List of Xavier Musketeers men's basketball seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Xavier Musketeers men's college basketball team. [1]

Seasons

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Harry Gilligan (Independent)(1919–1920)
1919–20Harry Gilligan 0–1
Harry Gilligan:0–1 (.000)
Joe Meyer (Independent)(1920–1933)
1920–21Joe Meyer 1–2
1921–22Joe Meyer 2–4
1922–23Joe Meyer 2–0
1923–24Joe Meyer 12–4
1924–25Joe Meyer 6–7
1925–26Joe Meyer 10–8
1926–27Joe Meyer 11–3
1927–28Joe Meyer 8–1
1928–29Joe Meyer 9–6
1929–30Joe Meyer 8–8
1930–31Joe Meyer 10–3
1931–32Joe Meyer 10–3
1932–33Joe Meyer 5–3
Joe Meyer:94–52 (.644)
Clem Crowe (Independent)(1933–1943)
1933–34Clem Crowe 9–1
1934–35Clem Crowe 14–4
1935–36Clem Crowe 8–7
1936–37Clem Crowe 7–7
1937–38Clem Crowe 10–9
1938–39Clem Crowe 13–7
1939–40Clem Crowe 6–17
1940–41Clem Crowe 13–9
1941–42Clem Crowe 10–8
1942–43Clem Crowe 6–10
Clem Crowe:96–76 (.558)
1943–44No team
1944–45No team
Ed Burns (Independent)(1945–1946)
1945–46Ed Burns 3–16
Ed Burns:3–16 (.158)
Lew Hirt (Independent)(1946–1951)
1946–47Lew Hirt 8–17
1947–48Lew Hirt 24–8
1948–49Lew Hirt 16–10
1949–50Lew Hirt 12–16
1950–51Lew Hirt 16–10
Lew Hirt:76–61 (.555)
Ned Wulk (Independent)(1952–1957)
1951–52Ned Wulk 16–10
1952–53Ned Wulk 161–12
1953–54Ned Wulk 18–12
1954–55Ned Wulk 13–13
1955–56Ned Wulk 17–11
1956–57Ned Wulk 20–8
Ned Wulk:89–70 (.560)
James McCafferty (Independent)(1957–1963)
1957–58James McCafferty 19–11 NIT Champion
1958–59James McCafferty 12–13
1959–60James McCafferty 17–9
1960–61James McCafferty 17–10 NCAA University Division first round
1961–62James McCafferty 14–12
1962–63James McCafferty 12–16
James McCafferty:91–71 (.562)
Don Ruberg (Independent)(1963–1967)
1963–64Don Ruberg 16–10
1964–65Don Ruberg 10–15
1965–66Don Ruberg 13–13
1966–67Don Ruberg 13–13
Don Ruberg:52–51 (.505)
George Krajack (Independent)(1967–1971)
1967–68George Krajack 10–16
1968–69George Krajack 10–16
1969–70George Krajack 5–20
1970–71George Krajack 9–17
George Krajack:34–69 (.330)
Dick Campbell (Independent)(1971–1973)
1971–72Dick Campbell 12–14
1972–73Dick Campbell 3–23
Dick Campbell:15–37 (.288)
Tay Baker (Independent)(1973–1979)
1973–74Tay Baker 8–18
1974–75Tay Baker 11–15
1975–76Tay Baker 14–12
1976–77Tay Baker 10–17
1977–78Tay Baker 13–18
1978–79Tay Baker 14–13
Tay Baker:70–89 (.440)
Bob Staak (Midwestern City Conference)(1979–1985)
1979–80Bob Staak 8–180–56th
1980–81Bob Staak 12–168–31st
1981–82Bob Staak 8–201–117th
1982–83Bob Staak 22–810–4T–2nd NCAA Opening Round
1983–84Bob Staak 22–119–53rd NIT quarterfinal
1984–85Bob Staak 16–137–75th
Bob Staak:88–86 (.506)35–35 (.500)
Pete Gillen (Midwestern Collegiate Conference)(1985–1994)
1985–86Pete Gillen 25–510–21st NCAA first round
1986–87Pete Gillen 19–137–5T–3rd NCAA second round
1987–88Pete Gillen 26–49–11st NCAA first round
1988–89Pete Gillen 21–127–53rd NCAA first round
1989–90Pete Gillen 28–512–21st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1990–91Pete Gillen 22–1011–31st NCAA second round
1991–92Pete Gillen 15–127–3T–2nd
