Savannah State Tigers basketball
| Savannah State Tigers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University | Savannah State University | |||
| Head coach | Clevan Thompson (1st season) | |||
| Conference | SIAC | |||
| Location | Savannah, Georgia | |||
| Arena | Tiger Arena (capacity: 6,000) | |||
| Nickname | Tigers | |||
| Colors | Burnt orange and reflex blue | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
| Division II: 2022, 2025 Division III: 1979, 1980, 1981, 2022, 2025 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1970, 2022, 2025 | ||||
| Conference regular-season champions | ||||
| 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2012, 2018 | ||||
The Savannah State Tigers basketball team represents Savannah State University and competes in NCAA Division II as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference since July 2019. The Tigers play their home games in Tiger Arena on the university's Savannah, Georgia campus.
They are currently coached by Clevan Thompson who is in his 1st season as interim head coach of the Tigers.
They competed in NCAA Division I in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference from 2010 to 2019, but never qualified for the NCAA Division I tournament. On April 17, 2017, the school announced that it would return to Division II due to financial issues associated with competing in Division I. On December 7, 2017, the school announced it would rejoin Division II's Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) following the 2018–19 academic year, pending NCAA approval. Since joining the SIAC in the 2019–2020 academic year, the Tigers have won a SIAC Conference Championship (2021) and made an NCAA Division II national tournament appearance (2021).