[4] Florida Tech's college basketball teams compete in the Sunshine State Conference.

They compete in a very competitive NCAA DII Conference with schools like Florida Southern that have won National Championships.

In 2011–12 the Men's team would win the SSC Regular Season Championship with a record of 21–5 (12–4 SSC) and reach the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament, where they would advance to the second round of the South Regional.

The Panther women have reached the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament nine times, won six regular season Sunshine State Conference Championships, four SSC Tournament Championships, one NCAA Division II South Region title and appeared in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in 2002.

The team competed in the NCAA Division II and were members of the Gulf South Conference.