Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball

Eastern Kentucky Colonels
men's basketball
2024–25 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team
UniversityEastern Kentucky University
Head coachA.W. Hamilton (7th season)
ConferenceASUN
LocationRichmond, Kentucky
ArenaMcBrayer Arena at Alumni Coliseum
(capacity: 6,500)
NicknameColonels
Student sectionTBD
ColorsMaroon and white
   
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA tournament appearances
1953, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1979, 2005, 2007, 2014
Conference tournament champions
1950, 1955, 1979, 2005, 2007, 2014
Conference regular-season champions
1953, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979, 2024
Conference division regular-season champions
2015

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team is a college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), located in Richmond, Kentucky, United States. The Colonels are members of the ASUN Conference, which they joined in 2021 after having been members of the Ohio Valley Conference since that league's founding in 1948. Home games are played at Alumni Coliseum, located on EKU's campus. The team last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2014. The Colonels are coached by A.W. Hamilton, who came to EKU in 2018 after previous head coach Dan McHale was fired after 3 seasons.