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Montana State Bobcats Men's Basketball School History

Location: Bozeman, Montana

Coverage: 114 seasons (1901-02 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1901-02): 1549-1264 .551 W-L%

Conferences: Big Sky, MSAC and Ind

Conference Champion: 11 Times (Reg. Seas.), 5 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 6 Years (0-6), 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.

114 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

114 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	Big Sky	17	18	.486	9	9	.500	-5.34	-4.46	75.3	74.5				Lost NCAA Tournament First Four	16	Matt Logie (17-18)
2	2022-23	Big Sky	25	10	.714	15	3	.833	2.18	-1.43	73.9	66.9				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Danny Sprinkle (25-10)
3	2021-22	Big Sky	27	8	.771	16	4	.800	-0.26	-5.54	76.5	69.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Danny Sprinkle (27-8)
4	2020-21	Big Sky	13	10	.565	8	6	.571	-5.62	-4.62	74.0	72.0						Danny Sprinkle (13-10)
5	2019-20	Big Sky	16	15	.516	10	10	.500	-5.01	-2.29	66.6	67.0						Danny Sprinkle (16-15)
6	2018-19	Big Sky	15	17	.469	11	9	.550	-7.91	-5.81	78.2	79.8						Brian Fish (15-17)
7	2017-18	Big Sky	13	19	.406	6	12	.333	-8.69	-3.52	76.1	78.9						Brian Fish (13-19)
8	2016-17	Big Sky	16	16	.500	11	7	.611	-6.14	-5.88	80.0	79.1						Brian Fish (16-16)
9	2015-16	Big Sky	14	17	.452	9	9	.500	-6.91	-5.35	76.4	77.8						Brian Fish (14-17)
10	2014-15	Big Sky	7	23	.233	4	14	.222	-12.91	-3.50	63.9	71.7						Brian Fish (7-23)
11	2013-14	Big Sky	14	17	.452	9	11	.450	-10.70	-5.83	68.0	69.8						Brad Huse (14-17)
12	2012-13	Big Sky	13	17	.433	10	10	.500	-11.00	-6.78	70.6	72.7						Brad Huse (13-17)
13	2011-12	Big Sky	12	17	.414	7	9	.438	-10.29	-4.62	70.0	72.0						Brad Huse (12-17)
14	2010-11	Big Sky	13	18	.419	7	9	.438	-7.01	-3.22	67.1	68.7						Brad Huse (13-18)
15	2009-10	Big Sky	15	14	.517	10	6	.625	-3.18	-2.45	68.7	67.7						Brad Huse (15-14)
16	2008-09	Big Sky	14	17	.452	6	10	.375	-6.38	-2.45	66.2	69.4						Brad Huse (14-17)
17	2007-08	Big Sky	15	15	.500	7	9	.438	-6.82	-4.85	72.7	72.2						Brad Huse (15-15)
18	2006-07	Big Sky	11	19	.367	8	8	.500	-11.75	-4.23	68.0	72.0						Brad Huse (11-19)
19	2005-06	Big Sky	15	15	.500	7	7	.500	-4.59	-2.17	73.2	73.7						Mick Durham (15-15)
20	2004-05	Big Sky	14	14	.500	9	5	.643	-6.73	-4.78	67.6	67.4						Mick Durham (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)
21	2003-04	Big Sky	14	13	.519	6	8	.429	-4.43	-3.59	68.6	67.6						Mick Durham (14-13)
22	2002-03	Big Sky	11	16	.407	5	9	.357	-4.75	-2.27	64.9	65.5						Mick Durham (11-16)
23	2001-02	Big Sky	20	10	.667	12	2	.857	0.91	-1.94	69.4	66.0						Mick Durham (20-10)
24	2000-01	Big Sky	16	14	.533	8	8	.500	-1.09	-2.92	75.2	72.8						Mick Durham (16-14)
25	1999-00	Big Sky	12	17	.414	4	12	.250	-3.92	0.73	76.7	77.3						Mick Durham (12-17)
26	1998-99	Big Sky	16	13	.552	9	7	.563	0.07	-1.51	78.0	75.2						Mick Durham (16-13)
27	1997-98	Big Sky	19	11	.633	9	7	.563	2.76	-3.96	79.9	69.9						Mick Durham (19-11)
28	1996-97	Big Sky	16	14	.533	10	6	.625	-3.44	-3.24	76.4	75.3						Mick Durham (16-14)
