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124 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

124 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	16	19	.457	5	15	.250	12.99	9.45	72.5	69.0		23				Chris Holtmann (16-19)
2	2021-22	Big Ten	20	12	.625	12	8	.600	14.17	9.08	72.8	67.7	17	13		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Chris Holtmann (20-12)
3	2020-21	Big Ten	21	10	.677	12	8	.600	18.25	12.19	77.2	71.1	23	4	7	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	2	Chris Holtmann (21-10)
4	2019-20	Big Ten	21	10	.677	11	9	.550	19.37	10.24	72.1	62.9	18	2	19			Chris Holtmann (21-10)
5	2018-19	Big Ten	20	15	.571	8	12	.400	13.89	11.00	69.1	66.2		13		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	11	Chris Holtmann (20-15)
6	2017-18	Big Ten	25	9	.735	15	3	.833	17.67	9.02	76.2	67.6		8	17	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Chris Holtmann (25-9)
7	2016-17	Big Ten	17	15	.531	7	11	.389	10.31	7.28	72.8	69.8						Thad Matta (17-15)
8	2015-16	Big Ten	21	14	.600	11	7	.611	9.39	7.08	70.3	68.0						Thad Matta (21-14)
9	2014-15	Big Ten	24	11	.686	11	7	.611	19.68	7.37	75.3	63.0	20	12		Lost NCAA Tournament Third Round	10	Thad Matta (24-11)
10	2013-14	Big Ten	25	10	.714	10	8	.556	17.84	8.12	69.5	59.8	11	3	22	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Thad Matta (25-10)
11	2012-13	Big Ten	29	8	.784	13	5	.722	20.19	9.33	70.2	59.4	4	3	7	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Thad Matta (29-8)
12	2011-12	Big Ten	31	8	.795	13	5	.722	23.95	9.07	74.7	59.8	3	2	7	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	2	Thad Matta (31-8)
13	2010-11	Big Ten	34	3	.919	16	2	.889	25.84	8.38	77.1	59.7	4	1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	1	Thad Matta (34-3)
14	2009-10	Big Ten	29	8	.784	14	4	.778	19.49	7.37	74.1	61.5	16	5	5	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Thad Matta (29-8)
15	2008-09	Big Ten	22	11	.667	10	8	.556	12.48	8.23	66.8	62.0		15		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Thad Matta (22-11)
16	2007-08	Big Ten	24	13	.649	10	8	.556	13.72	7.97	68.9	62.2						Thad Matta (24-13)
17	2006-07	Big Ten	35	4	.897	15	1	.938	21.54	9.03	74.5	62.0	7	1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Thad Matta (35-4)
18	2005-06	Big Ten	26	6	.813	12	4	.750	16.08	5.90	73.8	63.7		6	6	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	2	Thad Matta (26-6)
19	2004-05	Big Ten	20	12	.625	8	8	.500	13.15	6.21	71.0	64.1						Thad Matta (20-12)
20	2003-04	Big Ten	14	16	.467	6	10	.375	1.54	5.04	65.0	68.5						Jim O'Brien (14-16)
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	17	15	.531	7	9	.438	8.03	8.49	64.2	64.7						Jim O'Brien (17-15)
22	2001-02	Big Ten	24*	8*	.750	11	5	.688	16.14	7.26	73.8	64.9		14	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round*	4	Jim O'Brien (24-8)
23	2000-01	Big Ten	20*	11*	.645	11	5	.688	15.68	8.16	71.2	63.6		24		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round*	5	Jim O'Brien (20-11)
