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128 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

128 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	2022-23	Big Ten	9	22	.290	2	17	.105	-0.30	7.86	62.9	71.0						Ben Johnson (9-22)
2	2021-22	Big Ten	13	17	.433	4	16	.200	5.93	8.13	67.0	69.2						Ben Johnson (13-17)
3	2020-21	Big Ten	14	15	.483	6	14	.300	11.04	11.73	72.5	73.2		16				Richard Pitino (14-15)
4	2019-20	Big Ten	15	16	.484	8	12	.400	16.39	11.55	71.1	66.3						Richard Pitino (15-16)
5	2018-19	Big Ten	22	14	.611	9	11	.450	12.52	11.27	70.6	69.4				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	10	Richard Pitino (22-14)
6	2017-18	Big Ten	15	17	.469	4	14	.222	7.00	6.91	75.2	75.1	15	12				Richard Pitino (15-17)
7	2016-17	Big Ten	24	10	.706	11	7	.611	14.56	8.82	75.2	69.4		24		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	5	Richard Pitino (24-10)
8	2015-16	Big Ten	8	23	.258	2	16	.111	0.86	6.86	68.0	74.0						Richard Pitino (8-23)
9	2014-15	Big Ten	18	15	.545	6	12	.333	12.34	7.21	74.2	67.7						Richard Pitino (18-15)
10	2013-14	Big Ten	25	13	.658	8	10	.444	11.75	8.34	71.4	67.7						Richard Pitino (25-13)
11	2012-13	Big Ten	21	13	.618	8	10	.444	16.84	10.31	68.7	62.2		8		Lost NCAA Tournament Third Round	11	Tubby Smith (21-13)
12	2011-12	Big Ten	23	15	.605	6	12	.333	10.70	7.89	67.6	64.8						Tubby Smith (23-15)
13	2010-11	Big Ten	17	14	.548	6	12	.333	11.75	9.79	68.9	67.0		14				Tubby Smith (17-14)
14	2009-10	Big Ten	21	14	.600	9	9	.500	15.64	7.32	72.4	64.1	25	22		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	11	Tubby Smith (21-14)
15	2008-09	Big Ten	22	11	.667	9	9	.500	11.32	7.19	66.3	61.6		18		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Tubby Smith (22-11)
16	2007-08	Big Ten	20	14	.588	8	10	.444	10.27	6.50	68.3	63.2						Tubby Smith (20-14)
17	2006-07	Big Ten	9	22	.290	3	13	.188	0.78	8.05	60.6	66.2						Dan Monson (2-5), Jim Molinari (7-17)
18	2005-06	Big Ten	16	15	.516	5	11	.313	7.67	7.29	66.0	64.6						Dan Monson (16-15)
19	2004-05	Big Ten	21	11	.656	10	6	.625	12.10	7.00	68.0	62.9				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Dan Monson (21-11)
20	2003-04	Big Ten	12	18	.400	3	13	.188	3.73	5.36	70.1	71.7						Dan Monson (12-18)
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	2002-03	Big Ten	19	14	.576	8	8	.500	9.11	6.72	73.6	71.2	24	20				Dan Monson (19-14)
22	2001-02	Big Ten	18	13	.581	9	7	.563	12.83	7.05	75.2	69.4						Dan Monson (18-13)
23	2000-01	Big Ten	18	14	.563	5	11	.313	9.44	9.47	72.8	72.2						Dan Monson (18-14)
24	1999-00	Big Ten	12	16	.429	4	12	.250	6.77	9.62	70.2	73.0						Dan Monson (12-16)
25	1998-99	Big Ten	17	11	.607	8	8	.500	13.53	9.92	68.9	65.3		16		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Clem Haskins (17-11)
26	1997-98	Big Ten	20*	15*	.571	6	10	.375	11.95	8.32	72.3	68.7						Clem Haskins (20-15)
