UMBC Retrievers men's basketball
| UMBC Retrievers men's basketball | |||||||
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| University | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | ||||||
| Head coach | Jim Ferry (4th season) | ||||||
| Conference | America East | ||||||
| Location | Catonsville, Maryland | ||||||
| Arena | Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (capacity: 5,000) | ||||||
| Nickname | Retrievers | ||||||
| Student section | Hilltop Hysteria | ||||||
| Colors | Black and gold | ||||||
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| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||||||
| 1979* | |||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||
| 2008, 2018 | |||||||
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* at Division II level | |||||||
The UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represents the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition as a member of the America East Conference. They play their home games at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Catonsville, Maryland. Their current head coach is Jim Ferry.
UMBC made its first Division I postseason appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2008, for which it qualified by winning the America East tournament.
The Retrievers are best known for when they qualified for their second NCAA tournament appearance in 2018 by beating the Vermont Catamounts in the America East tournament final and became the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men's tournament, beating No. 1-seeded Virginia 74–54. The win has been called the greatest upset in college basketball history.