24	1999-00	Big Ten	23*	7*	.767	13	3	.813	17.55	6.55	72.7	61.7	5	4	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round*	3	Jim O'Brien (23-7)
25	1998-99	Big Ten	27*	9*	.750	12	4	.750	19.03	9.51	74.9	64.8		10	14	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal*	4	Jim O'Brien (27-9)
26	1997-98	Big Ten	8	22	.267	1	15	.063	1.83	8.73	65.9	72.8						Jim O'Brien (8-22)
27	1996-97	Big Ten	10	17	.370	5	13	.278	8.45	8.71	69.9	70.1						Randy Ayers (10-17)
28	1995-96	Big Ten	10*	17*	.370	3*	15*	.167	3.21	7.35	67.0	71.1						Randy Ayers (10-17)
29	1994-95	Big Ten	6	22	.214	2	16	.111	-1.67	6.51	69.5	77.6						Randy Ayers (6-22)
30	1993-94	Big Ten	13	16	.448	6	12	.333	11.21	11.74	76.7	75.9						Randy Ayers (13-16)
31	1992-93	Big Ten	15	13	.536	8	10	.444	11.89	10.93	71.1	70.2		21				Randy Ayers (15-13)
32	1991-92	Big Ten	26	6	.813	15	3	.833	24.37	10.62	80.6	66.8	7	3	3	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Randy Ayers (26-6)
33	1990-91	Big Ten	27	4	.871	15	3	.833	21.15	4.99	84.6	68.5	10	2	5	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	1	Randy Ayers (27-4)
34	1989-90	Big Ten	17	13	.567	10	8	.556	13.99	11.93	75.6	73.5				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Randy Ayers (17-13)
35	1988-89	Big Ten	19	15	.559	6	12	.333	16.15	11.85	80.0	75.9	17	12				Gary Williams (19-15)
36	1987-88	Big Ten	20	13	.606	9	9	.500	8.95	8.61	75.9	74.9						Gary Williams (20-13)
37	1986-87	Big Ten	20	13	.606	9	9	.500	14.67	8.48	84.9	77.9				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Gary Williams (20-13)
38	1985-86	Big Ten	19	14	.576	8	10	.444	12.60	9.69	75.2	72.3		20				Eldon Miller (19-14)
39	1984-85	Big Ten	20	10	.667	11	7	.611	12.58	8.25	77.3	73.0				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Eldon Miller (20-10)
40	1983-84	Big Ten	15	14	.517	8	10	.444	8.85	7.92	67.3	66.4						Eldon Miller (15-14)
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)
41	1982-83	Big Ten	20	10	.667	11	7	.611	11.88	8.36	72.5	69.1		14		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Eldon Miller (20-10)
42	1981-82	Big Ten	21	10	.677	12	6	.667	6.81	5.03	62.2	60.5				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Eldon Miller (21-10)
43	1980-81	Big Ten	14	13	.519	9	9	.500	10.61	10.09	71.2	70.5	9	7				Eldon Miller (14-13)
44	1979-80	Big Ten	21	8	.724	12	6	.667	17.30	10.80	72.1	64.4	4	2	10	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Eldon Miller (21-8)
45	1978-79	Big Ten	19	12	.613	12	6	.667	12.05	9.63	74.9	72.5		7				Eldon Miller (19-12)
46	1977-78	Big Ten	16	11	.593	9	9	.500	7.18	5.18	80.1	76.6						Eldon Miller (16-11)
47	1976-77	Big Ten	9*	18*	.333	4*	14*	.222	-0.90	6.10	67.6	73.5						Eldon Miller (9-18)
48	1975-76	Big Ten	6	20	.231	2	16	.111	1.15	7.27	74.3	80.1						Fred Taylor (6-20)
49	1974-75	Big Ten	14	14	.500	8	10	.444	5.76	4.54	79.6	77.6						Fred Taylor (14-14)
50	1973-74	Big Ten	9	15	.375	4	10	.286	2.02	2.69	71.5	72.2						Fred Taylor (9-15)
51	1972-73	Big Ten	14	10	.583	8	6	.571	10.49	6.53	79.2	74.9	10	10				Fred Taylor (14-10)
