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Massachusetts Minutemen Men's Basketball School History

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts

Coverage: 79 seasons (1925-26 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1925-26): 1154-1024 .530 W-L%

Conferences: A-10, EAA, ECBL, Yankee and Ind

Conference Champion: 15 Times (Reg. Seas.), 5 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 9 Years (11-9), 1 Final Four, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 6 Times (Preseason), 5 Times (Final), 88 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.

79 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

79 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	A-10	20	11	.645	11	7	.611	7.59	0.88	77.5	70.7						Frank Martin (20-11)
2	2022-23	A-10	15	16	.484	6	12	.333	-1.34	0.30	69.8	71.4						Frank Martin (15-16)
3	2021-22	A-10	15	17	.469	7	11	.389	-0.67	1.70	75.7	78.1						Matt McCall (15-17)
4	2020-21	A-10	8	7	.533	6	4	.600	4.77	1.03	76.7	73.0						Matt McCall (8-7)
5	2019-20	A-10	14	17	.452	8	10	.444	1.12	3.79	68.5	71.2						Matt McCall (14-17)
6	2018-19	A-10	11	21	.344	4	14	.222	-3.02	-0.18	70.7	73.6						Matt McCall (11-21)
7	2017-18	A-10	13	20	.394	5	13	.278	-1.65	1.10	71.9	74.7						Matt McCall (13-20)
8	2016-17	A-10	15	18	.455	4	14	.222	1.63	1.66	71.8	71.9						Derek Kellogg (15-18)
9	2015-16	A-10	14	18	.438	6	12	.333	0.64	2.96	73.5	75.8						Derek Kellogg (14-18)
10	2014-15	A-10	17	15	.531	10	8	.556	3.59	4.69	69.4	70.5						Derek Kellogg (17-15)
11	2013-14	A-10	24	9	.727	10	6	.625	10.61	6.00	75.8	71.2		13		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Derek Kellogg (24-9)
12	2012-13	A-10	21	12	.636	9	7	.563	5.84	4.57	73.0	71.7						Derek Kellogg (21-12)
13	2011-12	A-10	25	12	.676	9	7	.563	7.49	2.97	76.9	72.4						Derek Kellogg (25-12)
14	2010-11	A-10	15	15	.500	7	9	.438	-0.76	1.93	66.3	68.0						Derek Kellogg (15-15)
15	2009-10	A-10	12	20	.375	5	11	.313	-1.76	3.40	70.7	74.9						Derek Kellogg (12-20)
16	2008-09	A-10	12	18	.400	7	9	.438	0.64	3.54	71.5	73.7						Derek Kellogg (12-18)
17	2007-08	A-10	25	11	.694	10	6	.625	9.60	3.77	81.5	75.7						Travis Ford (25-11)
18	2006-07	A-10	24	9	.727	13	3	.813	9.49	0.97	77.3	68.8						Travis Ford (24-9)
19	2005-06	A-10	13	15	.464	8	8	.500	3.74	2.63	64.9	63.8						Travis Ford (13-15)
20	2004-05	A-10	16	12	.571	9	7	.563	0.12	1.51	64.4	65.8						Steve Lappas (16-12)
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)
21	2003-04	A-10	10	19	.345	4	12	.250	-2.31	2.59	68.1	73.0						Steve Lappas (10-19)
22	2002-03	A-10	11	18	.379	6*	10*	.375	-1.98	3.52	61.7	66.5						Steve Lappas (11-18)
23	2001-02	A-10	13	16	.448	6	10	.375	2.88	4.43	64.3	65.9						Steve Lappas (13-16)
24	2000-01	A-10	15	15	.500	11	5	.688	7.88	8.05	68.0	68.2						Bruiser Flint (15-15)
25	1999-00	A-10	17	16	.515	9	7	.563	7.83	5.04	68.6	64.8						Bruiser Flint (17-16)
26	1998-99	A-10	14	16	.467	9	7	.563	6.47	6.04	64.3	63.9	24	23				Bruiser Flint (14-16)
27	1997-98	A-10	21	11	.656	12	4	.750	11.99	7.27	69.7	65.0		18		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Bruiser Flint (21-11)
28	1996-97	A-10	19	14	.576	11	5	.688	10.54	9.04	66.4	64.6	15	15		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	11	Bruiser Flint (19-14)
29	1995-96	A-10	35*	2*	.946	15	1	.938	21.38	8.92	74.8	62.4	7	1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal*	1	John Calipari (35-2)
30	1994-95	A-10	29	5	.853	13	3	.813	23.19	8.07	80.9	65.7	3	1	7	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	John Calipari (29-5)
31	1993-94	A-10	28	7	.800	14	2	.875	16.69	6.21	76.4	65.9	22	6	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	2	John Calipari (28-7)
32	1992-93	A-10	24	7	.774	11	3	.786	14.25	5.34	73.0	64.1	23	14	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	John Calipari (24-7)
33	1991-92	A-10	30	5	.857	13	3	.813	16.40	4.72	82.4	69.6		17	17	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	John Calipari (30-5)
