Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are the men's basketball team that represent Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States. The school's team competes in the Horizon League and plays their home games at the Athletics Center O'rena. The Golden Grizzlies are coached by Greg Kampe. Kampe is the longest-tenured Division I head coach still actively coaching.[2] Oakland last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2011.

Oakland Golden Grizzlies
2022–23 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team
UniversityOakland University
Head coachGreg Kampe (37th season)
ConferenceHorizon League
LocationAuburn Hills, Michigan
ArenaAthletics Center O'rena
(Capacity: 4,005)
NicknameGolden Grizzlies
ColorsBlack and gold[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament appearances
D-II: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
D-I: 2005, 2010, 2011
Conference tournament champions
Summit League
2005, 2010, 2011
Conference regular season champions
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1996, 1997

Summit League
2000, 2010, 2011

Horizon League
2017

Through December 29, 2020, Oakland has made a three-point field goal in 1,014 consecutive games, the fifth-longest active NCAA Division I streak. They last finished a game without a three-pointer on January 30, 1988.[3]

History

The Oakland men's basketball program began competing in the 1967 season, 10 years after the university opened. Originally nicknamed the Pioneers, they won their first NCAA game 109–106 in overtime against Albion. The Pioneers were without a conference until 1974 when they joined the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).

The first year as members of the GLIAC, Oakland hired Greg Kampe, who is still the head coach at the university. Kampe has the fifth-longest tenure of all active Division I coaches.[4] Oakland won two regular season GLIAC championships, in 1995–96 and 1996–97, their final two seasons in the league. In a 1993 game against Madonna, Oakland scored 91 points in the first half, on their way to a 189–107 victory.[5] That game set school records for most points in a half (98) and largest margin of victory (82). The next three seasons, OU scored more than 100 points 30 times, winning 29 of those games.[5]

Oakland played at the Division II level until 1997 when they changed their nickname to the Golden Grizzlies and began the transition to Division I. OU opened the Athletics Center O'rena in 1998 against Michigan State. When the O'rena was being built, home basketball games were played in the Sports Dome, an inflatable "bubble" used for practice by Oakland's athletic teams during the winter.[6] The original basketball stadium was in the Hollie L. Lepley Sports Center.[7]

The Golden Grizzlies completed the transition to Division I in 1999 and joined the Mid-Continent Conference (now known as The Summit League).

The Golden Grizzlies joined the Horizon League starting in the 2013–14 season.

Postseason history

Oakland competed in NCAA Division II since the inception of the basketball program in 1967 until they moved to NCAA Division I in 1997. The Golden Grizzlies reached the Division II postseason four times in their final four seasons at that level.

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Golden Grizzlies have appeared in three Division I NCAA Tournaments. Their overall record is 1–3.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2005#16Opening Round
First Round		Alabama A&M
North Carolina		W 79–69
L 68–96
2010#14First RoundPittsburghL 66–89
2011#13First RoundTexasL 81–85

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Golden Grizzlies have appeared in four Division II NCAA Tournaments. Their overall record is 3–5.

YearFirst roundRegional semifinalRegional consolationRegional final
1994Defeated Quincy, 105–98Lost to Wayne State, 99–97Lost to Kentucky Wesleyan, 118–91–
1995Lost to Quincy, 116–94–––
1996Lost to Northern State, 98–92–––
1997Defeated Grand Valley State, 79–74Defeated Indianapolis, 75–72–Lost to Northern Kentucky, 101–87

NIT results

The Golden Grizzlies have appeared in one National Invitation Tournament. Their overall record is 1–1.

Year Round Opponent Result
2017First Round
Second Round		Clemson
Richmond		W 74–69
L 83–87

Vegas 16 results

The Golden Grizzlies participated in the first and only Vegas 16. Their record was 2–1.

Year Round Opponent Result
2016Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals		Towson
East Tennessee State
Old Dominion		W 90–72
W 104–81
L 67–68

CIT results

The Golden Grizzlies have appeared in Four CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournaments (CIT). Their overall record is 4–4.

YearRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinals
2009–Defeated Kent State, 80–74Lost to Bradley, 76–75–
2012Defeated Bowling Green, 86–69Defeated Buffalo, 84–76Defeated Rice, 77–70Lost to Utah State, 105–81
2013Lost to Youngstown State, 99–87–––
2015Lost to Eastern Illinois, 97–91–––

