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Queens
University Royals Updated 03/20/26 |
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Location: Charlotte, NC Enrollment: 1300 Cost of Attendance: $75,000 Venue: Curry Arena Arena
Capacity: 2,500 Conference: ASUN (3rd) Record: 21-13 (13-5) NET Rank: Committee Rank: 62 Tournament History Appearances:
0 Final
Fours: 0 Championships: 0 Win-Loss: 0-0 Most Recent: n/a |
Queens University of Charlotte
Queens University of Charlotte, better known as just Queens, is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was established in 1857 as school for women. The university, which is directly affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, started to allow men in the 1940s. It has approximately 1,300 undergraduate students yet offers 50 undergraduate majors and 58 minors. How is that possible. About the Royals Queens fielded its first men's basketball team in the 1989-90 season. The Royals appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament fifteen times, with a combined record was 21 14. They had enough of that and in 2022 decided to transition their sports from DII to DI as new members of the ASUN. The NCAA has a weird rule that prohibits teams transitioning to DI from participating in the NCAA Tournament for a period of 4 years. So, in this their first year of eligibility, the Royals made the Tournament by winning the ASUN Conference Tournament. But, will they ever be able to enter the Tournament again? In 2025, Queens University and Elon University announced
they would be merging, even though they are located over 100 miles apart. The merger is expected to be complete
by August 2026. Elon plays in the Coastal Athletic Association. Their plan is to have two separate athletic
programs. "We are going to ask the NCAA to allow us to operate
two DI programs," Elon president Connie Book said. "The
NCAA has, in the last three years, been much more flexible in this regard as
universities merge. Our plan is to ask for
permission from the NCAA to continue to be one program." Should the NCAA approve the proposal to operate two DI athletic departments for two different schools under the same umbrella, Queens and Elon will have separate basketball programs. But will they be sharing the same NIL money? This is going to do wonders for recruiting. Elon's enrollment is five times larger than Queens', and Elon has had a basketball program since 1911. Bye-Bye Queens now and forever. |
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