Montana State Billings Yellowjackets
intercollegiate sports teams of Montana State University Billings
The Montana State Billings Yellowjackets (also known as MSU Billings Yellowjackets and MSUB Yellowjackets and formerly known as the Eastern Montana Yellowjackets) are the athletic teams that represent Montana State University Billings, located in Billings, Montana, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) since the 2007–08 academic year. The Yellowjackets previously competed in the D-II Heartland Conference from 2005–06 to 2006–07; in the D-II Pacific West Conference (PacWest; formerly known as the Great Northwest Conference until after the 1991–92 school year) from 1982–83 to 2004–05; as an NCAA D-II Independent from 1980–81 to 1981–82; and in the Frontier Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1933–34 to 1979–80.
Varsity teams
MSUB competes in 14 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track & field, and volleyball; and co-ed sports include cheerleading and stunt. The official MSUB song is the Fight Song. Former sports included football.
Men's basketball
The Yellowjackets men's basketball program has been at the forefront of the MSU Billings sports offerings since football was abandoned in the late 1970s.
In 2011–12, the MSUB men's basketball team captured the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship title, defeating the University of Alaska 74–70 to earn the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division II tournament.
The program, which rose to prominence during the early 1960s under coach Harry "Mike" Harkins, has lately been competitive within NCAA D–II and while a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). In the past ten years the Yellowjackets have led D–II (and in some cases all of the NCAA) in three-pointers made per game.
While Roy McPipe remains the only former player to be drafted by the NBA and play major professional basketball in the United States, many former players including Markus Hallgrimson, Jerett Skrifvars, Titus Warmsley have found pro careers in Europe or in minor leagues in the states.
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