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Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
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120 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

120 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	22	13	.629	12	8	.600	21.59	12.79	83.6	74.8		13		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Brad Underwood (22-13)
2	2023-24	Big Ten	29	9	.763	14	6	.700	19.56	9.54	83.4	73.3	25	6	6	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	3	Brad Underwood (29-9)
3	2022-23	Big Ten	20	13	.606	11	9	.550	14.81	7.65	74.3	67.2	23	16		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Brad Underwood (20-13)
4	2021-22	Big Ten	23	10	.697	15	5	.750	16.69	9.48	74.4	67.2	11	10	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Brad Underwood (23-10)
5	2020-21	Big Ten	24	7	.774	16	4	.800	23.25	11.34	80.5	68.6	8	2	2	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	1	Brad Underwood (24-7)
6	2019-20	Big Ten	21	10	.677	13	7	.650	15.27	9.84	72.2	65.3		19	21			Brad Underwood (21-10)
7	2018-19	Big Ten	12	21	.364	7	13	.350	8.95	11.53	72.7	75.2						Brad Underwood (12-21)
8	2017-18	Big Ten	14	18	.438	4	14	.222	8.50	7.53	75.8	73.8						Brad Underwood (14-18)
9	2016-17	Big Ten	20	15	.571	8	10	.444	10.54	9.25	71.7	69.1						Jamall Walker (2-1), John Groce (18-14)
10	2015-16	Big Ten	15	19	.441	5	13	.278	4.39	7.03	72.1	74.8						John Groce (15-19)
11	2014-15	Big Ten	19	14	.576	9	9	.500	12.42	6.93	69.1	63.6		24				John Groce (19-14)
12	2013-14	Big Ten	20	15	.571	7	11	.389	10.33	8.28	64.2	62.2		23				John Groce (20-15)
13	2012-13	Big Ten	23	13	.639	8	10	.444	13.18	10.04	68.5	64.8		10		Lost NCAA Tournament Third Round	7	John Groce (23-13)
14	2011-12	Big Ten	17	15	.531	6	12	.333	9.33	7.99	65.6	64.2		19				Bruce Weber (17-15)
15	2010-11	Big Ten	20	14	.588	9	9	.500	16.72	11.11	71.0	65.4	13	12		Lost NCAA Tournament Third Round	9	Bruce Weber (20-14)
16	2009-10	Big Ten	21	15	.583	10	8	.556	11.58	9.58	70.8	66.8	23	20				Bruce Weber (21-15)
17	2008-09	Big Ten	24	10	.706	11	7	.611	14.38	6.73	64.8	57.2		18		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	5	Bruce Weber (24-10)
18	2007-08	Big Ten	16	19	.457	5	13	.278	10.98	8.46	63.6	61.1						Bruce Weber (16-19)
19	2006-07	Big Ten	23	12	.657	9	7	.563	14.18	7.09	64.1	57.1				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Bruce Weber (23-12)
20	2005-06	Big Ten	26	7	.788	11	5	.688	17.20	6.29	70.0	58.7	17	6	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Bruce Weber (26-7)
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	37	2	.949	15	1	.938	24.11	8.48	77.0	61.1	5	1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Bruce Weber (37-2)
22	2003-04	Big Ten	26	7	.788	13	3	.813	16.93	7.09	72.8	62.9	13	11	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Bruce Weber (26-7)
23	2002-03	Big Ten	25	7	.781	11	5	.688	19.83	6.76	74.6	61.6		7	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Bill Self (25-7)
