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Fresno State Bulldogs Men's Basketball School History

Location: Fresno, California

Coverage: 58 seasons (1955-56 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1955-56): 969-780 .554 W-L%

Conferences: MWC, WAC, Big West, PCAA, Ind, WCAC and CBA

Conference Champion: 6 Times (Reg. Seas.), 5 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 6 Years (2-6), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 3 Times (Preseason), 1 Time (Final), 32 Weeks (Total)

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.

58 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

58 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	2023-24	MWC	12	21	.364	4	14	.222	-3.29	3.50	67.7	73.9						Justin Hutson (12-21)
2	2022-23	MWC	11	20	.355	6	12	.333	2.60	5.10	63.7	65.7						Justin Hutson (11-20)
3	2021-22	MWC	23	13	.639	8	9	.471	8.36	1.94	66.2	59.4						Justin Hutson (23-13)
4	2020-21	MWC	12	12	.500	9	11	.450	-3.57	0.07	66.3	67.4						Justin Hutson (12-12)
5	2019-20	MWC	11	19	.367	7	11	.389	2.08	3.39	69.2	68.9						Justin Hutson (11-19)
6	2018-19	MWC	23	9	.719	13	5	.722	8.99	0.67	76.5	67.6						Justin Hutson (23-9)
7	2017-18	MWC	21	11	.656	11	7	.611	8.17	1.84	76.8	68.8						Rodney Terry (21-11)
8	2016-17	MWC	20	13	.606	11	7	.611	4.37	2.31	73.5	70.2						Rodney Terry (20-13)
9	2015-16	MWC	25	10	.714	13	5	.722	5.27	2.24	75.1	70.7				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Rodney Terry (25-10)
10	2014-15	MWC	15	17	.469	10	8	.556	-2.23	1.30	65.2	66.3						Rodney Terry (15-17)
11	2013-14	MWC	21	18	.538	9	9	.500	3.59	3.75	72.7	70.5						Rodney Terry (21-18)
12	2012-13	MWC	11	19	.367	5	11	.313	3.19	6.44	59.9	61.0						Rodney Terry (11-19)
13	2011-12	WAC	13	20	.394	3	11	.214	-0.91	0.77	65.8	66.1						Rodney Terry (13-20)
14	2010-11	WAC	14	17	.452	6	10	.375	-0.25	0.58	67.6	67.4						Steve Cleveland (14-17)
15	2009-10	WAC	15	18	.455	7	9	.438	0.14	1.31	66.3	66.9						Steve Cleveland (15-18)
16	2008-09	WAC	13	21	.382	3	13	.188	-4.11	0.96	67.6	69.8						Steve Cleveland (13-21)
17	2007-08	WAC	13	19	.406	5	11	.313	-2.99	-0.91	68.8	69.3						Steve Cleveland (13-19)
18	2006-07	WAC	22	10	.688	10	6	.625	4.47	-0.14	71.3	66.2						Steve Cleveland (22-10)
19	2005-06	WAC	15	13	.536	8	8	.500	1.73	1.59	73.8	73.7						Steve Cleveland (15-13)
20	2004-05	WAC	16	14	.533	9	9	.500	1.13	0.31	71.4	70.3						Ray Lopes (16-14)
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)
21	2003-04	WAC	14	15	.483	10	8	.556	5.75	5.11	62.8	61.8						Ray Lopes (14-15)
22	2002-03	WAC	20	8	.714	13	5	.722	5.29	0.44	71.6	66.8						Ray Lopes (20-8)
23	2001-02	WAC	19	15	.559	9	9	.500	6.78	5.21	73.0	70.3		21				Jerry Tarkanian (19-15)
24	2000-01	WAC	26*	7*	.788	13	3	.813	15.65	5.13	81.5	71.0		19		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Jerry Tarkanian (26-7)
25	1999-00	WAC	24*	10*	.706	11	3	.786	9.17	3.58	82.3	76.7				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round*	9	Jerry Tarkanian (24-10)
