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Indiana State Sycamores Men's Basketball School History

Location: Terre Haute, Indiana

Coverage: 102 seasons (1899-00 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1899-00): 1215-1115 .521 W-L%

Conferences: MVC and Ind

Conference Champion: 3 Times (Reg. Seas.), 3 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 4 Years (5-4), 1 Final Four, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 1 Time (Final), 23 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.

102 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

102 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	MVC	32	7	.821	17	3	.850	13.44	2.26	84.8	73.2		23				Josh Schertz (32-7)
2	2022-23	MVC	23	13	.639	13	7	.650	4.86	-4.02	79.3	69.6						Josh Schertz (23-13)
3	2021-22	MVC	11	20	.355	4	14	.222	-3.49	1.94	70.5	71.9						Josh Schertz (11-20)
4	2020-21	MVC	15	10	.600	11	7	.611	2.04	1.91	66.5	65.8						Greg Lansing (15-10)
5	2019-20	MVC	18	12	.600	11	7	.611	3.22	1.81	68.4	66.8						Greg Lansing (18-12)
6	2018-19	MVC	15	16	.484	7	11	.389	-2.72	0.62	69.2	71.5						Greg Lansing (15-16)
7	2017-18	MVC	13	18	.419	8	10	.444	1.53	2.43	72.5	72.7						Greg Lansing (13-18)
8	2016-17	MVC	11	20	.355	5	13	.278	-1.02	3.18	70.0	72.7						Greg Lansing (11-20)
9	2015-16	MVC	15	17	.469	8	10	.444	0.04	2.20	67.8	69.4						Greg Lansing (15-17)
10	2014-15	MVC	15	16	.484	11	7	.611	-0.49	1.21	66.5	67.8						Greg Lansing (15-16)
11	2013-14	MVC	23	11	.676	12	6	.667	3.29	1.19	71.1	68.5						Greg Lansing (23-11)
12	2012-13	MVC	18	15	.545	9	9	.500	5.08	5.64	65.4	65.6						Greg Lansing (18-15)
13	2011-12	MVC	18	15	.545	8	10	.444	2.08	3.08	64.2	64.9						Greg Lansing (18-15)
14	2010-11	MVC	20	14	.588	12	6	.667	3.41	2.90	66.3	64.5				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	14	Greg Lansing (20-14)
15	2009-10	MVC	17	15	.531	9	9	.500	1.11	2.40	66.0	66.3						Kevin McKenna (17-15)
16	2008-09	MVC	11	21	.344	7	11	.389	-3.38	2.04	63.1	68.2						Kevin McKenna (11-21)
17	2007-08	MVC	15	16	.484	8	10	.444	1.48	4.11	65.1	66.6						Kevin McKenna (15-16)
18	2006-07	MVC	13	18	.419	5	13	.278	2.18	6.84	61.5	65.6						Royce Waltman (13-18)
19	2005-06	MVC	13	16	.448	4	14	.222	-1.06	4.19	64.3	68.5						Royce Waltman (13-16)
20	2004-05	MVC	11	20	.355	5	13	.278	0.60	4.44	61.0	64.8						Royce Waltman (11-20)
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	MVC	9	19	.321	5	13	.278	-1.76	2.02	58.0	61.8						Royce Waltman (9-19)
22	2002-03	MVC	7	24	.226	2	16	.111	-6.96	2.37	56.4	65.7						Royce Waltman (7-24)
23	2001-02	MVC	6	22	.214	4	14	.222	-4.45	1.73	61.8	68.0						Royce Waltman (6-22)
24	2000-01	MVC	22	12	.647	10	8	.556	6.97	2.51	72.9	67.8				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	13	Royce Waltman (22-12)
25	1999-00	MVC	22	10	.688	14	4	.778	6.54	3.23	66.8	63.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Royce Waltman (22-10)
26	1998-99	MVC	15	12	.556	10	8	.556	7.92	3.96	69.1	65.2						Royce Waltman (15-12)
27	1997-98	MVC	16	11	.593	10	8	.556	3.46	0.64	69.4	66.6						Royce Waltman (16-11)
28	1996-97	MVC	12	16	.429	6	12	.333	-3.14	1.26	69.5	73.9						Sherman Dillard (12-16)
29	1995-96	MVC	10	16	.385	6	12	.333	-5.79	-0.79	69.2	74.2						Sherman Dillard (10-16)
30	1994-95	MVC	7	19	.269	3	15	.167	-4.85	0.83	72.3	76.7						Sherman Dillard (7-19)
31	1993-94	MVC	4	22	.154	3	15	.167	-11.00	0.35	63.0	74.4						Tates Locke (4-22)
32	1992-93	MVC	11	17	.393	7	11	.389	-0.23	2.29	67.2	69.5						Tates Locke (11-17)
33	1991-92	MVC	13	15	.464	12	6	.667	0.02	2.16	60.6	62.8						Tates Locke (13-15)
34	1990-91	MVC	14	14	.500	9	7	.563	-0.77	-0.66	69.0	69.1						Tates Locke (14-14)
35	1989-90	MVC	8	20	.286	2	12	.143	-3.42	3.02	61.4	67.2						Tates Locke (8-20)
36	1988-89	MVC	4	24	.143	0	14	.000	-7.42	2.58	71.8	81.4						Ron Greene (4-24)
37	1987-88	MVC	7	21	.250	3	11	.214	-6.71	2.85	67.8	75.1						Ron Greene (7-21)
38	1986-87	MVC	9	20	.310	4	10	.286	-5.32	2.40	64.1	68.1						Ron Greene (9-20)
39	1985-86	MVC	11	17	.393	5	11	.313	0.37	1.37	60.9	59.4						Ron Greene (11-17)
40	1984-85	MVC	14	15	.483	6	10	.375	2.13	4.44	78.1	77.7						Dave Schellhase (14-15)
