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Men's Basketball History

 

Year-By-Year Records

Series Records

Coaching Records

Postseason History

 



     
     

Year-By-Year Records

(Since 1938)

Year Overall Win PCT Conference Place
1938-39 12-4 .750    
1939-40 16-6 .723    
1940-41 16-5 .762    
1941-42 3-16 .158    
1942-43 0-17 .000    
1943-44 No Basketball - WWII    
1944-45 No Basketball - WWII    
1945-46 6-14 .300    
1946-47 8-13 .381    
1947-48 17-14 .548    
1948-49 24-7 .774    
1949-50 19-8 .704 8-6 4th
1950-51 20-11 .645 10-4 2nd tie
1951-52 16-10 .615 7-5 3rd
1952-53 16-10 .615 8-4 2nd tie
1953-54 18-10 .643 8-4 2nd
1954-55 17-6 .739 10-2 1st tie
1955-56 25-6 .806 15-3 1st
1956-57 28-1 .966 12-0 1st
1957-58 21-6 .778 12-0 1st
1958-59 26-3 .897 12-0 1st
1959-60 18-9 .667 10-4 1st tie
1960-61 15-11 .577 7-7 3rd tie
1961-62 17-9 .654 8-2 1st
1962-63 18-10 .643 9-1 1st
1963-64 20-7 .741 10-0 1st
1964-65 13-12 .520 6-4 2nd
1965-66 20-7 .741 15-3 2nd
1966-67 19-9 .679 14-4 1st tie
1967-68 17-9 .654 14-4 2nd
1968-69 13-12 .520 12-6 2nd
1969-70 15-13 .536 10-2 2nd
1970-71 15-14 .517 10-2 1st
1971-72 15-11 .577 9-5 3rd tie
1972-73 10-16 .385 8-6 1st tie
1973-74 16-10 .615 11-3 1st
1974-75 14-12 .538 9-5 3rd tie
1975-76 10-16 .385 5-9 8th tie
1976-77 15-12 .556 10-4 2nd tie
1977-78 19-7 .731 12-2 1st tie
1978-79 19-9 .679 10-2 1st
1979-80 16-11 .593 10-2 1st
1980-81 14-12 .538 8-4 2nd
1981-82 14-13 .519 7-5 3rd
1982-83 12-14 .462 7-5 3rd tie
1983-84 19-9 .679 10-2 1st tie
1984-85 19-8 .704 8-2 1st tie
1985-86 17-10 .630 8-2 1st tie
1986-87 8-17 .320 5-5 4th
1987-88 16-11 .593 7-3 2nd tie
1988-89 11-16 .407 7-5 3rd tie
1989-90 16-11 .593 6-6 3rd tie
1990-91 11-16 .407 5-7 5th
1991-92 10-17 .370 4-8 6th
1992-93 7-20 .259 2-10 6th tie
1993-94 8-19 .296 2-10 7th
1994-95 14-13 .519 6-6 4th tie
1995-96  13-12 .520 8-6 3rd tie
1996-97 15-10 .600 10-6 4th
1997-98 17-9 .654 12-6 4th
1998-99 13-12 .520 12-6 2nd
1999-2000 12-12 .500 7-9 5th tie
2000-01 10-14 .417 6-10 6th tie
2001-02 14-11 .560 7-9 5th tie
2002-03 10-15 .400 7-9 6th tie
2003-04 6-19 .240 3-13 7th tie
2004-05 5-20 .200 3-13 8th tie
2005-06 5-20 .200 4-12 7th tie
2006-07 9-14 .391 6-10 6th tie
2007-08 11-13 .458 7-9 7th
2008-09 7-15 .318 4-12 7th tie
2009-10 9-14 .391 7-9 5th
Totals 994-809 .551 506-324
  

 

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Coaching Records

(Since 1938)

Coach Record Win PCT Years
Cliff Olson 44-15 .746 1938-41
Eugene Caddey 3-16 .158 1941-42
Baron Barofsky 0-17 .000 1942-43
Marv Harshman 235-116 .670 1945-58
Gene Lundgaard 281-174 .618 1958-75
Ed Anderson 119-94 .559 1976-83
Bruce Haroldson 250-247 .503 1984-2002
Dave Harshman 26-74 .260 2002-06
Steve Dickerson 36-56 .391 2006-Current
Totals 994-809 .551

 

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Postseason History

 