26	1998-99	WAC	21*	12*	.636	9	5	.643	7.48	3.54	79.8	75.9						Jerry Tarkanian (21-12)
27	1997-98	WAC	21	13	.618	10	4	.714	9.32	5.63	83.4	77.3	13	12				Jerry Tarkanian (21-13)
28	1996-97	WAC	20	12	.625	12	4	.750	6.90	3.32	82.8	78.2	14	13				Jerry Tarkanian (20-12)
29	1995-96	WAC	22	11	.667	13	5	.722	7.58	4.86	80.4	77.1						Jerry Tarkanian (22-11)
30	1994-95	WAC	13	15	.464	7	11	.389	2.29	3.55	71.4	71.7						Gary Colson (13-15)
31	1993-94	WAC	21	11	.656	13	5	.722	5.34	2.95	75.4	72.1						Gary Colson (21-11)
32	1992-93	WAC	13	15	.464	8	10	.444	-3.05	2.06	66.7	71.8						Gary Colson (13-15)
33	1991-92	Big West	15	16	.484	6	12	.333	2.48	2.25	73.9	73.7						Gary Colson (15-16)
34	1990-91	Big West	14	16	.467	7	11	.389	0.10	2.34	83.6	85.8						Gary Colson (14-16)
35	1989-90	Big West	10	19	.345	4	14	.222	2.93	4.82	65.9	67.8						Ron Adams (10-19)
36	1988-89	Big West	15	14	.517	9	9	.500	4.20	0.58	66.5	62.9						Ron Adams (15-14)
37	1987-88	PCAA	9	19	.321	6	12	.333	1.84	4.81	66.2	68.6						Ron Adams (9-19)
38	1986-87	PCAA	9	20	.310	4	14	.222	-3.35	4.35	58.2	63.8						Ron Adams (9-20)
39	1985-86	PCAA	15	15	.500	8	10	.444	0.88	3.67	55.8	56.9						Tiny Grant (15-15)
40	1984-85	PCAA	23	9	.719	15	3	.833	4.21	-0.24	59.6	53.0						Tiny Grant (23-9)
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	1983-84	PCAA	25	8	.758	13	5	.722	11.96	3.78	65.3	54.6	13	13		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Tiny Grant (25-8)
42	1982-83	PCAA	25	10	.714	9	7	.563	11.30	3.56	62.7	53.7						Tiny Grant (25-10)
43	1981-82	PCAA	27	3	.900	13	1	.929	13.34	2.68	59.6	47.1		11	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Tiny Grant (27-3)
44	1980-81	PCAA	25	4	.862	12	2	.857	13.29	-0.44	66.0	50.7				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	6	Tiny Grant (25-4)
45	1979-80	PCAA	17	7	.708	8	4	.667	6.63	-0.10	66.3	58.8						Tiny Grant (17-7)
46	1978-79	PCAA	16	12	.571	9	5	.643	-0.94	-1.23	58.9	58.3						Tiny Grant (16-12)
47	1977-78	PCAA	21	6	.778	11	3	.786	4.95	-0.66	59.3	52.5						Tiny Grant (21-6)
48	1976-77	PCAA	7	20	.259	1	11	.083	-4.70	0.44	68.9	73.4						Ed Gregory (7-20)
49	1975-76	PCAA	12	14	.462	4	6	.400	-6.62	-3.05	73.2	74.8						Ed Gregory (12-14)
50	1974-75	PCAA	16	10	.615	5	5	.500	-1.24	0.43	71.9	70.4						Ed Gregory (16-10)
51	1973-74	PCAA	16	9	.640	5	7	.417	1.94	-0.72	70.2	66.3						Ed Gregory (16-9)
52	1972-73	PCAA	10	16	.385	1	11	.083	-7.66	-0.75	72.6	75.3						Ed Gregory (10-16)
53	1971-72	PCAA	9	17	.346	2	10	.167	-8.23	2.84	80.2	84.2						Ed Gregory (9-17)
54	1970-71	PCAA	15	11	.577	4	6	.400	-4.97	1.63	82.1	80.7						Ed Gregory (15-11)
55	1969-70-nm	PCAA	14	12	.538						87.7	86.6						Ed Gregory (14-12)
56	1957-58	Ind	19	8	.704				-0.13	-0.80	73.1	65.1						Bill Vandenburgh (19-8)
57	1956-57	WCAC	16	10	.615	7	7	.500	-4.16	-4.72	75.7	71.5						Bill Vandenburgh (16-10)
58	1955-56	CBA	9	17	.346	2	12	.143	-15.31	-5.11	66.2	70.5						Bill Vandenburgh (9-17)

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