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Murray State Racers Men's Basketball School History

Location: Murray, Kentucky

Coverage: 80 seasons (1935-36 to 2024-25)

Record (since 1935-36): 1465-811 .644 W-L%

Conferences: MVC, OVC and Ind

Conference Champion: 31 Times (Reg. Seas.), 18 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 18 Years (5-18), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 4 Times (Final), 31 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.

80 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

80 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	2024-25	MVC	6	2	.750	1	0	1.000	5.24	-2.91	79.8	63.1						Steve Prohm (6-2)
2	2023-24	MVC	12	20	.375	9	11	.450	0.36	1.59	69.8	69.9						Steve Prohm (12-20)
3	2022-23	MVC	17	15	.531	11	9	.550	-4.45	-1.61	70.4	72.0						Steve Prohm (17-15)
4	2021-22	OVC	31	3	.912	18	0	1.000	9.87	-3.07	79.1	63.2		19	20	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Matt McMahon (31-3)
5	2020-21	OVC	13	13	.500	10	10	.500	-2.86	-8.20	76.4	66.9						Matt McMahon (13-13)
6	2019-20	OVC	23	9	.719	15	3	.833	1.99	-6.08	75.4	64.7						Matt McMahon (23-9)
7	2018-19	OVC	28	5	.848	16	2	.889	8.96	-3.11	82.6	68.3				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	12	Matt McMahon (28-5)
8	2017-18	OVC	26	6	.813	16	2	.889	6.87	-3.53	78.6	66.2				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Matt McMahon (26-6)
9	2016-17	OVC	16	17	.485	8	8	.500	-3.06	-4.41	80.0	77.1						Matt McMahon (16-17)
10	2015-16	OVC	17	14	.548	10	6	.625	-1.58	-3.06	71.4	67.5						Matt McMahon (17-14)
11	2014-15	OVC	29	6	.829	16	0	1.000	7.13	-2.81	79.0	67.6		25				Steve Prohm (29-6)
12	2013-14	OVC	23	11	.676	13	3	.813	0.98	-3.58	77.9	71.9						Steve Prohm (23-11)
13	2012-13	OVC	21	10	.677	10	6	.625	1.25	-2.86	72.8	66.8						Steve Prohm (21-10)
14	2011-12	OVC	31	2	.939	15	1	.938	8.74	-2.60	73.1	60.6		9	12	Lost NCAA Tournament Third Round	6	Steve Prohm (31-2)
15	2010-11	OVC	23	9	.719	14	4	.778	0.45	-4.85	68.6	61.8						Billy Kennedy (23-9)
16	2009-10	OVC	31	5	.861	17	1	.944	8.69	-3.89	76.5	60.4				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	13	Billy Kennedy (31-5)
17	2008-09	OVC	19	12	.613	13	5	.722	-0.09	-3.95	68.4	63.2						Billy Kennedy (19-12)
18	2007-08	OVC	18	13	.581	13	7	.650	-4.42	-6.97	73.0	69.1						Billy Kennedy (18-13)
19	2006-07	OVC	16	14	.533	13	7	.650	-6.59	-5.92	66.4	65.8						Billy Kennedy (16-14)
20	2005-06	OVC	24	7	.774	17	3	.850	4.16	-5.07	71.1	61.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Mick Cronin (24-7)
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	2004-05	OVC	17	11	.607	11	5	.688	0.30	-3.46	71.3	65.8						Mick Cronin (17-11)
22	2003-04	OVC	28	6	.824	14	2	.875	7.22	-3.20	80.3	68.9				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Mick Cronin (28-6)
23	2002-03	OVC	17	12	.586	9	7	.563	2.49	-2.80	75.7	69.0						Tevester Anderson (17-12)
24	2001-02	OVC	19	13	.594	10	6	.625	0.67	-1.91	78.6	73.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Tevester Anderson (19-13)
25	2000-01	OVC	17	12	.586	11	5	.688	-1.72	-1.50	79.9	78.9						Tevester Anderson (17-12)
26	1999-00	OVC	23	9	.719	14	4	.778	3.42	-2.39	79.4	73.0						Tevester Anderson (23-9)
27	1998-99	OVC	27	6	.818	16	2	.889	6.76	-5.24	78.5	67.1				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	13	Tevester Anderson (27-6)
28	1997-98	OVC	29	4	.879	16	2	.889	6.82	-6.35	86.7	70.7		25	25	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Mark Gottfried (29-4)
29	1996-97	OVC	20	10	.667	12	6	.667	-4.26	-8.18	78.6	72.5				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	15	Mark Gottfried (20-10)
30	1995-96	OVC	19*	10*	.655	12	4	.750	1.50	-2.90	80.2	73.3						Mark Gottfried (19-10)
31	1994-95	OVC	21	9	.700	11	5	.688	-2.36	-9.02	86.9	77.2				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	15	Scott Edgar (21-9)
32	1993-94	OVC	23	6	.793	15	1	.938	3.83	-4.86	90.0	79.7						Scott Edgar (23-6)
33	1992-93	OVC	18	12	.600	11	5	.688	-3.68	-4.40	84.5	81.7						Scott Edgar (18-12)
