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Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Men's Basketball School History

Location: Cookeville, Tennessee

Coverage: 77 seasons (1943-44 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1943-44): 1002-1076 .482 W-L%

Conferences: OVC and Ind

Conference Champion: 7 Times (Reg. Seas.), 1 Time (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)

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.

77 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

77 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	OVC	10	21	.323	5	13	.278	-15.04	-6.29	67.4	73.8						John Pelphrey (10-21)
2	2022-23	OVC	16	17	.485	11	7	.611	-9.40	-6.37	73.7	73.4						John Pelphrey (16-17)
3	2021-22	OVC	11	21	.344	7	10	.412	-7.27	-3.03	72.8	73.7						John Pelphrey (11-21)
4	2020-21	OVC	5	22	.185	5	15	.250	-14.13	-3.84	66.6	76.9						John Pelphrey (5-22)
5	2019-20	OVC	9	22	.290	6	12	.333	-13.64	-4.67	65.6	72.3						John Pelphrey (9-22)
6	2018-19	OVC	8	23	.258	4	14	.222	-14.76	-3.00	67.9	75.8						Steve Payne (8-23)
7	2017-18	OVC	19	14	.576	10	8	.556	-5.83	-3.54	73.1	72.4						Steve Payne (19-14)
8	2016-17	OVC	12	20	.375	8	8	.500	-7.60	-4.17	72.4	73.1						Steve Payne (12-20)
9	2015-16	OVC	19	12	.613	11	5	.688	-3.21	-3.66	77.9	75.5						Steve Payne (19-12)
10	2014-15	OVC	12	18	.400	4	12	.250	-6.49	-3.99	70.6	69.8						Steve Payne (12-18)
11	2013-14	OVC	17	16	.515	9	7	.563	-8.09	-4.57	72.0	72.0						Steve Payne (17-16)
12	2012-13	OVC	12	17	.414	5	11	.313	-9.58	-3.21	64.8	67.3						Steve Payne (12-17)
13	2011-12	OVC	19	14	.576	9	7	.563	-3.81	-3.06	71.7	71.4						Steve Payne (19-14)
14	2010-11	OVC	20	13	.606	12	6	.667	-5.64	-5.77	74.6	69.9						Mike Sutton (20-13)
15	2009-10	OVC	15	17	.469	8	10	.444	-9.58	-2.51	74.2	77.3						Mike Sutton (15-17)
16	2008-09	OVC	12	18	.400	6	12	.333	-6.64	-4.68	73.6	73.0						Mike Sutton (12-18)
17	2007-08	OVC	13	19	.406	10	10	.500	-7.95	-6.87	75.3	74.7						Mike Sutton (13-19)
18	2006-07	OVC	19	13	.594	13	7	.650	-2.65	-4.85	75.1	71.7						Mike Sutton (19-13)
19	2005-06	OVC	19	12	.613	13	7	.650	-5.46	-4.60	73.0	71.4						Mike Sutton (19-12)
20	2004-05	OVC	18	11	.621	12	4	.750	-2.85	-5.01	74.1	68.8						Mike Sutton (18-11)
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)
21	2003-04	OVC	13	15	.464	7	9	.438	-6.23	-2.75	76.8	75.9						Mike Sutton (13-15)
22	2002-03	OVC	20	12	.625	11	5	.688	0.77	-2.96	75.7	68.7						Mike Sutton (20-12)
23	2001-02	OVC	27	7	.794	15	1	.938	4.51	-3.07	78.7	67.9						Jeff Lebo (27-7)
24	2000-01	OVC	20	9	.690	13	3	.813	-0.61	-3.38	79.2	71.9						Jeff Lebo (20-9)
25	1999-00	OVC	16	12	.571	11	7	.611	0.01	-3.64	81.4	73.9						Jeff Lebo (16-12)
26	1998-99	OVC	12	15	.444	8	10	.444	-10.09	-5.13	67.2	69.4						Jeff Lebo (12-15)
27	1997-98	OVC	9	21	.300	5	13	.278	-18.49	-6.38	65.8	75.6						Frank Harrell (9-21)
28	1996-97	OVC	15	13	.536	10	8	.556	-8.28	-7.86	75.8	72.8						Frank Harrell (15-13)
29	1995-96	OVC	13	15	.464	7	9	.438	-6.81	-5.23	79.3	76.3						Frank Harrell (13-15)
30	1994-95	OVC	13	14	.481	9	7	.563	-10.65	-6.15	76.9	78.1						Frank Harrell (13-14)
31	1993-94	OVC	10	21	.323	5	11	.313	-11.05	-1.62	81.7	89.3						Frank Harrell (10-21)
32	1992-93	OVC	15	13	.536	9	7	.563	-7.63	-5.44	87.1	87.4						Frank Harrell (15-13)
33	1991-92	OVC	14	15	.483	8	6	.571	-2.38	-1.07	87.3	85.0						Frank Harrell (14-15)
34	1990-91	OVC	12	16	.429	6	6	.500	-4.46	-2.31	84.9	83.6						Frank Harrell (12-16)
35	1989-90	OVC	19	9	.679	9	3	.750	-4.11	-5.27	84.1	79.9						Frank Harrell (19-9)
