North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball
| North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball | |||||||||||
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| University | North Carolina Central University | ||||||||||
| Head coach | LeVelle Moton (16th season) | ||||||||||
| Conference | MEAC | ||||||||||
| Location | Durham, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Arena | McDougald–McLendon Arena (capacity: 3,056) | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Eagles | ||||||||||
| Colors | Maroon and gray | ||||||||||
| NCAA tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1989* | |||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1946, 1950* (CIAA) 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 (MEAC) | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020 (MEAC) | |||||||||||
* at Division II level | |||||||||||
The North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents North Carolina Central University, which is located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The team currently competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
Prior to 2011, the Eagles competed in NCAA Division II and won the 1989 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship. For much of the university's tenure in Division II, the school (formerly "North Carolina College") was a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The Eagles have appeared four times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2019.