27	1996-97	Big Ten	31*	4*	.886	16	2	.889	23.34	9.20	78.3	63.4	22	2	3	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal*	1	Clem Haskins (31-4)
28	1995-96	Big Ten	19*	13*	.594	10*	8*	.556	8.67	6.92	69.6	67.8						Clem Haskins (19-13)
29	1994-95	Big Ten	19*	12*	.613	10	8	.556	13.96	6.31	76.1	68.5		11		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round*	8	Clem Haskins (19-12)
30	1993-94	Big Ten	22*	13*	.629	10	8	.556	19.06	10.27	74.3	66.1	10	9	23	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round*	6	Clem Haskins (22-13)
31	1992-93	Big Ten	22	10	.688	9	9	.500	16.81	9.23	76.7	67.9		19				Clem Haskins (22-10)
32	1991-92	Big Ten	16	16	.500	8	10	.444	13.18	10.68	71.6	69.1						Clem Haskins (16-16)
33	1990-91	Big Ten	12	16	.429	5	13	.278	9.59	8.30	71.5	70.2						Clem Haskins (12-16)
34	1989-90	Big Ten	23	9	.719	11	7	.611	18.24	8.86	83.3	73.8	20	16	20	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	6	Clem Haskins (23-9)
35	1988-89	Big Ten	19	12	.613	9	9	.500	13.79	10.09	76.2	71.1				Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	11	Clem Haskins (19-12)
36	1987-88	Big Ten	10	18	.357	4	14	.222	4.85	8.21	72.3	75.6						Clem Haskins (10-18)
37	1986-87	Big Ten	9	19	.321	2	16	.111	0.99	8.18	67.9	74.7						Clem Haskins (9-19)
38	1985-86	Big Ten	15	16	.484	5	12	.294	7.76	10.34	69.0	69.2						Jim Dutcher (13-7), Jimmy Williams (2-9)
39	1984-85	Big Ten	13	15	.464	6	12	.333	5.57	8.75	66.6	69.4						Jim Dutcher (13-15)
40	1983-84	Big Ten	15	13	.536	6	12	.333	6.90	7.37	64.0	63.6						Jim Dutcher (15-13)
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)
41	1982-83	Big Ten	18	11	.621	9	9	.500	10.67	6.42	71.1	66.2		16				Jim Dutcher (18-11)
42	1981-82	Big Ten	23	6	.793	14	4	.778	13.44	5.12	68.0	59.3	10	5	7	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Jim Dutcher (23-6)
43	1980-81	Big Ten	19	11	.633	9	9	.500	14.70	9.21	75.1	68.6		19				Jim Dutcher (19-11)
44	1979-80	Big Ten	21	11	.656	10	8	.556	15.72	10.91	71.5	66.0						Jim Dutcher (21-11)
45	1978-79	Big Ten	11	16	.407	6	12	.333	5.29	8.95	66.6	70.3						Jim Dutcher (11-16)
46	1977-78	Big Ten	17	10	.630	12	6	.667	10.27	7.09	69.7	66.5	16	16				Jim Dutcher (17-10)
47	1976-77	Big Ten	24*	3*	.889	15*	3*	.833	17.53	5.89	80.9	67.2		8	13			Jim Dutcher (24-3)
48	1975-76	Big Ten	16	10	.615	8	10	.444	10.54	8.04	79.3	75.7		16				Jim Dutcher (16-10)
49	1974-75	Big Ten	18	8	.692	11	7	.611	9.03	5.11	65.7	60.7	18	16				Bill Musselman (18-8)
50	1973-74	Big Ten	12	12	.500	6	8	.429	0.83	4.83	61.5	63.8						Bill Musselman (12-12)
51	1972-73	Big Ten	21	5	.808	10	4	.714	14.27	6.75	77.4	65.9	4	3	10			Bill Musselman (21-5)
52	1971-72	Big Ten	18*	7*	.720	11	3	.786	10.33	4.42	64.5	58.0		11	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal*		Bill Musselman (18-7)
