The Colonials current head coach is Andrew Toole who is in his fourteenth season at RMU.

[3] The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 2015, where the Colonials beat North Florida in the First Four,[4][5] but then suffered a loss to No.

[14] On January 30, 2017, Robert Morris announced plans to build a new basketball and volleyball facility named the UPMC Events Center on the school's campus.

[15] The basketball team's former home, the Charles L. Sewall Center was to be demolished to make room for the new arena.

[16] The 2017–18 Colonials played their home games at the PPG Paints Arena[15] and at the Palumbo Center on the campus of Duquesne University.