Seattle Redhawks men's basketball

Seattle Redhawks
Seattle Redhawks
	2016–17 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team
University	Seattle University
Head coach	Jim Hayford
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Location	Seattle, Washington
Arena	KeyArena / Connolly Center ; (Capacity: 8,901 / 999)
Nickname	Redhawks
Colors	Red and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament runner-up
	1958
NCAA tournament Final Four
	1958
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
	1958
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1964
NCAA tournament appearances
	1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969
Conference regular season champions
	2007

The Seattle Redhawks men's basketball is the men's basketball team representing Seattle University. The team started in 1946 and they were previously known as the Seattle Chieftains. Seattle was a member of NCAA Division I from 1946 to 1980 and once again starting in 2008. They are a member of the Western Athletic Conference (2012–present).^[2] They were previously a member of the West Coast Conference (1971–1980).^[3]

History

On January 21, 1952, the Seattle Chieftains (as they were known at the time), beat the Harlem Globetrotters in a stunning 84–81 upset, led by Johnny O'Brien.^[4] On March 22, 1958, Elgin Baylor led the Chieftains to the championship game of the 1958 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where they fell short to the Kentucky Wildcats.^[5] Between 1953 and 1969, they reached the NCAA Division I Tournament 11 times.^[6]

Notable alumni of Seattle University basketball include Elgin Baylor, Johnny O'Brien, Eddie O'Brien, Eddie Miles, Clint Richardson, John Tresvant, Tom Workman, Frank Oleynick, Charlie Williams, Jawann Oldham, and Plummer Lott.^[7]

From 1960–1969, Seattle produced more NBA players than any other school.

Seattle discontinued its men's basketball at the Division I level for some time, initially moving to NAIA. In 1980, Seattle rejoined as a Division III member, and as a Division II member in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

In 2009, the program was upgraded to Division I status again. The Redhawks played as an independent for the next three years, until they were certified as a full Division I member for the 2012–13 basketball season. On April 16, 2009, Cameron Dollar was hired as the new men's basketball head coach to replace Joe Callero.^[8] Seattle University and the nearby University of Washington agreed to renew their rivalry by playing annually from 2009 to 2014 while rotating sites. It is still currently unknown what the future of the rivalry is after the 2014–15 season. Washington beat Seattle in all games from 2009–2014.

The Redhawks needed a conference to join once they became full members in order to have a chance to make the NCAA Tournament. Seattle first applied to the West Coast Conference, where they played before leaving the NCAA, but were turned down. After declining an invitation to the now-defunct Great West Conference, Seattle applied for membership in the Big Sky Conference and Big West Conference but were turned down as well. During the 2010-13 NCAA conference realignment, the Western Athletic Conference saw a large number of their members leave. From 2011–2013, a total of 12 schools left the WAC. In 2012, the WAC invited Seattle to join, and Seattle accepted soon after.

Seattle began the 2012–13 season in the WAC, and for the 2013–14 season only three members from the prior year remained in the conference (Seattle, New Mexico State, and Idaho). The WAC added six new members for 2013–14, and once Idaho left for the Big Sky Conference in 2014–15, Seattle became the second-longest tenured WAC school after just three seasons in the league.

On December 29, 2012, Seattle U played their first WAC game, in a loss to Idaho 71–64.

Seattle U won their first conference tournament game in the 2014–15 season, beating Chicago State and UMKC en route to the WAC Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. The Redhawks finished the regular season 16–15, and earned an invite to the College Basketball Invitational. It was the Redhawks first D.I postseason tournament since 1969. Seattle U beat Pepperdine and then Colorado in the first two rounds in the Connolly Center, before losing to Loyola (Ill.) on the road in the semi-finals. Loyola (Ill.) would go on to win the tournament.

Home court

Seattle moved to KeyArena, just a few miles from campus, for men's basketball in 2009 when the Redhawks moved to D. 1. KeyArena opened on October 26, 1995, and plays host to other sporting events, family events, and other entertainment.^[9] Despite seating just over 17,000 people, Seattle curtains off the upper deck and only sells tickets for the lower bowl and luxury boxes, making the official capacity for Redhawks games 8,901. 1,160 of that is luxury boxes.

Seattle has played a game at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington on select years since moving back to D1. The games are referred to as the "ShoWare Classic".

The Connolly Center on the campus is seldom used by the men's team as it only seats 999. Seattle U hosted their College Basketball Invitational games at the Connolly Center in 2015 because KeyArena was in use for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

In 2016, the Connolly Center will host six Seattle U home games, and more games will be played here in future years.

