{"id":170659,"date":"2026-03-21T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/170659\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:26:11","slug":"queens-basketball-ncaa-tournament-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/170659\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Basketball NCAA Tournament History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Queens men\u2019s basketball team is heading to the 2026 NCAA Tournament after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference. In the ASUN Tournament, it defeated West Georgia 71-63, Austin Peay 90-83, and Central Arkansas 98-93 in the championship game to clinch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/cbb-2026-ncaa-tournament-auto-bid-tracker-bzbz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">auto-bid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals are 21-13 overall entering the Big Dance and on a 3-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/mobileportal\/register?utm_source=herosports&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"269\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-21cd4368 lazyload\" alt=\"\" title=\"2000-269-BETMGM-BANNER-disclaimer-feb-26\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2000-269-betmgm-banner-disclaimer-feb-26.jpg\"  data- data-eio-rwidth=\"2000\" data-eio-rheight=\"269\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"269\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-21cd4368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2000-269-betmgm-banner-disclaimer-feb-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2000-269-BETMGM-BANNER-disclaimer-feb-26\"   data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Queens NCAA Tournament Appearances<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, Queens basketball will make its 1st appearance in the Division I NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The school joined DI in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.betmgm.com\/en\/blog\/ncaab\/college-basketball-championship-odds-2023-ncaa-bm06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2026 March Madness Odds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Queens Basketball NCAA Tournament Wins<\/p>\n<p>Queens has not won a game in the Division I NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>It is 0-1 after losing in the 2026 First Round.<\/p>\n<p>Queens Basketball Coach Grant Leonard<\/p>\n<p>Grant Leonard has been the head coach since 2022. He was previously the associate head coach for six years.<\/p>\n<p>In four seasons under Leonard, the Royals have had three winning seasons, highlighted by back-to-back 20-win seasons. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024-25, Queens finished 20-15 and earned a spot in the CBI, beating Northern Arizona in the first round. This season, the Royals punched their ticket to their first-ever DI NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/mobileportal\/register?utm_source=herosports&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=registration_page\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"NPO-SPLIT-STATES-disclaimer-feb-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"1080\" height=\"610\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/npo-split-states-disclaimer-feb-26.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/npo-split-states-disclaimer-feb-26.jpg\" alt=\"\"   class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"1080\" height=\"610\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queens men\u2019s basketball team is heading to the 2026 NCAA Tournament after winning the Atlantic Sun Conference.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-170659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}