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Troy University's athletics nickname was the Red Wave until the early 1970s when the student body voted to change the name to Trojans. Prior to becoming a member of NCAA Division One athletics in 1993, Troy University was a member of the Gulf South Conference of the NCAA Division II ranks.
Troy's rivalry with Middle Tennessee, now dormant following Middle Tennessee's 2013 move to Conference USA, is known as the Battle for the Palladium. Troy and Middle Tennessee first played each other in 1936, but it wasn't until 2003 that the schools started playing annually for the Palladium Trophy.
One of Troy's most famous claims to fame, however, is their game against DeVry (when DeVry had athletics) on January 12, 1992 when the Trojans came out victorious by the NCAA-record score of 253–141. This game is the current highest-scoring game in NCAA basketball history.
(10:51) TROY – Buddha Jones 23 yards fumble return, Brooks Buce kick (Troy 7–0) (5:31) TROY – Brooks Buce 40 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards, ...
Troy will play host to Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, South Alabama, Louisiana, and Appalachian State. Troy will host two of the four non-conference opponents at Veterans Memorial Stadium , Southern , from NCAA Division I FCS Southwestern Athletic Conference and Liberty , a FBS Independent, and will travel to Southern Miss of the Conference ...
Smartt is a Troy University alumnus and was a member of the Troy State Trojans baseball teams that was Division II national championships in 1986 and 1987. In Smartt's second season at the helm, his team would go 31–25, performing a rare accomplishment by defeating every in-state on the schedule in 2017.
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Troy would wind up losing in the First Round of the tournament to Mercer, 68–83. For the next season, Rigby led Troy to their second-straight 20-win season, finishing the 2015–16 season with a 20–13 record and a Sun Belt Conference tournament championship. This marked the first time Troy had consecutive seasons with 20 wins or more.