Detroit Titans Tickets : The Titans Nearly Came Away With A Win On The Road Lately

The Detroit Titans are the NCAA Division I team of the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM). The school competes in the Horizon League.

On April 12, 2008, UDM announced the hiring of Ray McCallum as Men's Basketball Coach. McCallum is a veteran of more than 20 years in college basketball, most recently as assistant head coach at Indiana University.

Former Men Basketball Coach Perry Watson led a successful program at Detroit's Southwestern High School and served as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan before coming to UDM and maintained strong recruiting ties within the city's public league. After 14 seasons Watson stepped down as head coach at the end of the 2007-2008 season.

Watson guided Detroit to 10 winning seasons, three league titles, two NCAA Tournament appearances and an NIT Final Four. The Titans two NCAA appearances also included victories over St. John's and UCLA. Between 1997-98 and 2000/01, the Titans had four straight 20-victory seasons.

Dick Vitale, ESPN's most well-known college basketball commentator, was the Detroit men's basketball Head Coach for four seasons (1973/1977) before becoming the school's Athletics Director in 1977. The following year he left to coach the Detroit Pistons. In his final year as a college head coach, "Dickie V." led the Detroit Titans to the Round of 16 in the 1977 NCAA Tournament before losing to Michigan, 86-81.

Since 1996-97, Detroit Titans athletic teams have won 14 league championships and 15 teams have competed in NCAA championships. The men's soccer team was the 2005 Horizon League champions.

The Detroit Titans team is the basketball team that represents the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The school's team currently competes in the Horizon League. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 1999. The Titans are currently coached by head coach Ray McCallum.

The Detroit women basketball team will travel back into Ohio this weekend for two Horizon League games starting with a trip to Cleveland to battle the Vikings on Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:00 p.m., at the Wolstein Center and is part of a Titan road doubleheader with the men playing CSU at 7:30 p.m.

Fans can travel to see both the Titan men and women as the UDM athletic department will be hosting a "Fan Bus" to Cleveland State. The trip is just $40 and includes transportation to and from Cleveland AND a game ticket! For more information regarding the bus trip schedule and to reserve your spot, click here or call Titan Athletics at 313-993-1700.

Fans that can not make it down can watch a live webstream on the Horizon League Network, or catch a live stats feed with CSTV gametracker. Both links are located on top of this release.Detroit will look to end a two-game slide against the Vikings, who are 6-1 at home on the season. It is a pivotal early season match-up in conference play with Detroit standing at 8-8, 2-3 in the league, while Cleveland State is 10-7, 3-3 in the HL.

The Titans nearly came away with a win on the road last week coming back from 10 points down in the second half to take a lead before falling to Wright State, 63-62.