53	1970-71	Big Ten	11	13	.458	5	9	.357	2.91	5.72	80.0	81.6						George Hanson (11-13)
54	1969-70	Big Ten	13	11	.542	7	7	.500	6.56	7.20	77.5	77.0						Bill Fitch (13-11)
55	1968-69	Big Ten	12	12	.500	6	8	.429	4.60	8.60	70.5	73.1						Bill Fitch (12-12)
56	1967-68	Big Ten	7	17	.292	4	10	.286	-5.55	6.00	71.3	80.1						John Kundla (7-17)
57	1966-67	Big Ten	9	15	.375	5	9	.357	-0.89	4.24	72.1	77.3						John Kundla (9-15)
58	1965-66	Big Ten	14	10	.583	7	7	.500	3.47	4.82	82.9	83.6	7	5				John Kundla (14-10)
59	1964-65	Big Ten	19	5	.792	11	4	.733	15.54	8.37	83.6	74.8	11	3	7			John Kundla (19-5)
60	1963-64	Big Ten	17	7	.708	10	4	.714	11.15	7.07	80.9	75.1						John Kundla (17-7)
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)
61	1962-63	Big Ten	12	12	.500	8	6	.571	8.43	6.85	74.4	72.8						John Kundla (12-12)
62	1961-62	Big Ten	10	14	.417	6	8	.429	6.12	7.28	78.5	79.7						John Kundla (10-14)
63	1960-61	Big Ten	10	13	.435	9	6	.600	1.95	4.08	63.3	65.5						John Kundla (10-13)
64	1959-60	Big Ten	12	12	.500	8	6	.571	8.06	6.23	70.6	68.8						John Kundla (12-12)
65	1958-59	Big Ten	8	14	.364	5	9	.357	5.05	6.60	67.0	68.6						Ozzie Cowles (8-14)
66	1957-58	Big Ten	9	12	.429	5	9	.357	3.85	6.32	76.1	78.2		10				Ozzie Cowles (9-12)
67	1956-57	Big Ten	14	8	.636	9	5	.643	11.60	7.19	78.9	74.5		19				Ozzie Cowles (14-8)
68	1955-56	Big Ten	11	11	.500	6	8	.429	8.07	8.89	77.6	78.5		20				Ozzie Cowles (11-11)
69	1954-55	Big Ten	15	7	.682	10	4	.714	14.29	8.57	79.9	74.1		6	11			Ozzie Cowles (15-7)
70	1953-54	Big Ten	17	5	.773	10	4	.714	14.03	9.58	73.3	68.9		6				Ozzie Cowles (17-5)
71	1952-53	Big Ten	14	8	.636	11	7	.611	13.07	8.39	72.4	67.7		9				Ozzie Cowles (14-8)
72	1951-52	Big Ten	15	7	.682	10	4	.714	8.90	4.58	61.6	57.3		15				Ozzie Cowles (15-7)
73	1950-51	Big Ten	13	9	.591	7	7	.500	9.93	6.12	59.8	56.0						Ozzie Cowles (13-9)
74	1949-50	Big Ten	13	9	.591	5	8	.385	8.12	3.98	57.0	52.9		10				Ozzie Cowles (13-9)
75	1948-49	Big Ten	18	3	.857	9	3	.750			54.6	43.4		4	6			Ozzie Cowles (18-3)
76	1947-48	Big Ten	10	10	.500	5	7	.417			51.4	53.2						Dave McMillan (10-10)
77	1946-47	Big Ten	14	7	.667	7	5	.583										Dave McMillan (14-7)
78	1945-46	Big Ten	14	7	.667	7	5	.583										Dave McMillan (14-7)
79	1944-45	Big Ten	8	13	.381	4	8	.333										Weston Mitchell (8-13)
80	1943-44	Big Ten	7	14	.333	2	10	.167										Carl Nordly (7-14)
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	1942-43	Big Ten	10	9	.526	5	7	.417										Carl Nordly (10-9)
82	1941-42	Big Ten	15	6	.714	9	6	.600										Dave McMillan (15-6)
83	1940-41	Big Ten	11	9	.550	7	5	.583										Dave McMillan (11-9)
84	1939-40	Big Ten	12	8	.600	5	7	.417										Dave McMillan (12-8)
85	1938-39	Big Ten	14	6	.700	7	5	.583										Dave McMillan (14-6)
86	1937-38	Big Ten	16	4	.800	9	3	.750										Dave McMillan (16-4)