29	1995-96	Big Sky	21	9	.700	11	3	.786	7.48	-2.45	80.8	69.9				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	13	Mick Durham (21-9)
30	1994-95	Big Sky	21	8	.724	8	6	.571	10.70	0.90	84.2	70.8						Mick Durham (21-8)
31	1993-94	Big Sky	16	11	.593	8*	6*	.571	-0.47	-1.93	80.5	75.7						Mick Durham (16-11)
32	1992-93	Big Sky	9	18	.333	5	9	.357	-9.45	-4.97	67.4	68.2						Mick Durham (9-18)
33	1991-92	Big Sky	14	14	.500	6	10	.375	-3.91	-3.95	77.6	76.0						Mick Durham (14-14)
34	1990-91	Big Sky	12	16	.429	6	10	.375	-9.75	-6.44	81.0	82.2						Mick Durham (12-16)
35	1989-90	Big Sky	17	12	.586	8	8	.500	-6.18	-5.63	77.4	75.9						Stu Starner (17-12)
36	1988-89	Big Sky	14	15	.483	6	10	.375	-5.08	-1.20	77.0	78.0						Stu Starner (14-15)
37	1987-88	Big Sky	19	11	.633	10	6	.625	1.68	-1.21	74.9	68.8						Stu Starner (19-11)
38	1986-87	Big Sky	21	8	.724	12	2	.857	3.11	-1.81	86.2	79.5						Stu Starner (21-8)
39	1985-86	Big Sky	14	17	.452	6	8	.429	1.15	1.47	76.2	75.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	16	Stu Starner (14-17)
40	1984-85	Big Sky	11	17	.393	7	7	.500	-2.88	-1.16	68.1	67.5						Stu Starner (11-17)
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	Big Sky	14	15	.483	7	7	.500	-2.89	-1.16	65.5	64.4						Stu Starner (14-15)
42	1982-83	Big Sky	10	17	.370	3	11	.214	-5.41	0.64	62.8	66.0						Bruce Haroldson (10-17)
43	1981-82	Big Sky	11	18	.379	5	9	.357	-1.05	-0.05	65.7	65.7						Bruce Haroldson (11-18)
44	1980-81	Big Sky	16	11	.593	11	3	.786	-3.24	-2.56	73.7	70.5						Bruce Haroldson (16-11)
45	1979-80	Big Sky	14*	12*	.538	7	7	.500	-2.95	-2.50	80.0	78.5						Bruce Haroldson (14-12)
46	1978-79	Big Sky	15	11	.577	6	8	.429	-2.34	-2.02	74.3	72.5						Bruce Haroldson (15-11)
47	1977-78	Big Sky	10	16	.385	4	10	.286	-11.25	-1.99	75.5	81.5						Rich Juarez (10-16)
48	1976-77	Big Sky	9*	17*	.346	5*	9*	.357	-13.46	-1.84	74.7	79.5						Rich Juarez (9-17)
49	1975-76	Big Sky	9	16	.360	6	8	.429	-4.88	-0.40	76.4	80.5						Rich Juarez (9-16)
50	1974-75	Big Sky	11	15	.423	5	9	.357	-10.18	-1.24	73.3	78.5						Rich Juarez (11-15)
51	1973-74	Big Sky	11	15	.423	5	9	.357	-10.07	-2.31	73.7	77.5						Hank Anderson (11-15)
52	1972-73	Big Sky	17	9	.654	9	5	.643	-8.09	-5.04	76.2	73.8						Hank Anderson (17-9)
53	1971-72	Big Sky	10	16	.385	6	8	.429	-15.72	-5.14	71.7	80.7						Gary Hulst (10-16)
54	1970-71	Big Sky	12	13	.480	8	6	.571	-7.66	-0.09	82.6	86.9						Gary Hulst (12-13)
55	1969-70	Big Sky	4	22	.154	4	11	.267	-11.87	-1.25	71.1	81.4						Gary Hulst (4-22)
56	1968-69	Big Sky	17	8	.680	11	4	.733	0.67	-3.69	79.4	74.2						Roger Craft (17-8)
57	1967-68	Big Sky	10	15	.400	6	9	.400	-9.84	-3.36	76.8	81.8						Roger Craft (10-15)
58	1966-67	Big Sky	14	11	.560	7	3	.700	-5.00	-2.90	78.7	80.1						Roger Craft (14-11)
59	1965-66	Big Sky	7	17	.292	5	5	.500	-13.97	-1.06	77.0	89.2						Roger Craft (7-17)
60	1964-65	Big Sky	15	10	.600	6	4	.600	-8.53	-4.46	75.9	75.7						Roger Craft (15-10)
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)
61	1963-64	Big Sky	16	9	.640	8	2	.800	1.61	-1.70	76.6	70.7						Roger Craft (16-9)
62	1962-63	Ind	13	13	.500				-5.97	-1.07	72.0	74.0						Roger Craft (13-13)
63	1961-62	Ind	10	13	.435				-7.02	-3.87	69.3	71.8						Dobbie Lambert (10-13)
