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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.

119 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

119 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 Ten	22	12	.647	12	8	.600	12.77	8.50	73.3	69.1		25		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Chris Collins (22-12)
2	2022-23	Big Ten	22	12	.647	12	8	.600	13.68	8.71	67.7	62.8		21		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Chris Collins (23-12)
3	2021-22	Big Ten	15	16	.484	7	13	.350	8.91	7.11	73.0	69.9						Chris Collins (15-16)
4	2020-21	Big Ten	9	15	.375	6	13	.316	9.71	11.76	70.3	70.0		19				Chris Collins (9-15)
5	2019-20	Big Ten	8	23	.258	3	17	.150	5.35	10.51	64.9	70.1						Chris Collins (8-23)
6	2018-19	Big Ten	13	19	.406	4	16	.200	9.97	9.16	65.9	65.1						Chris Collins (13-19)
7	2017-18	Big Ten	15	17	.469	6	12	.333	9.63	8.37	68.8	66.5	19	19				Chris Collins (15-17)
8	2016-17	Big Ten	24	12	.667	10	8	.556	14.02	8.43	71.1	65.5		25		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Chris Collins (24-12)
9	2015-16	Big Ten	20	12	.625	8	10	.444	10.16	4.12	72.0	66.0						Chris Collins (20-12)
10	2014-15	Big Ten	15	17	.469	6	12	.333	6.11	7.20	63.5	64.6						Chris Collins (15-17)
11	2013-14	Big Ten	14	19	.424	6	12	.333	4.72	8.57	59.5	63.4						Chris Collins (14-19)
12	2012-13	Big Ten	13	19	.406	4	14	.222	5.36	8.29	60.7	63.7						Bill Carmody (13-19)
13	2011-12	Big Ten	19	14	.576	8	10	.444	8.87	7.84	69.3	68.2						Bill Carmody (19-14)
14	2010-11	Big Ten	20	14	.588	7	11	.389	11.66	7.54	71.8	67.7						Bill Carmody (20-14)
15	2009-10	Big Ten	20	14	.588	7	11	.389	8.32	4.99	69.1	65.8		25				Bill Carmody (20-14)
16	2008-09	Big Ten	17	14	.548	8	10	.444	8.56	6.93	63.5	60.5						Bill Carmody (17-14)
17	2007-08	Big Ten	8	22	.267	1	17	.056	-1.30	6.15	61.8	67.9						Bill Carmody (8-22)
18	2006-07	Big Ten	13	18	.419	2	14	.125	4.92	7.82	56.5	58.7						Bill Carmody (13-18)
19	2005-06	Big Ten	14	15	.483	6	10	.375	3.89	6.44	58.5	58.5						Bill Carmody (14-15)
20	2004-05	Big Ten	15	16	.484	6	10	.375	4.32	7.38	59.0	62.0						Bill Carmody (15-16)
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 Ten	14	15	.483	8	8	.500	4.64	5.91	61.6	62.9						Bill Carmody (14-15)
22	2002-03	Big Ten	12	17	.414	3	13	.188	2.36	5.43	62.6	65.7						Bill Carmody (12-17)
23	2001-02	Big Ten	16	13	.552	7	9	.438	5.58	5.10	59.6	59.1						Bill Carmody (16-13)
24	2000-01	Big Ten	11	19	.367	3	13	.188	3.39	7.89	60.0	64.5						Bill Carmody (11-19)
25	1999-00	Big Ten	5	25	.167	0	16	.000	-4.86	8.14	51.5	64.5						Kevin O'Neill (5-25)
26	1998-99	Big Ten	15	14	.517	6	10	.375	10.81	9.09	60.0	57.1						Kevin O'Neill (15-14)
27	1997-98	Big Ten	10	17	.370	3	13	.188	2.33	5.59	60.6	63.9						Kevin O'Neill (10-17)
28	1996-97	Big Ten	7	22	.241	2	16	.111	0.46	8.01	59.2	66.8						Ricky Byrdsong (7-22)
29	1995-96	Big Ten	7*	20*	.259	2*	16*	.111	-3.72	5.95	64.0	73.7						Ricky Byrdsong (7-20)
30	1994-95	Big Ten	5	22	.185	1	17	.056	-12.43	6.13	65.4	84.0						Ricky Byrdsong (5-22)
31	1993-94	Big Ten	15	14	.517	5	13	.278	10.83	9.01	75.0	71.4						Ricky Byrdsong (15-14)
32	1992-93	Big Ten	8	19	.296	3	15	.167	2.34	9.19	70.8	75.5						Bill E. Foster (8-19)
33	1991-92	Big Ten	9	19	.321	2	16	.111	3.78	11.86	68.1	73.5						Bill E. Foster (9-19)
34	1990-91	Big Ten	5	23	.179	0	18	.000	-5.85	6.65	71.5	81.4						Bill E. Foster (5-23)
