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Akron Zips Men's Basketball School History

Location: Akron, Ohio

Coverage: 73 seasons (1901-02 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1901-02): 1027-691 .598 W-L%

Conferences: MAC, Mid-Cont, OVC and Ind

Conference Champion: 9 Times (Reg. Seas.), 6 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)

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.

73 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

73 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	MAC	24	11	.686	13	5	.722	2.77	-2.08	73.6	66.2				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	John Groce (24-11)
2	2022-23	MAC	22	11	.667	13	5	.722	4.19	-1.65	74.6	66.9						John Groce (22-11)
3	2021-22	MAC	24	10	.706	14	6	.700	0.91	-3.93	70.6	62.6				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	13	John Groce (24-10)
4	2020-21	MAC	15	8	.652	12	6	.667	1.85	-1.96	78.2	72.2						John Groce (15-8)
5	2019-20	MAC	24	7	.774	14	4	.778	7.15	-0.40	75.7	66.5						John Groce (24-7)
6	2018-19	MAC	17	16	.515	8	10	.444	4.86	1.09	68.8	63.8						John Groce (17-16)
7	2017-18	MAC	14	18	.438	6	12	.333	-6.82	-1.92	71.8	75.3						John Groce (14-18)
8	2016-17	MAC	27	9	.750	14	4	.778	3.59	-1.21	77.0	70.8						Keith Dambrot (27-9)
9	2015-16	MAC	26	9	.743	13	5	.722	5.55	-1.24	76.6	68.0						Keith Dambrot (26-9)
10	2014-15	MAC	21	14	.600	9	9	.500	3.65	-0.47	68.1	62.9						Keith Dambrot (21-14)
11	2013-14	MAC	21	13	.618	12	6	.667	1.16	-0.48	68.6	66.9						Keith Dambrot (21-13)
12	2012-13	MAC	26	7	.788	14	2	.875	8.12	0.18	71.8	62.8				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	12	Keith Dambrot (26-7)
13	2011-12	MAC	22	12	.647	13	3	.813	6.33	0.72	72.2	65.9						Keith Dambrot (22-12)
14	2010-11	MAC	23	13	.639	9	7	.563	2.15	-1.02	70.1	65.7				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	15	Keith Dambrot (23-13)
15	2009-10	MAC	24	11	.686	12	4	.750	2.82	-1.50	70.6	65.5						Keith Dambrot (24-11)
16	2008-09	MAC	23	13	.639	10	6	.625	3.37	-2.01	66.8	60.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	13	Keith Dambrot (23-13)
17	2007-08	MAC	24	11	.686	11	5	.688	6.24	0.33	70.8	63.8						Keith Dambrot (24-11)
18	2006-07	MAC	26	7	.788	13	3	.813	10.90	-1.90	75.3	61.0						Keith Dambrot (26-7)
19	2005-06	MAC	23	10	.697	14	4	.778	5.00	0.13	72.9	66.1						Keith Dambrot (23-10)
20	2004-05	MAC	19	10	.655	11	7	.611	7.03	1.68	71.8	65.6						Keith Dambrot (19-10)
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)
21	2003-04	MAC	13	15	.464	7	11	.389	-0.38	0.01	71.8	72.1						Dan Hipsher (13-15)
22	2002-03	MAC	14	14	.500	9	9	.500	-0.80	-1.43	78.6	77.0						Dan Hipsher (14-14)
23	2001-02	MAC	10	21	.323	5	13	.278	-4.83	0.37	69.5	74.3						Dan Hipsher (10-21)
24	2000-01	MAC	12	16	.429	9	9	.500	-3.09	1.66	67.9	72.6						Dan Hipsher (12-16)
25	1999-00	MAC	17	11	.607	11	7	.611	3.44	1.32	75.9	71.8						Dan Hipsher (17-11)
26	1998-99	MAC	18	9	.667	12	6	.667	5.09	1.06	75.2	70.6						Dan Hipsher (18-9)
27	1997-98	MAC	17	10	.630	13	5	.722	5.57	-0.66	75.3	67.6						Dan Hipsher (17-10)
28	1996-97	MAC	8	18	.308	6	12	.333	-1.18	0.98	70.5	71.9						Dan Hipsher (8-18)
