| Lehigh Mountain Hawks | |||
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| University | Lehigh University | ||
| Head coach | Brett Reed (18th season) | ||
| Conference | Patriot | ||
| Location | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Arena | Stabler Arena (capacity: 6,000) | ||
| Nickname | Mountain Hawks | ||
| Colors | Brown and white[1] | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||
| 1985, 1988, 2004, 2010, 2012 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| ECC: 1985, 1988 Patriot: 2004, 2010, 2012 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| ECC: 1970, 1990 (co-champion) Patriot: 2004 (co-champion), 2010 | |||
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team — known as the Lehigh Engineers until 1995 — represents Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in NCAA Division I competition. They have competed in the Patriot League since the circuit became an all-sport conference in 1990.[2] Its home games are played at Stabler Arena.[3]
After ending their independent status in 1974, they were a member of the East Coast Conference until 1990. Lehigh made their first NCAA Division I tournament in 1985, doing so by winning the conference tournament. With a 12-18 record, they became the first team to reach the Tournament with a record below .500.[4][5] The Mountain Hawks made their fifth appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2012. The Mountain Hawks are currently coached by Dr. Brett Reed.
The Mountain Hawks men's basketball team is best known for defeating the second seeded Duke Blue Devils in the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, led by future NBA player CJ McCollum.[6]
- ^ "Lehigh University" (PDF).
- ^ "Conference History – Patriot League". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
- ^ "Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball 2009-10 media guide". Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ^ "Teams with the worst records to make the men's NCAA tournament | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "ECC gets reprieve on NCAA automatic bid". The Baltimore Sun. February 5, 1991.
- ^ Housenick, Tom (March 16, 2012). "NCAA basketball: Lehigh pulls off monumental upset of Duke". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2012.