The program is classified in NCAA Division I and the team competes in the Sun Belt Conference.

That year, the Trojans made it all the way to the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, only to lose a heart-breaker in the last minute to UCF by a score of 60–55.

As regular season champions, Troy was given an automatic bid to the NIT Tournament where they would face Niagara in Buffalo, New York.

In 2009, after finishing in third place in the Sun Belt Conference, the Trojans would make their first post-season appearance since 2004 in the first annual CBI Tournament, where they would host the College of Charleston, only to lose in a thriller, 93–91.

The Trojans received an invite to the NIT Tournament where they would fall to Ole Miss in the first round, 84–65.

The Trojans finished the 2010 season with a 20–13 (13–5) record, with big wins over in-state rival Auburn and Valparaiso.

Five years later, the team advanced all the way to the NCAA Division II national championship game against Cal-State Bakersfield, only to finish as runner-up by falling to the Roadrunners, 85–72.

Maestri's run-and-gun style of play was very effective, even after Troy State transitioned to the NCAA's Division I.

This led some newspaper and media outlets to give the basketball program the moniker "Trey State."

On January 12, 1992, Troy State shattered a plethora of records during a match-up against the DeVry University Hoyas of the NAIA.

[2] As the game settled into its soon-to-be record breaking groove, points came steadily; with 3:14 remaining in the first half, Troy eclipsed the 100-point mark.

[2] With 10 minutes remaining, Chris Greasham's three-pointer gave Troy 189, eclipsing the previous NCAA single game scoring record of 187.

[2] When the final buzzer sounded, Troy State had won the game by a record-breaking score of 258–141.

The score of the game quickly made national headlines across the United States, from The Seattle Times to the Miami Herald, and even in other countries.

[3] That season, Troy State compiled a 23–6 overall record while setting many school records along the way, including single season scoring average (121.0), field goals made and attempted (1,274/2,839), three-pointers made and attempted (444/1,303), and steals (460).

[2] In 2012, Sartain Hall was no longer used for basketball activities since the newly built Trojan Arena had opened.

Trojan Arena replaces the university's longtime basketball and events facility, Sartain Hall, which opened in 1962.

The facility was constructed with architectural direction by Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood and design support by venue specialists Populous, noted for its designs of such sporting venues as Yankee Stadium in New York City, the main stadium for the 2012 London Olympic Games and Nanjing Sports Park in China.

Source:[12] Currently, one of Troy's biggest rivals in basketball is with in-state foe South Alabama.

Troy's former head coach, Phil Cunningham, was an assistant under Driesell during his time at Georgia State and James Madison.

One of Driesell's grandsons, Michael Moynihan, was also a member of the Troy coaching staff under Phil Cunnungham for a few years.