87	1936-37	Big Ten	14	6	.700	10	2	.833										Dave McMillan (14-6)
88	1935-36	Big Ten	7	17	.292	3	9	.250										Dave McMillan (7-17)
89	1934-35	Big Ten	11	9	.550	5	7	.417										Dave McMillan (11-9)
90	1933-34	Big Ten	9	11	.450	5	7	.417										Dave McMillan (9-11)
91	1932-33	Big Ten	5	15	.250	1	11	.083										Dave McMillan (5-15)
92	1931-32	Big Ten	15	3	.833	9	3	.750										Dave McMillan (15-3)
93	1930-31	Big Ten	13	4	.765	8	4	.667										Dave McMillan (13-4)
94	1929-30	Big Ten	8	9	.471	3	9	.250										Dave McMillan (8-9)
95	1928-29	Big Ten	4	13	.235	1	11	.083										Dave McMillan (4-13)
96	1927-28	Big Ten	4	12	.250	2	10	.167										Dave McMillan (4-12)
97	1926-27	Big Ten	3	13	.188	1	11	.083										Harold Taylor (3-13)
98	1925-26	Big Ten	7	10	.412	5	7	.417										Harold Taylor (7-10)
99	1924-25	Big Ten	9	7	.563	6	6	.500										Harold Taylor (9-7)
100	1923-24	Big Ten	9	8	.529	5	7	.417										Louis Cooke (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	1922-23	Big Ten	2	13	.133	1	11	.083										Louis Cooke (2-13)
102	1921-22	Big Ten	5	8	.385	4	7	.364										Louis Cooke (5-8)
103	1920-21	Big Ten	10	5	.667	7	5	.583										Louis Cooke (10-5)
104	1919-20	Big Ten	7	9	.438	3	9	.250										Louis Cooke (7-9)
105	1918-19	Big Ten	13	0	1.000	10	0	1.000										Louis Cooke (13-0)
106	1917-18	Big Ten	13	3	.813	7	3	.700										Louis Cooke (13-3)
107	1916-17	Western	17	2	.895	10	2	.833										Louis Cooke (17-2)
108	1915-16	Western	11	6	.647	6	6	.500										Louis Cooke (11-6)
109	1914-15	Western	11	6	.647	6	6	.500										Louis Cooke (11-6)
110	1913-14	Western	4	11	.267	4	8	.333										Louis Cooke (4-11)
111	1912-13	Western	3	8	.273	2	8	.200										Louis Cooke (3-8)
112	1911-12	Western	7	6	.538	6	6	.500										Louis Cooke (7-6)
113	1910-11	Western	10	4	.714	8	4	.667										Louis Cooke (10-4)
114	1909-10	Western	10	3	.769	7	3	.700										Louis Cooke (10-3)
115	1908-09	Western	8	6	.571	3	6	.333										Louis Cooke (8-6)
116	1907-08	Western	12	7	.632	2	6	.250										Louis Cooke (12-7)
117	1906-07	Western	10	2	.833	6	2	.750										Louis Cooke (10-2)
118	1905-06	Western	13	2	.867	6	1	.857										Louis Cooke (13-2)
119	1904-05	Western	7	7	.500													Louis Cooke (7-7)
120	1903-04	Western	10	2	.833													Louis Cooke (10-2)
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)
121	1902-03	Western	13	0	1.000													Louis Cooke (13-0)
122	1901-02	Western	15	0	1.000													Louis Cooke (15-0)
123	1900-01	Western	11	3	.786													Louis Cooke (11-3)
124	1899-00	Western	10	2	.833													Louis Cooke (10-2)
125	1898-99	Western	5	4	.556													Louis Cooke (5-4)
126	1897-98	Ind	2	4	.333													Louis Cooke (2-4)
127	1896-97	Ind	3	6	.333
128	1895-96	Ind	3	5	.375

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