29	1995-96	MAC	3	23	.115	0	18	.000	-11.16	2.52	62.7	75.0						Dan Hipsher (3-23)
30	1994-95	MAC	8	18	.308	4	14	.222	-7.20	0.96	60.2	67.8						Coleman Crawford (8-18)
31	1993-94	MAC	8	18	.308	2	16	.111	-8.15	-2.23	61.6	66.4						Coleman Crawford (8-18)
32	1992-93	MAC	8	18	.308	3	15	.167	-10.69	-5.06	62.1	65.7						Coleman Crawford (8-18)
33	1991-92	Mid-Cont	16	12	.571	10	6	.625	-5.77	-4.14	69.0	70.3						Coleman Crawford (16-12)
34	1990-91	Mid-Cont	15	13	.536	6	10	.375	-3.28	-3.68	68.5	67.4						Coleman Crawford (15-13)
35	1989-90	Ind	16	12	.571				-2.44	-3.13	72.1	70.5						Coleman Crawford (16-12)
36	1988-89	Ind	21	8	.724				9.07	-5.52	85.3	70.7						Bob Huggins (21-8)
37	1987-88	Ind	21	7	.750				2.93	-6.75	79.6	67.6						Bob Huggins (21-7)
38	1986-87	OVC	21	9	.700	9	5	.643	2.56	-3.66	77.1	68.9						Bob Huggins (21-9)
39	1985-86	OVC	22	8	.733	10	4	.714	0.05	-3.79	76.2	68.5				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	15	Bob Huggins (22-8)
40	1984-85	OVC	12	14	.462	6	8	.429	-7.33	-4.29	62.9	63.7						Bob Huggins (12-14)
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)
41	1983-84	OVC	8	19	.296	3	11	.214	-10.06	-4.23	73.7	76.6						Bob Rupert (8-19)
42	1982-83	OVC	14	15	.483	7	7	.500	-6.63	-3.55	72.4	72.9						Bob Rupert (14-15)
43	1981-82	OVC	7	19	.269	3	13	.188	-13.76	-5.16	62.6	69.6						Bob Rupert (7-19)
44	1980-81	OVC	8	18	.308	5	9	.357	-10.47	-2.88	65.6	71.6						Bob Rupert (8-18)
45	1949-50	Ind	16	9	.640				-2.18	-0.84	66.6	59.6						Russell Beichly (16-9)
46	1948-49	Ind	16	6	.727						62.2	53.6						Russell Beichly (16-6)
47	1947-48	Ind	15	9	.625						60.5	54.8						Russell Beichly (15-9)
48	1944-45	Ind	21	2	.913													Russell Beichly (21-2)
49	1943-44	Ind	10	5	.667													Russell Beichly (10-5)
50	1942-43	Ind	18	3	.857													Russell Beichly (18-3)
51	1933-34	Ind	15	1	.938													Red Blair (15-1)
52	1922-23	Ind	12	1	.923													Fred Sefton (12-1)
53	1921-22	Ind	5	8	.385													Fred Sefton (5-8)
54	1920-21	Ind	11	2	.846													Fred Sefton (11-2)
55	1919-20	Ind	12	2	.857													Fred Sefton (12-2)
56	1918-19	Ind	14	0	1.000													Fred Sefton (14-0)
57	1917-18	Ind	9	4	.692													Fred Sefton (9-4)
58	1916-17	Ind	14	2	.875													Fred Sefton (14-2)
59	1915-16	Ind	5	5	.500													Fred Sefton (5-5)
60	1914-15	Ind	2	10	.167													Frank Haggerty (2-10)
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	1913-14	Ind	6	6	.500													Frank Haggerty (6-6)
62	1912-13	Ind	7	1	.875													Frank Haggerty (7-1)
63	1911-12	Ind	6	3	.667													Frank Haggerty (6-3)
64	1910-11	Ind	8	4	.667													Frank Haggerty (8-4)
65	1909-10	Ind	5	3	.625													Clarence Weed (5-3)
66	1908-09	Ind	6	7	.462													Walter East (6-7)
67	1907-08	Ind	4	5	.444													Earl Williams (4-5)
68	1906-07	Ind	5	2	.714													Earl Williams (5-2)
69	1905-06	Ind	6	7	.462													Earl Williams (6-7)
70	1904-05	Ind	8	6	.571													Earl Williams (8-6)
71	1903-04	Ind	3	7	.300
72	1902-03	Ind	4	4	.500
73	1901-02	Ind	2	2	.500

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