page_title: UIC Flames
section_title: Basketball
hierarchical_section_title: UIC Flames / Sports sponsored / Basketball
caption_attribution_description: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Pavilion
context_page_description: The UIC Flames are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Chicago. They are called the Flames as a reference to the Great Chicago Fire, and their team colors are navy blue and fire engine red. The Flames participate in NCAA Division I athletics as part of the Horizon League in baseball, basketball, cross-country, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, and volleyball. Garrett Klassy is the current athletic director after Jim Schmidt retired on 1 August 2017 after 25 years.
context_section_description: The Credit Union 1 Arena currently serves as the home of the Flames' basketball teams.  The men's basketball team competed in the NCAA tournament in 1998, 2002, and 2004, and appeared in the NIT in 2003, but have not advanced past the first round in either tournament. The team was led by Jimmy Collins from 1996 until his retirement in 2010. Howard Moore, a former assistant coach at Wisconsin, was signed as the new men's head coach in 2010. In his first season, the Flames upset #12/14 Illinois at the United Center. Moore was let go after five seasons in which the Flames went 49–111 overall. He was replaced by Indiana assistant and former Wyoming head coach Steve McClain.
caption: UIC Pavilion, home of the UIC Flames
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