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After a 21-13 season and an ASUN Conference title, the Queens University Royals are headed to the NCAA Tournament. They are a No. 15 seed and will face No. 2 Purdue in the Round of 64.
This will be the small Charlotte school's first trip to March Madness, and they'll take on one of the tournament's top teams, the Boilermakers.
The NCAA Tournament is a great way to learn about schools that aren’t household names, and Queens University is one of them.
Here’s more about the small school, located three miles from downtown Charlotte, which was once women-only.
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Where is Queens University located?
Queens University is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The university lies three miles south of the Charlotte Center City, and just over five miles away from Sporting News' headquarters.
The university is a private, liberal arts school that was founded in 1857, according to the school's website. As of fall 2024, the school had an undergraduate population of 1,225, per U.S. News and World Report.
Queens University is not to be confused with the Queen's University (often referred to as Queen's) located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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What conference is Queens University in?
The Queens Royals, who have 10 Division I teams, compete in the NCAA's Atlantic Sun Conference. The conference was founded in 1978 and is based in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Queens joined the conference in 2022 and has been a member since. The ASUN currently includes 12 teams, which are as follows:
- Austin Peay State University
- Bellarmine University
- University of Central Arkansas
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- Jacksonville University
- Lipscomb University
- University of North Alabama
- University of North Florida
- Queens University of Charlotte
- Stetson University
- University of West Georgia
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Queens University name origin
From 1857 to 1891, Queens began as the Charlotte Female Institute. For five years, between 1891 to 1896, the school rebranded to the Seminary for Girls. Following this, the school changed its name to the Presbyterian Female College (1896–1912). In 1913, the school finally settled on Queens College.
Shortly after World War II, men were finally attend Queens College, but could not live on campus. In 1948, Queens opened a co-ed evening college. In 1987, 39 years later, Queens became co-ed, and the first residential male students were admitted in 1988. In 2002, the school settled on its current full name of Queens University of Charlotte.
While the name Queens University doesn't have a specific origin, it may be tied to the female-only beginnings from the mid-1800s.
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Queens University NCAA Tournament history
Queens University of Charlotte made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history in 2026. The Royals qualified by winning the ASUN Conference Championship in their first year of NCAA Division I eligibility.
They entered the tournament as a No. 15 seed to face No. 2 Purdue in the Round of 64.
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