UC Irvine Anteaters Men's Basketball School History

Location: Irvine, California

Coverage: 49 seasons (1977-78 to 2025-26)

Record (since 1977-78): 782-714 .523 W-L%

Conferences: Big West and PCAA

Conference Champion: 10 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 2 Years (1-2), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 0 Times (Final), 0 Weeks (Total)

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Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

49 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

49 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2025-26	Big West	23	12	.657	15	5	.750	3.29	-1.53	77.3	68.6						Russ Turner (23-12)
2	2024-25	Big West	32	7	.821	17	3	.850	7.60	-0.80	75.9	67.0						Russ Turner (32-7)
3	2023-24	Big West	24	10	.706	17	3	.850	6.89	-0.93	77.6	68.3						Russ Turner (24-10)
4	2022-23	Big West	23	12	.657	15	5	.750	4.16	-0.60	74.8	67.2						Russ Turner (23-12)
5	2021-22	Big West	15	10	.600	10	5	.667	1.59	-0.93	66.2	60.3						Russ Turner (15-10)
6	2020-21	Big West	18	9	.667	13	4	.765	3.46	-0.86	72.2	63.4						Russ Turner (18-9)
7	2019-20	Big West	21	11	.656	13	3	.813	3.73	-2.18	74.0	65.2						Russ Turner (21-11)
8	2018-19	Big West	31	6	.838	15	1	.938	5.70	-2.30	72.3	63.6				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	13	Russ Turner (31-6)
9	2017-18	Big West	18	17	.514	11	5	.688	-0.22	-0.34	69.7	67.1						Russ Turner (18-17)
10	2016-17	Big West	21	15	.583	12	4	.750	0.18	-2.70	69.8	64.8						Russ Turner (21-15)
11	2015-16	Big West	28	10	.737	13	3	.813	5.33	0.77	71.2	66.1						Russ Turner (28-10)
12	2014-15	Big West	21	13	.618	11	5	.688	3.63	0.45	67.5	62.1				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	13	Russ Turner (21-13)
13	2013-14	Big West	23	12	.657	13	3	.813	4.35	-0.65	70.5	63.7						Russ Turner (23-12)
14	2012-13	Big West	21	16	.568	11	7	.611	-0.15	-0.97	69.1	65.4						Russ Turner (21-16)
15	2011-12	Big West	12	20	.375	6	10	.375	-6.07	-1.24	68.1	72.2						Russ Turner (12-20)
16	2010-11	Big West	13	19	.406	6	10	.375	-3.78	-2.36	75.3	75.6						Russ Turner (13-19)
17	2009-10	Big West	14	18	.438	6	10	.375	-7.49	-3.75	67.6	69.6						Pat Douglass (14-18)
18	2008-09	Big West	12	19	.387	8	8	.500	-5.80	-1.80	65.4	68.8						Pat Douglass (12-19)
19	2007-08	Big West	18	16	.529	9	7	.563	-1.20	-2.41	68.0	65.8						Pat Douglass (18-16)
20	2006-07	Big West	15	18	.455	6	8	.429	-3.77	-1.43	66.2	67.0						Pat Douglass (15-18)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2005-06	Big West	16	13	.552	10	4	.714	2.45	-1.87	71.3	67.8						Pat Douglass (16-13)
22	2004-05	Big West	16	13	.552	8	10	.444	-2.81	-1.81	68.7	67.7						Pat Douglass (16-13)
23	2003-04	Big West	11	17	.393	6	12	.333	-3.33	-0.10	63.6	66.1						Pat Douglass (11-17)
24	2002-03	Big West	20	9	.690	13	5	.722	2.07	-1.65	70.0	64.0						Pat Douglass (20-9)
25	2001-02	Big West	21	11	.656	13	5	.722	3.44	-0.19	69.4	65.3						Pat Douglass (21-11)
26	2000-01	Big West	25	5	.833	15	1	.938	2.13	-2.58	70.3	64.3						Pat Douglass (25-5)
27	1999-00	Big West	14	14	.500	7	9	.438	-3.51	-0.78	67.0	67.6						Pat Douglass (14-14)
28	1998-99	Big West	6	20	.231	2	14	.125	-8.45	-1.66	65.1	70.0						Pat Douglass (6-20)
29	1997-98	Big West	9	18	.333	6	10	.375	-8.07	0.49	62.3	69.5						Pat Douglass (9-18)
30	1996-97	Big West	1	25	.038	1	15	.063	-20.05	1.19	58.2	79.5						Rod Baker (1-25)
31	1995-96	Big West	15	12	.556	11	7	.611	0.63	-1.45	75.0	73.0						Rod Baker (15-12)
32	1994-95	Big West	13	16	.448	6	12	.333	0.46	3.12	76.7	79.4						Rod Baker (13-16)
33	1993-94	Big West	10	20	.333	4	14	.222	-4.70	0.41	79.0	83.0						Rod Baker (10-20)
34	1992-93	Big West	6	21	.222	4	14	.222	-3.76	2.93	73.1	78.3						Rod Baker (6-21)
35	1991-92	Big West	7	22	.241	3	15	.167	-3.37	4.18	68.3	75.8						Rod Baker (7-22)
36	1990-91	Big West	11	19	.367	6	12	.333	-3.46	4.07	84.4	92.0						Bill Mulligan (11-19)
37	1989-90	Big West	5	23	.179	3	15	.167	-3.86	5.04	71.7	80.6						Bill Mulligan (5-23)
38	1988-89	Big West	12	17	.414	8	10	.444	-1.77	3.03	81.6	86.3						Bill Mulligan (12-17)
39	1987-88	PCAA	16	14	.533	9	9	.500	3.37	5.74	82.4	84.8						Bill Mulligan (16-14)
40	1986-87	PCAA	14	14	.500	9	9	.500	3.65	4.69	86.6	87.7						Bill Mulligan (14-14)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1985-86	PCAA	17	13	.567	12	6	.667	3.41	2.57	77.5	75.2						Bill Mulligan (17-13)
42	1984-85	PCAA	13	17	.433	8	10	.444	-3.37	-0.69	75.9	77.4						Bill Mulligan (13-17)
43	1983-84	PCAA	19	10	.655	14	4	.778	5.78	2.26	77.7	74.0						Bill Mulligan (19-10)
44	1982-83	PCAA	16	12	.571	8	8	.500	2.60	3.29	78.5	78.0						Bill Mulligan (16-12)
45	1981-82	PCAA	23	7	.767	10	4	.714	7.22	1.55	77.0	67.8						Bill Mulligan (23-7)
46	1980-81	PCAA	17	10	.630	9	5	.643	2.94	-0.64	86.4	79.3						Bill Mulligan (17-10)
47	1979-80	PCAA	9*	18*	.333	1*	13*	.071	-7.74	-0.19	63.3	68.1						Tim Tift (9-18)
48	1978-79	PCAA	9*	17*	.346	3*	11*	.214	-9.13	-1.66	59.6	64.7						Tim Tift (9-17)
49	1977-78	PCAA	8	17	.320	2	12	.143	-8.02	1.13	62.6	68.6						Tim Tift (8-17)

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