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Boston University Terriers Men's Basketball School History

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Coverage: 98 seasons (1915-16 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1915-16): 1173-1110 .514 W-L%

Conferences: Patriot, AEC, NAC, ECACN, Yankee and Ind

Conference Champion: 8 Times (Reg. Seas.), 7 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 7 Years (2-7), 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.

98 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

98 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	Patriot	16	17	.485	10	8	.556	-9.93	-8.49	66.5	66.6						Joe Jones (16-17)
2	2022-23	Patriot	15	17	.469	8	10	.444	-8.10	-6.52	67.1	67.2						Joe Jones (15-17)
3	2021-22	Patriot	22	13	.629	11	7	.611	-5.07	-7.34	70.6	67.7						Joe Jones (22-13)
4	2020-21	Patriot	7	11	.389	6	10	.375	-3.71	0.84	69.4	73.9						Joe Jones (7-11)
5	2019-20	Patriot	21	13	.618	12	6	.667	-1.87	-5.30	70.9	66.7						Joe Jones (21-13)
6	2018-19	Patriot	15	18	.455	7	11	.389	-6.61	-5.39	72.3	72.3						Joe Jones (15-18)
7	2017-18	Patriot	15	16	.484	10	8	.556	-8.33	-5.83	70.5	71.8						Joe Jones (15-16)
8	2016-17	Patriot	18	14	.563	12	6	.667	-2.43	-3.66	73.1	70.8						Joe Jones (18-14)
9	2015-16	Patriot	19	15	.559	11	7	.611	-6.79	-6.37	73.0	72.5						Joe Jones (19-15)
10	2014-15	Patriot	13	17	.433	9	9	.500	-5.63	-3.12	67.9	69.6						Joe Jones (13-17)
11	2013-14	Patriot	24	11	.686	15	3	.833	1.77	-2.40	71.2	67.0						Joe Jones (24-11)
12	2012-13	AEC	17	13	.567	11	5	.688	-0.58	-3.92	67.8	64.5						Joe Jones (17-13)
13	2011-12	AEC	16	16	.500	12	4	.750	-3.74	-4.09	63.9	63.6						Joe Jones (16-16)
14	2010-11	AEC	21	14	.600	12	4	.750	-2.48	-3.85	64.9	63.5				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	16	Patrick Chambers (21-14)
15	2009-10	AEC	21	14	.600	11	5	.688	0.57	-3.23	72.2	68.4						Patrick Chambers (21-14)
16	2008-09	AEC	17	13	.567	11	5	.688	-2.61	-4.91	68.6	66.3						Dennis Wolff (17-13)
17	2007-08	AEC	14	17	.452	9	7	.563	-6.69	-4.91	63.0	64.8						Dennis Wolff (14-17)
18	2006-07	AEC	12	18	.400	8	8	.500	-4.62	-4.65	60.1	60.0						Dennis Wolff (12-18)
19	2005-06	AEC	12	16	.429	9	7	.563	-4.45	-3.77	58.9	59.6						Dennis Wolff (12-16)
20	2004-05	AEC	20	9	.690	14	4	.778	3.25	-3.86	62.8	55.7						Dennis Wolff (20-9)
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)
21	2003-04	AEC	23	6	.793	17	1	.944	1.12	-5.91	66.6	59.5						Dennis Wolff (23-6)
22	2002-03	AEC	20	11	.645	13	3	.813	1.10	-3.42	67.7	63.2						Dennis Wolff (20-11)
23	2001-02	AEC	22	10	.688	13	3	.813	-4.68	-7.80	67.1	64.0				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	16	Dennis Wolff (22-10)
24	2000-01	AEC	14	14	.500	9	9	.500	-5.30	-5.83	68.3	67.8						Dennis Wolff (14-14)