Season-by-season records

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
1946–47	Len Yandle, Bill Fenton	18–12
1947–48	Len Yandle, Bill Fenton	10–16
1948–49	Al Brightman	12–14
1949–50	Al Brightman	12–17
1950–51	Al Brightman	32–5
1951–52	Al Brightman	29–8			NIT First Round
1952–53	Al Brightman	29–4			NCAA Regional Third Place
1953–54	Al Brightman	26–2			NCAA First Round
1954–55	Al Brightman	22–7			NCAA Regional Fourth Place
1955–56	Al Brightman	18–11			NCAA Regional Fourth Place
1956–57	John Castellani	24–3			NIT Quarterfinals
1957–58	John Castellani	23–6			NCAA Runner-up
1958–59	Vincent Cazzetta	23–6
1959–60	Vincent Cazzetta	16–10
1960–61	Vincent Cazzetta	18–8			NCAA First Round
1961–62	Vincent Cazzetta	18–9			NCAA First Round
1962–63	Vincent Cazzetta	21–6			NCAA First Round
1963–64	Bob Boyd	22–6			NCAA Regional Third Place
1964–65	Bob Boyd	19–7
1965–66	Lionell Purcell	16–10
1966–67	Lionell Purcell	18–8			NCAA First Round
1967–68	Morris Buckwalter	15–14
1968–69	Morris Buckwalter	20–8			NCAA First Round
1969–70	Morris Buckwalter	15–10
1970–71	Morris Buckwalter	12–14
Seattle (West Coast Conference) (1971–1980)
1971–72	Morris Buckwalter	17–9	10–4	3rd
1972–73	William O'Connor	13–13	6–8	T–5th
1973–74	William O'Connor	15–11	11–3	2nd
1974–75	William O'Connor	8–18	6–8	6th
1975–76	William O'Connor	11–16	6–6	4th
1976–77	William O'Connor	14–14	7–7	T–3rd
1977–78	William O'Connor	11–17	6–8	5th
1978–79	Jack Schalow	16–11	8–6	4th
1979–80	Jack Schalow	12–15	8–8	7th
Seattle (Independent) (1980–1992)
1980–81	Jack Schalow	9–13
1981–82	Len Nardone	6–22
1982–83	Len Nardone	15–16
1983–84	Len Nardone	14–14
1984–85	Len Nardone	21–12
1985–86	Bob Johnson	10–20
1986–87	Bob Johnson	17–13
1987–88	Bob Johnson	13–17
1988–89	Bob Johnson	7–23
1989–90	Bob Johnson	10–20
1990–91	Bob Johnson	16–15
1991–92	Al Hairston	14–17
1992–93	Al Hairston	6–24
1993–94	Al Hairston	17–14
1994–95	Al Hairston	10–20
1995–96	Al Hairston	14–17
1996–97	Al Hairston	13–18
Seattle (Northwest Conference^[10]) (1997–1999)
1997–98	Al Hairston	4–20	3–15	10th
1998–99	Al Hairston	4–20	4–14	10th
Seattle (?) (1999–2001)
1999–00	Al Hairston	7–17
2000–01	Dave Cox	6–21
Seattle (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) (2001–2008)
2001–02	Joe Callero	6–23	4–14	9th
2002–03	Joe Callero	16–11	9–9	7th
2003–04	Joe Callero	9–18	5–13	T–8th
2004–05	Joe Callero	11–16	6–12	8th
2005–06	Joe Callero	16–11	9–9	7th
2006–07	Joe Callero	20–9	11–5	T–1st
2007–08	Joe Callero	18–9	11–7	8th^{[n 1]}
Seattle (Independent) (2008–2012)
2008–09	Joe Callero	21–8
2009–10	Cameron Dollar	17–14
2010–11	Cameron Dollar	11–20
2011–12	Cameron Dollar	12–15
Seattle (Western Athletic Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13	Cameron Dollar	8–22	3–15	10th
2013–14	Cameron Dollar	13–17	5–11	8th
2014–15	Cameron Dollar	18–16	7–7	4th	CBI Semifinals
2015–16	Cameron Dollar	15–17	7–7	4th	CBI Quarterfinals
2016–17	Cameron Dollar	13–17	5–9	6th
Total:
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Postseason appearances

NCAA Division I Tournament

The Redhawks have made the NCAA Division I Tournament eleven times, though none since 1969, in part due to not being in Division I for over half of their drought. Their combined record is 10–13.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1953	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Idaho State Washington Wyoming	W 88–77 L 70–92 W 80–64
1954	First Round	Idaho State	L 75–77 ^OT
1955	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Idaho State Oregon State Utah	W 80–63 L 71–83 L 85–108
1956	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Idaho State Utah UCLA	W 68–66 L 72–81 L 70–94
1958	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship Game	Wyoming San Francisco California Kansas State Kentucky	W 88–51 W 69–67 W 66–62 ^OT W 73–51 L 72–84
1961	First Round	Arizona State	L 70–72
1962	First Round	Oregon State	L 65–69 ^OT
1963	First Round	Oregon State	L 66–70
1964	First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place	Oregon State UCLA Utah State	W 61–57 L 90–95 W 88–78
1967	First Round	Texas Western	L 54–62
1969	First Round	Weber State	L 73–75

