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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.

115 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

115 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	SEC	27	9	.750	14	4	.778	21.81	10.42	78.8	67.4	9	4	5	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Rick Barnes (27-9)
2	2022-23	SEC	25	11	.694	11	7	.611	20.84	7.98	70.8	57.9	11	2	20	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Rick Barnes (25-11)
3	2021-22	SEC	27	8	.771	14	4	.778	20.46	9.94	73.5	62.9	18	5	5	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Rick Barnes (27-8)
4	2020-21	SEC	18	9	.667	10	7	.588	16.87	8.46	71.9	63.5	12	6		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	5	Rick Barnes (18-9)
5	2019-20	SEC	17	14	.548	9	9	.500	11.18	8.30	67.1	64.2		17				Rick Barnes (17-14)
6	2018-19	SEC	31	6	.838	15	3	.833	21.55	10.16	82.0	69.7	6	1	6	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Rick Barnes (31-6)
7	2017-18	SEC	26	9	.743	13	5	.722	18.20	10.12	73.8	65.7		13	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Rick Barnes (26-9)
8	2016-17	SEC	16	16	.500	8	10	.444	11.28	10.18	74.5	73.0						Rick Barnes (16-16)
9	2015-16	SEC	15	19	.441	6	12	.333	7.80	7.86	75.1	75.2						Rick Barnes (15-19)
10	2014-15	SEC	16	16	.500	7	11	.389	7.23	8.16	63.3	64.2						Donnie Tyndall (16-16)
11	2013-14	SEC	24	13	.649	11	7	.611	17.34	7.84	72.2	61.7				Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	11	Cuonzo Martin (24-13)
12	2012-13	SEC	20	13	.606	11	7	.611	9.04	6.07	66.3	63.4						Cuonzo Martin (20-13)
13	2011-12	SEC	19	15	.559	10	6	.625	9.49	6.58	68.8	65.2						Cuonzo Martin (19-15)
14	2010-11	SEC	19	15	.559	8	8	.500	11.08	8.73	69.9	67.5	23	7		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Bruce Pearl (19-15)
15	2009-10	SEC	28	9	.757	11	5	.688	16.05	7.75	73.5	65.2	10	8	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	6	Bruce Pearl (28-9)
16	2008-09	SEC	21	13	.618	10	6	.625	13.60	7.71	78.4	72.5	14	8		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Bruce Pearl (21-13)
17	2007-08	SEC	31	5	.861	14	2	.875	18.41	7.84	81.8	70.0	7	1	5	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Bruce Pearl (31-5)
18	2006-07	SEC	24	11	.686	10	6	.625	14.97	9.15	80.9	75.1	25	16	25	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Bruce Pearl (24-11)
19	2005-06	SEC	22	8	.733	12	4	.750	14.73	7.76	80.4	73.5		8	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	2	Bruce Pearl (22-8)
20	2004-05	SEC	14	17	.452	6	10	.375	8.47	8.38	69.0	68.9						Buzz Peterson (14-17)
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	SEC	15	14	.517	7	9	.438	7.38	7.18	71.1	70.9						Buzz Peterson (15-14)
22	2002-03	SEC	17	12	.586	9	7	.563	9.88	7.88	68.3	66.3						Buzz Peterson (17-12)
23	2001-02	SEC	15	16	.484	7	9	.438	11.20	10.93	71.7	70.8						Buzz Peterson (15-16)
24	2000-01	SEC	22	11	.667	8	8	.500	15.54	10.32	80.8	75.6	9	4		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Jerry Green (22-11)
25	1999-00	SEC	26	7	.788	12	4	.750	18.93	8.12	79.7	67.8	19	5	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Jerry Green (26-7)
26	1998-99	SEC	21	9	.700	12	4	.750	14.18	6.55	72.6	65.0	9	9	20	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Jerry Green (21-9)
27	1997-98	SEC	20	9	.690	9	7	.563	11.15	5.91	75.9	70.6				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Jerry Green (20-9)
28	1996-97	SEC	11	16	.407	4	12	.250	1.98	6.35	57.2	61.6						Kevin O'Neill (11-16)