25	1999-00	AEC	7	22	.241	5	13	.278	-14.27	-6.51	60.6	68.5						Dennis Wolff (7-22)
26	1998-99	AEC	9	18	.333	5	13	.278	-9.37	-6.11	64.3	67.5						Dennis Wolff (9-18)
27	1997-98	AEC	19	11	.633	12	6	.667	-0.03	-2.53	70.0	67.5						Dennis Wolff (19-11)
28	1996-97	AEC	25	5	.833	17	1	.944	2.51	-2.86	67.3	62.0				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Dennis Wolff (25-5)
29	1995-96	NAC	18	11	.621	13	5	.722	-1.05	-4.32	70.2	67.0						Dennis Wolff (18-11)
30	1994-95	NAC	15	16	.484	7	9	.438	-3.09	-2.56	65.5	66.5						Dennis Wolff (15-16)
31	1993-94	NAC	11	16	.407	4	10	.286	-9.23	-7.00	74.6	76.9						Bob Brown (11-16)
32	1992-93	NAC	6	21	.222	3	11	.214	-16.04	-5.22	69.6	80.4						Bob Brown (6-21)
33	1991-92	NAC	10	18	.357	5	9	.357	-13.64	-4.68	68.9	76.8						Bob Brown (10-18)
34	1990-91	NAC	11	18	.379	5	5	.500	-11.50	-4.26	68.0	75.3						Bob Brown (11-18)
35	1989-90	NAC	18	12	.600	9	3	.750	-1.63	-2.87	72.3	70.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	16	Mike Jarvis (18-12)
36	1988-89	NAC	21	9	.700	14	4	.778	2.20	-6.40	77.4	68.8						Mike Jarvis (21-9)
37	1987-88	ECACN	23	8	.742	14	4	.778	0.38	-7.04	77.5	70.1				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	15	Mike Jarvis (23-8)
38	1986-87	ECACN	18	12	.600	12	6	.667	0.80	-3.51	74.0	68.8						Mike Jarvis (18-12)
39	1985-86	ECACN	21	10	.677	13	5	.722	0.03	-4.51	70.4	65.4						Mike Jarvis (21-10)
40	1984-85	ECACN	15	15	.500	9	7	.563	-2.77	-4.70	68.8	66.4						John Kuester (15-15)
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	ECACN	16	13	.552	9	5	.643	-2.97	-4.58	71.8	69.8						John Kuester (16-13)
42	1982-83	ECACN	21	10	.677	8	2	.800	0.01	-6.09	79.0	72.0				Lost NCAA Tournament Opening Round	12	Rick Pitino (21-10)
43	1981-82	ECACN	19	9	.679	6	2	.750	1.21	-4.15	73.0	66.3						Rick Pitino (19-9)
44	1980-81	ECACN	13	14	.481	13	13	.500	-6.43	-5.22	75.7	74.5						Rick Pitino (13-14)
45	1979-80	ECACN	21	9	.700	19	7	.731	0.10	-4.02	83.3	75.3						Rick Pitino (21-9)
46	1978-79	Ind	17	9	.654				-0.20	-4.75	79.9	72.7						Rick Pitino (17-9)
47	1977-78	Ind	10	15	.400				-15.22	-7.18	74.0	80.6						Roy Sigler (10-15)
48	1976-77	Ind	7	19	.269				-12.51	-6.82	71.9	77.3						Roy Sigler (7-19)
49	1975-76	Yankee	7	19	.269	3	9	.250	-15.95	-5.74	74.5	84.0						Roy Sigler (7-19)
50	1974-75	Yankee	12	13	.480	7	4	.636	-9.96	-7.26	80.1	81.6						Roy Sigler (12-13)
51	1973-74	Yankee	9	16	.360	2	9	.182	-13.02	-7.20	76.4	81.2						Ron Mitchell (9-16)
52	1972-73	Yankee	15	10	.600	7	4	.636	-9.24	-9.24	77.3	76.8						Ron Mitchell (15-10)
53	1971-72	Ind	7	16	.304				-16.41	-7.64	73.4	81.6						Ron Mitchell (7-16)
54	1970-71	Ind	7	18	.280				-17.99	-8.58	70.9	76.9						Charles Luce (7-18)
55	1969-70	Ind	14	10	.583				-14.69	-10.96	81.6	80.5						Charles Luce (14-10)
