The team’s most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament was in 2015, where the Colonials beat North Florida in the First Four. Five years earlier, in the 2010 NCAA tournament, the 15th-seed Colonials nearly upset No. 9-ranked Villanova in the First Round before losing in overtime. The team is also known for its upset over No. 1-seeded (and 2012 national champion) Kentucky at the buzzer in the opening round of the 2013 National Invitation Tournament and another upset over traditional Big East powerhouse St. John’s in the opening round of the 2014 NIT. The Colonials have appeared in the NCAA tournament eight times. The men’s team won the 2009 NEC Championship, beating Mount St. Mary’s 48–46. The 2019-20 season was a special one for the Colonials, as they played their inaugural season at the UPMC Events Center. The men’s team capped off the season with their record ninth—and final—NEC tournament title as they defeated Saint Francis University. That championship would have earned them an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament, but it was canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.