29	1995-96	SEC	14	15	.483	6	10	.375	8.70	9.19	62.5	63.0						Kevin O'Neill (14-15)
30	1994-95	SEC	11	16	.407	4	12	.250	5.49	8.67	60.2	63.4						Kevin O'Neill (11-16)
31	1993-94	SEC	5	22	.185	2	14	.125	1.25	7.69	70.7	77.1						Wade Houston (5-22)
32	1992-93	SEC	13	17	.433	4	12	.250	7.81	8.75	78.7	79.6						Wade Houston (13-17)
33	1991-92	SEC	19	15	.559	8	8	.500	8.72	8.63	77.9	77.0						Wade Houston (19-15)
34	1990-91	SEC	12	22	.353	3	15	.167	5.59	8.37	79.1	82.0						Wade Houston (12-22)
35	1989-90	SEC	16	14	.533	10	8	.556	6.28	7.41	81.9	83.0						Wade Houston (16-14)
36	1988-89	SEC	19	11	.633	11	7	.611	9.21	5.41	84.0	80.2		16		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Don DeVoe (19-11)
37	1987-88	SEC	16	13	.552	9	9	.500	8.11	6.97	73.2	71.7						Don DeVoe (16-13)
38	1986-87	SEC	14	15	.483	7	11	.389	13.58	7.79	75.9	70.1						Don DeVoe (14-15)
39	1985-86	SEC	12	16	.429	5	13	.278	9.07	9.97	67.3	68.2						Don DeVoe (12-16)
40	1984-85	SEC	22	15	.595	8	10	.444	9.65	7.16	74.6	72.1						Don DeVoe (22-15)
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	SEC	21	14	.600	9	9	.500	9.17	6.50	65.7	62.9						Don DeVoe (21-14)
42	1982-83	SEC	20	12	.625	9	9	.500	12.29	9.13	69.5	65.7	13	8		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Don DeVoe (20-12)
43	1981-82	SEC	20	10	.667	13	5	.722	9.75	6.28	65.5	62.0		15		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Don DeVoe (20-10)
44	1980-81	SEC	21	8	.724	12	6	.667	15.27	9.44	71.4	64.5		8	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Don DeVoe (21-8)
45	1979-80	SEC	18	11	.621	12	6	.667	10.77	7.74	71.8	68.8		19		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Don DeVoe (18-11)
46	1978-79	SEC	21	12	.636	12	6	.667	11.50	6.15	78.2	72.8		20		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Don DeVoe (21-12)
47	1977-78	SEC	11	16	.407	6	12	.333	3.45	4.99	78.4	79.3						Cliff Wettig (11-16)
48	1976-77	SEC	22	6	.786	16	2	.889	15.00	8.03	85.7	78.7	16	7	15	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Ray Mears (22-6)
49	1975-76	SEC	21	6	.778	14	4	.778	12.91	6.33	82.1	75.1	9	7	13	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round		Ray Mears (21-6)
50	1974-75	SEC	18	8	.692	12	6	.667	14.77	3.73	86.6	75.5		15				Ray Mears (18-8)
51	1973-74	SEC	17	9	.654	12	6	.667	10.28	4.71	72.3	66.8						Ray Mears (17-9)
52	1972-73	SEC	15	9	.625	13	5	.722	6.16	4.16	70.1	68.1	14	14				Ray Mears (15-9)
53	1971-72	SEC	19	6	.760	14	4	.778	7.80	2.39	71.4	64.4		19				Ray Mears (19-6)
54	1970-71	SEC	21	7	.750	13	5	.722	10.53	2.83	76.4	68.1		8	17			Ray Mears (21-7)
55	1969-70	SEC	16	9	.640	10	8	.556	3.27	-0.25	67.8	64.3		6				Ray Mears (16-9)
56	1968-69	SEC	21	7	.750	13	5	.722	10.97	2.74	67.6	59.0	20	17				Ray Mears (21-7)
57	1967-68	SEC	20	6	.769	13	5	.722	14.78	4.70	69.6	59.5		4				Ray Mears (20-6)
58	1966-67	SEC	21	7	.750	15	3	.833	13.69	2.69	65.2	54.0		8	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal		Ray Mears (21-7)
59	1965-66	SEC	18	8	.692	10	6	.625	13.54	1.32	73.9	57.7						Ray Mears (18-8)
60	1964-65	SEC	20	5	.800	12	4	.750	15.69	0.21	72.3	55.6		8				Ray Mears (20-5)
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)
61	1963-64	SEC	16	8	.667	9	5	.643	7.14	0.75	65.4	58.3						Ray Mears (16-8)
62	1962-63	SEC	13	11	.542	6	8	.429	1.82	-0.63	65.8	63.4						Ray Mears (13-11)
63	1961-62	SEC	4	19	.174	2	12	.143	-6.49	4.12	70.5	81.1						John Sines (4-19)
64	1960-61	SEC	10	15	.400	4	10	.286	-3.29	-1.00	68.0	69.0						John Sines (10-15)
