Yellowjackets Take 2nd in the Nation!

The Yellowjackets Earn a Berth in Title Game!

The Yellowjackets are 2011 State Champions!!!!

The Yellowjackets lost 72-64 to Mountain View (TX) on March 12, but finished 2nd in the nation for the second consecutive year. Congratulations to the team for this outstanding achievement!

The Yellow Jackets defeated SUNY Sullivan 95-90 in double overtime to earn a berth in the NJCAA DIII National Championship game tonight at 7:00 central time.

Congratulations to Head Coach Brian LaPlante, Assistant Coaches and the entire Yellowjacket Team as they represented our college very well in the NJCAA DIII National Tourney over the weekend.  Friday RCTC beat Rainy River 99-76, Saturday RCTC beat Northland 84-67 and Sunday they beat Anoka-Ramsey 74-70 in overtime.
 
RCTC men are 2011 State (MCAC) Champions, and will advance to the NJCAA National Tournament on March 10-12, 2011 in Loch Sheldrake, NY.

FOLLOW THE YELLOWJACKETS NATIONAL TOURNEY AT THIS WEBSITE: www.championships-sullivan.com

Want to Shoot Hoops?

If you are interested in joining the Men's Basketball team fill out the following, Men's Basketball Questionnaire, complete, and mail to Coach LaPlante, RCTC, 851 30th Ave, Box 31, Rochester, MN 55904 OR attach as an e-mail to brian.laplante@roch.edu.

The Rochester Community and Technical College Men's Basketball team has traditionally been one of the top teams in the entire state of Minnesota. Coach Brian LaPlante's teams have been 229-106 the last 11 years ('99-'10). The 2000 team was MCCC State Tournament runner-up, the 2001 team was 3rd in the MCCC State Tournament and was 3rd in the 2001 Region 13 Tournament, and the 2002 team was Co-Champions of the Southern Division and finished 5th in the State MCCC Tournament. The 2003 Yellowjackets finished 19-8 and placed 4th in the MCCC State Tournament. .The 2010 team was State and Region Champs and NJCAA National Runner-UP. The 2007 Team finished 21-7 and were MCCC Southern Division Champions. The 2009 team finished 21-9 and 2nd in the MCAC tournament. The Yellowjackets have sent numerous players on to play at the next level ( please look at Where are they now?) and will continue to do so. Our brand new $15 million dollar facility is among the finest in the nation and will allow our student-athletes to play in state of the art facilities.

RCTC Men's Basketball Records as of 1999:

2011:30-3 record/MCAC State Champion/Region 13 Champion/NJCAA National Runner-Up

2010:25-6 record/MCAC State Champion/Region 13 Champion/NJCAA National Runner-Up

2009:21-9 Southern Division Runner-up/MCAC 2nd Place/Region 13 Qualifier

2008: 20-8 Southern Division Runner-up/4th Place MCCC

2007: 21-7-MCCC Southern Division Champions

2006: 23-11-NJCAA 5th place - Region 13 Champions

2005-16-11, Southern Division Runners-up MCCC Participant

2004-15-11, MCCC Participant

2003 19-8, MCCC 4th Place Finish

• 2002 19-8 Co-Champion in Southern Division, 5th Place in MCCC
• 2001 19-10 MCCC 3rd Place, Region 13 3rd Place
• 2000 17-10 MCCC Runner-up
• 1999 14-8