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127 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

127 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	Big Ten	8	2	.800	0	1	.000	16.59	5.49	82.0	70.9		11				Greg Gard (8-2)
2	2023-24	Big Ten	22	14	.611	11	9	.550	16.01	11.35	74.7	70.0		6		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	5	Greg Gard (22-14)
3	2022-23	Big Ten	20	15	.571	9	11	.450	10.98	9.29	65.3	63.6		14				Greg Gard (20-15)
4	2021-22	Big Ten	25	8	.758	15	5	.750	13.13	9.16	69.9	66.0		8	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Greg Gard (25-8)
5	2020-21	Big Ten	18	13	.581	10	10	.500	17.22	11.93	69.9	64.6	7	4		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Greg Gard (18-13)
6	2019-20	Big Ten	21	10	.677	14	6	.700	15.95	10.95	67.2	62.2		17	17			Greg Gard (21-10)
7	2018-19	Big Ten	23	11	.676	14	6	.700	17.90	11.01	68.6	61.7		12	21	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	5	Greg Gard (23-11)
8	2017-18	Big Ten	15	18	.455	7	11	.389	10.38	9.50	66.8	66.0						Greg Gard (15-18)
9	2016-17	Big Ten	27	10	.730	12	6	.667	19.40	9.40	72.4	62.4	9	7	25	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	8	Greg Gard (27-10)
10	2015-16	Big Ten	22	13	.629	12	6	.667	13.40	9.40	67.8	63.8	17	17		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	7	Bo Ryan (7-5), Greg Gard (15-8)
11	2014-15	Big Ten	36	4	.900	16	2	.889	24.61	10.29	72.5	58.2	3	2	3	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Bo Ryan (36-4)
12	2013-14	Big Ten	30	8	.789	12	6	.667	19.69	10.19	73.5	64.0	20	3	12	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	2	Bo Ryan (30-8)
13	2012-13	Big Ten	23	12	.657	12	6	.667	18.76	9.73	65.0	55.9	23	17	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Bo Ryan (23-12)
14	2011-12	Big Ten	26	10	.722	12	6	.667	19.04	8.24	64.0	53.2	15	9	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Bo Ryan (26-10)
15	2010-11	Big Ten	25	9	.735	13	5	.722	18.77	9.42	67.9	58.6		10	16	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Bo Ryan (25-9)
16	2009-10	Big Ten	24	9	.727	13	5	.722	17.84	7.66	67.1	56.9		11	16	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Bo Ryan (24-9)
17	2008-09	Big Ten	20	13	.606	10	8	.556	12.43	8.43	63.8	59.0	25	25		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	12	Bo Ryan (20-13)
18	2007-08	Big Ten	31	5	.861	16	2	.889	19.59	6.73	67.3	54.4		6	6	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Bo Ryan (31-5)
19	2006-07	Big Ten	30	6	.833	13	3	.813	19.28	6.95	70.2	57.9	9	1	6	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	2	Bo Ryan (30-6)
20	2005-06	Big Ten	19	12	.613	9	7	.563	13.14	7.24	71.1	65.6		15		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Bo Ryan (19-12)
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)
21	2004-05	Big Ten	25	9	.735	11	5	.688	16.76	9.61	67.4	60.2	21	18	20	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	6	Bo Ryan (25-9)
