St. Thomas Tommies (Minnesota) men's basketball
| St. Thomas Tommies men's basketball | |||||||||
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| University | University of St. Thomas | ||||||||
| First season | 1904 | ||||||||
| Head coach | John Tauer (15th season) | ||||||||
| Location | Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||||||||
| Arena | Lee and Penny Anderson Arena (capacity: 5,000) | ||||||||
| Conference | Summit League | ||||||||
| Nickname | Tommies | ||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament champions | |||||||||
| Division III: 2011, 2016 | |||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||
| MIAC: 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 | |||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||
| MIAC: 1924, 1946, 1949, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 | |||||||||
The St. Thomas Tommies men's basketball team represents the University of St. Thomas, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in NCAA Division I as a member of the Summit League where they have been a member since their Division I debut in the 2021-22 season. The Tommies are led by fourteenth-year coach John Tauer. St. Thomas has never appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and will be eligible for the first time in the 2025–26 season.
The team played its games at Schoenecker Arena (located within the Anderson Athletics and Recreation Center on campus) in Saint Paul from 2010 to 2025, hosting the arena’s final basketball game on March 1, 2025 which resulted in a 61-55 win against the Kansas City Roos. Starting in the 2025-26 athletics season the team will play their games at Lee and Penny Anderson Arena sharing the space with the women’s basketball team as well as both the men’s and women’s hockey teams.