1992–93Pete Gillen 24–612–2T–1st NCAA second round
1993–94Pete Gillen 22–88–21st NIT quarterfinal
Pete Gillen:202–75 (.729)83–25 (.769)
Skip Prosser (Midwestern Collegiate Conference)(1994–1995)
1994–95Skip Prosser 23–514–01st NCAA first round
Skip Prosser (Atlantic 10 Conference)(1995–2001)
1995–96Skip Prosser 13–158–83rd (West)
1996–97Skip Prosser 23–613–31st (West) NCAA second round
1997–98Skip Prosser 22–811–5T–1st (West) NCAA first round
1998–99Skip Prosser 25–1112–42nd (West) NIT Third Place
1999–00Skip Prosser 21–129–7T–2nd (West) NIT second round
2000–01Skip Prosser 26–614–01st (West) NCAA first round
Skip Prosser:148–65 (.695)81–27 (.750)
Thad Matta (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2001–2004)
2001–02Thad Matta 26–614–21st (West) NCAA second round
2002–03Thad Matta 26–615–11st (West) NCAA second round
2003–04Thad Matta 26–1110–63rd (West) NCAA Elite Eight
Thad Matta:78–23 (.772)39–9 (.976)
Sean Miller (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2004–2009)
2004–05Sean Miller 17–1210–6T–2nd (West)
2005–06Sean Miller 21–118–8T–7th NCAA first round
2006–07Sean Miller 25–913–3T–1st NCAA second round
2007–08Sean Miller 30–714–21st NCAA Elite Eight
2008–09Sean Miller 27–812–41st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Sean Miller:120–47 (.719)57–23 (.713)
Chris Mack (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2009–2013)
2009–10 Chris Mack 26–914–2T–1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2010–11 Chris Mack 24–815–11st NCAA first round
2011–12 Chris Mack 21–1210–6T–3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2012–13 Chris Mack 17–149–76th
Chris Mack (Big East)(2013–2018)
2013–14 Chris Mack 21–1210–83rd NCAA First Four
2014–15 Chris Mack 23–149–96th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2015–16 Chris Mack 28–614–42nd NCAA second round
2016–17 Chris Mack 24–149–97th NCAA Elite Eight
2017–18 Chris Mack 29–615–31st NCAA second round
Chris Mack:215–97 (.689)105–49 (.682)
Travis Steele (Big East)(2018–2022)
2018–19 Travis Steele 19–169–94th NIT second round
2019–20 Travis Steele 19–138–106thNo postseason due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Travis Steele 13–86–77th
2021–22 Travis Steele
Jonas Hayes 		23–13 [Note A] 8–117th NIT Champion
Travis Steele:70–50 (.583)31–37 (.456)
Sean Miller [Note B] (Big East)(2022–present)
2022–23 Sean Miller 27–1015–52nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2023–24 Sean Miller 16–189–11T–8th NIT First Round
Sean Miller:163–75 (.685)81–46 (.638)
Total:1,587–1,067 (.598)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

^A. Travis Steele was fired after 32 games in the 2021–22 season, posting a 19–13 record. Jonas Hayes coached the remaining four games, finishing 4–0.
^B. After leaving Xavier to coach Arizona in 2009, Sean Miller was fired by Arizona in 2021 and rehired by Xavier in 2022.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Xavier Musketeers Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.

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