Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and has grown from a small college into a competitive Division I program. The Bobcats have been building their basketball identity alongside the growth of the university.
The Bobcats nickname was adopted in August 2002 after Quinnipiac retired its former 'Braves' nickname over concerns about Native American imagery, with the bobcat — a wild cat native to Connecticut — giving the Hamden campus a new athletic identity.
The 2018 MAAC Tournament run, when Quinnipiac made a deep conference tournament push and showed the program's growing competitiveness.
Quinnipiac is named after the Quinnipiac River, which itself is named after the Quinnipiac people, a Native American tribe indigenous to the New Haven area of Connecticut.
The Quinnipiac Bobcats compete in the MAAC and hold an all-time record of 420–424 (.498 winning percentage) across 28 recorded seasons dating back to 1998-99.
| Season | Record | Conference | Coach | AP peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19-13 | 12-8 (MAAC) | Tom Pecora | |
| 2024-25 | 20-13 | 15-5 (MAAC) | Tom Pecora | |
| 2023-24 | 24-10 | 15-5 (MAAC) | Tom Pecora | |
| 2022-23 | 20-12 | 11-9 (MAAC) | Baker Dunleavy | |
| 2021-22 | 14-17 | 7-13 (MAAC) | Baker Dunleavy | |
| 2020-21 | 9-13 | 7-10 (MAAC) | Baker Dunleavy | |
| 2019-20 | 15-15 | 10-10 (MAAC) | Baker Dunleavy | |
| 2018-19 | 16-15 | 11-7 (MAAC) | Baker Dunleavy | |
| 2017-18 | 12-21 | 7-11 (MAAC) | Baker Dunleavy | |
| 2016-17 | 10-21 | 7-13 (MAAC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2015-16 | 9-21 | 6-14 (MAAC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2014-15 | 15-15 | 9-11 (MAAC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2013-14 | 20-12 | 14-6 (MAAC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2012-13 | 15-16 | 11-7 (NEC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2011-12 | 18-14 | 10-8 (NEC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2010-11 | 22-10 | 13-5 (NEC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2009-10 | 23-10 | 15-3 (NEC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2008-09 | 15-16 | 10-8 (NEC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2007-08 | 15-15 | 11-7 (NEC) | Tom Moore | |
| 2006-07 | 14-15 | 11-7 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis | |
| 2005-06 | 12-16 | 7-11 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis | |
| 2004-05 | 10-17 | 6-12 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis | |
| 2003-04 | 9-20 | 5-13 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis | |
| 2002-03 | 17-12 | 10-8 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis | |
| 2001-02 | 14-16 | 10-10 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis | |
| 2000-01 | 6-21 | 3-17 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis | |
| 1999-00 | 18-10 | 12-6 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis | |
| 1998-99 | 9-18 | 6-14 (NEC) | Joe DeSantis |
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Top 100 by all-time D1 wins. Verified against the NCAA record book — and tiered so you can argue properly.
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