Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball

Prairie View A&M Panthers
Prairie View A&M Panthers
	2024–25 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team
University	Prairie View A&M University
Head coach	Byron Smith (9th season)
Conference	SWAC
Location	Prairie View, Texas
Arena	William J. Nicks Building ; (capacity: 6,500)
Nickname	Panthers
Colors	Purple and gold;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1960, 1961
NCAA tournament round of 32
	1960, 1961
NCAA tournament appearances
	1960, 1961, 1998, 2019; *at Division II level;
Conference tournament champions
	1998, 2019
Conference regular season champions
	1961, 1962, 2003, 2019, 2020, 2021

The Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). PVAMU won the 1962 NAIA Tournament.

TSU basketball rivalry

The Prairie View A&M-Texas Southern basketball rivalry is the most anticipated and highest attended basketball series in the SWAC. The February 2018 match up at Prairie View A&M saw a home crowd of approximately 4,000 which was the largest for the season.^[2]

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

The Panthers have appeared twice in the NCAA tournament. Their record is 0–2.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1998	#16	First Round	#1 Kansas	L 52–110
2019	#16	First Four	#16 Farleigh-Dickinson	L 76–82

NCAA Division II

The Panthers appeared twice in the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. Their record was 2–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1960	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	South Dakota State Cornell (IA)	W 78–65 L 79–93
1961	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Wisconsin–Superior South Dakota State	W 79–68 L 84–88

NAIA Tournament results

The Panthers have appeared in one NAIA Tournament in which they were National Champions with a 5–0 record in 1962.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1962	#2	First Round Second Round Elite Eight National Semifinals National Championship	Ashland (OR) Morris Harvey Arizona State Western Illinois Westminster	W 73–64^OT W 85–70 W 86–48 W 80–68 W 62–53

SWAC Tournament

The Prairie View A&M Panthers have won the SWAC Tournament in 1998 and 2019. The team has made several championship game appearances.

Hall of Famers

Prairie View A&M has a professional basketball hall of famer in their ranks. Former Panther center Zelmo Beaty. Beaty, was selected to be inducted into the 2014 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class and the 2016 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class.

"Zelmo Beaty played for Coach John Payton at Woodville's Scott High School and won back to back Prairie View Interscholastic League 1A state championships in 1957 & 1958. From 1958-1962 at Prairie View A&M Beaty averaged 25 points and 20 rebounds per game and was a two-time first team NAIA All-American (1960 & 1962). The "Big Z" led Prairie View A&M to the NAIA national basketball title in 1962 and was named the Chuck Taylor Tournament MVP. He was picked third overall by the St. Louis Hawks in the 1962 NBA Draft. A 6'9" center who was known for his tough, hard-nosed play he averaged 17.4 points and 11.2 rebounds in 7 seasons (1962-1969) for the St. Louis Hawks. He made the NBA All-Rookie first team and 2 All-Star Games before switching to the rival ABA's Utah Stars in 1970. Beaty led the Stars to the 1971 ABA title while averaging 22.9 points and 15.7 rebounds, and was named MVP of the playoffs. In Utah he averaged 19.1 points, 11.6 rebounds and was 3-time All-Star in 4 seasons (1970-1974). He played his final NBA season with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975. Beaty scored 15,207 points and had 9,665 rebounds during his 12-season professional career. He was named to the ABA's 30-man all-time team in 1997 and was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2014. Beaty died on August 27, 2013."^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Colors | Prairie View A&M University Marketing and Communications". Retrieved March 18, 2019.
^ "Men's Basketball vs *Texas Southern on 2/8/2014 - Box Score".
^ "tshof.org: Inductees". www.tshof.org. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.
^ "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Zelmo Beaty".

External links

Website

[1] "Colors | Prairie View A&M University Marketing and Communications". Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[2] "Men's Basketball vs *Texas Southern on 2/8/2014 - Box Score".

[3] "tshof.org: Inductees". www.tshof.org. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.

[4] "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Zelmo Beaty".

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Venues	William J. Nicks Building (1960s–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons Records lost 1920–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–69 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 2024–25
NAIA national championship in bold

v t e Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball
Teams	Alabama A&M Bulldogs Alabama State Hornets Alcorn State Braves Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Florida A&M Rattlers Grambling State Tigers Jackson State Tigers Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Prairie View A&M Panthers Southern Jaguars Texas Southern Tigers
Championships & awards	SWAC men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
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