Murray State Racers men's basketball

Murray State Racers
2023–24 Murray State Racers men's basketball team
University	Murray State University
Athletic director	Nico Yantko
Head coach	Steve Prohm (2nd in 2nd stint, 6th overall season)
Conference	Missouri Valley
Location	Murray, Kentucky
Arena	CFSB Center (capacity: 8,602)
Nickname	Racers
Colors	Navy blue and gold[1]
Uniforms
Home Away
NCAA tournament round of 32
1964, 1969, 1988, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2022
NCAA tournament appearances
1964, 1969, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2022
Conference tournament champions
1951, 1964, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2022
Conference regular season champions
1951, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Conference division season champions
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

The Murray State Racers men's basketball program represents Murray State University in intercollegiate men's basketball. Murray State is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), having joined that conference in 2022 after 74 seasons in the Ohio Valley Conference.^[2] The Racers have played home games at the CFSB Center on their campus in Murray, Kentucky since 1998. Murray State made its 18th appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2022. Five times the Racers advanced in the tournament, most recently by defeating the University of San Francisco in 2022. In 1988, Murray State defeated NC State in the first round but lost to eventual national champion Kansas in the second round. In 2010, 22 years to the date of the 1988 win, the Racers beat Vanderbilt and lost to eventual runner-up Butler in the second round.