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A Winning Tradition

Nebraska Wesleyan University men's basketball team is one of the most tradition rich programs in small college basketball.  The 1,587 total victories puts them in the top 15 among all NCAA III basketball playing institutions and NWU has qualified for the postseason 28 times, including 18 NCAA III Tournaments and six NCAA Final Four Appearances.  Nebraska Wesleyan won their first men's basketball National Championship in 2018, the first men's college basketball team in the state of Nebraska to win a national championship.  NWU was the 1997 NCAA III National Runner-up.
 
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2018 NCAA III National Championship Team


NCAA Division III National Championships (1): 2018

NCAA Division III National Runner-Up (1): 1997

Final Four Appearances (6): 1962, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 2018

NCAA III Final Four Appearances (5): 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 2018

NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances (18): 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024

NAIA Tournament Appearances (7): 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 2016

Conference Championships (16): 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024


Men's Basketball Record Book