24	2001-02	Big Ten	26	9	.743	11	5	.688	19.20	9.94	77.4	67.7	3	2	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Bill Self (26-9)
25	2000-01	Big Ten	27	8	.771	13	3	.813	23.32	11.38	77.9	65.9	8	3	4	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Bill Self (27-8)
26	1999-00	Big Ten	22	10	.688	11	5	.688	19.73	9.60	75.8	65.6	16	15	21	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Lon Kruger (22-10)
27	1998-99	Big Ten	14	18	.438	3	13	.188	10.60	11.88	61.5	62.8						Lon Kruger (14-18)
28	1997-98	Big Ten	23	10	.697	13	3	.813	15.21	8.97	69.7	63.5		18	22	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Lon Kruger (23-10)
29	1996-97	Big Ten	22	10	.688	11	7	.611	15.68	7.83	76.5	68.7		15	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Lon Kruger (22-10)
30	1995-96	Big Ten	18	13	.581	7	11	.389	13.96	7.86	75.9	69.8		12				Lou Henson (18-13)
31	1994-95	Big Ten	19	12	.613	10	8	.556	11.97	7.71	73.1	68.5	25	20		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	11	Lou Henson (19-12)
32	1993-94	Big Ten	17	11	.607	10	8	.556	19.11	9.90	84.0	74.8	17	16		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Lou Henson (17-11)
33	1992-93	Big Ten	19	13	.594	11	7	.611	11.83	9.27	75.9	73.3				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Lou Henson (19-13)
34	1991-92	Big Ten	13	15	.464	7	11	.389	12.48	11.41	70.9	69.8						Lou Henson (13-15)
35	1990-91	Big Ten	21	10	.677	11	7	.611	9.82	8.39	77.5	75.5						Lou Henson (21-10)
36	1989-90	Big Ten	21	8	.724	11	7	.611	18.39	9.82	81.7	72.6	8	4	18	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	5	Lou Henson (21-8)
37	1988-89	Big Ten	31	5	.861	14	4	.778	24.68	12.42	86.4	73.6	9	1	3	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Lou Henson (31-5)
38	1987-88	Big Ten	23	10	.697	12	6	.667	21.54	9.82	82.6	70.9		13	16	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Lou Henson (23-10)
39	1986-87	Big Ten	23	8	.742	13	5	.722	18.05	8.66	80.3	70.4	14	5	11	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	3	Lou Henson (23-8)
40	1985-86	Big Ten	22	10	.688	11	7	.611	20.35	9.44	72.8	61.2	7	7	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Lou Henson (22-10)
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)
41	1984-85	Big Ten	26	9	.743	12	6	.667	18.85	8.14	68.9	57.2	2	2	12	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Lou Henson (26-9)
42	1983-84	Big Ten	26	5	.839	15	3	.833	19.56	8.00	67.9	56.0		6	6	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Lou Henson (26-5)
43	1982-83	Big Ten	21	11	.656	11	7	.611	9.76	7.04	67.3	63.6				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Lou Henson (21-11)
44	1981-82	Big Ten	18	11	.621	10	8	.556	10.58	4.55	66.0	59.2						Lou Henson (18-11)
45	1980-81	Big Ten	21	8	.724	12	6	.667	18.11	8.47	77.7	67.2		12	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Lou Henson (21-8)
46	1979-80	Big Ten	22	13	.629	8	10	.444	15.77	10.23	74.7	67.7		20				Lou Henson (22-13)
47	1978-79	Big Ten	19	11	.633	7	11	.389	11.28	6.78	69.7	64.9		4				Lou Henson (19-11)
