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Kennesaw State Owls

2024–25 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team

University

Kennesaw State University

Head coach

Antoine Pettway (2nd season)

Conference

CUSA

Location

Kennesaw, Georgia

Arena

KSU Convocation Center
(capacity: 4,792)

Nickname

Owls

Colors

Black and gold^[1]

NCAA tournament champions

2004*

NCAA tournament Final Four

2004*

NCAA tournament Elite Eight

2004*

NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen

2004*

NCAA tournament round of 32

2003*, 2004*

NCAA tournament appearances

2003*, 2004*, 2005*, 2023
*at Division II level

Conference tournament champions

2004, 2023

Conference regular season champions

2004, 2023

The Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represents Kennesaw State University, located in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, United States near the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. The school's team will start competition in Conference USA (CUSA) in 2024–25 after 19 seasons in the Atlantic Sun Conference. They are currently led by head coach Antoine Pettway and play their home games at the KSU Convocation Center.

During their time as a member of NCAA Division II, they were national champions in 2004. In 2023, led by head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim,^[2] they made their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I tournament after winning their first ASUN championship.

Former four-year graduate guard Markeith Cummings (2009–13) is the team's all-time leading scorer with 2,048 career points, passing former leader Herman Smith (1986–90, 1,683 points) on November 18, 2012.^[3]^[4]

Postseason

NCAA Division I Tournament

The Owls have made one appearance in the NCAA Division I tournament. Their record is 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2023	No. 14	First round	No. 3 Xavier	L 67–72

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Owls have appeared in three NCAA Division II tournaments. Their record is 7–2. They were national champions in 2004.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2003	Regional Quarterfinals Regional semifinals	Virginia Union Bowie State	W 74–65 L 70–95
2004	Regional Quarterfinals Regional semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game	Catawba Columbus State Francis Marion Pfieffer Humboldt State Southern Indiana	W 78–63 W 70–55 W 82–73 W 86–79 W 81–67 W 84–59
2005	Regional Quarterfinals	Columbus State	L 78–83 ^OT

NAIA Division I Tournament results

In their time in NAIA, the Owls appeared in one NAIA Division I Tournament. Their combined record was 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1993	First round	Hawaiʻi Pacific	L 71–92

References

^ Kennesaw State University Athletics Style Guide (PDF). December 9, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
^ "Kennesaw State Announces Amir Abdur-Rahim as Men's Basketball Coach".
^ "Markeith Cummings Becomes KSU's All-Time Scoring Leader in 69-63 Loss to Towson". ksuowls.com. November 18, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "Aaron Anderson Concludes Career as Kennesaw State's All-Time Leading Rebounder". ksuowls.com. March 2, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

External links

Website

v t e Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball
Venues	KSU Convocation Center (2005–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championship in bold

v t e Conference USA men's basketball
Current teams	FIU Panthers Jacksonville State Gamecocks Kennesaw State Owls Liberty Flames Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders New Mexico State Aggies Sam Houston Bearkats UTEP Miners (leaving in 2026) Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Future teams	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (joining in 2025) Missouri State Bears (joining in 2025)
Championships & awards	Conference USA men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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