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The 2024–25 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team represents the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.The Highlanders, led by seventh-year head coach Mike Lane, play their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as members of the America East Conference.
The 2024–25 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represents the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Highlanders, led by second-year head coach Grant Billmeier, play their home games at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as members of the America East Conference.
The 2023–24 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.The Highlanders, led by sixth-year head coach Mike Lane, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center located in Newark, New Jersey, as members of the America East Conference.
NJIT athletics moved to NCAA Division I, the top level of college athletics, in 2006. Prior to the reclassification of the athletic program, all teams competed at the Division II level. In the process of reclassification, both men's and women's soccer programs moved up to Division I faster than the other programs by taking advantage of a policy that allows lower division schools to elevate one ...
The Highlanders joined Division I in 2006 after being in Division II since 1997. In the final year of the Great West Conference, NJIT (who had finished 2nd out of the 5 teams with a 6–2 conference record) won the tournament, their first ever in school history. They have never qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
The 2023–24 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders were led by first-year head coach Grant Billmeier and played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center located in Newark, New Jersey as third-year ...
The New Jersey Institute of Technology has a history dating back to the 19th century. Originally introduced from Essex County, New Jersey, on March 24, 1880, and revised with input from the Newark Board of Trade in 1881, an act of the New Jersey State Legislature drew up a contest to determine which municipality would become home to the state's urgently needed technical school.
The "Real World Connections" program was developed to help younger students get a head start in the science and technology field, and is run by the Professor and members of the college-level capstone course. Students from the graduate and undergraduate classes serve as mentors and advisors for the high school program.