The Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represents the University of Idaho

University of Idaho

The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...

, located in Moscow

Moscow, Idaho

Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...

, Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

, in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 Division I basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 competition. They currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

. The Vandals are currently coached by Don Verlin

Don Verlin

Donald G. Verlin is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Idaho...

 and play their home games at the Cowan Spectrum (7,000) at the Kibbie Dome

Kibbie Dome

The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho...

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NCAA Tournament results

The Vandals have appeared in 4 NCAA Tournaments

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

. Their combined record is 1–4

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score	Head Coach
1981 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1981, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...	First Round	Pittsburgh	L 70–69 OT	Don Monson Don Monson Donald L. "Don" Monson is a former college basketball head coach and the father of head coach Dan Monson...
1982 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1982, and ended with the championship game on March 29 in New Orleans, Louisiana...	Second Round	Iowa	W 69–67 OT
	Sweet Sixteen	Oregon State	L 60–42
1989 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Seattle, Washington...	First Round	UNLV	L 68–56	Kermit Davis Kermit Davis Kermit "Froggy" Davis, Jr. is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Middle Tennessee State University.-External links:*...
1990 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 1990, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Denver, Colorado...	First Round	Louisville	L 78–59

NIT results

The Vandals have appeared in 1 National Invitation Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...

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Their combined record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score	Head Coach
1983 1983 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:...	First Round	Oregon State	L 77–59	Don Monson Don Monson Donald L. "Don" Monson is a former college basketball head coach and the father of head coach Dan Monson...

CIT Results

The Vandals have participated in two CollegeInsider.com  tournaments.
Their combined record is 1–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score	Head Coach
2009 2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament The 2009 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams that was won by...	First Round Quarterfinals	Drake Pacific	W 69–67 L 69–59	Don Verlin Don Verlin Donald G. Verlin is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Idaho...
2011 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament The 2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 24 NCAA Division I teams. The CIT began with 12 first round games. Four of the teams that won first-round games advanced to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams played for the right to...	First Round	San Francisco	L 81–73

Other postseason

Idaho also participated in the very first national championship tournament ever held in intercollegiate basketball, the 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

The 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament was the first national championship tournament ever held in intercollegiate basketball. The 1921–22 Wabash College Little Giants team won the championship game, 43–23, over Kalamazoo College. The tournament was held among conference champions...

, where they lost in the quarterfinals to Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo College, also known as K College or simply K, is a private liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1833, the college is among the 100 oldest in the country. Today, it produces more Peace Corps volunteers per capita than any other U.S...

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Notable players

Gus Johnson

Gus Johnson (basketball)

Gus Johnson was a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association . He spent nine seasons with the Baltimore Bullets, and a final season split between the Phoenix Suns and the Indiana Pacers of the ABA...

 - 10th overall selection in 1963 NBA Draft

1963 NBA Draft

The 1963 NBA Draft was the 17th annual draft of the National Basketball Association . The draft was held on April 30, 1963 before the 1963–64 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college...

 - dominant NBA power forward in the 1960s - Basketball Hall of Fame (2010)

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