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Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Men's Basketball School History

Location: Flagstaff, Arizona

Coverage: 89 seasons (1918-19 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1918-19): 953-1194 .444 W-L%

Conferences: Big Sky, BIAA and Ind

Conference Champion: 6 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 2 Years (0-2), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 0 Times (Final), 0 Weeks (Total)

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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.

89 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

89 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	19	.424	7	11	.389	-12.17	-4.17	68.6	76.6						Shane Burcar (14-19)
2	2022-23	Big Sky	12	23	.343	5	13	.278	-3.87	-0.20	73.7	74.7						Shane Burcar (12-23)
3	2021-22	Big Sky	9	23	.281	5	15	.250	-13.50	-4.10	67.5	73.3						Shane Burcar (9-23)
4	2020-21	Big Sky	6	16	.273	4	10	.286	-12.97	-1.61	63.2	74.5						Shane Burcar (6-16)
5	2019-20	Big Sky	16	14	.533	10	10	.500	-4.65	-2.40	70.9	69.4						Shane Burcar (16-14)
6	2018-19	Big Sky	10	21	.323	8	12	.400	-10.75	-6.23	73.0	77.5						Jack Murphy (10-21)
7	2017-18	Big Sky	5	27	.156	2	16	.111	-14.67	-1.04	65.6	78.5						Jack Murphy (5-27)
8	2016-17	Big Sky	9	23	.281	6	12	.333	-13.92	-5.95	69.3	76.1						Jack Murphy (9-23)
9	2015-16	Big Sky	5	25	.167	3	15	.167	-18.29	-2.83	68.5	81.3						Jack Murphy (5-25)
10	2014-15	Big Sky	23	15	.605	13	5	.722	-3.48	-4.13	68.6	67.3						Jack Murphy (23-15)
11	2013-14	Big Sky	15	17	.469	12	8	.600	-6.60	-4.37	67.0	68.4						Jack Murphy (15-17)
12	2012-13	Big Sky	11	21	.344	8	12	.400	-12.15	-3.69	66.9	75.3						Jack Murphy (11-21)
13	2011-12	Big Sky	5	24	.172	1	15	.063	-16.72	-3.53	62.2	71.3						Mike Adras (2-7), Dave Brown (3-17)
14	2010-11	Big Sky	19	13	.594	9	7	.563	0.62	-3.72	71.8	64.9						Mike Adras (19-13)
15	2009-10	Big Sky	14	14	.500	8	8	.500	-7.54	-2.35	70.2	71.5						Mike Adras (14-14)
16	2008-09	Big Sky	8	19	.296	5	11	.313	-6.14	-1.70	66.5	67.7						Mike Adras (8-19)
17	2007-08	Big Sky	21	11	.656	11	5	.688	-0.71	-3.81	72.9	68.6						Mike Adras (21-11)
18	2006-07	Big Sky	18	12	.600	11	5	.688	-3.28	-3.28	83.0	80.8						Mike Adras (18-12)
19	2005-06	Big Sky	21	11	.656	12	2	.857	-1.43	-1.35	76.4	70.7						Mike Adras (21-11)
20	2004-05	Big Sky	11	17	.393	4	10	.286	-6.62	-5.38	76.4	75.5						Mike Adras (11-17)
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	15	14	.517	7	7	.500	-4.34	-3.12	75.9	74.1						Mike Adras (15-14)
22	2002-03	Big Sky	15	13	.536	6	8	.429	-3.63	-3.25	72.8	71.8						Mike Adras (15-13)
23	2001-02	Big Sky	14	14	.500	7	7	.500	-5.52	-3.04	67.6	67.7						Mike Adras (14-14)
24	2000-01	Big Sky	15	14	.517	8	8	.500	-2.23	-3.54	72.7	69.8						Mike Adras (15-14)
25	1999-00	Big Sky	20	11	.645	11	5	.688	4.34	1.37	73.5	68.8				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	15	Mike Adras (20-11)
26	1998-99	Big Sky	21	8	.724	12	4	.750	5.19	-3.01	77.2	66.7						Ben Howland (21-8)
27	1997-98	Big Sky	21	8	.724	13	3	.813	6.50	-5.14	80.2	67.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	15	Ben Howland (21-8)
28	1996-97	Big Sky	21	7	.750	14	2	.875	1.91	-5.13	77.7	69.4						Ben Howland (21-7)
29	1995-96	Big Sky	6*	20*	.231	3	11	.214	-13.09	-3.05	66.4	74.4						Ben Howland (6-20)
30	1994-95	Big Sky	8*	18*	.308	4	10	.286	-6.13	3.10	67.3	72.1						Ben Howland (8-18)
31	1993-94	Big Sky	13	13	.500	6*	8*	.429	-3.69	-2.01	80.1	80.4						Harold Merritt (13-13)
32	1992-93	Big Sky	10	16	.385	4	10	.286	-10.47	-5.73	69.5	73.5						Harold Merritt (10-16)
33	1991-92	Big Sky	7	20	.259	3	13	.188	-17.81	-1.92	71.6	86.4						Harold Merritt (7-20)
34	1990-91	Big Sky	4	23	.148	1	15	.063	-19.33	-2.41	73.3	89.6						Harold Merritt (4-23)
35	1989-90	Big Sky	8	20	.286	3	13	.188	-14.32	-2.00	64.9	75.5						Pat Rafferty (8-20)
36	1988-89	Big Sky	2	25	.074	1	15	.063	-19.43	-1.57	60.3	78.1						Pat Rafferty (2-25)
