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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.

120 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

120 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PTS	PTS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2022-23	Pac-12	18	17	.514	8	12	.400	11.34	8.57	69.9	67.1						Tad Boyle (18-17)
2	2021-22	Pac-12	21	12	.636	12	8	.600	9.82	6.15	71.1	67.4						Tad Boyle (21-12)
3	2020-21	Pac-12	23	9	.719	14	6	.700	18.88	9.57	73.1	63.8		22	22	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Tad Boyle (23-9)
4	2019-20	Pac-12	21	11	.656	10	8	.556	14.91	8.31	70.9	64.3		16				Tad Boyle (21-11)
5	2018-19	Pac-12	23	13	.639	10	8	.556	9.68	3.60	73.6	67.5						Tad Boyle (23-13)
6	2017-18	Pac-12	17	15	.531	8	10	.444	6.06	7.00	72.1	73.0						Tad Boyle (17-15)
7	2016-17	Pac-12	19	15	.559	8	10	.444	9.12	6.00	75.5	72.2						Tad Boyle (19-15)
8	2015-16	Pac-12	22	12	.647	10	8	.556	12.04	7.64	75.8	70.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Tad Boyle (22-12)
9	2014-15	Pac-12	16	18	.471	7	11	.389	7.01	6.19	69.0	68.1						Tad Boyle (16-18)
10	2013-14	Pac-12	23	12	.657	10	8	.556	10.80	8.80	70.2	68.2		15		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Tad Boyle (23-12)
11	2012-13	Pac-12	21	12	.636	10	8	.556	11.91	7.91	67.6	63.6		19		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	10	Tad Boyle (21-12)
12	2011-12	Pac-12	24	12	.667	11	7	.611	7.91	5.73	67.5	63.0				Lost NCAA Tournament Third Round	11	Tad Boyle (24-12)
13	2010-11	Big 12	24	14	.632	8	8	.500	11.45	5.61	79.6	73.3						Tad Boyle (24-14)
14	2009-10	Big 12	15	16	.484	6	10	.375	7.01	7.70	74.6	74.2						Jeff Bzdelik (15-16)
15	2008-09	Big 12	9	22	.290	1	15	.063	-0.06	5.04	62.9	67.5						Jeff Bzdelik (9-22)
16	2007-08	Big 12	12	20	.375	3	13	.188	4.05	6.76	62.4	64.4						Jeff Bzdelik (12-20)
17	2006-07	Big 12	7	20	.259	3	13	.188	-4.14	7.33	69.1	80.1						Ricardo Patton (7-20)
18	2005-06	Big 12	20	10	.667	9	7	.563	11.17	4.57	76.8	70.2						Ricardo Patton (20-10)
19	2004-05	Big 12	14	16	.467	4	12	.250	4.91	8.49	71.6	73.9						Ricardo Patton (14-16)
20	2003-04	Big 12	18	11	.621	10	6	.625	9.68	7.18	74.2	70.7						Ricardo Patton (18-11)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PTS	PTS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2002-03	Big 12	20	12	.625	9	7	.563	12.83	8.01	75.2	70.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Ricardo Patton (20-12)
22	2001-02	Big 12	15	14	.517	5	11	.313	6.17	4.99	79.7	77.9						Ricardo Patton (15-14)
23	2000-01	Big 12	15	15	.500	5	11	.313	11.11	5.66	80.6	75.0						Ricardo Patton (15-15)
24	1999-00	Big 12	18	14	.563	7	9	.438	8.58	6.32	75.2	71.8						Ricardo Patton (18-14)
25	1998-99	Big 12	18	15	.545	7	9	.438	7.25	4.96	73.1	68.4						Ricardo Patton (18-15)
26	1997-98	Big 12	13	14	.481	7	9	.438	2.15	4.45	71.4	73.0						Ricardo Patton (13-14)
27	1996-97	Big 12	22	10	.688	11	5	.688	9.69	6.19	73.1	69.6		15	24	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Ricardo Patton (22-10)
28	1995-96	Big 8	9	18	.333	3	11	.214	1.30	6.60	75.9	81.1						Joe Harrington (5-9), Ricardo Patton (4-9)
29	1994-95	Big 8	15	13	.536	5	9	.357	8.40	7.37	79.5	78.5						Joe Harrington (15-13)
30	1993-94	Big 8	10	17	.370	2	12	.143	0.06	5.32	73.7	79.0						Joe Harrington (10-17)
31	1992-93	Big 8	10	17	.370	2	12	.143	6.48	7.62	74.2	75.3						Joe Harrington (10-17)
32	1991-92	Big 8	13	15	.464	4	10	.286	8.69	10.19	71.2	72.7						Joe Harrington (13-15)
