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.
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.
1975 Regional Quarterfinals Oregon State L 67–78 1977 Regional Quarterfinals Detroit L 76–93 1982 First RoundSecond Round KentuckyLouisville W 50–44L 56–81 1985 First Round North Carolina L 57–76 1987 First Round Notre Dame L 71–84 1989 First RoundSecond Round Florida StateVirginia W 97–83L 88–104 2013 First Four Saint Mary's L 54–67 2016 First RoundSecond Round Michigan StateSyracuse W 90–81L 50–75 2017 First RoundSecond Round MinnesotaButler W 81–72L 65–74
NAIA Tournament results The Blue Raiders have appeared in the NAIA Tournament one time. Their record is 0–1.
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.
1986 First Round Clemson L 81–99 1988 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals TennesseeGeorgiaBoston College W 85–80W 69–54L 69–78 2012 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals MarshallTennesseeMinnesota W 86–78W 71–64L 72–78 2018 First RoundSecond Round VermontLouisville W 91–64L 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.
2022 #2 First Round Quarterfinals SemifinalsChampionship #15 California Baptist #10 Boston University #6 Abilene Christian #9 UNC Wilmington W 64–58W 76–46W 85–69L 90–962OT
CIT results The Blue Raiders have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 0–2.
2010 First Round Missouri State L 79–87 2015 First Round Kent State L 56–68
Notable players
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
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