Army Black Knights | |
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University | United States Military Academy |
Conference | Patriot League (primary) The American (football) ECAC (men's gymnastics) AHA (men's ice hockey) GARC (rifle) NIRA (women's rugby) Rugby East (men's rugby) CSFL (sprint football) EIWA (wrestling) NCA (cheerleading) |
NCAA | Division I (FBS) |
Athletic director | Mike Buddie |
Location | West Point, New York, U.S. |
Football stadium | Michie Stadium |
Basketball arena | Christl Arena |
Baseball stadium | Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field |
Other venues | Gillis Field House Tate Rink |
Mascot | Mule |
Nickname | Black Knights |
Fight song | On, Brave Old Army Team |
Colors | Black, gold, and gray[1] |
Website | www |
The Army Black Knights are the athletic teams that represent the United States Military Academy, located in West Point, New York.
The Black Knights compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a non-football member of the Patriot League, a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and a member of Atlantic Hockey America, the Collegiate Sprint Football League (men), the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League (men), the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association, the Great America Rifle Conference, the National Collegiate Boxing Association, the National Collegiate Paintball Association,[2] and the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association. Army is also one of approximately 300 members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Three of the service academies (Army, Air Force, and Navy) compete for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year or is retained by the prior year's winner in the event of a three-way tie.