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Idaho State Bengals Men's Basketball School History

Location: Pocatello, Idaho

Coverage: 72 seasons (1952-53 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1952-53): 921-1077 .461 W-L%

Conferences: Big Sky and Ind

Conference Champion: 4 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 11 Years (8-13), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 1 Time (Final), 6 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.

72 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

72 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 Sky	14	20	.412	7	11	.389	-7.49	-5.11	70.5	70.1						Ryan Looney (14-20)
2	2022-23	Big Sky	11	21	.344	8	10	.444	-6.56	-2.96	69.2	71.0						Ryan Looney (11-21)
3	2021-22	Big Sky	7	23	.233	5	15	.250	-14.96	-5.28	64.4	71.5						Ryan Looney (7-23)
4	2020-21	Big Sky	13	11	.542	8	6	.571	-8.39	-5.71	68.2	61.7						Ryan Looney (13-11)
5	2019-20	Big Sky	8	22	.267	4	16	.200	-8.62	-1.62	69.8	73.3						Ryan Looney (8-22)
6	2018-19	Big Sky	11	19	.367	7	13	.350	-13.17	-4.81	73.3	79.0						Bill Evans (11-19)
7	2017-18	Big Sky	14	16	.467	9	9	.500	-5.76	-3.69	73.7	74.4						Bill Evans (14-16)
8	2016-17	Big Sky	5	26	.161	3	15	.167	-15.10	-3.37	69.8	80.2						Bill Evans (5-26)
9	2015-16	Big Sky	16	15	.516	11	7	.611	-9.83	-6.69	74.1	76.0						Bill Evans (16-15)
10	2014-15	Big Sky	7	23	.233	4	14	.222	-11.52	-5.45	64.6	69.2						Bill Evans (7-23)
11	2013-14	Big Sky	11	18	.379	8	12	.400	-6.42	-4.72	70.8	70.2						Bill Evans (11-18)
12	2012-13	Big Sky	6	24	.200	5	15	.250	-13.08	-4.94	57.0	64.3						Bill Evans (6-24)
13	2011-12	Big Sky	9	21	.300	7	9	.438	-11.05	-2.77	66.0	73.1						Joe O'Brien (2-8), Deane Martin (7-13)
14	2010-11	Big Sky	9	20	.310	4	12	.250	-10.76	-1.87	64.8	72.3						Joe O'Brien (9-20)
15	2009-10	Big Sky	7	22	.241	4	12	.250	-10.29	0.13	66.4	75.0						Joe O'Brien (7-22)
16	2008-09	Big Sky	13	19	.406	9	7	.563	-3.22	0.17	65.3	68.3						Joe O'Brien (13-19)
17	2007-08	Big Sky	12	19	.387	8	8	.500	-12.00	-2.14	59.9	68.7						Joe O'Brien (12-19)
18	2006-07	Big Sky	13	17	.433	8	8	.500	-4.21	-1.17	67.1	67.5						Joe O'Brien (13-17)
19	2005-06	Big Sky	13	14	.481	4	10	.286	-4.49	-1.22	78.7	77.4						Doug Oliver (13-14)
20	2004-05	Big Sky	9	18	.333	3	11	.214	-14.85	-5.90	65.8	70.1						Doug Oliver (9-18)
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 Sky	13	18	.419	7	7	.500	-9.10	-1.66	73.5	78.5						Doug Oliver (13-18)
22	2002-03	Big Sky	15	14	.517	7	7	.500	-3.25	-2.66	71.2	70.6						Doug Oliver (15-14)
23	2001-02	Big Sky	10	17	.370	3	11	.214	-9.98	-4.06	70.1	74.1						Doug Oliver (10-17)
24	2000-01	Big Sky	14	14	.500	10	6	.625	-2.10	-1.41	74.1	73.0						Doug Oliver (14-14)
25	1999-00	Big Sky	8	19	.296	3	13	.188	-5.42	1.18	70.1	75.0						Doug Oliver (8-19)
26	1998-99	Big Sky	6	20	.231	4	12	.250	-11.37	-1.01	64.2	73.2						Doug Oliver (6-20)
27	1997-98	Big Sky	6	20	.231	2	14	.125	-17.52	-4.04	68.9	81.9						Herb Williams (6-20)
28	1996-97	Big Sky	14	13	.519	9	7	.563	-5.59	-5.88	73.7	71.9						Herb Williams (14-13)
29	1995-96	Big Sky	11	15	.423	7	7	.500	-9.42	-3.62	69.6	72.7						Herb Williams (11-15)
30	1994-95	Big Sky	18	10	.643	7	7	.500	4.31	0.02	80.3	72.0						Herb Williams (18-10)
31	1993-94	Big Sky	18	9	.667	10*	4*	.714	1.15	-1.31	82.5	76.7						Herb Williams (18-9)
32	1992-93	Big Sky	10	18	.357	5	9	.357	-6.83	-3.16	71.2	73.6						Herb Williams (10-18)
33	1991-92	Big Sky	9	21	.300	6	10	.375	-6.92	-1.92	81.0	85.9						Herb Williams (9-21)
34	1990-91	Big Sky	11	18	.379	7	9	.438	-12.09	-5.26	80.1	86.5						Herb Williams (11-18)
35	1989-90	Big Sky	6	21	.222	3	13	.188	-14.52	-3.72	66.9	76.5						Jim Boutin (6-21)
