Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball

Santa Clara Broncos
2023–24 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team
University	Santa Clara University
First season	1904
All-time record	1,418-1,019 (.582)
Head coach	Herb Sendek (8th season)
Conference	West Coast Conference
Location	Santa Clara, California
Arena	Leavey Center (Capacity: 4,500)
Nickname	Broncos
Colors	Maroon and white[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA tournament Final Four
1952
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970
NCAA tournament round of 32
1993, 1996
NCAA tournament appearances
1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996
Conference tournament champions
1987, 1993
Conference regular season champions
1953, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1995, 1996, 1997

The Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team represents Santa Clara University in NCAA Division I basketball competition. The team plays home games at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California and have been members of the West Coast Conference since its formation in 1952. The team is currently coached by Herb Sendek, who had previously been the head coach at NC State and Arizona State. Sendek was hired on March 29, 2016.^[2]

Santa Clara has a long history of basketball success, having appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments and 6 National Invitational Tournaments and producing a number of both collegiate All-Americans and NBA players. The 2010–11 team won the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and the 2012–13 team won the 2013 College Basketball Invitational. They are the only team to have won a CBI and a CIT.

More recently, the Broncos have returned to the NIT in both 2022 and 2023, and in each season produced a first round draft pick in the NBA draft.