33	1990-91	Big 8	19	14	.576	5	9	.357	12.88	10.00	82.3	79.5						Joe Harrington (19-14)
34	1989-90	Big 8	12	18	.400	2	12	.143	6.15	9.53	81.2	83.9						Tom Miller (12-18)
35	1988-89	Big 8	7	21	.250	2	12	.143	2.96	10.46	76.6	84.0						Tom Miller (7-21)
36	1987-88	Big 8	7	21	.250	3	11	.214	-0.63	11.58	69.0	81.0						Tom Miller (7-21)
37	1986-87	Big 8	9	19	.321	3	11	.214	1.35	6.88	63.4	69.0						Tom Miller (9-19)
38	1985-86	Big 8	8	20	.286	0	14	.000	-0.12	9.27	72.3	79.8						Tom Apke (8-20)
39	1984-85	Big 8	11	17	.393	5	9	.357	-1.69	5.27	72.0	76.5						Tom Apke (11-17)
40	1983-84	Big 8	16	13	.552	6	8	.429	5.34	6.71	72.2	72.6						Tom Apke (16-13)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PTS	PTS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1982-83	Big 8	13	15	.464	3	11	.214	1.56	5.98	72.1	72.6						Tom Apke (13-15)
42	1981-82	Big 8	11	16	.407	3	11	.214	3.51	9.05	69.0	72.3						Tom Apke (11-16)
43	1980-81	Big 8	16	12	.571	5	9	.357	7.84	6.28	71.0	64.5						Bill Blair (16-12)
44	1979-80	Big 8	17	10	.630	7	7	.500	0.07	3.12	71.2	69.5						Bill Blair (17-10)
45	1978-79	Big 8	14	13	.519	4	10	.286	0.88	2.50	67.3	66.9						Bill Blair (14-13)
46	1977-78	Big 8	9	18	.333	3	11	.214	-1.14	6.45	69.0	72.4						Bill Blair (9-18)
47	1976-77	Big 8	11	16	.407	6	11	.353	1.89	6.37	71.6	73.9						Bill Blair (11-16)
48	1975-76	Big 8	7	19	.269	5	12	.294	-4.28	3.45	67.5	75.3						Sox Walseth (7-19)
49	1974-75	Big 8	7	19	.269	4	13	.235	-7.59	4.14	75.5	87.6						Sox Walseth (7-19)
50	1973-74	Big 8	9	17	.346	5	12	.294	2.38	5.92	70.8	74.3						Sox Walseth (9-17)
51	1972-73	Big 8	13	13	.500	10	7	.588	1.08	2.93	71.8	73.6						Sox Walseth (13-13)
52	1971-72	Big 8	7	19	.269	5	12	.294	-3.68	3.71	66.0	73.3						Sox Walseth (7-19)
53	1970-71	Big 8	14	12	.538	8	9	.471	3.61	3.17	73.1	72.5						Sox Walseth (14-12)
54	1969-70	Big 8	14	12	.538	9	8	.529	8.53	4.37	76.4	70.8	10	10				Sox Walseth (14-12)
55	1968-69	Big 8	21	7	.750	12	5	.706	7.82	2.60	76.6	71.3		14	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Sox Walseth (21-7)
56	1967-68	Big 8	9	16	.360	4	13	.235	-0.34	1.43	71.6	73.4						Sox Walseth (9-16)
57	1966-67	Big 8	17	8	.680	12	5	.706	6.40	2.12	70.5	66.2						Sox Walseth (17-8)
58	1965-66	Big 8	12	13	.480	7	10	.412	1.25	3.33	68.8	70.9						Sox Walseth (12-13)
59	1964-65	Big 8	13	12	.520	10	7	.588	5.19	4.15	67.1	66.1						Sox Walseth (13-12)
60	1963-64	Big 8	15	10	.600	10	7	.588	8.76	4.68	72.5	68.4						Sox Walseth (15-10)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PTS	PTS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
61	1962-63	Big 8	19	7	.731	13	4	.765	13.84	5.15	68.4	59.7		6	10	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final		Sox Walseth (19-7)
62	1961-62	Big 8	19	7	.731	14	3	.824	7.51	4.78	64.2	61.4		9	9	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final		Sox Walseth (19-7)
63	1960-61	Big 8	15	10	.600	8*	9*	.471	3.38	3.30	68.7	68.7		15				Sox Walseth (15-10)
64	1959-60	Big 8	14	10	.583	10	7	.588	6.49	6.24	61.8	61.5						Sox Walseth (13-11)
65	1958-59	Big 8	14	10	.583	10	7	.588	7.34	4.96	63.2	60.8						Sox Walseth (14-10)
66	1957-58	Big 8	8	15	.348	3	11	.214	-1.03	5.88	54.2	61.1						Sox Walseth (8-15)
67	1956-57	Big 7	14	9	.609	6	8	.429	6.57	6.88	65.1	65.4						Sox Walseth (14-9)
68	1955-56	Big 7	11	10	.524	8	7	.533	5.98	6.26	65.1	65.4						Bebe Lee (11-10)
69	1954-55	Big 7	19	6	.760	12	1	.923	13.02	4.86	70.9	62.7		15	15	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal		Bebe Lee (19-6)
