University of St. Thomas
Catholic university in St. Paul and Minneapolis
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2025 | Final season playing home games in Schoenecker Arena before moving to the new Lee and Penny Anderson Arena in the 2025-26 season. |
January 15 2025 | NCAA voted to amend the reclassification timeline for St. Thomas, reducing the Division III to Division I transition period from five years to four years, potentially making the team eligible for NCAA postseason play in 2025-26. |
2024 | The team participated in the Summit League tournament, defeating North Dakota State in the quarterfinals before being eliminated by South Dakota State in the semifinals. |
2024 | St. Thomas Tommies completed their 2023-24 season with a 20-13 overall record and a 9-7 performance in Summit League play, securing fourth place in the league standings. |
2023 | Lost to top-seeded Oral Roberts in the Summit League conference quarterfinals. |
2023 | St. Thomas defeated Western Illinois in the Summit League tournament quarterfinals. |
2023 | The team was eliminated from the Summit League tournament after losing to Oral Roberts in the semifinals. |
2023 | The team participated in their first Division I postseason tournament after the Summit League expanded to include all league teams. |
2023 | St. Thomas men's basketball team continued their transition from Division III to Division I, playing in their third year of the five-year transition period in the Summit League. |
2022 | The team was in the first year of a five-year transition period from Division III to Division I, which made them ineligible for NCAA postseason play, including the Summit League tournament. |
2022 | St. Thomas Tommies began their second year of transitioning from Division III to Division I, becoming the first team to directly jump from Division III to Division I. |
2022 | St. Thomas Tommies men's basketball team completed the 2022–23 season with a 19-14 overall record and 9-9 performance in Summit League play, finishing in a tie for fourth place. |
2021 | St. Thomas Tommies men's basketball team completed their 2021-22 season with a record of 10-20, finishing 4-14 in Summit League play and tying for eighth place. |
2021 | St. Thomas Tommies completed their final season in NCAA Division III basketball, concluding with a 7-0 overall record and 5-0 in MIAC play before the conference season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2021 | The team began competing in the Summit League as a new Division I member, with the understanding that they would not be eligible for NCAA postseason play until 2026–27. |
2021 | John Tauer began his 11th season as head coach of the St. Thomas Tommies men's basketball team during their inaugural Division I season. |
2021 | St. Thomas University made a historic transition from Division III to Division I, bypassing Division II, becoming one of the rare programs to make such a direct jump in NCAA basketball. |
October 2020 | NCAA issued a blanket waiver allowing student-athletes to compete up to competition maximums without being charged a season of participation during the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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