36	1988-89	Big Sky	9	18	.333	4	12	.250	-11.02	-0.10	67.0	74.1						Jim Boutin (9-18)
37	1987-88	Big Sky	15	13	.536	8	8	.500	-2.55	-1.39	70.6	69.3						Jim Boutin (15-13)
38	1986-87	Big Sky	15	16	.484	5	9	.357	-1.17	0.37	68.7	67.2				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	16	Jim Boutin (15-16)
39	1985-86	Big Sky	15	12	.556	8	6	.571	-2.70	-1.33	63.3	62.4						Jim Boutin (15-12)
40	1984-85	Big Sky	15	18	.455	5	9	.357	-4.05	-2.05	74.0	74.0						Wayne Ballard (15-18)
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 Sky	12	20	.375	6	8	.429	-6.25	-0.52	67.0	69.6						Wayne Ballard (12-20)
42	1982-83	Big Sky	10	17	.370	7	7	.500	-3.36	2.08	68.9	71.4						Wayne Ballard (10-17)
43	1981-82	Big Sky	14	12	.538	5	9	.357	1.38	2.25	69.3	68.0						Lynn Archibald (14-12)
44	1980-81	Big Sky	12	14	.462	6	8	.429	-8.22	-1.92	68.5	71.7						Lynn Archibald (12-14)
45	1979-80	Big Sky	9	17	.346	5	9	.357	-9.57	-0.83	70.3	76.4						Lynn Archibald (9-17)
46	1978-79	Big Sky	14	13	.519	8	6	.571	-2.55	1.00	78.4	82.0						Lynn Archibald (14-13)
47	1977-78	Big Sky	16	10	.615	11	3	.786	1.21	-1.60	78.3	75.5						Lynn Archibald (16-10)
48	1976-77	Big Sky	25	5	.833	13	1	.929	7.24	-2.12	81.3	71.2				Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final		Jim Killingsworth (25-5)
49	1975-76	Big Sky	16	11	.593	9	5	.643	3.54	-1.43	75.3	69.9						Jim Killingsworth (16-11)
50	1974-75	Big Sky	16	10	.615	9	5	.643	0.80	-3.46	72.7	67.0						Jim Killingsworth (16-10)
51	1973-74	Big Sky	20	8	.714	11	3	.786	3.13	-4.23	78.2	68.6				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Jim Killingsworth (20-8)
52	1972-73	Big Sky	18	8	.692	10	4	.714	-1.63	-7.31	75.1	68.0						Jim Killingsworth (18-8)
53	1971-72	Big Sky	14	12	.538	8	6	.571	-5.59	-8.81	79.2	73.7						Jim Killingsworth (14-12)
54	1970-71	Big Sky	9	15	.375	7	7	.500	-5.06	-2.53	79.7	80.5						Danny Miller (9-15)
55	1969-70	Big Sky	13	11	.542	11	4	.733	-3.75	-4.55	87.4	85.8						Danny Miller (13-11)
56	1968-69	Big Sky	8	18	.308	3	12	.200	-12.17	-2.42	72.5	80.7						Danny Miller (8-18)
57	1967-68	Big Sky	10	12	.455	7	8	.467	-9.56	-5.60	96.3	98.4						Danny Miller (10-12)
58	1966-67	Big Sky	10	15	.400	5	5	.500	-15.11	-4.41	82.1	90.1						Claude Retherford (10-15)
59	1965-66	Big Sky	7	19	.269	1	9	.100	-17.24	-2.83	90.5	98.6						Claude Retherford (7-19)
60	1964-65	Big Sky	7	19	.269	4	6	.400	-14.24	-3.51	70.5	79.5						James Nau (7-19)
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 Sky	11	13	.458	5	5	.500	-6.70	-3.45	76.4	78.6						James Nau (11-13)
62	1962-63	Ind	9	15	.375				-7.99	-3.38	70.4	70.6						John Evans (9-15)
63	1961-62	Ind	17	9	.654				-0.72	-2.08	67.6	62.6						John Evans (17-9)
64	1960-61	Ind	13	12	.520				-6.46	-2.46	68.3	63.8						John Evans (13-12)
65	1959-60	Ind	21	5	.808				1.73	-2.74	69.5	58.7				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		John Evans (21-5)
66	1958-59	Ind	21	7	.750				2.75	-3.17	74.2	53.7				Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		John Grayson (21-7)
67	1957-58-nm	Ind	22	6	.786											Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		John Grayson (22-6)
68	1956-57-nm	Ind	25	4	.862						67.8	56.8		15	16	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		John Grayson (25-4)
69	1955-56-nm	Ind	18	8	.692											Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Steve Belko (18-8)
70	1954-55-nm	Ind	18	8	.692											Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Steve Belko (18-8)
71	1953-54-nm	Ind	22	5	.815											Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Steve Belko (22-5)
72	1952-53-nm	Ind	18	7	.720											Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Steve Belko (18-7)

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