Queens (N.C.) Men’s Basketball

Let the madness begin! 🏀 NCAA Tournament First Round 🆚 Purdue 📍 St. Louis, Mo. ⏰ 6:35 PM CT/7:35 PM ET 📺 truTV #RoyalsRise | #QUeenCity | #CMA | #WinToday | #PTB

Off to see a man about a street dog, a sweater and hopefully a Cinderella. Excited to be on my way (eventually) to St. Louis to cover @queensMBB’s first ever NCAA D1 tourney game. Will have interviews all day leading up on @wcnc including with past Royals. First team ‘89 in photo

Queens coach Grant Leonard at the Royals first #NCAA Tournament practice wearing, of course, a sweater. It was designed by former player, Ray Hart: rayhart.com/rayhart @queensMBB @QUCoachGrant

Afternoon shots in the Enterprise Center ahead of our NCAA Tournament debut 🏀 #RoyalsRise | #QUeenCity | #CMA | #WinToday | #PTB

Open practice and media availability ✅ #RoyalsRise | #QUeenCity | #CMA | #WinToday | #PTB

Buddy the Street Dog is joining the Queens athletes at the podium for media questions. Nasir Mann says Buddy embodies the team’s mentality and identity to go out and play hard every game. @WISHNews8 | #MarchMadness

When @queensMBB plays in its first D1 NCAA Tournament game this week, it’ll thrust a small town called Lancaster onto the March Madness stage. And who will be happy about it most? The Royals’ freshman guard named Jordan Watford. Story in @theobserver: charlotteobserver.com/sports/college…

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Let the madness begin #MarchMadness

#15 Queens Set for NCAA Tournament Debut against #2 Purdue in St. Louis queensathletics.com/news/2026/3/19…

Day off, same energy. Locked in, just having fun with it 🎮 #RoyalsRise | #QUeenCity | #CMA | #WinToday | #PTB

GOOD LUCK! 🎉 #QueensUniversity gets big send-off ahead of first #NCAA tournament game this Friday! Details >> qcnews.com/sports/college…

NCAA newcomer Queens University plans to bring 'street dog' mentality against No. 2 seed Purdue in March Madness debut apnews.com/article/queens…

Wheels up to St. Louis 🛫 #RoyalsRise | #QUeenCity | #CMA | #WinToday | #PTB

Next Stop: St. Louis 🛫 Shoutout Royals Nation and the Charlotte community for the send off 🔥🦁 #RoyalsRise | #QUeenCity | #CMA | #WinToday | #PTB

@PurdueBballGuy @QUCoachGrant Appreciate you guys having Coach on! Looking forward to Friday night 🏀

WOW! Queens university and their coach remind me a lot of Purdue! Awesome dude and awesome interview! The interview with Coach was up to minute 38, then we went in to our normal preview for the game. Check it out! And big thank you to @QUCoachGrant and @queensMBB and @QueensAthletics for the opportunity to talk! Y’all deserve all the recognition you are getting! Good luck Friday! @Paintspainter 🚨 Queens HC Grant Leonard Joins LIVE + Purdue vs Queens Tournament Previ... youtube.com/live/zbYanRdq2… via @YouTube

Come out in your blue and gold for tomorrow’s Royal send-off of @queensMBB in front of the Levine Center! Queens will face Purdue on Friday at 7:35 p.m. ET, in St. Louis. Watch parties are scheduled in various cities and tickets are on sale! Visit queensathletics.com/ticketpunched for more information. #RoyalsRise | #QUeenCity | #marchmadness

Buddy thinks he has more aura than Chris Ashby… the media attention is clearly getting to him 😂🎙️ #RoyalsRise | #QUeenCity | #CMA | #WinToday | #PTB

Tell me you’re Irish without telling me you’re Irish. @queensMBB Head Coach @QUCoachGrant is ready for March!