All-time win–loss record

Through 2022–23 season

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dick Robinson (1967–1968)
1967–68 Robinson 6–15
Dick Robinson: 6–15
Gene Bolden (1968–1976)
1968–69 Bolden 11–10
1969–70 Bolden 9–14
1970–71 Bolden 14–12
1971–72 Bolden 14–12
1972–73 Bolden 15–11
1973–74 Bolden 17–11
1974–75 Bolden 4–222–9
1975–76 Bolden 5–223–13
Gene Bolden: 89–1145–22
Jim Mitchell (1976–1979)
1976–77 Mitchell 9–195–11
1977–78 Mitchell 6–223–11
1978–79 Mitchell, Frederick 12–155–9
Jim Mitchell: 27–5613–31
Lee Frederick (1979–1984)
1979–80 Frederick 13–143–11
1980–81 Frederick 8–193–13
1981–82 Frederick 18–98–8
1982–83 Frederick 11–164–12
1983–84 Frederick 13–147–9
Lee Frederick: 63–7225–53
Greg Kampe (1984–present)
1984–85 Kampe 13–155–11T-7th
1985–86 Kampe 13–155–118th
1986–87 Kampe 20–810–64th
1987–88 Kampe 19–911–53rd
1988–89 Kampe 20–810–63rd
1989–90 Kampe 19–910–64th
1990–91 Kampe 16–1310–63rd
1991–92 Kampe 16–138–8T-4th
1992–93 Kampe 15–119–7T-3rd
1993–94 Kampe 21–1011–74thNCAA Regional Semi-Final
1994–95 Kampe 20–912–62ndNCAA First Round
1995–96 Kampe 21–813–5T-1stNCAA First Round
1996–97 Kampe 24–714–31st (South)NCAA Regional Final
1997–98 Kampe 15–12
1998–99 Kampe 12–158–8N/A
1999–00 Kampe 13–1711–51st
2000–01 Kampe 12–168–85th
2001–02 Kampe 17–1310–4T-2nd
2002–03 Kampe 17–1110–4T-2nd
2003–04 Kampe 13–176–10T-7th
2004–05 Kampe 13–197–9T-5thNCAA First Round
2005–06 Kampe 11–186–107th
2006–07 Kampe 19–1410–42nd
2007–08 Kampe 17–1411–73rd
2008–09 Kampe 23–1313–53rdCIT quarterfinals
2009–10 Kampe 26–917–11stNCAA first round
2010–11 Kampe 25–1017–11stNCAA second round
2011–12 Kampe 20–1611–73rdCIT semifinals
2012–13 Kampe 16–1710–64thCIT first round
2013–14 Kampe 13–207–9T-5th
2014–15 Kampe 16–1711–5T-3rdCIT first round
2015–16 Kampe 23–1213–5T-2ndVegas 16 finals
2016–17 Kampe 25–914–4T-1stNIT second round
2017–18 Kampe 19–1410–84th
2018–19 Kampe 16–1711–73rd
2019–20 Kampe 14–198–106th
2020–21 Kampe 12–1810–105th
2021–22 Kampe 20–1212–75th
2022–23 Kampe 13–1911–95th
Greg Kampe: 670–514361–223
Total:810–726

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Records
Main article: Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball statistical leaders

Media

OU men's basketball games are broadcast on WDFN (1130 AM). The play-by-play commentator is Neal Ruhl, with former Oakland and professional player, Dan Waterstradt.[8] Oakland home games are simulcast on ESPN3, WMYD and WDFN.

Mario Impemba, also the play-by-play commentator for the Detroit Tigers on Fox Sports Detroit, broadcast Oakland games from 2006–2013.[9]

Oakland players who played in the NBA

Footnotes
a The official Oakland record book lists Reggie Hamilton in third place with 548 career assists from 2010–2012. That includes the assists he accumulated while at UMKC from 2007–2009, which is inconsistent with how the rest of the record book handles transfer player statistics.
b The official Oakland record book lists Marshall's total at 199,[5] but the addition of his individual season's statistics makes the total 198 (80 in 2002–03,[10] 59 in 2003–04,[11] 59 in 2004–05[12]).
c There is a discrepancy between sources for Brock's 2016–17 season block total. The official Oakland record book lists 72, while other sources list the total as 69. This is due to a difference in total blocks for the December 10, 2016, game against Robert Morris. Both school box scores list 7 blocks[13][14] while ESPN and sports-reference.com list 5.[15][16]

References
  1. "Oakland University Athletics Branding Guidelines". March 14, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. "It's Gordon's night for Hoosiers in victory". Associated Press. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  3. "Game Notes - DET" (PDF).
  4. "Player Bio: Greg Kampe". Ougrizzlies.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  5. "2011–12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Oakland University. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  6. "Campus timeline". 1996 entry on timeline. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  7. "Campus timeline". 1998 entry on timeline. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  8. Paul, Tony (October 13, 2016). "Matt Dery joins Oakland as basketball analyst". Detroit News. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  9. Kampe, Paul (October 30, 2013). "Oakland announces 2013-14 radio broadcasts, Mario Impemba's departure". Oakland Press. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  10. "Oakland 2002–03 Season Statistics". Oakland University. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  11. "Oakland 2003–04 Season Statistics". Oakland University. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  12. "Oakland 2004–05 Season Statistics". Oakland University. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  13. http://www.goldengrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2016-2017/1210_rmu.html
  14. "Men's Basketball vs Oakland on 12/10/2016 - Box Score".
  15. "Oakland vs. Robert Morris - Box Score - December 10, 2016 - ESPN".
  16. "Isaiah Brock 2016-17 Game Log".
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