36	1988-89	OVC	10	20	.333	3	9	.250	-11.29	-2.41	77.1	80.9						Frank Harrell (8-17), Tom Deaton (2-3)
37	1987-88	OVC	12	16	.429	5	9	.357	-8.59	-2.26	73.0	77.9						Tom Deaton (12-16)
38	1986-87	OVC	7	20	.259	1	13	.071	-18.89	-1.19	74.6	87.7						Tom Deaton (7-20)
39	1985-86	OVC	14	15	.483	6	8	.429	-4.55	-2.01	69.3	69.1						Tom Deaton (14-15)
40	1984-85	OVC	19	9	.679	11	3	.786	1.48	-1.48	72.2	66.2						Tom Deaton (19-9)
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	OVC	18	10	.643	11	3	.786	-4.28	-3.44	71.5	69.9						Tom Deaton (18-10)
42	1982-83	OVC	16	12	.571	9	5	.643	-2.83	-2.87	71.9	69.4						Tom Deaton (16-12)
43	1981-82	OVC	12	14	.462	8	8	.500	-8.89	-5.30	68.2	68.9						Tom Deaton (12-14)
44	1980-81	OVC	6	20	.231	2	12	.143	-12.76	-3.06	61.0	69.3						Tom Deaton (6-20)
45	1979-80	OVC	5	21	.192	1	11	.083	-12.26	-1.00	73.2	82.0						Cliff Malpass (5-21)
46	1978-79	OVC	11	15	.423	7	5	.583	-15.61	-5.65	73.3	82.0						Cliff Malpass (11-15)
47	1977-78	OVC	11	15	.423	7	7	.500	-9.73	-3.07	69.3	74.1						Cliff Malpass (11-15)
48	1976-77	OVC	7	19	.269	1	13	.071	-15.35	-3.45	76.7	85.6						Cliff Malpass (7-19)
49	1975-76	OVC	14	10	.583	7	7	.500	-7.36	-7.84	86.0	83.7						Connie Inman (14-10)
50	1974-75	OVC	13	12	.520	7	7	.500	-6.81	-3.11	80.2	80.6						Connie Inman (13-12)
51	1973-74	OVC	7	18	.280	4	10	.286	-10.52	-4.99	72.3	76.7						Connie Inman (7-18)
52	1972-73	OVC	14	11	.560	7	7	.500	-3.12	-4.31	80.5	78.2						Connie Inman (14-11)
53	1971-72	OVC	14	11	.560	7	7	.500	-5.88	-4.93	79.8	79.4						Connie Inman (14-11)
54	1970-71	OVC	7	17	.292	4	10	.286	-8.42	-5.75	73.8	78.5						Connie Inman (7-17)
55	1969-70	OVC	10	15	.400	4	10	.286	-13.34	-3.02	79.6	84.1						Connie Inman (10-15)
56	1968-69	OVC	13	11	.542	5	9	.357	-8.71	-1.55	74.6	76.3						Kenny Sidwell (13-11)
57	1967-68	OVC	10	16	.385	4	10	.286	-4.86	1.94	72.2	76.0						Kenny Sidwell (10-16)
58	1966-67	OVC	12	11	.522	6	8	.429	-2.23	-1.88	83.3	79.6						Kenny Sidwell (12-11)
59	1965-66	OVC	17	8	.680	8	6	.571	0.24	-2.21	85.7	78.4						Kenny Sidwell (17-8)
60	1964-65	OVC	14	11	.560	8	6	.571	-6.12	-9.18	84.8	82.2						Kenny Sidwell (14-11)
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	OVC	11	11	.500	7	7	.500	-10.42	-5.42	76.3	78.8						John Oldham (11-11)
62	1962-63	OVC	16	8	.667	8	4	.667	-7.09	-7.62	74.6	73.2				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		John Oldham (16-8)
63	1961-62	OVC	16	6	.727	7	5	.583	-5.13	-6.40	78.3	72.9						John Oldham (16-6)
64	1960-61	OVC	6	13	.316	3	9	.250	-6.33	1.08	75.2	77.7						John Oldham (6-13)
65	1959-60	OVC	13	9	.591	7	4	.636	2.57	-1.03	75.9	70.9						John Oldham (13-9)
66	1958-59	OVC	16	9	.640	7	5	.583	4.49	0.02	81.1	74.6						John Oldham (16-9)
67	1957-58	OVC	17	9	.654	8	2	.800	-1.50	-2.45	74.0	69.0				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		John Oldham (17-9)
68	1956-57	OVC	9	11	.450	1	9	.100	-7.87	-1.66	83.7	84.6						John Oldham (9-11)
69	1955-56	OVC	14	7	.667	7	3	.700	3.56	1.41	32.2	77.4						John Oldham (14-7)
70	1954-55-nm	OVC	9	11	.450													Raymond Brown (9-11)
71	1953-54-nm	OVC	12	10	.545													Raymond Brown (12-10)
72	1952-53-nm	OVC	14	11	.560													Raymond Brown (14-11)
73	1951-52-nm	OVC	9	13	.409													Raymond Brown (9-13)
74	1950-51-nm	OVC	12	9	.571													Raymond Brown (12-9)
75	1949-50-nm	OVC	9	12	.429													Raymond Brown (9-12)
76	1948-49-nm	OVC	10	10	.500	0	1	.000			53.7	54.4						Raymond Brown (10-10)
77	1943-44	Ind	3	13	.188													Hooper Eblen (3-13)

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