48	1977-78	Big Ten	13	14	.481	7	11	.389	6.11	7.11	75.7	76.7						Lou Henson (13-14)
49	1976-77	Big Ten	14*	16*	.467	6*	12*	.333	5.33	6.68	68.3	69.5						Lou Henson (14-16)
50	1975-76	Big Ten	14	13	.519	7	11	.389	6.07	7.11	68.9	69.1						Lou Henson (14-13)
51	1974-75	Big Ten	8	18	.308	4	14	.222	-1.31	7.07	71.0	76.6						Gene Bartow (8-18)
52	1973-74	Big Ten	5	18	.217	2	12	.143	-5.06	6.17	76.4	86.5						Harv Schmidt (5-18)
53	1972-73	Big Ten	14	10	.583	8	6	.571	7.58	8.67	78.9	77.8						Harv Schmidt (14-10)
54	1971-72	Big Ten	14	10	.583	5	9	.357	0.30	2.44	78.2	78.7		16				Harv Schmidt (14-10)
55	1970-71	Big Ten	11	12	.478	5	9	.357	6.92	5.83	81.2	79.6		15				Harv Schmidt (11-12)
56	1969-70	Big Ten	15	9	.625	8	6	.571	8.37	4.80	76.2	71.4		10				Harv Schmidt (15-9)
57	1968-69	Big Ten	19	5	.792	9	5	.643	17.98	6.59	83.4	71.2		4	20			Harv Schmidt (19-5)
58	1967-68	Big Ten	11	13	.458	6	8	.429	4.47	5.30	64.2	65.0						Harv Schmidt (11-13)
59	1966-67	Big Ten	12	12	.500	6	8	.429	4.39	4.60	86.1	86.3						Harry Combes (12-12)
60	1965-66	Big Ten	12	12	.500	8	6	.571	7.52	4.65	87.4	84.5						Harry Combes (12-12)
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)
61	1964-65	Big Ten	18	6	.750	10	4	.714	20.59	9.20	92.2	79.5		6				Harry Combes (18-6)
62	1963-64	Big Ten	13	11	.542	6	8	.429	10.56	6.94	84.0	80.4						Harry Combes (13-11)
63	1962-63	Big Ten	20	6	.769	11	3	.786	13.17	6.53	84.7	76.6	8	3	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final		Harry Combes (20-6)
64	1961-62	Big Ten	15	8	.652	7	7	.500	8.10	3.97	81.9	77.7						Harry Combes (15-8)
65	1960-61	Big Ten	9	15	.375	5	9	.357	2.52	3.81	76.3	77.6		19				Harry Combes (9-15)
66	1959-60	Big Ten	16	7	.696	8	6	.571	9.95	7.26	79.6	76.9		8				Harry Combes (16-7)
67	1958-59	Big Ten	12	10	.545	7	7	.500	10.02	6.39	82.5	78.9		18				Harry Combes (12-10)
68	1957-58	Big Ten	11	11	.500	5	9	.357	5.62	4.52	79.4	78.3		17				Harry Combes (11-11)
69	1956-57	Big Ten	14	8	.636	7	7	.500	12.27	6.99	84.1	78.9		5				Harry Combes (14-8)
70	1955-56	Big Ten	18	4	.818	11	3	.786	21.14	6.68	90.7	76.3		2	10			Harry Combes (18-4)
71	1954-55	Big Ten	17	5	.773	10	4	.714	17.43	6.02	82.2	70.8		3	18			Harry Combes (17-5)
72	1953-54	Big Ten	17	5	.773	10	4	.714	18.81	7.22	76.3	64.7		4	19			Harry Combes (17-5)
73	1952-53	Big Ten	18	4	.818	14	4	.778	20.19	6.90	80.7	66.0		2	11			Harry Combes (18-4)
74	1951-52	Big Ten	22	4	.846	12	2	.857	15.13	4.90	71.7	61.5		1	2	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal		Harry Combes (22-4)
75	1950-51	Big Ten	22	5	.815	13	1	.929	15.51	6.96	71.1	62.6		5	5	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final (Final Four)		Harry Combes (22-5)
76	1949-50	Big Ten	14	8	.636	7	5	.583	11.31	7.45	62.9	59.0		16				Harry Combes (14-8)
77	1948-49	Big Ten	21	4	.840	10	2	.833			68.2	56.6		4	4	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final (Final Four)		Harry Combes (21-4)
78	1947-48	Big Ten	15	5	.750	7	5	.583			61.7	48.2						Harry Combes (15-5)