52	1971-72	Big Ten	18	6	.750	10	4	.714	9.06	2.93	74.2	67.7	5	4	19			Fred Taylor (18-6)
53	1970-71	Big Ten	20	6	.769	13	2	.867	10.20	3.09	81.0	73.9		10	10	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final		Fred Taylor (20-6)
54	1969-70	Big Ten	17	7	.708	8	6	.571	9.75	3.14	88.1	81.5	18	16				Fred Taylor (17-7)
55	1968-69	Big Ten	17	7	.708	9	5	.643	12.19	7.40	81.5	76.7	12	10				Fred Taylor (17-7)
56	1967-68	Big Ten	21	8	.724	10	4	.714	12.27	5.77	82.3	73.6				Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal		Fred Taylor (21-8)
57	1966-67	Big Ten	13	11	.542	6	8	.429	2.40	5.10	76.8	79.1						Fred Taylor (13-11)
58	1965-66	Big Ten	11	13	.458	5	9	.357	1.86	4.44	77.5	80.1						Fred Taylor (11-13)
59	1964-65	Big Ten	12	12	.500	6	8	.429	3.43	7.65	80.0	82.8						Fred Taylor (12-12)
60	1963-64	Big Ten	16	8	.667	11	3	.786	12.01	7.92	82.7	77.7	7	7				Fred Taylor (16-8)
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	1962-63	Big Ten	20	4	.833	11	3	.786	13.15	4.77	78.5	70.1		2	7			Fred Taylor (20-4)
62	1961-62	Big Ten	26	2	.929	13	1	.929	24.68	7.22	83.7	66.3	1	1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final		Fred Taylor (26-2)
63	1960-61	Big Ten	27	1	.964	14	0	1.000	24.51	5.40	85.1	65.7		1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final		Fred Taylor (27-1)
64	1959-60	Big Ten	25	3	.893	13	1	.929	25.88	5.21	90.4	69.8		2	3	Won NCAA Tournament National Final		Fred Taylor (25-3)
65	1958-59	Big Ten	11	11	.500	7	7	.500	8.14	7.59	81.0	80.4						Fred Taylor (11-11)
66	1957-58	Big Ten	9	13	.409	8	6	.571	3.77	5.31	72.5	74.0						Floyd Stahl (9-13)
67	1956-57	Big Ten	14	8	.636	9	5	.643	10.30	5.48	76.5	71.6		11				Floyd Stahl (14-8)
68	1955-56	Big Ten	16	6	.727	9	5	.643	12.73	5.87	84.0	77.2		7				Floyd Stahl (16-6)
69	1954-55	Big Ten	10	12	.455	4	10	.286	4.25	7.25	76.5	79.6		11				Floyd Stahl (10-12)
70	1953-54	Big Ten	11	11	.500	5	9	.357	8.29	8.19	78.5	77.3						Floyd Stahl (11-11)
71	1952-53	Big Ten	10	12	.455	7	11	.389	6.56	8.24	70.8	72.5						Floyd Stahl (10-12)
72	1951-52	Big Ten	8	14	.364	6	8	.429	-0.07	6.43	62.8	69.3						Floyd Stahl (8-14)
73	1950-51	Big Ten	6	16	.273	3	11	.214	1.22	6.95	60.5	65.0						Floyd Stahl (6-16)
74	1949-50	Big Ten	22	4	.846	12	1	.923	14.67	5.90	65.3	56.5		2	2	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Tippy Dye (22-4)
75	1948-49	Big Ten	14	7	.667	6	6	.500			61.0	55.8		18	20			Tippy Dye (14-7)
76	1947-48	Big Ten	10	10	.500	5	7	.417			58.2	56.5						Tippy Dye (10-10)
77	1946-47	Big Ten	7	13	.350	5	7	.417										Tippy Dye (7-13)
78	1945-46	Big Ten	16	5	.762	10	2	.833								Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final (Final Four)		Harold Olsen (16-5)
79	1944-45	Big Ten	15	5	.750	10	2	.833								Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final (Final Four)		Harold Olsen (15-5)
80	1943-44	Big Ten	14	7	.667	10	2	.833								Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final (Final Four)		Harold Olsen (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	1942-43	Big Ten	8	9	.471	5	7	.417										Harold Olsen (8-9)
