The Boston University Terriers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate basketball team that represents Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Patriot League. The Terriers have appeared seven times in the NCAA tournament, making their most recent appearance in 2011.

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results The Terriers have appeared in the NCAA tournament seven times. Their overall tournament record is 2–7. In 2020, the Terriers won the Patriot League Tournament to qualify for the 2020 NCAA Tournament before it was canceled due to COVID-19.

1959 Round of 23Sweet SixteenElite Eight UConnNavyWest Virginia W 60–58W 62–55L 82–86 1983 12 Preliminary round La Salle L 58–70 1988 15 Round of 64 Duke L 69–85 1990 16 Round of 64 UConn L 52–76 1997 12 Round of 64 Tulsa L 52–81 2002 16 Round of 64 Cincinnati L 52–90 2011 16 Round of 64 Kansas L 53–72

NIT results The Terriers have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) six times. Their overall tournament record is 0–6.

1980 First round Boston College L 74–95 1986 First round Providence L 69–72 2003 First round St. John's L 57–73 2004 Opening round Rhode Island L 52–80 2005 First round Georgetown L 34–64 2014 First round Illinois L 62–66

CBI results The Terriers have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) two times. Their overall tournament record is 3–2.

2010 First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals Oregon StateMorehead StateVCU W 96–78W 91–89 OTL 75–88 2022 First Round Quarterfinals UNC Greensboro Middle Tennessee W 71-68 L 46-76

CIT results The Terriers have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their overall tournament record is 1–2.

2013 First round Loyola (MD) L 63–70 2016 First roundSecond round FordhamNJIT W 69–66L 72–83

Coaches

+CoachTenureYearsRecordWinning PercentageHenry Crane1916-191612-2.500V.B. Allison1917-1920312-11.522John Williams1925-192519-13.409Win Karlson1926-1932739-53.424John Harmon1933-1935315-28.349Mel Collard1936-1945964-63.504Russ Peterson1946-1948336-18.667Charles Cummings1949-194916-12.333Matt Zunic1958-1959235-12.745John H. Burke Jr.1960-1966768-84.447Charlie Luce1967-1971549-70.412Ron Mitchell1972-1974331-42.425Roy Sigler1975-1978436-66.353Rick Pitino1979-1983591-51.641John Kuester1984-1985231-28.525Mike Jarvis1986-19905101-51.664Bob Brown1991-1994438-73.342Dennis Wolff1995–20092242–197.556Patrick Chambers2010–2011242–28.600Joe Jones2012–present15250–223.529

Awards and honors

Retired numbers Retired basketball numbersNumberPlayerYears played 54 Jim Hayes 1967–1970 33 Steve Wright 1976–1980 44 Arturo Brown 1979–1982 11 Drederick Irving 1984–1988 12 Tunji Awojobi 1993–1997 4 Kevin Thomas 1953–1956 10 Jack Leaman 1956–1959

Player awards America East Men's Basketball Player of the Year Larry Jones (1988) Steven Key (1990) Tunji Awojobi (1997) John Holland (2011) Darryl Partin (2012)

America East Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year Mike Alexander (1983) Tunji Awojobi (1994) Raja Bell (1995) Paul Seymour (2000) Tyler Morris (2007) John Holland (2008) Jake O'Brien (2009)

America East Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year Shaun Wynn (2004)

America East Men's Basketball Coach of the Year Mike Jarvis (1990) Dennis Wolff (1997, 2003, 2004) Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Sukhmail Mathon (2022)

First-Team All-Patriot League

Max Mahoney (2020) Javante McCoy (2022) Sukhmail Mathon (2022)

Second-Team All-Patriot League

Javante McCoy (2021) Walter Whyte (2020, 2023)

Third-Team All-Patriot League

Javante McCoy (2020) Walter Whyte (2021, 2022)

School Records

Terriers in the NBA Boston University NBA Players+PlayerYearPick #TeamKen Boyd1974154New Orleans JazzJim Garvin1973204Buffalo BravesJim Hayes197047Detroit PistonsGary Plummer198445Golden State WarriorsRaja Bell1999undraftedJohn Holland2011undrafted

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