22	2003-04	Big Ten	25	7	.781	12	4	.750	18.96	7.49	68.4	57.0	15	10	10	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Bo Ryan (25-7)
23	2002-03	Big Ten	24	8	.750	12	4	.750	17.48	6.51	70.3	59.3		18	21	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Bo Ryan (24-8)
24	2001-02	Big Ten	19	13	.594	11	5	.688	10.10	9.23	67.0	65.7				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Bo Ryan (19-13)
25	2000-01	Big Ten	18	11	.621	9	7	.563	14.91	12.08	59.4	56.6	19	10	25	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	6	Brad Soderberg (16-10), Dick Bennett (2-1)
26	1999-00	Big Ten	22	14	.611	8	8	.500	16.67	12.50	59.9	55.8				Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	8	Dick Bennett (22-14)
27	1998-99	Big Ten	22	10	.688	9	7	.563	17.29	10.38	62.1	55.2		11	18	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	5	Dick Bennett (22-10)
28	1997-98	Big Ten	12	19	.387	3	13	.188	7.19	9.22	60.5	62.6						Dick Bennett (12-19)
29	1996-97	Big Ten	18	10	.643	11	7	.611	13.20	9.42	59.1	55.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Dick Bennett (18-10)
30	1995-96	Big Ten	17*	15*	.531	8*	10*	.444	7.89	7.80	66.1	64.8						Dick Bennett (17-15)
31	1994-95	Big Ten	13	14	.481	7	11	.389	8.30	6.97	73.0	71.6	17	13				Stan Van Gundy (13-14)
32	1993-94	Big Ten	18	11	.621	8	10	.444	15.34	9.93	77.9	72.4		12		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Stu Jackson (18-11)
33	1992-93	Big Ten	14	14	.500	7	11	.389	8.08	6.72	77.0	75.6						Stu Jackson (14-14)
34	1991-92	Big Ten	13	18	.419	4	14	.222	8.44	7.83	71.8	71.2						Steve Yoder (13-18)
35	1990-91	Big Ten	15	15	.500	8	10	.444	9.13	8.34	70.8	69.8						Steve Yoder (15-15)
36	1989-90	Big Ten	14	17	.452	4	14	.222	8.59	9.32	65.5	64.6						Steve Yoder (14-17)
37	1988-89	Big Ten	18	12	.600	8	10	.444	13.98	11.23	70.0	64.7						Steve Yoder (18-12)
38	1987-88	Big Ten	12	16	.429	6	12	.333	3.30	8.70	69.0	74.4						Steve Yoder (12-16)
39	1986-87	Big Ten	14	17	.452	4	14	.222	4.98	8.27	70.7	71.4						Steve Yoder (14-17)
40	1985-86	Big Ten	12	16	.429	4	14	.222	4.13	10.61	71.3	74.7						Steve Yoder (12-16)
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)
41	1984-85	Big Ten	14	14	.500	5	13	.278	3.51	7.35	70.3	71.9						Steve Yoder (14-14)
42	1983-84	Big Ten	8	20	.286	4*	14*	.222	2.73	6.30	67.8	71.4						Steve Yoder (8-20)
43	1982-83	Big Ten	8	20	.286	3*	15*	.167	1.03	7.82	64.0	70.1						Steve Yoder (8-20)
44	1981-82	Big Ten	6	21	.222	3*	15*	.167	-5.03	4.34	64.3	73.6						Bill Cofield (6-21)
45	1980-81	Big Ten	11	16	.407	5	13	.278	5.07	9.23	65.0	68.4						Bill Cofield (11-16)
46	1979-80	Big Ten	15	14	.517	7	11	.389	11.93	9.79	69.8	65.9						Bill Cofield (15-14)
47	1978-79	Big Ten	12	15	.444	6	12	.333	5.45	9.23	69.7	73.5						Bill Cofield (12-15)
48	1977-78	Big Ten	8	19	.296	4	14	.222	1.98	6.65	70.9	75.5						Bill Cofield (8-19)
49	1976-77	Big Ten	9*	18*	.333	5*	13*	.278	2.17	7.24	68.9	74.0						Bill Cofield (9-18)
50	1975-76	Big Ten	10	16	.385	4	14	.222	-0.07	9.71	76.8	82.3						John Powless (10-16)