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	MVC	14	14	.500	6	10	.375	-1.97	1.99	78.3	80.1						Dave Schellhase (14-14)
42	1982-83	MVC	9	19	.321	5	13	.278	-4.99	1.66	81.7	86.8						Dave Schellhase (9-19)
43	1981-82	MVC	9	18	.333	3	13	.188	-2.72	3.21	67.6	73.9						Bill Hodges (9-18)
44	1980-81	MVC	9	18	.333	4	12	.250	-2.61	2.71	70.9	75.6						Bill Hodges (9-18)
45	1979-80	MVC	16	11	.593	8	8	.500	3.45	0.77	68.4	64.7						Bill Hodges (16-11)
46	1978-79	MVC	33	1	.971	16	0	1.000	14.39	1.99	86.8	72.8		1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Bill Hodges (33-1)
47	1977-78	MVC	23	9	.719	11	5	.688	10.23	0.27	79.5	68.8		4				Bob King (23-9)
48	1976-77	MVC	25	3	.893				7.63	-2.07	81.7	68.6						Bob King (25-3)
49	1975-76	Ind	13	12	.520				-0.46	-2.08	74.1	69.9						Bob King (13-12)
50	1974-75	Ind	12	14	.462				-4.67	-1.48	75.9	77.8						Gordon Stauffer (12-14)
51	1973-74	Ind	12	14	.462				-2.54	0.51	75.3	77.0						Gordon Stauffer (12-14)
52	1972-73	Ind	16	10	.615				-1.36	0.27	78.3	76.2						Gordon Stauffer (16-10)
53	1971-72	Ind	12	14	.462				-6.07	-3.02	78.2	79.5						Gordon Stauffer (12-14)
54	1947-48	Ind	27	7	.794													John Wooden (27-7)
55	1946-47	Ind	17	8	.680													John Wooden (17-8)
56	1945-46	Ind	21	7	.750													Glenn Curtis (21-7)
57	1944-45	Ind	18	6	.750													Glenn Curtis (18-6)
58	1943-44	Ind	17	4	.810													Glenn Curtis (17-4)
59	1942-43	Ind	13	4	.765													Glenn Curtis (13-4)
60	1941-42	Ind	17	4	.810													Glenn Curtis (17-4)
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	1940-41	Ind	11	8	.579													Glenn Curtis (11-8)
62	1939-40	Ind	15	3	.833													Glenn Curtis (15-3)
63	1938-39	Ind	10	9	.526													Glenn Curtis (10-9)
64	1937-38	Ind	1	17	.056													Wally Marks (1-17)
65	1936-37	Ind	7	6	.538													Wally Marks (7-6)
66	1935-36	Ind	11	3	.786													Wally Marks (11-3)
67	1934-35	Ind	13	4	.765													Wally Marks (13-4)
68	1933-34	Ind	8	9	.471													Wally Marks (8-9)
69	1932-33	Ind	10	6	.625													David Glascock (10-6)
70	1931-32	Ind	10	5	.667													Roy Goodland (10-5)
71	1930-31	Ind	7	8	.467													Wally Marks (7-8)
72	1929-30	Ind	16	2	.889													Wally Marks (16-2)
73	1928-29	Ind	15	4	.789													Wally Marks (15-4)
74	1927-28	Ind	12	5	.706													Wally Marks (12-5)
75	1926-27	Ind	3	13	.188													David Glascock (3-13)
76	1925-26	Ind	9	9	.500													David Glascock (9-9)
77	1924-25	Ind	11	4	.733													David Glascock (11-4)
78	1923-24	Ind	16	7	.696													Arthur Strum (16-7)
79	1922-23	Ind	20	5	.800													Birch Bayh (20-5)
80	1921-22	Ind	12	3	.800													Birch Bayh (12-3)
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	1920-21	Ind	15	7	.682													Birch Bayh (15-7)
82	1919-20	Ind	4	6	.400													Birch Bayh (4-6)
83	1918-19	Ind	6	3	.667													Birch Bayh (6-3)
84	1917-18	Ind	8	8	.500													Orville Sink (8-8)
85	1916-17	Ind	13	4	.765													Alfred Westphal (13-4)
86	1915-16	Ind	8	6	.571													Alfred Westphal (8-6)
87	1914-15	Ind	7	6	.538													Alfred Westphal (7-6)
88	1913-14	Ind	11	4	.733													Alfred Westphal (11-4)
89	1912-13	Ind	8	3	.727													Alfred Westphal (8-3)
90	1911-12	Ind	7	6	.538													Bertram Wiggins (7-6)
91	1910-11	Ind	2	8	.200													John Kimmell (2-8)
92	1909-10	Ind	2	9	.182													John Kimmell (2-9)
93	1908-09	Ind	2	7	.222													Eddy Conners (2-7)
94	1907-08	Ind	2	6	.250													John Kimmell (2-6)
95	1906-07	Ind	1	8	.111													John Kimmell (1-8)
96	1905-06	Ind	6	6	.500													John Kimmell (6-6)
97	1904-05	Ind	5	5	.500													John Kimmell (5-5)
98	1903-04	Ind	2	11	.154													John Kimmell (2-11)
99	1902-03	Ind	5	7	.417													John Kimmell (5-7)
100	1901-02	Ind	1	6	.143													John Kimmell (1-6)
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	1900-01	Ind	0	4	.000													John Kimmell (0-4)
102	1899-00	Ind	2	2	.500													John Kimmell (2-2)

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