34	1991-92	OVC	17	13	.567	11	3	.786	1.64	-1.22	83.8	79.9				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Scott Edgar (17-13)
35	1990-91	OVC	24	9	.727	10	2	.833	5.04	-3.83	78.6	69.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	13	Steve Newton (24-9)
36	1989-90	OVC	21	9	.700	10	2	.833	-2.25	-4.61	73.9	70.6				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	16	Steve Newton (21-9)
37	1988-89	OVC	19	11	.633	10	2	.833	1.51	-2.45	76.5	70.3						Steve Newton (19-11)
38	1987-88	OVC	22	9	.710	13	1	.929	4.61	-0.97	76.3	68.2				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	14	Steve Newton (22-9)
39	1986-87	OVC	13	15	.464	6	8	.429	-5.91	-0.99	70.3	72.0						Steve Newton (13-15)
40	1985-86	OVC	17	12	.586	8	6	.571	-4.74	-1.54	69.2	70.2						Steve Newton (17-12)
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	1984-85	OVC	19	9	.679	8	6	.571	2.46	-4.08	66.9	60.0						Ron Greene (19-9)
42	1983-84	OVC	15	13	.536	7	7	.500	-5.74	-4.66	69.4	67.5						Ron Greene (15-13)
43	1982-83	OVC	21	8	.724	11	3	.786	4.54	-2.50	76.4	68.2						Ron Greene (21-8)
44	1981-82	OVC	20	8	.714	13	3	.813	-5.20	-5.16	64.6	63.9						Ron Greene (20-8)
45	1980-81	OVC	17	10	.630	10	4	.714	-5.77	-4.31	62.0	62.9						Ron Greene (17-10)
46	1979-80	OVC	23	8	.742	10	2	.833	3.31	-3.00	73.1	64.7						Ron Greene (23-8)
47	1978-79	OVC	4	22	.154	2	10	.167	-13.27	-6.14	68.4	75.0						Ron Greene (4-22)
48	1977-78	OVC	8	17	.320	4	10	.286	-6.26	-1.89	72.7	75.8						Fred Overton (8-17)
49	1976-77	OVC	17	10	.630	9	5	.643	-5.11	-2.16	79.1	77.2						Fred Overton (17-10)
50	1975-76	OVC	9	17	.346	5	9	.357	-8.90	-1.75	74.0	78.9						Fred Overton (9-17)
51	1974-75	OVC	10	15	.400	3	11	.214	-8.60	-4.45	81.7	82.8						Fred Overton (10-15)
52	1973-74	OVC	12	13	.480	6	8	.429	-6.16	-3.36	75.7	75.1						Cal Luther (12-13)
53	1972-73	OVC	17	8	.680	9	5	.643	-1.04	-2.73	81.9	76.0						Cal Luther (17-8)
54	1971-72	OVC	15	11	.577	6	8	.429	0.08	-1.66	74.9	70.2						Cal Luther (15-11)
55	1970-71	OVC	19	5	.792	10	4	.714	-1.91	-3.97	80.2	71.4		17				Cal Luther (19-5)
56	1969-70	OVC	17	9	.654	9	5	.643	1.98	-4.02	84.3	74.7						Cal Luther (17-9)
57	1968-69	OVC	22	6	.786	11	3	.786	-0.58	-2.31	80.8	75.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Cal Luther (22-6)
58	1967-68	OVC	16	8	.667	10	4	.714	4.01	-0.46	80.0	73.9						Cal Luther (16-8)
59	1966-67	OVC	14	9	.609	8	6	.571	-3.33	-0.33	89.5	84.7						Cal Luther (14-9)
60	1965-66	OVC	13	12	.520	8	6	.571	-0.12	-1.92	84.8	81.0						Cal Luther (13-12)
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	1964-65	OVC	19	7	.731	9	5	.643	-3.26	-7.72	83.2	78.7						Cal Luther (19-7)
62	1963-64	OVC	16	9	.640	11	3	.786	-2.29	-5.40	81.8	73.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Cal Luther (16-9)
63	1962-63	OVC	13	9	.591	6	6	.500	-4.66	-8.13	77.6	70.4						Cal Luther (13-9)
64	1961-62	OVC	13	12	.520	5	7	.417	-8.88	-3.44	73.6	74.6						Cal Luther (13-12)
65	1960-61	OVC	13	10	.565	7	5	.583	1.92	0.60	79.0	73.8						Cal Luther (13-10)
66	1959-60	OVC	12	11	.522	7	4	.636	1.17	-0.95	74.8	72.0						Cal Luther (12-11)
67	1958-59	OVC	10	15	.400	3	9	.250	-3.02	0.78	70.4	70.8						Cal Luther (10-15)
68	1957-58	OVC	8	16	.333	4	6	.400	-4.31	-0.04	65.9	69.9						Rex Alexander (8-16)
69	1956-57	OVC	11	13	.458	5	5	.500	-2.79	-2.61	80.0	78.6						Rex Alexander (11-13)
70	1955-56	OVC	15	10	.600	6	4	.600	0.95	1.14	84.5	81.6						Rex Alexander (15-10)
71	1954-55	OVC	11	15	.423	6	4	.600	-2.79	5.34	74.3	77.8						Rex Alexander (11-15)
72	1953-54	OVC	15	16	.484	6	4	.600	-6.04	0.91	72.4	73.9						Harlan Hodges (15-16)
73	1952-53-nm	OVC	18	9	.667									17				Harlan Hodges (18-9)
74	1951-52-nm	OVC	24	10	.706									16				Harlan Hodges (24-10)
75	1950-51-nm	OVC	21	6	.778									16	16			Harlan Hodges (21-6)
76	1949-50-nm	OVC	18	13	.581													Harlan Hodges (18-13)
77	1948-49-nm	OVC	13	12	.520	3	9	.250			58.6	58.2						Harlan Hodges (13-12)
78	1937-38-nm	Ind	27	4	.871													Carlisle Cutchin (27-4)
79	1936-37-nm	Ind	22	3	.880													Carlisle Cutchin (22-3)
80	1935-36-nm	Ind	23	2	.920													Carlisle Cutchin (23-2)

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