List of defunct college basketball teams

This is a list of universities in the United States that sponsored basketball but have discontinued their programs. The last year they sponsored basketball is included.

Last season played in parentheses, categorized by the calendar year in which the last season ended.

• NCAA Division I
  • Alliant International University, formerly U.S. International University (1991)
  • University of Baltimore (1983)
  • Morris Brown College (2003)
  • Northeastern Illinois University (1997)
  • University of Texas–Pan American (2015) – The UTPA athletic program was merged with the NAIA program of University of Texas at Brownsville, creating a single Division I program that now competes as the UTRGV Vaqueros.[1]
• NCAA Division II
  • Armstrong State University (2017)
  • Augusta State University, formerly Augusta College (2012)
  • Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2017)
  • Concordia University–Portland (2020)[2]
  • Dowling College (2016)
  • Knoxville College (1990)
  • LIU Post (2019) – The LIU Post athletic program was merged with the Division I program of LIU Brooklyn, creating a single Division I program that now competes as the LIU Sharks.
  • Notre Dame de Namur University (2020)[3]
  • Saint Joseph's College (Indiana, 2017)
  • Saint Paul's College (Virginia, 2011)
  • Stony Brook Southampton, formerly LIU's Southampton College (2005)
  • Urbana University (2020)[4]
• NCAA Division III
  • Bishop College (1988)
  • Boston State College (1982)
  • Daniel Webster College (2017)
  • Johnson & Wales University (Denver, 2020)
  • Lowell State College (1975)
  • MacMurray College (2020)[5]
  • MCPHS University, formerly Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (1999)
  • Milton College (1982)
  • Mount Ida College (2018)
  • National Louis University (late 1990s)
  • Newbury College (Massachusetts, 2019)
  • New York City College of Technology (2011)
  • NYU Poly (2014) – Historically known as the Polytechnic Institute of New York and later Polytechnic University, it merged with New York University in 2008, becoming the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. NYU Poly merged completely into NYU in 2014, becoming the NYU engineering school, with Poly's athletic program being absorbed by NYU's.
  • Parks College (1996)
  • Pillsbury Baptist Bible College (2008)
  • St. Francis de Sales College (Wisconsin, 1977)
  • Southern Vermont College (2019)
  • Spelman College (2013) – Spelman is a women's college.
  • Upsala College (1995)
  • Wheelock College (2018)
• NCAA College Division
  • Parsons College (1973)
• NAIA
  • AIB College of Business (2015)
  • Alaska Pacific University (1990)
  • Ashford University (2016)
  • University of Alaska Southeast (1990)
  • Barat College (2001)
  • Bethany University (2011)
  • Benedictine University at Springfield (2015)
  • Cascade College (2009)
  • Cincinnati Christian University (2019)
  • Concordia Senior College (1977)
  • Dana College (2010)
  • Detroit Institute of Technology (1980)
  • DeVry University, formerly DeVry Institute of Technology (Georgia, 1992)
  • Dr. Martin Luther College (1995) – Incorporated Northwestern College and became Martin Luther College.
  • College of Emporia (1974)
  • George Williams College (Chicago, 2000) – Merged with Aurora University.
  • Green Mountain College (2019)
  • Holy Family College (Wisconsin, 2020)[6]
  • Huron University, also known as Si Tanka University–Huron (2005)
  • Kendall College (mid-2000s)
  • Lambuth University (2011)
  • Lindenwood University – Belleville (2020)[7]
  • Marycrest International University (2002)
  • Marygrove College (2018)
  • Mid-Continent University (2014)
  • Mount Senario College (2001)
  • Mountain State University (2012)
  • Mundelein College (1991) – Incorporated into NCAA Division I's Loyola University Chicago.
  • Northwestern College (Wisconsin, 1995) – Merged with Dr. Martin Luther College; see above.
  • Northwood University (Florida, 2015) – Sold to Keiser University
  • Northwood University (Texas, 2013)
  • Patten University (2005)
  • Phillips University (1998)
  • Purdue University Calumet (2017) – Merged with Purdue North Central to become Purdue University Northwest.
  • Purdue University North Central (2017) – Merged with Purdue Calumet to become Purdue Northwest.
  • Robert Morris University Chicago (2020) – Merged into Roosevelt University.[8]
  • St. Catherine College (2016)
  • St. Gregory's University (2017)
  • St. Mary of the Plains College (1992)
  • Santa Fe University of Art and Design, formerly College of Santa Fe and St. Michael's College (1986)
  • Sheldon Jackson College (1992)
  • University of South Dakota–Springfield (1984)
  • Southern Benedictine College, formerly Saint Bernard College (1979)
  • Southern Polytechnic State University (2014)
  • Tarkio College (1992)
  • University of Texas at Brownsville (2015) – Merged with the NCAA Division I athletic program of University of Texas–Pan American; see above.
  • Trinity Lutheran College (Washington, 2016)
  • Victory University, formerly Crichton College (2014)
  • Virginia Intermont College (2014)
  • Westmar College (1997)
  • Yankton College (1984)
• NCCAA
  • Central Bible College (2013)
  • Grace University (2018)
  • Hiwassee College (2019)
  • John Wesley University (2018)
  • Tennessee Temple University (2015)
• USCAA
  • Concordia College Alabama (2018)
  • College of New Rochelle (2019) – Also competed in NCAA Division III.
  • Robert Morris University Springfield (2019)
  • College of St. Joseph (2019)
  • Selma University (2019)
  • Stratford University (2019)

See also

• NCAA Men's Division I basketball alignment history
• List of defunct college baseball teams
• List of defunct college football teams
• List of defunct college hockey teams
• List of NCAA Division I schools that have never sponsored football

References

1. "UTRGV to be home to NCAA Division I athletic program". University of Texas System. April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
2. O'Kelly, Evan (February 10, 2020). "Concordia University-Portland Closing". Concordia University Portland. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
3. "NDNU Athletics Will Not Continue Past Spring 2020". Notre Dame de Namur University. March 23, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
4. Smith, Joe (April 22, 2020). "Mountain East Conference charter member Urbana University closing permanently at end of 2020 spring semester". Times West Virginian. Fairmont, WV. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
5. "MacMurray Athletics Statement: Closure". MacMurray College. March 28, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
6. Zarling, Patti (May 4, 2020). "Holy Family College in Manitowoc closing permanently after summer session". Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
7. "Lindenwood-Belleville To Consolidate, Discontinue Swimming, Athletics in 2020". Swimming World. May 22, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
8. "Roosevelt University Gets Approval to Integrate Robert Morris Illinois". Roosevelt University. March 9, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.