Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball
| Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball | |||
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| University | Eastern Kentucky University | ||
| Head coach | A.W. Hamilton (8th season) | ||
| Location | Richmond, Kentucky | ||
| Arena | Alumni Coliseum (capacity: 6,500) | ||
| Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference (UAC in 2026–27) | ||
| Nickname | Colonels | ||
| Colors | Maroon and white | ||
| NCAA Division I tournament appearances | |||
| 1953, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1979, 2005, 2007, 2014 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 1950, 1955, 1979, 2005, 2007, 2014 | |||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||
| 1953, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1979, 2024 | |||
| Conference division champions | |||
| 2015 | |||
| Uniforms | |||
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The Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team is a college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), located in Richmond, Kentucky, United States. The Colonels are members of the ASUN Conference, which they joined in 2021 after having been members of the Ohio Valley Conference since that league's founding in 1948. Home games are played at Alumni Coliseum, located on EKU's campus. The team last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2014. The Colonels are coached by A.W. Hamilton, who came to EKU in 2018 after previous head coach Dan McHale was fired after 3 seasons.