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Rutgers Scarlet Knights Men's Basketball School History

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Coverage: 110 seasons (1913-14 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1913-14): 1328-1281 .509 W-L%

Conferences: Big Ten, AAC, Big East, A-10, EAA, ECBL, Mid-Atl, Mid-3 and Ind

Conference Champion: 9 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 8 Years (6-9), 1 Final Four, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 3 Times (Preseason), 2 Times (Final), 38 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.

110 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

110 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 Ten	15	17	.469	7	13	.350	7.41	8.57	65.4	66.5						Steve Pikiell (15-17)
2	2022-23	Big Ten	19	15	.559	10	10	.500	14.58	7.31	68.4	61.1		23				Steve Pikiell (19-15)
3	2021-22	Big Ten	18	14	.563	12	8	.600	8.78	6.81	68.5	66.5				Lost NCAA Tournament First Four	11	Steve Pikiell (18-14)
4	2020-21	Big Ten	16	12	.571	10	10	.500	14.14	12.50	69.3	67.6	24	11		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	10	Steve Pikiell (16-12)
5	2019-20	Big Ten	20	11	.645	11	9	.550	15.72	9.68	69.9	62.6		24				Steve Pikiell (20-11)
6	2018-19	Big Ten	14	17	.452	7	13	.350	8.89	9.76	67.9	68.8						Steve Pikiell (14-17)
7	2017-18	Big Ten	15	19	.441	3	15	.167	5.50	6.84	65.2	64.8						Steve Pikiell (15-19)
8	2016-17	Big Ten	15	18	.455	3	15	.167	3.69	6.22	65.5	67.1						Steve Pikiell (15-18)
9	2015-16	Big Ten	7	25	.219	1	17	.056	-7.06	6.43	67.7	80.3						Eddie Jordan (7-25)
10	2014-15	Big Ten	10	22	.313	2	16	.111	0.23	8.11	59.3	67.2						Eddie Jordan (10-22)
11	2013-14	AAC	12	21	.364	5	13	.278	-0.29	5.80	71.1	76.2						Eddie Jordan (12-21)
12	2012-13	Big East	15	16	.484	5	13	.278	5.98	6.79	65.4	66.2						Mike Rice (15-16)
13	2011-12	Big East	14	18	.438	6	12	.333	5.42	5.76	65.5	65.8						Mike Rice (14-18)
14	2010-11	Big East	15	17	.469	5	13	.278	7.88	7.22	66.3	65.7						Mike Rice (15-17)
15	2009-10	Big East	15	17	.469	5	13	.278	1.29	5.91	67.5	71.7						Fred Hill (15-17)
16	2008-09	Big East	11	21	.344	2	16	.111	1.07	6.60	63.2	66.6						Fred Hill (11-21)
17	2007-08	Big East	11	20	.355	3	15	.167	-1.57	7.07	62.2	68.5						Fred Hill (11-20)
18	2006-07	Big East	10	19	.345	3	13	.188	-2.25	5.86	59.8	66.2						Fred Hill (10-19)
19	2005-06	Big East	19	14	.576	7	9	.438	8.00	5.16	68.9	65.0						Gary Waters (19-14)
20	2004-05	Big East	10	19	.345	2	14	.125	3.32	8.75	64.9	69.9						Gary Waters (10-19)
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 East	20	13	.606	7	9	.438	8.53	6.88	68.7	65.5						Gary Waters (20-13)
22	2002-03	Big East	12	16	.429	4	12	.250	5.09	6.45	67.6	69.0						Gary Waters (12-16)
23	2001-02	Big East	18	13	.581	8	8	.500	4.53	2.92	67.6	66.0						Gary Waters (18-13)
24	2000-01	Big East	11	16	.407	3	13	.188	4.75	5.24	65.3	65.8						Kevin Bannon (11-16)
25	1999-00	Big East	15	16	.484	6	10	.375	6.62	4.40	70.2	67.9						Kevin Bannon (15-16)
26	1998-99	Big East	19	13	.594	9	9	.500	12.22	7.22	70.3	65.3						Kevin Bannon (19-13)
27	1997-98	Big East	14	15	.483	6	12	.333	9.47	6.74	69.2	66.5						Kevin Bannon (14-15)