65	1959-60	SEC	12	11	.522	7	7	.500	-0.45	-2.63	70.6	68.4						John Sines (12-11)
66	1958-59	SEC	14	8	.636	8	6	.571	5.59	2.55	68.8	65.8		5				Emmett Lowery (14-8)
67	1957-58	SEC	16	7	.696	8	6	.571	5.75	-0.95	77.0	67.1		13				Emmett Lowery (16-7)
68	1956-57	SEC	13	9	.591	5	9	.357	3.45	0.97	80.8	77.0		12				Emmett Lowery (13-9)
69	1955-56	SEC	10	14	.417	6	8	.429	-10.27	-4.03	74.6	78.9						Emmett Lowery (10-14)
70	1954-55	SEC	15	7	.682	8	6	.571	3.21	-4.22	81.9	72.2		18				Emmett Lowery (15-7)
71	1953-54	SEC	11	12	.478	7	7	.500	-4.82	-1.25	71.7	74.7						Emmett Lowery (11-12)
72	1952-53	SEC	13	8	.619	7	6	.538	-4.71	-5.83	75.6	73.6						Emmett Lowery (13-8)
73	1951-52	SEC	13	9	.591	7	7	.500	-1.64	-0.29	65.6	65.6						Emmett Lowery (13-9)
74	1950-51	SEC	10	13	.435	5	9	.357	-8.38	-0.53	62.1							Emmett Lowery (10-13)
75	1949-50	SEC	15	11	.577	5	6	.455	-3.71	-1.37	61.3	61.3		17				Emmett Lowery (15-11)
76	1948-49	SEC	19	7	.731	8	3	.727			65.2	58.3						Emmett Lowery (19-7)
77	1947-48	SEC	20	5	.800	10	2	.833			60.6	52.0						Emmett Lowery (20-5)
78	1946-47	SEC	16	5	.762	10	3	.769										John Mauer (16-5)
79	1945-46	SEC	14	4	.778	8	3	.727										John Mauer (14-4)
80	1944-45	SEC	18	5	.783	8	2	.800										John Mauer (18-5)
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)
81	1942-43	SEC	14	4	.778	6	3	.667										John Mauer (14-4)
82	1941-42	SEC	19	3	.864	7	1	.875										John Mauer (19-3)
83	1940-41	SEC	17	5	.773	8	3	.727										John Mauer (17-5)
84	1939-40	SEC	14	7	.667	7	3	.700										John Mauer (14-7)
85	1938-39	SEC	14	7	.667	6	5	.545										John Mauer (14-7)
86	1937-38	SEC	15	8	.652	7	4	.636										Blair Gullion (15-8)
87	1936-37	SEC	17	5	.773	7	1	.875										Blair Gullion (17-5)
88	1935-36	SEC	15	6	.714	8	4	.667										Blair Gullion (15-6)
89	1934-35	SEC	11	5	.688	7	4	.636										W.H. Britton (11-5)
90	1933-34	SEC	10	7	.588	3	5	.375										W.H. Britton (10-7)
91	1932-33	SEC	9	11	.450	3	7	.300										W.H. Britton (9-11)
92	1931-32	Southern	8	7	.533	5	5	.500										W.H. Britton (8-7)
93	1930-31	Southern	11	10	.524	4	8	.333										W.H. Britton (11-10)
94	1929-30	Southern	13	4	.765	7	2	.778										W.H. Britton (13-4)
95	1928-29	Southern	11	5	.688	7	4	.636										W.H. Britton (11-5)
96	1927-28	Southern	0	12	.000	0	8	.000										W.H. Britton (0-12)
97	1926-27	Southern	7	12	.368	5	4	.556										W.H. Britton (7-12)
98	1925-26	Southern	9	8	.529	1	3	.250										Mark Banks (9-8)
99	1924-25	Southern	6	8	.429	1	5	.167										Mark Banks (6-8)
100	1923-24	Southern	10	8	.556	5	5	.500										Mark Banks (10-8)
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	Southern	15	2	.882	3	1	.750										Mark Banks (15-2)
102	1921-22	Southern	12	7	.632	1	3	.250										Mark Banks (12-7)
103	1920-21	Southern	8	7	.533													John Bender (8-7)
104	1919-20	Ind	11	3	.786													John Bender (11-3)
105	1918-19	Ind	2	6	.250													R.H. Fitzgerald (2-6)
106	1917-18	Ind	3	9	.250													R.H. Fitzgerald (3-9)
107	1916-17	Ind	10	5	.667													John Bender (10-5)
108	1915-16	Ind	12	0	1.000													Zora Clevenger (12-0)
109	1914-15	Ind	9	2	.818													Zora Clevenger (9-2)
110	1913-14	Ind	15	2	.882													Zora Clevenger (15-2)
111	1912-13	Ind	9	5	.643													Zora Clevenger (9-5)
112	1911-12	Ind	5	5	.500													Zora Clevenger (5-5)
113	1910-11	Ind	7	9	.438													Alex Stone (7-9)
114	1909-10	Ind	7	8	.467
115	1908-09	Ind	2	5	.286

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