College Basketball - Ohio Valley Conference
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
| Location: Cookeville, TN University Founded: 1912 Enrollment: 9,217  Nickname: Golden Eagles Mascot: } Golden Eagles School Colors: Purple and Gold Joined the OVC: 1949 Varsity Teams: 15 U. President: Robert Bell Director of Athletics: Mark Wilson Basketball Head Coach: Mike Sutton Conference Titles: Reg. Sea: 1956, '58, '63, '85, 2001, '02, '05 Tournament: 1967 Basketball Arena: Hooper Eblen Center Current Capacity: 10,200 First Year of Basketball: 1925 |
The school’s men basketball team is known as the Golden Eagles
They have been a very successful athletics program at Tennessee Tech as they have won seven different regular season conference championships since the 1950’s until more recently in 2005.
The Golden Eagles also won a post season tournament in 1967.
TTU Golden Eagles’ current Head Coach is Mike Sutton who is the 11th coach in the team’s history. He has been leading the team for six years compiling an 89-63 overall record.
Coach Mike Sutton is gradually getting better from an illness that has weakened him physically and affected the team during the 2007-08 season.
He is looking for top performers at small forward, power forward and center positions this 2008-09 season.
Tennessee Tech 2009/10 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 13-Nov | at No. 18 Minnesota | L 87-50 |
| 16-Nov | at Central Arkansas | W 71-67 |
| 19-Nov | at Lipscomb | W 92-89 |
| 20-Nov | at Memphis | L 92-59 |
| 23-Nov | Oakland | L 77-56 |
| 25-Nov | at Southern Utah | W 72-65 |
| 27-Nov | at No. 1 Kansas | L 112-75 |
| 1-Dec | Evansville | L 91-90 |
| 5-Dec | at Jacksonville State | L 83-72 |
| 12-Dec | Ball State | W 86-81 |
| 19-Dec | Bryan | W 97-44 |
| 30-Dec | Union Ky College | W 95-46 |
| 2-Jan | at Southeast Missouri State | W 82-73 |
| 4-Jan | at Eastern Illinois | L 97-93 |
| 7-Jan | Morehead State | L 77-64 |
| 9-Jan | Eastern Kentucky | L 78-73 |
| 14-Jan | at Tennessee-Martin | W 76-63 |
| 16-Jan | at Murray State | L 88-66 |
| 21-Jan | Austin Peay | W 94-90 |
| 23-Jan | Tennessee State | W 61-56 |
| 28-Jan | Eastern Illinois | 8:30 PM ET |
| 30-Jan | Southeast Missouri State | 8:30 PM ET |
| 4-Feb | at Eastern Kentucky | 7:30 PM ET |
| 6-Feb | at Morehead State | 8:00 PM ET |
| 9-Feb | at Austin Peay | 8:00 PM ET |
| 11-Feb | Murray State | 7:30 PM ET |
| 13-Feb | Tennessee-Martin | 1:00 PM ET |
| 15-Feb | at Tennessee State | 7:30 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | Jacksonville State | 7:30 PM ET |