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The 2024–25 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team represents the University of New Orleans (UNO) during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Privateers are led by second-year head coach Trelanne Powell and play their home games at the Lakefront Arena located on the UNO campus in New Orleans , Louisiana.
The 2024–25 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team represents the University of New Orleans during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Privateers are led by first-year head coach Stacy Hollowell and play their home games at Lakefront Arena as members of the Southland Conference .
A long-time member of the North Central Conference, UNO joined the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association on July 1, 2008 after the NCC ceased operations. In March 2011, the school announced its intentions to move up from Division II to Division I and join The Summit League.
The New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team represents the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The school's team currently competes as a member of the Southland Conference .
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UNO's athletic teams participated in NCAA Division II from 1969 to 1975 before moving to Division I and becoming a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference. [3] In December 2009, the LSU Board approved a proposal from UNO to move its athletic program from Division I to Division III following a drop in enrollment and associated budget cuts following Hurricane Katrina. [4]
After appearing in five NCAA Regionals in eight years, the Privateers finally made Louisiana sports history. In 1984, the University of New Orleans was the first in-state school to appear in the Division I College World Series. [4] In Game 1, the Privateers were defeated by the reigning CWS champions Texas by a score of 6–3.
Although the school was a Division II team in all other sports, UNO joined Division I for ice hockey. Season tickets went on sale shortly thereafter. By May 16 of that year, the university capped season ticket sales at 6,389 just two weeks after the university announced the creation of the team.