I didnt count the first two rebuilding years. There are a whole lot of early exits from the Big BB tourney; a few really good Feb-March records but mostly the end of the year has been about 50-50 with a few crashes. I am not the only person who has mentioned this over the years but some people do not believe it. Yes the Big 10 is tough and I am super glad they got the tourney Champ last year as it was great to watch. I would also love to see a regular season Big championship as it has been a very long time and I remember when they had a bunch of them of course back in the day.
Year Record Comments
2010-11 and 2011-12 rebuilding
2012-13 25-13 2nd round Big tourney loss; Good late season run to the NIT champ game
2013-14 20-13 Started 10-1; 10-12 the last 22 games, lost to jNW in first round of Big tourney after beating the Cats by 26 2 months earlier; Finished the season 4-9 from last game in January;
2014-15 22-12 Started 11-4; finished 11-8; another first round early Big tourney exit with loss to PSU; did get the first NCAA tourney win
2015-16 22-11 started 9-3; finished 12-8; another 1st round Big Tourney loss; did get 1 Ncaa win
2016-17 20-15 9-5 non-conf with a loss to Omaha in Iowa City the low point; 11-10 the rest of the way; another 1st round loss in Big Tourney; 1-1 NIT
2017-18 14-19 5 exhibition wins then 10-3 non-conf; losing Big 10 record and no post season/post Big tourney
2018-19 23-12 11-0 perfect pre-season then 12-12 the rest of the way; 1-1 Big tourney record; did get an NCAA win
2019-20 20-11 9-2 Non conf record with a coupl good wins; 11-9 big ten record; no tourney
2020-21 22-9 Decent late season finish in Big 10 and one Big tourney win
Year Record Comments
2010-11 and 2011-12 rebuilding
2012-13 25-13 2nd round Big tourney loss; Good late season run to the NIT champ game
2013-14 20-13 Started 10-1; 10-12 the last 22 games, lost to jNW in first round of Big tourney after beating the Cats by 26 2 months earlier; Finished the season 4-9 from last game in January;
2014-15 22-12 Started 11-4; finished 11-8; another first round early Big tourney exit with loss to PSU; did get the first NCAA tourney win
2015-16 22-11 started 9-3; finished 12-8; another 1st round Big Tourney loss; did get 1 Ncaa win
2016-17 20-15 9-5 non-conf with a loss to Omaha in Iowa City the low point; 11-10 the rest of the way; another 1st round loss in Big Tourney; 1-1 NIT
2017-18 14-19 5 exhibition wins then 10-3 non-conf; losing Big 10 record and no post season/post Big tourney
2018-19 23-12 11-0 perfect pre-season then 12-12 the rest of the way; 1-1 Big tourney record; did get an NCAA win
2019-20 20-11 9-2 Non conf record with a coupl good wins; 11-9 big ten record; no tourney
2020-21 22-9 Decent late season finish in Big 10 and one Big tourney win