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Florida International Golden Phanters

Location: Miami, FL
University Founded: 1965
Enrollment: 39,500
Nickname: Golden Phanters
Mascot: Roary the Panther
School Colors: Blue & gold
Joined the Sun Belt: 1998
Varsity Teams: 17
U. President: Modesto A. Maidique
Director of Athletics: Peter Garcia
Basketball Head Coach: Sergio Rouco
Conference Titles:

TAAC Regular season: 1993

TAAC: 1995
Basketball Arena: Pharmed Arena
Current Capacity: 6,000

Florida International Golden Panthers are the basketball team of the Florida International University and they are part of Sun Belt Conference (SBC), therefore are also participate in NCAA Division I.

The University's original nickname used to be Sunblazers, but in 1987 was changed to Golden Panthers.

Before entering the SBC, from 1991 and 1998, the school was part of Trans America Atlantic Conference (TAAC), now the Atlantic Sun, in which won the Conference Champion title in 1995.

Their traditional rivals are the Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami basketball teams.

For the 2007-2008 Sun Belt Conference

Tournament the Golden Panthers end up with a conference record of 6-12 and an overall record of 9-20, after their last game on March 5th, against Florida Atlantic.

Florida International 2009/10Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
9-Nov	at No. 4 North Carolina	L 88-72
13-Nov	at Monmouth	L 99-70
15-Nov	at Tulsa	L 81-49
17-Nov	Florida Memorial	W 88-82
20-Nov	North Carolina Central	W 83-73
22-Nov	James Madison	L 81-68
23-Nov	Murray State	L 84-71
28-Nov	at Eastern Kentucky	L 81-67
30-Nov	at Bowling Green	L 67-62
3-Dec	at Florida A&M	W 61-56
6-Dec	at Florida State	L 82-62
12-Dec	at Florida Gulf Coast	L 81-64
17-Dec	at Denver	L 59-53
20-Dec	at North Texas	W 80-70
22-Dec	at Sam Houston State	L 93-63
31-Dec	South Alabama	L 71-59
2-Jan	at New Orleans	L 68-58
7-Jan	Louisiana-Monroe	W 62-56
9-Jan	Troy	L 84-68
14-Jan	at Middle Tennessee	W 65-58
16-Jan	at Western Kentucky	L 81-64
21-Jan	Arkansas State	L 76-61
23-Jan	Arkansas-Little Rock	W 96-81
30-Jan	at Florida Atlantic	7:00 PM ET
4-Feb	at Louisiana-Lafayette	8:05 PM ET
6-Feb	North Texas	2:00 PM ET
11-Feb	at South Alabama	8:05 PM ET
13-Feb	at Troy	8:00 PM ET
18-Feb	Florida Atlantic	8:00 PM ET
25-Feb	Middle Tennessee	8:00 PM ET
27-Feb	Western Kentucky	8:00 PM ET

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