Boys’ Basketball

The Suffield Academy boys’ basketball program is rooted in one of the strongest independent school athletic traditions in New England.

Competing in the highly competitive NEPSAC Class A division, the Tigers have made 28 postseason appearances and captured seven New England Championships. With a strong mix of returning players and talented newcomers, this year’s team looks to build on the momentum of last season’s winning campaign. As always, the Tigers will compete with toughness, enthusiasm, and pride in representing Suffield Academy.

Suffield basketball has a long history of helping student-athletes continue their playing careers at the collegiate level. Graduates of the program have gone on to compete at some of the nation’s most respected academic institutions, including Amherst, Babson, Bentley, Bucknell, Chicago, Christopher Newport, Colby, Colgate, Columbia, Connecticut College, Franklin & Marshall, Georgetown, Hamilton, Ithaca, Lafayette, Lehigh, Middlebury, Michigan, Northeastern, Rochester, UCLA, Vassar, Wesleyan, Western New England, and Yale.

Miye Oni ’16 was a one-year post graduate at Suffield and helped lead the Tigers to the NEPSAC semifinals. He went on to play collegiate basketball at Yale University where he was named the 2019 Ivy League Player-of-the-Year, and led Yale to the Ivy League Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. He was taken 58th overall in the 2019 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz.

Vinny Del Negro ’84 played 12 seasons in the NBA with five different teams. Del Negro later served as head coach for the Chicago Bulls from 2008 to 2010, leading them to the NBA playoffs in both of his seasons at the helm. From 2010 to 2013, Del Negro coached the Los Angeles Clippers, helping them improve their win total each season, setting a franchise record for single season wins in his final season, and guiding them to two playoff appearances.