NIT appearances

Seattle has made two appearances in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). They have a combined record of 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1952	First Round	Holy Cross	L 72–77
1957	Quarterfinals	St. Bonaventure	L 68–85

CBI appearances

Seattle has made two appearances in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). They have a combined record of 3–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2015	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Pepperdine Colorado Loyola–Chicago	W 62–45 W 72–65 L 48–63
2016	First Round Quarterfinals	Idaho Vermont	W 68–63 L 53–74

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Pos.	Career
Seattle Redhawks retired numbers
3	Ed O'Brien ^[11]		1950–1953
4	John O'Brien ^[11]		1950–1953
20	Eddie Miles	F	1960–1963
22	Elgin Baylor	SF	1956–1958
32	Tom Workman ^[12]	C	1964–1966
44	Clint Richardson	SG	1975–1979

References

^ Seattle U Athletics Style Guide (PDF). June 18, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
^ http://www.netitor.com/photos/schools/sea/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05-media-guide.pdf
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/west/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/mbbrecords11-12.pdf
^ Fifty years ago tonight, Seattle U. upset the mighty Globetrotters, accessed January 24, 2008
^ "Blogs – Sports Blogs – ESPN". Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
^ [1] Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "#1 in Seattle University History – Elgin Baylor – Seattle University Redhawks Athletics". Goseattleu.com. 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
^ "Seattle University Redhawks hire Washington Huskies Cameron Dollar as basketball coach – ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
^ http://www.keyarena.com/arena-information
^ http://static.psbin.com/4/6/wfos4lctbf4dq3/NorthwestConferenceHistory.pdf
^ ^a ^b "Seattle University Dedicates O’Brien Center for Athletic Administration", 13 December 2010
^ "SU to retired Workman's #32" by Mark Allende at The Examiner.com, 18 January 2011]

^ Placing in standings based on NCAA nullification ruling

[1] Seattle U Athletics Style Guide (PDF). June 18, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[2] ttp://www.netitor.com/photos/schools/sea/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05-media-guide.pdf

[3] ttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/west/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/mbbrecords11-12.pdf

[4] Fifty years ago tonight, Seattle U. upset the mighty Globetrotters, accessed January 24, 2008

[5] "Blogs – Sports Blogs – ESPN". Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

[6] [1] Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[7] "#1 in Seattle University History – Elgin Baylor – Seattle University Redhawks Athletics". Goseattleu.com. 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

[8] "Seattle University Redhawks hire Washington Huskies Cameron Dollar as basketball coach – ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

[9] ttp://www.keyarena.com/arena-information

[10] ttp://static.psbin.com/4/6/wfos4lctbf4dq3/NorthwestConferenceHistory.pdf

[twins-12] "Seattle University Dedicates O’Brien Center for Athletic Administration", 13 December 2010

[13] "SU to retired Workman's #32" by Mark Allende at The Examiner.com, 18 January 2011]

[2008season-11] Placing in standings based on NCAA nullification ruling

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v t e Seattle University
Located in: Seattle, Washington
Academics	Albers School of Business and Economics College of Arts and Sciences Matteo Ricci College School of Law
Athletics	Seattle Redhawks Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer Bannerwood Park Climate Pledge Arena Western Athletic Conference
Campus	Administration Building Bannan Center Centennial Fountain Championship Field Chapel of St. Ignatius Chief of the Suquamish – Chief Seattle Fine Arts Building Garrand Hall Hunthausen Hall Jim and Janet Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons Loo Wit Loyola Hall Redhawk Center Student Center Sullivan Hall Taqwsheblu Vi Hilbert Ethnobotanical Garden Untitled
People	Notable alumni and faculty Eduardo Peñalver
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Founded: 1891

v t e Seattle Redhawks men's basketball
Venues	Redhawk Center (1980–2008, 2018–present) KeyArena (1962–1980, 2008–2018) Climate Pledge Arena (2021–present)
Culture & lore	1952 exhibition game vs. Harlem Globetrotters "Ol' Seattle U." Rudy the Redhawk
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 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
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Western Athletic Conference men's basketball
Teams	Abilene Christian Wildcats California Baptist Lancers Grand Canyon Antelopes Seattle Redhawks Southern Utah Thunderbirds Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Tarleton Texans UT Arlington Mavericks UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (leaving in 2024) Utah Tech Trailblazers Utah Valley Wolverines
Championships & awards	WAC men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 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