The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in Conference USA and are currently led by seventh-year head coach Nick McDevitt. The Blue Raiders have appeared nine times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2017. Middle Tennessee has six appearances in the NCAA round of 32 with upsets in 2016 over 2-seed Michigan State and 2017 upset over 5-seed Minnesota.
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Postseason results
NCAA tournament results
The Blue Raiders have appeared in the NCAA tournament nine times. Their combined record is 4–9. The 2015–16 season was most notable after MTSU became just the eighth #15 seed to win a game, winning against Michigan State.
NAIA Tournament results
The Blue Raiders have appeared in the NAIA Tournament one time. Their record is 0–1.
NIT results
The Blue Raiders have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) five times. Their combined record is 5–5.
CBI results
The Blue Raiders have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) one time. Their combined record is 3–1.
CIT results
The Blue Raiders have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 0–2.
Notable players
Shawn Jones (born 1992), for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Reggie Upshaw (born 1995), in the Israel Basketball Premier League
JaCorey Williams (born 1994), for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League