37	1987-88	Big Sky	10	18	.357	7	9	.438	-4.73	-0.49	69.1	72.8						Jay Arnote (10-18)
38	1986-87	Big Sky	11	17	.393	5	9	.357	-4.59	-1.83	70.8	72.1						Jay Arnote (11-17)
39	1985-86	Big Sky	19	10	.655	9	5	.643	3.83	-0.09	69.7	64.1						Jay Arnote (19-10)
40	1984-85	Big Sky	17	12	.586	8	6	.571	-2.12	-0.47	69.3	67.8						Jay Arnote (17-12)
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)
41	1983-84	Big Sky	13	15	.464	5	9	.357	-3.97	0.11	65.4	68.1						Jay Arnote (13-15)
42	1982-83	Big Sky	10	16	.385	3	11	.214	-6.13	0.31	64.9	68.7						Gene Visscher (10-16)
43	1981-82	Big Sky	6	20	.231	2	12	.143	-3.81	1.73	61.5	66.5						Gene Visscher (6-20)
44	1980-81	Big Sky	8	17	.320	2	12	.143	-10.73	-3.38	69.1	73.2						Joedy Gardner (8-17)
45	1979-80	Big Sky	14	12	.538	5	9	.357	-7.39	-3.63	74.1	75.1						Joedy Gardner (14-12)
46	1978-79	Big Sky	13	14	.481	8	6	.571	-2.28	-0.42	70.2	69.1						Joedy Gardner (13-14)
47	1977-78	Big Sky	10	15	.400	4	10	.286	-7.72	-2.37	71.4	72.1						John Birkett (10-15)
48	1976-77	Big Sky	11*	15*	.423	3*	11*	.214	-9.40	-2.61	78.2	78.6						John Birkett (11-15)
49	1975-76	Big Sky	15	12	.556	8	6	.571	-5.14	-0.42	78.6	76.2						John Birkett (15-12)
50	1974-75	Big Sky	9	17	.346	5	9	.357	-7.26	-2.04	85.3	87.8						John Birkett (9-17)
51	1973-74	Big Sky	6	20	.231	3	11	.214	-12.90	-2.57	61.9	71.8						Herb Gregg (6-20)
52	1972-73	Big Sky	6	20	.231	3	11	.214	-15.62	-4.43	69.3	78.6						Herb Gregg (6-20)
53	1971-72	Big Sky	13	10	.565	8	6	.571	-11.32	-9.32	77.0	76.1						Herb Gregg (13-10)
54	1970-71-nm	Big Sky	6	19	.240						79.2	90.6						Herb Gregg (6-19)
55	1952-53	BIAA	4*	19*	.174	2*	12*	.143	-20.71	-12.00	67.3	72.9						Herb Gregg (4-19)
56	1951-52	BIAA	4	23	.148	1	13	.071	-23.48	-8.72	57.8	75.6						Herb Gregg (4-23)
57	1950-51	BIAA	8	19	.296	3	13	.188	-30.65	-8.53	54.1	68.7						Herb Gregg (8-19)
58	1949-50-nm	BIAA	3	19	.136						47.0	59.8						Ben Reiges (3-19)
59	1948-49-nm	BIAA	11	10	.524	7	9	.438			51.7	50.2						Nick Ragus (11-10)
60	1947-48-nm	BIAA	13	8	.619	8	8	.500										Nick Ragus (13-8)
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)
61	1946-47	BIAA	20	7	.741	11	5	.688										Frank Brickey (20-7)
62	1945-46	BIAA	12	8	.600	4	6	.400										Frank Brickey (12-8)
63	1944-45	BIAA	5	6	.455	4	2	.667										Frank Brickey (5-6)
64	1943-44	BIAA	2	0	1.000													Frank Brickey (2-0)
65	1942-43	BIAA	4	8	.333	1	7	.125										Frank Brickey (4-8)
66	1941-42	BIAA	11	10	.524	8	8	.500										Frank Brickey (11-10)
67	1940-41	Ind	9	9	.500													Frank Brickey (9-9)
68	1939-40	BIAA	8	12	.400	7	9	.438										Aaron McCreary (8-12)
69	1938-39	BIAA	13	11	.542	12	6	.667										Aaron McCreary (13-11)
70	1937-38	BIAA	6	15	.286	4	12	.250										Aaron McCreary (6-15)
71	1936-37	BIAA	11	13	.458	6	10	.375										Aaron McCreary (11-13)
72	1935-36	BIAA	15	9	.625	7	7	.500										Aaron McCreary (15-9)
73	1934-35	BIAA	12	8	.600	10	4	.714										Aaron McCreary (12-8)
74	1933-34	BIAA	9	14	.391	6	10	.375										Aaron McCreary (9-14)
75	1932-33	BIAA	9	5	.643	7	5	.583										Aaron McCreary (9-5)
76	1931-32	BIAA	9	8	.529	8	4	.667										Aaron McCreary (9-8)
77	1930-31	Ind	8	7	.533													Rudy Lavik (8-7)
78	1929-30	Ind	9	8	.529													Rudy Lavik (9-8)
79	1928-29	Ind	15	3	.833													Rudy Lavik (15-3)
80	1927-28	Ind	12	3	.800													Rudy Lavik (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	1926-27	Ind	17	3	.850													E.H. Lynch (17-3)
82	1925-26	Ind	5	8	.385													Talbert Jessuppe (5-8)
83	1924-25	Ind	7	6	.538													W.E. Rogers (7-6)
84	1923-24	Ind	7	7	.500													R.H. Drake (7-7)
85	1922-23	Ind	6	6	.500													R.H. Drake (6-6)
86	1921-22	Ind	5	5	.500													R.H. Drake (5-5)
87	1920-21	Ind	9	7	.563													Lacey Eastburn (9-7)
88	1919-20	Ind	2	0	1.000													Gus O'Conner (2-0)
89	1918-19	Ind	4	2	.667													R.A. Fuller (4-2)

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