51	1974-75	Big Ten	8	18	.308	5	13	.278	0.84	6.72	71.3	77.9						John Powless (8-18)
52	1973-74	Big Ten	16	8	.667	8	6	.571	11.19	5.44	76.1	65.7		13				John Powless (16-8)
53	1972-73	Big Ten	11	13	.458	5	9	.357	6.59	8.41	75.3	74.8						John Powless (11-13)
54	1971-72	Big Ten	13	11	.542	6	8	.429	4.29	3.29	80.0	73.9						John Powless (13-11)
55	1970-71	Big Ten	9	15	.375	4	10	.286	3.30	5.21	85.3	84.5						John Powless (9-15)
56	1969-70	Big Ten	10	14	.417	5	9	.357	1.46	6.15	76.8	80.7						John Powless (10-14)
57	1968-69	Big Ten	11	13	.458	5	9	.357	7.21	9.30	70.4	70.5						John Powless (11-13)
58	1967-68	Big Ten	13	11	.542	7	7	.500	5.19	4.10	80.1	78.1						John Erickson (13-11)
59	1966-67	Big Ten	13	11	.542	8	6	.571	3.27	4.88	81.8	81.6						John Erickson (13-11)
60	1965-66	Big Ten	11	13	.458	6	8	.429	1.95	4.79	77.0	79.8						John Erickson (11-13)
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	Big Ten	9	13	.409	4	10	.286	3.40	5.81	77.4	79.8						John Erickson (9-13)
62	1963-64	Big Ten	8	16	.333	2	12	.143	-0.46	4.33	82.0	86.8						John Erickson (8-16)
63	1962-63	Big Ten	14	10	.583	7	7	.500	9.41	5.80	75.1	71.7	10	6				John Erickson (14-10)
64	1961-62	Big Ten	17	7	.708	10	4	.714	7.40	7.16	84.7	79.6						John Erickson (17-7)
65	1960-61	Big Ten	7	17	.292	4	10	.286	-0.35	5.60	70.7	75.0						John Erickson (7-17)
66	1959-60	Big Ten	8	16	.333	4	10	.286	-2.55	6.32	72.6	80.6						John Erickson (8-16)
67	1958-59	Big Ten	3	19	.136	1	13	.071	-8.03	8.65	62.5	79.2						Bud Foster (3-19)
68	1957-58	Big Ten	8	14	.364	3	11	.214	-3.47	3.77	62.8	69.4						Bud Foster (8-14)
69	1956-57	Big Ten	5	17	.227	3	11	.214	-2.10	7.09								Bud Foster (5-17)
70	1955-56	Big Ten	6	16	.273	4	10	.286	4.06	7.01	69.5	72.5						Bud Foster (6-16)
71	1954-55	Big Ten	10	12	.455	5	9	.357	5.50	6.45	71.7	72.6						Bud Foster (10-12)
72	1953-54	Big Ten	12	10	.545	6	8	.429	12.31	7.72	67.9	63.3		18				Bud Foster (12-10)
73	1952-53	Big Ten	13	9	.591	10	8	.556	11.98	8.35	65.8	61.9						Bud Foster (13-9)
74	1951-52	Big Ten	10	12	.455	5	9	.357	2.61	4.02	58.2	59.5						Bud Foster (10-12)
75	1950-51	Big Ten	10	12	.455	7	7	.500	3.94	4.80	56.8	56.9						Bud Foster (10-12)
76	1949-50	Big Ten	17	5	.773	9	3	.750	10.73	5.23	58.1	52.6		15	16			Bud Foster (17-5)
77	1948-49	Big Ten	12	10	.545	5	7	.417			54.5	48.1						Bud Foster (12-10)
78	1947-48	Big Ten	12	8	.600	7	5	.583			52.4	53.4						Bud Foster (12-8)
79	1946-47	Big Ten	16	6	.727	9	3	.750								Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Bud Foster (16-6)
80	1945-46	Big Ten	4	17	.190	1	11	.083										Bud Foster (4-17)
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)
81	1944-45	Big Ten	10	11	.476	4	8	.333										Bud Foster (10-11)
82	1943-44	Big Ten	12	9	.571	9	3	.750										Bud Foster (12-9)
83	1942-43	Big Ten	12	9	.571	6	6	.500										Bud Foster (12-9)
84	1941-42	Big Ten	14	7	.667	10	5	.667										Bud Foster (14-7)
85	1940-41	Big Ten	20	3	.870	11	1	.917								Won NCAA Tournament National Final		Bud Foster (20-3)