70	1953-54	Big 7	11	11	.500	10	2	.833	4.71	5.93	66.5	67.7				Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Bebe Lee (11-11)
71	1952-53	Big 7	10	11	.476	4	9	.308	3.45	5.36	67.5	69.4		18				Bebe Lee (10-11)
72	1951-52	Big 7	8	16	.333	5	9	.357	-2.54	3.34	56.6	62.4						Bebe Lee (8-16)
73	1950-51	Big 7	4	20	.167	2	12	.143	0.85	6.50	50.0	55.5						Bebe Lee (4-20)
74	1949-50	Big 7	14	8	.636	7	8	.467	6.27	5.42	56.7	54.5						Frosty Cox (14-8)
75	1948-49	Big 7	6	12	.333						47.6	47.9						Frosty Cox (6-12)
76	1947-48	Big 7	7	14	.333						47.9	49.8						Frosty Cox (7-14)
77	1946-47	MSAC	7	11	.389													Frosty Cox (7-11)
78	1945-46	MSAC	12	6	.667											Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Frosty Cox (12-6)
79	1944-45	MSAC	13	3	.813													Frosty Cox (13-3)
80	1941-42	MSAC	16	2	.889											Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final (Final Four)		Frosty Cox (16-2)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PTS	PTS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
81	1940-41	MSAC	10	6	.625													Frosty Cox (10-6)
82	1939-40	MSAC	17	4	.810											Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Frosty Cox (17-4)
83	1938-39	MSAC	14	4	.778													Frosty Cox (14-4)
84	1937-38	MSAC	15	6	.714													Frosty Cox (15-6)
85	1936-37	MSAC	10	5	.667													Frosty Cox (10-5)
86	1935-36	MSAC	6	8	.429													Frosty Cox (6-8)
87	1934-35	MSAC	3	9	.250													Dutch Clark (3-9)
88	1933-34	MSAC	9	8	.529													Hank Iba (9-8)
89	1932-33	MSAC	8	8	.500													Howard Beresford (8-8)
90	1931-32	MSAC	10	7	.588													Howard Beresford (10-7)
91	1930-31	MSAC	8	7	.533													Howard Beresford (8-7)
92	1929-30	MSAC	11	6	.647													Howard Beresford (11-6)
93	1928-29	MSAC	10	2	.833													Howard Beresford (10-2)
94	1927-28	MSAC	5	7	.417													Howard Beresford (5-7)
95	1926-27	MSAC	7	5	.583													Howard Beresford (7-5)
96	1925-26	MSAC	8	5	.615													Howard Beresford (8-5)
97	1924-25	MSAC	9	4	.692													Howard Beresford (9-4)
98	1923-24	MSAC	4	7	.364													Joe Mills (4-7)
99	1922-23	MSAC	1	7	.125													Joe Mills (1-7)
100	1921-22	MSAC	3	5	.375													Joe Mills (3-5)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PTS	PTS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
101	1920-21	MSAC	8	0	1.000													Joe Mills (8-0)
102	1919-20	MSAC	6	4	.600													Joe Mills (6-4)
103	1918-19	MSAC	8	1	.889													Joe Mills (8-1)
104	1917-18	MSAC	9	2	.818													Melbourne Evans (9-2)
105	1916-17	MSAC	6	2	.750													Jimmy Ashmore (6-2)
106	1915-16	MSAC	6	2	.750													Jimmy Ashmore (6-2)
107	1914-15	MSAC	4	6	.400													Jimmy Ashmore (4-6)
108	1913-14	MSAC	5	3	.625													John McFadden (5-3)
109	1912-13	MSAC	7	4	.636													John McFadden (7-4)
110	1911-12	MSAC	5	2	.714													Frank Castleman (5-2)
111	1910-11	MSAC	4	2	.667													Frank Castleman (4-2)
112	1909-10	Ind	7	5	.583													Frank Castleman (7-5)
113	1908-09	Ind	4	3	.571													Frank Castleman (4-3)
114	1907-08	Ind	6	6	.500													Frank Castleman (6-6)
115	1906-07	Ind	6	4	.600													Frank Castleman (6-4)
116	1905-06	Ind	6	5	.545
117	1904-05	Ind	3	2	.600
118	1903-04	Ind	4	3	.571
119	1902-03	Ind	2	4	.333
120	1901-02	Ind	3	1	.750

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