28	1996-97	Big East	11	16	.407	5	13	.278	2.67	7.12	64.4	68.9						Bob Wenzel (11-16)
29	1995-96	Big East	9	18	.333	6	12	.333	5.31	10.62	71.3	74.5						Bob Wenzel (9-18)
30	1994-95	A-10	13	15	.464	7	9	.438	6.28	4.92	73.0	71.6						Bob Wenzel (13-15)
31	1993-94	A-10	11	16	.407	6	10	.375	1.00	5.67	67.8	72.5						Bob Wenzel (11-16)
32	1992-93	A-10	13	15	.464	6	8	.429	6.89	6.38	81.4	79.2						Bob Wenzel (13-15)
33	1991-92	A-10	16	15	.516	6	10	.375	8.00	4.78	78.7	75.5						Bob Wenzel (16-15)
34	1990-91	A-10	19	10	.655	14	4	.778	7.17	6.57	76.4	75.2				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Bob Wenzel (19-10)
35	1989-90	A-10	18	17	.514	11	7	.611	3.79	3.11	75.8	73.9						Bob Wenzel (18-17)
36	1988-89	A-10	18	13	.581	13	5	.722	2.52	0.58	76.9	75.0				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	13	Bob Wenzel (18-13)
37	1987-88	A-10	7	22	.241	3	15	.167	-9.69	1.76	67.1	78.6						Craig Littlepage (7-22)
38	1986-87	A-10	8	20	.286	5	13	.278	-4.76	2.10	70.2	75.2						Craig Littlepage (8-20)
39	1985-86	A-10	8	21	.276	2	16	.111	-9.13	-0.58	62.9	71.6						Craig Littlepage (8-21)
40	1984-85	A-10	16	14	.533	9	9	.500	0.99	-0.58	71.5	69.0						Tom Young (16-14)
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	1983-84	A-10	15	13	.536	9	9	.500	-2.94	-0.94	66.5	68.5						Tom Young (15-13)
42	1982-83	A-10	23	8	.742	11	3	.786	6.19	1.33	70.6	65.1				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Tom Young (23-8)
43	1981-82	EAA	20	10	.667	9	5	.643	1.63	-0.10	59.2	57.1						Tom Young (20-10)
44	1980-81	EAA	16	14	.533	7	6	.538	6.67	0.07	69.1	62.3						Tom Young (16-14)
45	1979-80	EAA	14	14	.500	7	3	.700	0.08	0.34	70.1	69.6						Tom Young (14-14)
46	1978-79	EAA	22	9	.710	7	3	.700	4.64	0.03	70.0	65.4	15	15	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	6	Tom Young (22-9)
47	1977-78	EAA	24	7	.774	7	3	.700	6.56	0.01	76.9	70.4						Tom Young (24-7)
48	1976-77	ECBL	18	10	.643	7	1	.875	8.10	2.65	83.2	76.9	17	17				Tom Young (18-10)
49	1975-76	Ind	31	2	.939				14.68	-1.01	93.3	76.9		3	4	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal		Tom Young (31-2)
50	1974-75	Ind	22	7	.759				6.82	-0.69	86.0	77.2		16		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Tom Young (22-7)
51	1973-74	Ind	18*	8*	.692				2.09	-2.95	78.8	72.3						Tom Young (18-8)
52	1972-73	Ind	15	11	.577				-1.52	-4.12	80.4	76.3						Richard Lloyd (15-11)
53	1971-72	Ind	14	11	.560				0.84	-5.52	81.0	74.6						Richard Lloyd (14-11)
54	1970-71	Ind	16	7	.696				5.40	-5.39	80.0	69.2						Bill E. Foster (16-7)
55	1969-70	Ind	13	11	.542				-5.44	-6.26	73.8	72.8						Bill E. Foster (13-11)
56	1968-69	Ind	21	4	.840				1.32	-8.22	75.3	65.8						Bill E. Foster (21-4)
57	1967-68	Ind	14	10	.583				-5.89	-7.51	71.6	70.4						Bill E. Foster (14-10)
58	1966-67	Ind	22	7	.759				3.59	-6.41	80.0	69.4						Bill E. Foster (22-7)
59	1965-66	Ind	17	7	.708				-4.90	-9.25	79.7	74.3						Bill E. Foster (17-7)
60	1964-65	Ind	12	12	.500				-8.93	-10.11	79.0	77.6						Bill E. Foster (12-12)
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)
61	1963-64	Ind	5	17	.227				-20.88	-11.50	70.3	78.9						Bill E. Foster (5-17)
62	1962-63	Ind	7	16	.304				-18.35	-9.56	72.2	78.9						Donald White (7-16)
