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===Basketball===
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Canisius has never had an individual honored with a national award in basketball.
 
=='''External Links'''==
 
=='''External Links'''==
 
[http://www.gogriffs.com Canisius University Athletics]
 
[http://www.gogriffs.com Canisius University Athletics]

Revision as of 04:19, 15 July 2011

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Location: Buffalo, New York
Division: NCAA Division I
Conference (basketball): Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Arena: Koessler Athletic Center

The Canisius College Golden Griffins compete as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in NCAA Division I basketball. The school has not sponsored football since 2002. Canisius is a private Catholic (Jesuit) institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 3,000.

The campus is located just northeast of downtown Buffalo, near the intersection of NY 5 (Main Street) and NY 198 (Scajaquada Expressway), a few blocks from its interchange with NY 33 (Kensington Expressway), the closest freeway access. (NY 33, in turn, meets I-90 four miles to the east at exit 51.) Koessler Athletic Center (2,176) is located just off campus, southwest on Main Street at its intersection with Delavan Avenue.

Canisius's chief rival is Niagara; historically, Saint Bonaventure has also been a main rival.

Fifteen Golden Griffins have played in the NFL, most notably RB Tom Colella. All but one of these fifteen played prior to the first termination of the football program in 1950. Canisius has sent eleven players to the NBA or ABA; the most well-known being Johnny McCarthy, who had a six-year career with Rochester, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Boston.

Conference Affiliations:

Football

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference NCAA I FCS 1993-2002
NCAA Division III Independents NCAA III 1973-1992
NCAA College Division Independents NCAA College 1967-1972
no team 1950-1966
NCAA College Division Independents NCAA College 1942-1949
Western New York Little Three Conference NCAA College 1937-1941
Western New York Little Three Conference NCAA 1932-1936

Basketball

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference NCAA I 1989-present
North Atlantic Conference NCAA I 1988-1989
ECAC North Atlantic NCAA I 1981-1988
ECAC North NCAA I 1979-1981
NCAA Division I Independents NCAA I 1973-1979
NCAA University Division Independents NCAA University 1957-1973
NCAA Independents NCAA 1943-1957
Western New York Little Three Conference NCAA 1933-1943
NCAA Independents NCAA 1914-1933

Post-Season Appearances

Football

Canisius football never appeared in post-season play.

Men's Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament 1955, 1956, 1957, 1996
National Invitation Tournament 1944, 1963, 1985, 1994, 1995

Championships

Football

Western New York Little Three Champions 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941

Men's Basketball

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Regular Season Champions 1994
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Champions 1996
America East Conference Regular Season Champions 1985
Western New York Little Three Regular Season Champions 1934, 1935, 1937, 1940

National Individual Awards

Football

NCAA Division I FCS First-Team All-Americans 1994: Aaron Fix (KR)
NCAA Division III First-Team All-Americans 1987: Tom Doctor (LB)
1988: Marty Hurley (DB)

Basketball

Canisius has never had an individual honored with a national award in basketball.

External Links

Canisius University Athletics