College Basketball - Sun Belt Conference

Location: Murfreesboro, TN
University Founded: 1911
Enrollment: 22,554
Nickname: Blue Raiders
Mascot: Lightning
School Colors: Royal Blue and White
Joined the Sun Belt: 2001
Varsity Teams: 15
U. President: Sidney A. McPhee
Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro
Basketball Head Coach: Kermit Davis
Conference Titles: OVC:

Regular Season: 1975, 78, 86, 87, 89

T. Champion: 75, 77, 82, 85, 89,
Basketball Arena: Murphy Center
Current Capacity: 11,520

The Middle Tennesse State University basketball team are nickname Blue Riders and have as mascot a blue winged horse called Lightning.

The Blue Riders were part of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) before joining Sun Belt in 2001; while in OVC they won 5 regular season tournaments and 5 conference championships.

Middle Tennessee also assisted twice to National Invitational Tournaments, the last time was in 1988, when they conquered it.

Their strongest rivals are the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers

For the season 2007-2008 the team end up with an 17-15 overall record and 11-7 as the conference record.