34	1990-91	A-10	20	13	.606	10	8	.556	7.16	3.22	77.2	72.7						John Calipari (20-13)
35	1989-90	A-10	17	14	.548	10	8	.556	5.30	0.84	74.6	70.4						John Calipari (17-14)
36	1988-89	A-10	10	18	.357	5	13	.278	-10.59	-2.03	78.1	84.8						John Calipari (10-18)
37	1987-88	A-10	10	17	.370	5	13	.278	-5.06	-0.32	72.0	74.3						Ron Gerlufsen (10-17)
38	1986-87	A-10	11	16	.407	7	11	.389	-4.08	0.69	64.5	68.5						Ron Gerlufsen (11-16)
39	1985-86	A-10	9	19	.321	6	12	.333	-8.72	-0.83	61.7	69.0						Ron Gerlufsen (9-19)
40	1984-85	A-10	13	15	.464	9	9	.500	-3.76	-1.69	63.5	65.5						Ron Gerlufsen (13-15)
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	A-10	12	17	.414	6	12	.333	-6.48	-1.06	69.7	74.8						Ron Gerlufsen (12-17)
42	1982-83	A-10	9	20	.310	4	10	.286	-5.71	-0.25	70.7	74.8						Tom McLaughlin (9-20)
43	1981-82	EAA	7	20	.259	3	11	.214	-9.26	-0.82	60.5	68.0						Tom McLaughlin (7-20)
44	1980-81	EAA	3	24	.111	0	13	.000	-21.24	-0.78	64.5	81.9						Ray Wilson (3-24)
45	1979-80	EAA	2	24	.077	0	10	.000	-12.38	1.04	62.4	75.4						Ray Wilson (2-24)
46	1978-79	EAA	5	22	.185	0	10	.000	-10.68	-0.83	64.9	75.1						Jack Leaman (5-22)
47	1977-78	EAA	15	12	.556	5	5	.500	-0.48	-2.37	71.6	69.2						Jack Leaman (15-12)
48	1976-77	ECBL	20	11	.645	3	4	.429	2.54	-2.27	80.3	75.5						Jack Leaman (20-11)
49	1975-76	Yankee	21	6	.778	11	1	.917	-0.26	-4.63	83.1	78.7						Jack Leaman (21-6)
50	1974-75	Yankee	18	8	.692	10	2	.833	-1.52	-7.24	78.3	72.3						Jack Leaman (18-8)
51	1973-74	Yankee	21	5	.808	11	1	.917	7.27	-7.40	78.8	62.8						Jack Leaman (21-5)
52	1972-73	Yankee	20	7	.741	10	2	.833	2.54	-5.59	74.7	64.9						Jack Leaman (20-7)
53	1971-72	Yankee	14	12	.538	6	4	.600	0.68	-8.28	80.7	70.1						Jack Leaman (14-12)
54	1970-71	Yankee	23	4	.852	10	0	1.000	2.24	-9.44	79.7	65.1						Jack Leaman (23-4)
55	1969-70	Yankee	18	7	.720	8	2	.800	-0.35	-9.98	80.7	69.7						Jack Leaman (18-7)
56	1968-69	Yankee	17	7	.708	9	1	.900	-1.30	-11.10	75.7	67.5						Jack Leaman (17-7)
57	1967-68	Yankee	14	11	.560	8	2	.800	-7.07	-11.55	72.7	68.4						Jack Leaman (14-11)
58	1966-67	Yankee	11	14	.440	7	3	.700	-3.42	-3.17	70.3	70.7						Jack Leaman (11-14)
59	1965-66	Yankee	11	13	.458	5	5	.500	-10.60	-6.65	79.5	82.2						Johnny Orr (11-13)
60	1964-65	Yankee	13	11	.542	8	2	.800	-8.96	-9.91	83.7	83.3						Johnny Orr (13-11)
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	Yankee	15	9	.625	5	5	.500	-10.44	-10.50	83.8	80.0						Johnny Orr (15-9)
62	1962-63	Yankee	12	12	.500	6	4	.600	-10.18	-10.51	70.7	69.4						Matt Zunic (12-12)
63	1961-62	Yankee	15	9	.625	8	2	.800	-16.94	-15.41	69.4	68.0				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Matt Zunic (15-9)
64	1960-61-nm	Yankee	16	10	.615						72.3	67.0						Matt Zunic (16-10)
65	1959-60-nm	Yankee	14	10	.583						69.0	66.5						Matt Zunic (14-10)
66	1958-59-nm	Yankee	11	13	.458						65.7	67.6						Robert Curran (11-13)
67	1957-58-nm	Yankee	13	12	.520						67.8	68.6						Robert Curran (13-12)
68	1956-57-nm	Yankee	13	11	.542						72.8	70.5						Robert Curran (13-11)
69	1955-56-nm	Yankee	17	6	.739						74.7	69.9						Robert Curran (17-6)
70	1954-55-nm	Yankee	10	14	.417						76.7	76.6						Robert Curran (10-14)
71	1953-54-nm	Yankee	13	9	.591						61.5	60.5						Robert Curran (13-9)
72	1952-53-nm	Yankee	4	15	.211						59.5	71.8						Robert Curran (4-15)
73	1951-52-nm	Yankee	4	17	.190						60.8	66.0						Lorin Ball (4-17)
74	1950-51-nm	Yankee	6	15	.286													Lorin Ball (6-15)
75	1949-50-nm	Yankee	8	11	.421						45.3	45.5						Lorin Ball (8-11)
76	1948-49-nm	Yankee	6	12	.333	2	2	.500			49.7	53.5						Lorin Ball (6-12)
77	1947-48-nm	Yankee	2	14	.125	0	4	.000										Lorin Ball (2-14)
78	1946-47	Yankee	4	12	.250	0	2	.000										Lorin Ball (4-5), Walter Hargesheimer (0-7)
79	1925-26	Ind	12	2	.857													Kid Gore (12-2)

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