86	1939-40	Big Ten	5	15	.250	3	9	.250										Bud Foster (5-15)
87	1938-39	Big Ten	10	10	.500	4	8	.333										Bud Foster (10-10)
88	1937-38	Big Ten	10	10	.500	5	7	.417										Bud Foster (10-10)
89	1936-37	Big Ten	8	12	.400	3	9	.250										Bud Foster (8-12)
90	1935-36	Big Ten	11	9	.550	4	8	.333										Bud Foster (11-9)
91	1934-35	Big Ten	15	5	.750	9	3	.750										Bud Foster (15-5)
92	1933-34	Big Ten	14	6	.700	8	4	.667										Doc Meanwell (14-6)
93	1932-33	Big Ten	7	13	.350	4	8	.333										Doc Meanwell (7-13)
94	1931-32	Big Ten	8	10	.444	3	9	.250										Doc Meanwell (8-10)
95	1930-31	Big Ten	8	9	.471	4	8	.333										Doc Meanwell (8-9)
96	1929-30	Big Ten	15	2	.882	8	2	.800										Doc Meanwell (15-2)
97	1928-29	Big Ten	15	2	.882	10	2	.833										Doc Meanwell (15-2)
98	1927-28	Big Ten	13	4	.765	9	3	.750										Doc Meanwell (13-4)
99	1926-27	Big Ten	10	7	.588	7	5	.583										Doc Meanwell (10-7)
100	1925-26	Big Ten	8	9	.471	4	8	.333										Doc Meanwell (8-9)
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)
101	1924-25	Big Ten	6	11	.353	3	9	.250										Doc Meanwell (6-11)
102	1923-24	Big Ten	11	5	.688	8	4	.667										Doc Meanwell (11-5)
103	1922-23	Big Ten	12	3	.800	11	1	.917										Doc Meanwell (12-3)
104	1921-22	Big Ten	14	5	.737	8	4	.667										Doc Meanwell (14-5)
105	1920-21	Big Ten	13	4	.765	8	4	.667										Doc Meanwell (13-4)
106	1919-20	Big Ten	15	5	.750	7	5	.583										Guy Lowman (15-5)
107	1918-19	Big Ten	5	11	.313	3	9	.250										Guy Lowman (5-11)
108	1917-18	Big Ten	14	3	.824	9	3	.750										Guy Lowman (14-3)
109	1916-17	Western	15	3	.833	9	3	.750										Doc Meanwell (15-3)
110	1915-16	Western	20	1	.952	11	1	.917										Doc Meanwell (20-1)
111	1914-15	Western	13	4	.765	8	4	.667										Doc Meanwell (13-4)
112	1913-14	Western	15	0	1.000	12	0	1.000										Doc Meanwell (15-0)
113	1912-13	Western	14	1	.933	11	1	.917										Doc Meanwell (14-1)
114	1911-12	Western	15	0	1.000	12	0	1.000										Doc Meanwell (15-0)
115	1910-11	Western	9	6	.600	6	6	.500										Haskell Noyes (9-6)
116	1909-10	Western	9	5	.643	7	5	.583										Haskell Noyes (9-5)
117	1908-09	Western	8	4	.667	5	4	.556										Haskell Noyes (8-4)
118	1907-08	Western	10	2	.833	7	1	.875										Emmett Angell (10-2)
119	1906-07	Western	11	3	.786	6	2	.750										Emmett Angell (11-3)
120	1905-06	Western	12	2	.857	6	2	.750										Emmett Angell (12-2)
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)
121	1904-05	Western	10	8	.556													Emmett Angell (10-8)
122	1903-04	Western	11	4	.733													James Elsom (11-4)
123	1902-03	Western	5	2	.714													James Elsom (5-2)
124	1901-02	Western	7	3	.700													James Elsom (7-3)
125	1900-01	Western	1	1	.500													James Elsom (1-1)
126	1899-00	Western	1	1	.500													James Elsom (1-1)
127	1898-99	Western	0	3	.000													James Elsom (0-3)

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