The Pride has appeared in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament four times. The Pride have appeared in the NCAA Division II men’s basketball tournament four times and brought the best result of “NCAA tournament Elite Eight” in 1964. They also appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) seven times and the recent was in 2023. The Pride has appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) three times.
The men’s basketball team experienced its most successful period in 2000 and 2001, winning back-to-back America East men’s basketball tournament titles and making their first appearances in the Division I championship since the 1970s. The team most recently won the 2020 Colonial Athletic Association Championship. Speedy Claxton, the star on the 2000 team, was named the head coach in April.