35	1989-90	Big Ten	9	19	.321	2	16	.111	4.71	11.02	78.2	82.3						Bill E. Foster (9-19)
36	1988-89	Big Ten	9	19	.321	2	16	.111	5.05	13.32	74.3	78.5						Bill E. Foster (9-19)
37	1987-88	Big Ten	7	21	.250	2	16	.111	0.63	10.21	64.4	72.9						Bill E. Foster (7-21)
38	1986-87	Big Ten	7	21	.250	2	16	.111	-5.56	10.04	62.6	75.9						Bill E. Foster (7-21)
39	1985-86	Big Ten	7	20	.259	2	16	.111	-3.63	12.12	62.3	74.7						Rich Falk (7-20)
40	1984-85	Big Ten	6	22	.214	2	16	.111	0.24	11.32	56.3	65.0						Rich Falk (6-22)
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 Ten	14	14	.500	5*	13*	.278	3.98	8.10	54.2	56.8						Rich Falk (14-14)
42	1982-83	Big Ten	17	13	.567	7*	11*	.389	7.42	7.08	62.1	58.8						Rich Falk (17-13)
43	1981-82	Big Ten	8	19	.296	4*	14*	.222	0.96	5.08	59.6	61.1						Rich Falk (8-19)
44	1980-81	Big Ten	9	18	.333	3	15	.167	0.67	10.67	64.0	72.0						Rich Falk (9-18)
45	1979-80	Big Ten	10	17	.370	5	13	.278	5.92	12.36	67.2	71.4						Rich Falk (10-17)
46	1978-79	Big Ten	6	21	.222	2	16	.111	1.11	8.89	67.3	75.1						Rich Falk (6-21)
47	1977-78	Big Ten	8	19	.296	4	14	.222	0.33	7.02	73.2	79.0						Tex Winter (8-19)
48	1976-77	Big Ten	7*	20*	.259	5*	13*	.278	-0.34	7.81	70.9	79.1						Tex Winter (7-20)
49	1975-76	Big Ten	12	15	.444	7	11	.389	6.52	9.75	74.3	76.6						Tex Winter (12-15)
50	1974-75	Big Ten	6	20	.231	4	14	.222	-0.53	7.95	65.3	73.2						Tex Winter (6-20)
51	1973-74	Big Ten	9	15	.375	3	11	.214	1.49	5.87	70.6	73.0						Tex Winter (9-15)
52	1972-73	Big Ten	5	19	.208	2	12	.143	-0.15	7.18	76.5	83.4						Brad Snyder (5-19)
53	1971-72	Big Ten	5	18	.217	3	11	.214	-0.48	4.38	71.8	77.2						Brad Snyder (5-18)
54	1970-71	Big Ten	7	17	.292	3	11	.214	1.21	5.99	81.6	84.5						Brad Snyder (7-17)
55	1969-70	Big Ten	9	15	.375	4	10	.286	0.36	4.02	82.8	86.5						Brad Snyder (9-15)
56	1968-69	Big Ten	14	10	.583	6	8	.429	8.58	9.00	78.0	78.4		12				Brad Snyder (4-2), Larry Glass (10-8)
57	1967-68	Big Ten	13	10	.565	8	6	.571	3.00	3.09	76.9	74.7						Larry Glass (13-10)
58	1966-67	Big Ten	11	11	.500	7	7	.500	5.58	4.06	91.3	88.2						Larry Glass (11-11)
59	1965-66	Big Ten	12	12	.500	7	7	.500	0.99	3.99	74.8	77.8						Larry Glass (12-12)
60	1964-65	Big Ten	7	17	.292	3	11	.214	0.56	7.04	75.4	81.9						Larry Glass (7-17)
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)
61	1963-64	Big Ten	8	13	.381	6	8	.429	4.48	6.72	77.0	79.2						Larry Glass (8-13)
62	1962-63	Big Ten	9	15	.375	6	8	.429	6.00	7.96	69.4	71.3						Bill Rohr (9-15)
63	1961-62	Big Ten	8	15	.348	3	11	.214	0.99	5.55	67.9	72.5						Bill Rohr (8-15)
64	1960-61	Big Ten	10	12	.455	6	8	.429	0.25	5.34	63.5	69.0						Bill Rohr (10-12)
65	1959-60	Big Ten	11	12	.478	8	6	.571	3.16	6.85	69.6	72.5						Bill Rohr (11-12)
66	1958-59	Big Ten	15	7	.682	8	6	.571	11.90	7.21	80.5	75.8		6				Bill Rohr (15-7)
67	1957-58	Big Ten	13	9	.591	8	6	.571	8.20	5.25	76.8	72.6						Bill Rohr (13-9)
68	1956-57	Big Ten	6	16	.273	2	12	.143	1.10	5.19	71.9	76.0						Waldo Fisher (6-16)
69	1955-56	Big Ten	2	20	.091	1	13	.071	-4.77	6.74	69.4	81.1						Waldo Fisher (2-20)
70	1954-55	Big Ten	12	10	.545	7	7	.500	7.95	6.18	79.5	77.3		16				Waldo Fisher (12-10)
71	1953-54	Big Ten	9	13	.409	6	8	.429	8.17	8.17	70.1	70.1						Waldo Fisher (9-13)
72	1952-53	Big Ten	6	16	.273	5	13	.278	4.92	9.42	71.9	76.4						Waldo Fisher (6-16)
73	1951-52	Big Ten	7	15	.318	4	10	.286	-2.01	5.09	69.0	74.5						Harold Olsen (7-15)