63	1961-62	Mid-Atl	10	13	.435	2	8	.200	-12.32	-10.41	71.5	73.5						Anthony Kuolt (10-13)
64	1960-61	Mid-Atl	11	10	.524	3	6	.333	-11.22	-8.78	72.7	73.0						Anthony Kuolt (11-10)
65	1959-60	Mid-Atl	11	14	.440	4	4	.500	-15.65	-11.20	69.1	70.9						Anthony Kuolt (11-14)
66	1958-59	Mid-Atl	9	15	.375	3	5	.375	-12.88	-5.43	63.4	67.0						Warren Harris (9-15)
67	1957-58	Ind	7	15	.318				-20.84	-8.68	65.5	73.5						Warren Harris (7-15)
68	1956-57	Ind	8	15	.348				-18.71	-4.66	68.1	75.7						Warren Harris (8-15)
69	1955-56	Ind	3	15	.167				-32.10	-8.02	68.8	86.2						Donald White (3-15)
70	1954-55	Ind	2	22	.083				-22.20	-3.72	71.0	87.7						Donald White (2-22)
71	1953-54	Ind	11	13	.458				-6.97	-1.27	72.4	72.6						Donald White (11-13)
72	1952-53	Ind	8	13	.381				-10.24	-3.24	72.7	73.3						Donald White (8-13)
73	1951-52	Mid-3	6	13	.316				-11.27	-3.47	64.3	69.2						Donald White (6-13)
74	1950-51	Mid-3	7	14	.333				-14.16	-4.16	58.4	63.0						Donald White (7-14)
75	1949-50	Mid-3	13	15	.464				-3.56	-0.94	64.5	64.2						Donald White (13-15)
76	1948-49	Mid-3	14	12	.538	3	1	.750			63.6	61.2						Donald White (14-12)
77	1947-48	Ind	14	9	.609						62.9	56.6						Donald White (14-9)
78	1946-47	Ind	7	12	.368													Donald White (7-12)
79	1945-46	Ind	13	7	.650													Donald White (13-7)
80	1944-45	Ind	11	3	.786													Thomas Kenneally (11-3)
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	1942-43	Mid-3	7	9	.438	3	1	.750										Frank Hill (7-9)
82	1941-42	Ind	8	10	.444													Frank Hill (8-10)
83	1940-41	Ind	8	10	.444													Frank Hill (8-10)
84	1939-40	Ind	5	14	.263													Frank Hill (5-14)
85	1938-39	Ind	8	6	.571													Frank Hill (8-6)
86	1937-38	Ind	11	4	.733													Frank Hill (11-4)
87	1936-37	Ind	13	2	.867													Frank Hill (13-2)
88	1935-36	Ind	8	7	.533													Frank Hill (8-7)
89	1934-35	Ind	13	3	.813													Frank Hill (13-3)
90	1933-34	Ind	9	6	.600													Frank Hill (9-6)
91	1932-33	Ind	8	6	.571													Frank Hill (8-6)
92	1931-32	Ind	4	9	.308													Frank Hill (4-9)
93	1930-31	Ind	6	9	.400													Frank Hill (6-9)
94	1929-30	Ind	10	4	.714													Frank Hill (10-4)
95	1928-29	Ind	10	5	.667													Frank Hill (10-5)
96	1927-28	Ind	9	5	.643													Frank Hill (9-5)
97	1926-27	Ind	10	3	.769													Frank Hill (10-3)
98	1925-26	Ind	4	9	.308													Frank Hill (4-9)
99	1924-25	Ind	7	6	.538													Frank Hill (7-6)
100	1923-24	Ind	8	4	.667													Frank Hill (8-4)
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)
101	1922-23	Ind	11	3	.786													Frank Hill (11-3)
102	1921-22	Ind	10	2	.833													Frank Hill (10-2)
103	1920-21	Ind	7	5	.583													Frank Hill (7-5)
104	1919-20	Ind	11	4	.733													Frank Hill (11-4)
105	1918-19	Ind	6	3	.667													Frank Hill (6-3)
106	1917-18	Ind	5	3	.625													Frank Hill (5-3)
107	1916-17	Ind	4	5	.444													Frank Hill (4-5)
108	1915-16	Ind	3	4	.429													Frank Hill (3-4)
109	1914-15	Ind	1	8	.111													George Davidson (1-8)
110	1913-14	Ind	3	2	.600													Dave Armstrong (3-2)

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