56	1968-69	Ind	14	10	.583				-9.10	-10.94	82.6	75.6						Charles Luce (14-10)
57	1967-68	Ind	10	14	.417				-16.30	-10.61	76.2	75.7						Charles Luce (10-14)
58	1966-67	Ind	4	18	.182				-27.01	-5.94	69.3	84.3						Charles Luce (4-18)
59	1965-66	Ind	4	19	.174				-25.18	-8.06	61.6	74.5						John Burke (4-19)
60	1964-65	Ind	10	10	.500				-13.29	-7.50	78.8	76.7						John Burke (10-10)
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	1963-64	Ind	16	7	.696				-7.14	-9.36	72.8	65.6						John Burke (16-7)
62	1962-63	Ind	10	9	.526				-11.19	-8.19	70.8	67.7						John Burke (10-9)
63	1961-62	Ind	5	15	.250				-23.43	-9.35	68.2	75.6						John Burke (5-15)
64	1960-61	Ind	9	14	.391				-17.83	-3.73	63.7	67.1						John Burke (9-14)
65	1959-60	Ind	14	10	.583				-5.99	0.87	68.0	66.9						John Burke (14-10)
66	1958-59	Ind	20	7	.741				4.36	0.49	71.0	58.6				Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final		Matt Zunic (20-7)
67	1957-58	Ind	15	5	.750				-4.07	-5.32	72.3	59.8						Matt Zunic (15-5)
68	1948-49	Ind	6	12	.333						51.7	53.9						Charles Cummings (6-12)
69	1947-48	Ind	10	9	.526						53.7	52.9						Russ Peterson (10-9)
70	1946-47	Ind	14	7	.667													Russ Peterson (14-7)
71	1945-46	Ind	12	2	.857													Russ Peterson (12-2)
72	1944-45	Ind	4	6	.400													Mel Collard (4-6)
73	1942-43	Ind	3	10	.231													Mel Collard (3-10)
74	1941-42	Ind	9	5	.643													Mel Collard (9-5)
75	1940-41	Ind	13	3	.813													Mel Collard (13-3)
76	1939-40	Ind	6	7	.462													Mel Collard (6-7)
77	1938-39	Ind	10	4	.714													Mel Collard (10-4)
78	1937-38	Ind	9	9	.500													Mel Collard (9-9)
79	1936-37	Ind	9	6	.600													Mel Collard (9-6)
80	1935-36	Ind	1	13	.071													Mel Collard (1-13)
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)
81	1934-35	Ind	2	14	.125													John Harmon (2-14)
82	1933-34	Ind	5	7	.417													John Harmon (5-7)
83	1932-33	Ind	8	7	.533													John Harmon (8-7)
84	1931-32	Ind	5	8	.385													Win Carlson (5-8)
85	1930-31	Ind	6	7	.462													Win Carlson (6-7)
86	1929-30	Ind	4	8	.333													Win Carlson (4-8)
87	1928-29	Ind	4	8	.333													Win Carlson (4-8)
88	1927-28	Ind	8	8	.500													Win Carlson (8-8)
89	1926-27	Ind	6	7	.462													Win Carlson (6-7)
90	1925-26	Ind	6	7	.462													Win Carlson (6-7)
91	1924-25	Ind	9	13	.409													John Williams (9-13)
92	1922-23	Ind	0	2	.000
93	1921-22	Ind	1	14	.067
94	1920-21	Ind	2	1	.667
95	1919-20	Ind	0	6	.000													V.B. Allison (0-6)
96	1917-18	Ind	6	2	.750													V.B. Allison (6-2)
97	1916-17	Ind	6	3	.667													V.B. Allison (6-3)
98	1915-16	Ind	2	2	.500													Henry Crane (2-2)

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