Northern Colorado Bears Bears School History

Location: Greeley, Colorado

Seasons: 52 (1910-11 to 2022-23)

Record: 530-527 .501 W-L%

Conferences: Big Sky, MSAC and Ind

Conference Champion: 3 Times (Reg. Seas.), 1 Time (Tourn.)

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

NCAA Champion:

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

52 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

52 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	Big Sky	7	14	.333	2	7	.222	-7.08	0.87	71.2	78.8						Steve Smiley (7-14)
2	2021-22	Big Sky	22	16	.579	13	7	.650	-4.53	-3.67	77.9	76.9						Steve Smiley (22-16)
3	2020-21	Big Sky	11	11	.500	6	8	.429	-6.70	-4.22	70.5	69.0						Steve Smiley (11-11)
4	2019-20	Big Sky	22	9	.710	15	5	.750	5.72	-2.80	74.3	62.7						Jeff Linder (22-9)
5	2018-19	Big Sky	21	11	.656	15	5	.750	-3.92	-6.76	76.6	69.7						Jeff Linder (21-11)
6	2017-18	Big Sky	26	12	.684	11	7	.611	3.67	-2.27	81.1	73.1						Jeff Linder (26-12)
7	2016-17	Big Sky	11	18	.379	7	11	.389	-9.27	-4.20	71.6	74.7						Jeff Linder (11-18)
8	2015-16	Big Sky	10	21	.323	7	11	.389	-12.22	-4.01	73.9	80.1						B.J. Hill (10-21)
9	2014-15	Big Sky	15*	15*	.500	10*	8*	.556	-6.82	-6.21	74.7	73.4						B.J. Hill (15-15)
10	2013-14	Big Sky	18*	14*	.563	11*	9*	.550	-4.33	-6.09	73.9	70.3						B.J. Hill (18-14)
11	2012-13	Big Sky	13*	18*	.419	10*	10*	.500	-7.76	-5.31	70.5	70.4						B.J. Hill (13-18)
12	2011-12	Big Sky	9*	19*	.321	5*	11*	.313	-6.23	-2.19	72.4	75.4						B.J. Hill (9-19)
13	2010-11	Big Sky	21*	11*	.656	13*	3*	.813	1.39	-2.24	71.5	65.8				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round*	15	B.J. Hill (21-11)
14	2009-10	Big Sky	25	8	.758	12	4	.750	2.06	-4.26	73.5	66.7						Tad Boyle (25-8)
15	2008-09	Big Sky	14	18	.438	8	8	.500	-4.57	-3.64	70.6	70.8						Tad Boyle (14-18)
16	2007-08	Big Sky	13	16	.448	6	10	.375	-7.05	-4.71	69.1	70.2						Tad Boyle (13-16)
17	2006-07-nm	Big Sky	4	24	.143	2	13	.133			68.1	76.7						Tad Boyle (4-24)
18	2005-06-nm	Ind	5	24	.172						66.0	73.5						Craig Rasmusen (5-24)
19	2004-05-nm	Ind	8	21	.276						66.7	74.7						Craig Rasmusen (8-21)
20	1977-78-nm	Ind	11	15	.423						71.2	73.0
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	1976-77-nm	Ind	9	16	.360						72.5	75.8
22	1975-76-nm	Ind	11	13	.458						70.6	71.2
23	1974-75-nm	Ind	14	12	.538						80.4	78.0
24	1973-74-nm	Ind	15	9	.625						85.6	78.3
25	1943-44	Ind	1	13	.071													John Hancock (1-13)
26	1936-37	MSAC	9	8	.529													John Davis (9-8)
27	1935-36	MSAC	14	6	.700													John Davis (14-6)
28	1934-35	MSAC	12	14	.462													John Davis (12-14)
29	1933-34	MSAC	13	14	.481													John Davis (13-14)
30	1932-33	MSAC	13	7	.650													John Davis (13-7)
31	1931-32	MSAC	10	4	.714													John Davis (10-4)
32	1930-31	MSAC	11	5	.688													George Cooper (11-5)
33	1929-30	MSAC	7	7	.500													George Cooper (7-7)
34	1928-29	MSAC	8	6	.571													George Cooper (8-6)
35	1927-28	MSAC	8	6	.571													George Cooper (8-6)
36	1926-27	MSAC	10	4	.714													George Cooper (10-4)
37	1925-26	MSAC	13	5	.722													George Cooper (13-5)
38	1924-25	MSAC	12	4	.750													George Cooper (12-4)
39	1923-24	Ind	10	5	.667													George Cooper (10-5)
40	1922-23	Ind	10	5	.667													George Cooper (10-5)
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)
41	1921-22	Ind	1	3	.250													William Search (1-3)
42	1920-21	Ind	6	3	.667													William Search (6-3)
43	1919-20	Ind	4	7	.364													William Search (4-7)
44	1918-19	Ind	5	9	.357													Ralph Glaze (5-9)
45	1917-18	Ind	3	4	.429													Ralph Glaze (3-4)
46	1916-17	Ind	5	7	.417													Paul Abbott (5-7)
47	1915-16	Ind	1	4	.200													Royce Long (1-4)
48	1914-15	Ind	2	1	.667													Royce Long (2-1)
49	1913-14	Ind	1	2	.333													Unknown
50	1912-13	Ind	1	3	.250													Unknown
51	1911-12	Ind	5	4	.556													Unknown
52	1910-11	Ind	0	2	.000													Unknown

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