
Warren Conrad1948–195233–40.452Hal Wolf1952–1956; 1957–195963–71.470Harvey Roloff1956–195710–12.455Everett Shelton1959–1968117–118.498Jack Heron1968–1978; 1979–1984196–258.432Elmo Slider 1977–19799–25.264Fred Lewis 1984–19857–23.233Bill Brown1985–198717–27.447Joseph Anders1987–199275–86.466Don Newman1992–199720–114.142Tom Abatemarco1997–200013–66.165Jerome Jenkins2000–200880–147.352Brian Katz2008–2021150–232.392Brandon Laird 2021–202211–18.379David Patrick2022–202424–42.364Michael Czepil 2024–20257–25.467Mike Bibby2025–present10–21.219
Notable players Mikh McKinney (born 1992), basketball player for the Astros de Jalisco of the CIBACOPA Cody Demps (born 1993) - basketball player for the Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League Nick Hornsby (born 1995) - basketball player for the Dorados de Chihuahua of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Eric Stuteville (born 1995), first overall pick in the 2017 NBA G League Draft Izayah Le'afa (born 1996), basketball player for the Wellington Saints of the New Zealand National Basketball League Joshua Patton (born 1997), basketball player for the Górnik Wałbrzych of the Polish Basketball League Jonathan Komagum (born 1998), basketball player for the Gostivar of the Macedonian League Xavier Ford (born 2000), basketball player for the Borneo Hornbills of the Indonesian Basketball League Mikey Williams (born 2004), current Hornet guard, former four-star recruit
Conferences 1948–1954 None — —1954–1981 Far Western Conference (FWC) 1982–1994 Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) 1995–1996 American West Conference (AWC) 1996–2026 Big Sky Conference 2026–present Big West Conference (BWC)
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