79	1946-47	Big Ten	14	6	.700	8	4	.667										Douglas Mills (14-6)
80	1945-46	Big Ten	14	7	.667	7	5	.583										Douglas Mills (14-7)
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	13	7	.650	7	5	.583										Douglas Mills (13-7)
82	1943-44	Big Ten	11	9	.550	5	7	.417										Douglas Mills (11-9)
83	1942-43	Big Ten	17	1	.944	12	0	1.000										Douglas Mills (17-1)
84	1941-42	Big Ten	18	5	.783	13	2	.867								Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Douglas Mills (18-5)
85	1940-41	Big Ten	13	7	.650	7	5	.583										Douglas Mills (13-7)
86	1939-40	Big Ten	14	6	.700	7	5	.583										Douglas Mills (14-6)
87	1938-39	Big Ten	14	5	.737	8	4	.667										Douglas Mills (14-5)
88	1937-38	Big Ten	9	9	.500	4	8	.333										Douglas Mills (9-9)
89	1936-37	Big Ten	14	4	.778	10	2	.833										Douglas Mills (14-4)
90	1935-36	Big Ten	13	6	.684	7	5	.583										Craig Ruby (13-6)
91	1934-35	Big Ten	15	5	.750	9	3	.750										Craig Ruby (15-5)
92	1933-34	Big Ten	13	6	.684	7	5	.583										Craig Ruby (13-6)
93	1932-33	Big Ten	11	7	.611	6	6	.500										Craig Ruby (11-7)
94	1931-32	Big Ten	11	6	.647	7	5	.583										Craig Ruby (11-6)
95	1930-31	Big Ten	12	5	.706	7	5	.583										Craig Ruby (12-5)
96	1929-30	Big Ten	8	8	.500	7	5	.583										Craig Ruby (8-8)
97	1928-29	Big Ten	10	7	.588	6	6	.500										Craig Ruby (10-7)
98	1927-28	Big Ten	5	12	.294	2	10	.167										Craig Ruby (5-12)
99	1926-27	Big Ten	10	7	.588	7	5	.583										Craig Ruby (10-7)
100	1925-26	Big Ten	9	8	.529	6	6	.500										Craig Ruby (9-8)
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	11	6	.647	8	4	.667										Craig Ruby (11-6)
102	1923-24	Big Ten	11	6	.647	8	4	.667										Craig Ruby (11-6)
103	1922-23	Big Ten	9	6	.600	7	5	.583										Craig Ruby (9-6)
104	1921-22	Big Ten	14	5	.737	7	5	.583										Frank Winters (14-5)
105	1920-21	Big Ten	11	7	.611	7	5	.583										Frank Winters (11-7)
106	1919-20	Big Ten	9	4	.692	8	4	.667										Ralph Jones (9-4)
107	1918-19	Big Ten	6	8	.429	5	7	.417										Ralph Jones (6-8)
108	1917-18	Big Ten	9	6	.600	6	6	.500										Ralph Jones (9-6)
109	1916-17	Western	13	3	.813	10	2	.833										Ralph Jones (13-3)
110	1915-16	Western	13	3	.813	9	3	.750										Ralph Jones (13-3)
111	1914-15	Western	16	0	1.000	12	0	1.000										Ralph Jones (16-0)
112	1913-14	Western	9	4	.692	7	4	.636										Ralph Jones (9-4)
113	1912-13	Western	10	6	.625	7	6	.538										Ralph Jones (10-6)
114	1911-12	Western	8	8	.500	4	8	.333										Thomas Thompson (8-8)
115	1910-11	Western	6	6	.500	6	5	.545										Thomas Thompson (6-6)
116	1909-10	Western	5	4	.556	5	4	.556										Herb Juul (5-4)
117	1908-09	Western	7	6	.538	5	6	.455										Herb Juul (7-6)
118	1907-08	Western	20	6	.769	4	4	.500										Fletcher Lane (20-6)
119	1906-07	Western	1	10	.091	0	8	.000										Frank Pinckney (1-10)
120	1905-06	Western	6	8	.429	3	7	.300										Elwood Brown (6-8)

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