College Basketball - Horizon League
Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix
| Location: Green Bay, WI University Founded: 1965 Enrollment: 6,100  Nickname: Phoenix Mascot: Phlash the Phoenix School Colors: Green, marron & white Joined the Horizon L: 1994 Varsity Teams: 16 U. President: Dr. Bruce Shepard Director of Athletics: Ken Bothof Basketball Head Coach: Tod Kowalczyk Conference Titles: Horizon Reg. Sea: 1995 Summit Reg. Sea: 1992, '04 Summit Tournament: 1991, ;04 Basketball Arena: Resch Center Current Capacity: 9,729 First Year of Basketball: 1969 |
The school men’s basketball team is known as the Phoenix and their first year competing was in 1969.
Throughout the team’s history there have been several accomplished coaches such as: Dave Buss who was with the team for 13 seasons followed by Mike Heideman who led the Phoenix for seven season and had a record of 110 wins to 95 looses.
Also, Coach Dick Bennet who had the school’s best record 27-7 during the 1993-1994 season. The team won the only regular season conference title in 1995.
Additionally, we can mention two of the most accomplished Phoenix basketball players Tony Bennet who became a NBA player and later a basketball head coach and Logan Vander Velden another NBA player.
UW Green Bay got in 6th place in the regular season 2007-2008 with an overall record of 15-13.
Wisconsin-Green Bay 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 13-Nov | vs. UAB | L 68-56 |
| 14-Nov | vs. Samford | W 70-68 |
| 15-Nov | at Kent State | W 87-86 |
| 16-Nov | vs. Rochester Coll | W 77-51 |
| 18-Nov | Northern Michigan | W 70-64 |
| 21-Nov | Long Beach State | L 81-69 |
| 27-Nov | at North Dakota State | W 71-62 |
| 29-Nov | at North Dakota | W 67-41 |
| 3-Dec | Loyola (IL) | W 90-69 |
| 5-Dec | Illinois-Chicago | W 85-59 |
| 9-Dec | No. 23 Wisconsin | W 88-84 |
| 13-Dec | at Oakland | L 76-52 |
| 19-Dec | Youngstown State | W 75-67 |
| 22-Dec | Buffalo | L 71-65 |
| 31-Dec | at No. 23 Butler | L 72-49 |
| 2-Jan | at Valparaiso | W 64-58 |
| 9-Jan | at Milwaukee | L 71-51 |
| 14-Jan | Wright State | W 68-66 |
| 16-Jan | Detroit | W 74-72 |
| 19-Jan | at Houston Baptist | W 77-66 |
| 22-Jan | at Cleveland State | L 64-50 |
| 24-Jan | at Youngstown State | W 69-55 |
| 29-Jan | No. 18 Butler | L 75-57 |
| 31-Jan | Valparaiso | L 84-79 |
| 6-Feb | Milwaukee | W 61-54 |
| 11-Feb | at Detroit | W 64-62 |
| 13-Feb | at Wright State | 7:00 PM ET |
| 16-Feb | Cleveland State | 8:00 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | Indiana State | TBA |
| 25-Feb | at Illinois-Chicago | 8:00 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | at Loyola (IL) | 4:00 PM ET |