64	1960-61	Ind	10	15	.400				-7.28	-2.42	66.4	68.8						Dobbie Lambert (10-15)
65	1959-60	Ind	11	14	.440				-5.94	-2.37	72.8	71.6						Dobbie Lambert (11-14)
66	1958-59	Ind	12	13	.480				-3.66	-0.66	68.2	70.2						Dobbie Lambert (12-13)
67	1957-58	Ind	18	8	.692				-1.35	1.34	69.8	65.9						Dobbie Lambert (18-8)
68	1950-51-nm	Ind	24	12	.667						64.9	56.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Brick Breeden (24-12)
69	1947-48	Ind	18	9	.667						56.7	51.5						Max Worthington (18-9)
70	1946-47	Ind	25	11	.694													Brick Breeden (25-11)
71	1945-46	Ind	17	10	.630													Brick Breeden (17-10)
72	1944-45	Ind	10	14	.417													Brick Breeden (10-14)
73	1942-43	Ind	17	5	.773													Brick Breeden (17-5)
74	1941-42	Ind	14	8	.636													Brick Breeden (14-8)
75	1940-41	Ind	13	12	.520													Brick Breeden (13-12)
76	1939-40	Ind	10	16	.385													Brick Breeden (10-16)
77	1938-39	Ind	18	11	.621													Brick Breeden (18-11)
78	1937-38	Ind	22	5	.815													Brick Breeden (22-5)
79	1936-37	MSAC	17	10	.630	7	5	.583										Brick Breeden (17-10)
80	1935-36	MSAC	11	8	.579	5	7	.417										Brick Breeden (11-8)
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)
81	1934-35	MSAC	16	13	.552	4	8	.333										Schubert Dyche (16-13)
82	1933-34	MSAC	5	22	.185	1	11	.083										Schubert Dyche (5-22)
83	1932-33	MSAC	9	18	.333	2	10	.167										Schubert Dyche (9-18)
84	1931-32	MSAC	14	15	.483	6	6	.500										Schubert Dyche (14-15)
85	1930-31	MSAC	9	13	.409	2	10	.167										Schubert Dyche (9-13)
86	1929-30	MSAC	21	10	.677	7	5	.583										Schubert Dyche (21-10)
87	1928-29	MSAC	36	2	.947	11	1	.917										Schubert Dyche (36-2)
88	1927-28	MSAC	36	2	.947	11	1	.917										Ott Romney (36-2)
89	1926-27	MSAC	30	7	.811	10	2	.833										Ott Romney (30-7)
90	1925-26	MSAC	20	12	.625	5	7	.417										Ott Romney (20-12)
91	1924-25	MSAC	20	4	.833	1	1	.500										Ott Romney (20-4)
92	1923-24	Ind	20	3	.870													Ott Romney (20-3)
93	1922-23	Ind	18	3	.857													Ott Romney (18-3)
94	1921-22	Ind	11	8	.579													Tubby Graves (11-8)
95	1920-21	Ind	8	5	.615													Tubby Graves (8-5)
96	1919-20	Ind	13	0	1.000													Walter Powell (13-0)
97	1918-19	Ind	1	2	.333													Fred Bennion (1-2)
98	1917-18	Ind	2	6	.250													Fred Bennion (2-6)
99	1916-17	Ind	19	1	.950													Fred Bennion (19-1)
100	1915-16	Ind	10	1	.909													Fred Bennion (10-1)
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)
101	1914-15	Ind	4	6	.400													Fred Bennion (4-6)
102	1913-14	Ind	10	5	.667													Joe Markham (10-5)
103	1912-13	Ind	7	5	.583													Earnest Dockstader (7-5)
104	1911-12	Ind	6	2	.750													Earnest Dockstader (6-2)
105	1910-11	Ind	5	1	.833													John McIntosh (5-1)
106	1909-10	Ind	6	3	.667													John McIntosh (6-3)
107	1908-09	Ind	8	1	.889													John McIntosh (8-1)
108	1907-08	Ind	8	1	.889													Walter Knox (8-1)
109	1906-07	Ind	4	2	.667
110	1905-06	Ind	5	1	.833
111	1904-05	Ind	5	2	.714
112	1903-04	Ind	4	2	.667
113	1902-03	Ind	4	2	.667
114	1901-02	Ind	1	4	.200

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