82	1941-42	Big Ten	6	14	.300	4	11	.267										Harold Olsen (6-14)
83	1940-41	Big Ten	10	10	.500	7	5	.583										Harold Olsen (10-10)
84	1939-40	Big Ten	13	7	.650	8	4	.667										Harold Olsen (13-7)
85	1938-39	Big Ten	16	7	.696	10	2	.833								Lost NCAA Tournament National Final		Harold Olsen (16-7)
86	1937-38	Big Ten	12	8	.600	7	5	.583										Harold Olsen (12-8)
87	1936-37	Big Ten	13	7	.650	7	5	.583										Harold Olsen (13-7)
88	1935-36	Big Ten	12	8	.600	5	7	.417										Harold Olsen (12-8)
89	1934-35	Big Ten	13	6	.684	8	4	.667										Harold Olsen (13-6)
90	1933-34	Big Ten	8	12	.400	4	8	.333										Harold Olsen (8-12)
91	1932-33	Big Ten	17	3	.850	10	2	.833										Harold Olsen (17-3)
92	1931-32	Big Ten	9	9	.500	5	7	.417										Harold Olsen (9-9)
93	1930-31	Big Ten	4	13	.235	3	9	.250										Harold Olsen (4-13)
94	1929-30	Big Ten	4	11	.267	1	9	.100										Harold Olsen (4-11)
95	1928-29	Big Ten	9	8	.529	6	6	.500										Harold Olsen (9-8)
96	1927-28	Big Ten	5	12	.294	3	9	.250										Harold Olsen (5-12)
97	1926-27	Big Ten	11	6	.647	6	6	.500										Harold Olsen (11-6)
98	1925-26	Big Ten	10	7	.588	6	6	.500										Harold Olsen (10-7)
99	1924-25	Big Ten	14	2	.875	11	1	.917										Harold Olsen (14-2)
100	1923-24	Big Ten	12	5	.706	7	5	.583										Harold Olsen (12-5)
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	4	11	.267	1	11	.083										Harold Olsen (4-11)
102	1921-22	Big Ten	8	10	.444	5	7	.417										George Trautman (8-10)
103	1920-21	Big Ten	4	13	.235	2	10	.167										George Trautman (4-13)
104	1919-20	Big Ten	17	10	.630	3	9	.250										George Trautman (17-10)
105	1918-19	Big Ten	7	12	.368	2	6	.250										Wilbur St. John (7-12)
106	1917-18	Big Ten	12	7	.632	5	5	.500										Wilbur St. John (12-7)
107	1916-17	Western	15	11	.577	3	9	.250										Wilbur St. John (15-11)
108	1915-16	Western	9	13	.409	2	8	.200										Wilbur St. John (9-13)
109	1914-15	Western	7	10	.412	3	9	.250										Wilbur St. John (7-10)
110	1913-14	Western	11	4	.733	5	1	.833										Wilbur St. John (11-4)
111	1912-13	Western	13	7	.650	4	5	.444										Wilbur St. John (13-7)
112	1911-12	Western	7	5	.583													Wilbur St. John (7-5)
113	1910-11	Ind	6	3	.667													Unknown
114	1909-10	Ind	11	1	.917													Thomas Kibler (11-1)
115	1908-09	Ind	11	1	.917													Thomas Kibler (11-1)
116	1907-08	Ind	5	6	.455													Unknown
117	1906-07	Ind	7	5	.583													Unknown
118	1905-06	Ind	9	1	.900													Unknown
119	1904-05	Ind	12	2	.857													Unknown
120	1903-04	Ind	10	4	.714													D.C. Huddleson (10-4)
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)
121	1902-03	Ind	5	2	.714													D.C. Huddleson (5-2)
122	1900-01	Ind	1	3	.250													Unknown
123	1899-00	Ind	8	4	.667													Unknown
124	1898-99	Ind	12	4	.750													Unknown

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