74	1950-51	Big Ten	12	10	.545	7	7	.500	2.49	3.67	68.4	69.6						Harold Olsen (12-10)
75	1949-50	Big Ten	10	12	.455	3	9	.250	4.29	5.86	58.1	59.5						Dutch Lonborg (10-12)
76	1948-49	Big Ten	5	16	.238	2	10	.167			51.9	55.6						Dutch Lonborg (5-16)
77	1947-48	Big Ten	6	14	.300	3	9	.250			51.4	53.5						Dutch Lonborg (6-14)
78	1946-47	Big Ten	7	13	.350	2	10	.167										Dutch Lonborg (7-13)
79	1945-46	Big Ten	15	5	.750	8	4	.667										Dutch Lonborg (15-5)
80	1944-45	Big Ten	7	12	.368	4	8	.333										Dutch Lonborg (7-12)
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)
81	1943-44	Big Ten	12	7	.632	8	4	.667										Dutch Lonborg (12-7)
82	1942-43	Big Ten	8	9	.471	7	5	.583										Dutch Lonborg (8-9)
83	1941-42	Big Ten	8	13	.381	5	10	.333										Dutch Lonborg (8-13)
84	1940-41	Big Ten	7	11	.389	3	9	.250										Dutch Lonborg (7-11)
85	1939-40	Big Ten	13	7	.650	7	5	.583										Dutch Lonborg (13-7)
86	1938-39	Big Ten	7	13	.350	5	7	.417										Dutch Lonborg (7-13)
87	1937-38	Big Ten	10	10	.500	7	5	.583										Dutch Lonborg (10-10)
88	1936-37	Big Ten	11	9	.550	4	8	.333										Dutch Lonborg (11-9)
89	1935-36	Big Ten	13	6	.684	7	5	.583										Dutch Lonborg (13-6)
90	1934-35	Big Ten	10	10	.500	3	9	.250										Dutch Lonborg (10-10)
91	1933-34	Big Ten	11	8	.579	8	4	.667										Dutch Lonborg (11-8)
92	1932-33	Big Ten	15	4	.789	10	2	.833										Dutch Lonborg (15-4)
93	1931-32	Big Ten	13	5	.722	9	3	.750										Dutch Lonborg (13-5)
94	1930-31	Big Ten	16	1	.941	11	1	.917										Dutch Lonborg (16-1)
95	1929-30	Big Ten	8	8	.500	6	6	.500										Dutch Lonborg (8-8)
96	1928-29	Big Ten	12	5	.706	7	5	.583										Dutch Lonborg (12-5)
97	1927-28	Big Ten	12	5	.706	9	3	.750										Dutch Lonborg (12-5)
98	1926-27	Big Ten	3	14	.176	1	11	.083										Maurice Kent (3-14)
99	1925-26	Big Ten	5	12	.294	3	9	.250										Maurice Kent (5-12)
100	1924-25	Big Ten	6	10	.375	4	8	.333										Maurice Kent (6-10)
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)
101	1923-24	Big Ten	0	16	.000	0	12	.000										Maurice Kent (0-16)
102	1922-23	Big Ten	5	10	.333	3	9	.250										Maurice Kent (5-10)
103	1921-22	Big Ten	7	11	.389	3	9	.250										Dana Evans (7-11)
104	1920-21	Big Ten	2	12	.143	1	11	.083										Ray Elder (2-12)
105	1919-20	Big Ten	3	7	.300	2	6	.250										Norman Elliott (3-7)
106	1918-19	Big Ten	6	6	.500	6	4	.600										Thomas Robinson (6-6)
107	1917-18	Big Ten	7	4	.636	5	3	.625										Norman Elliott (7-4)
108	1916-17	Western	3	11	.214	2	10	.167										Fred Murphy (3-11)
109	1915-16	Western	14	5	.737	9	3	.750										Fred Murphy (14-5)
110	1914-15	Western	11	8	.579	5	5	.500										Fred Murphy (11-8)
111	1913-14	Western	11	6	.647	6	5	.545										Dennis Grady (11-6)
112	1912-13	Western	14	4	.778	7	2	.778										Dennis Grady (14-4)
113	1911-12	Western	4	9	.308	0	8	.000										Charles Hammett (4-9)
114	1910-11	Western	4	15	.211	1	12	.077										Stuart Templeton (4-15)
115	1909-10	Western	0	9	.000	0	9	.000										Louis Gillesby (0-9)
116	1908-09	Western	1	7	.125	1	4	.200										Louis Gillesby (1-7)
117	1907-08	Western	2	7	.222													Louis Gillesby (2-7)
118	1906-07	Western	1	5	.167													Louis Gillesby (1-5)
119	1904-05	Western	2	2	.500													Thomas Holland (2-2)

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