NAIA National Tournament
1951 Hastings 71, PLU 51
1956 PLU 79, South Dakota State 64
  Western Illinois 72, PLU 67
1957 PLU 76, Elon 61
  PLU 105, Stetson 83
  PLU 91 Texas Southern 72
  Tennessee State 71, PLU 70
  PLU 87, Eastern Illionois 85
--3rd Place
1958 PLU 76, Eastern New Mexico 63
  Georgetown 92, PLU 91 (OT)
1959 PLU 78, Western Montana 60
  PLU 68, Central Oklahoma 57
  PLU 97, Georgia Teachers 65
  PLU 80, Fort Hayes State 71
  Tennessee State 97, PLU 87
--National Runner-Up
1962 Savannah State 84, PLU 75
1963 Rockhurst 83, PLU 77
1964 PLU 109, Buena Vista 94
  Central Oklahoma 84, PLU 72

 

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Series Records

 (Since 1938)

Opponent Record Win PCT
Alaska Pacific 1-0 1.000
Alaska-Anchorage 2-2 .500
Alaska-Fairbanks 13-11 .542
Alaska-Juneau 1-0 1.000
Augsburg 3-4 .429
Bethany (Calif.) 1-0 1.000
Bethany (Kansas) 1-0 1.000
Bethel 1-0 1.000
British Columbia 30-5 .857
Buena Vista 1-1 .500
BYU-Hawaii 1-2 .333
Cabrini 1-0 1.000
California Baptist 1-0 1.000
California Christian 1-0 1.000
California Lutheran 2-2 .500
California Poly Pomona 1-0 1.000
California-Santa Cruz 4-0 1.000
California State-Chico 2-1 .667
California State-Dominguez Hills 0-1 .000
California State-East Bay 2-1 .667
California State-Los Angeles 0-1 .000
California State-Northridge 1-0 1.000
Carleton 1-0 1.000
Carroll 2-1 .667
Carthage 1-1 .500
Cascade 1-0 1.000
Catawba 1-0 1.000
Central Oklahoma 1-1 .500
Central State 1-0 1.000
Central Washington 52-84 .382
Chaminade 0-3 .000
Christian Heritage 1-0 1.000
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 1-0 1.000
College of Idaho 26-7 .788
Colorado 0-1 .000
Concordia (Calif.) 0-1 .000
Concordia (Minn.) 2-1 .667
Concordia (Ore.) 9-5 .643
Corban 3-2 .600
Dana 1-0 1.000
Dordt 1-0 1.000
Eastern Illinois 1-0 1.000
Eastern New Mexico 1-0 1.000
Eastern Washington 41-36 .532
Elon 1-0 1.000
Evergreen 2-8 .200
Fort Hayes State 1-0 1.000
George Fox 18-13 .581
Georgetown 0-1 .000
Georgia Teachers 1-0 1.000
Gonzaga 7-9 .438
Grace 0-1 .000
Grand Canyon 0-1 .000
Great Falls 0-1 .000
Gustavus Adolphus 0-1 .000
Hastings 0-1 .000
Hawaii 1-6 .143
Hawaii-Hilo 1-3 .250
Hawaii-Loa 1-0 1.000
Hawaii Pacific 1-2 .333
Humboldt State 6-0 1.000
Idaho State 1-0 1.000
Kansas 0-1 .000
La Verne 2-1 .667
Lewis & Clark 64-49 .566
Lewis-Clark State 4-6 .400
Linfield 66-53 .555
Luther 3-0 1.000
Macalester 1-0 1.000
Malaspina 2-0 1.000
Menlo 2-0 1.000
Mesa State 0-1 .000
Mexico (University of) 1-0 1.000
Midland Lutheran 2-0 1.000
Minnesota 0-1 .000
Mississippi 0-1 .000
Montana 2-3 .400
Montana State 4-11 .267
Montana State-Northern 1-0 1.000
Montana Tech 0-1 .000
North Dakota 1-2 .333
North Dakota State 0-1 .000
Northern Arizona 0-1 .000
Northwest 10-4 .714
Northwest Christian 1-2 .333
Northwest Nazarene 3-2 .600
Oregon 0-2 .000
Oregon Tech 2-3 .400
Pacific 79-30 .725
Patten 1-0 1.000
Point Loma Nazarene 1-3 .250
Portland 2-13 .133
Portland State 3-1 .750
Principia 1-0 1.000
Puget Sound 64-60 .516
Puget Sound Christian 2-0 1.000
Ramapo 1-1 .500
Redlands 1-0 1.000
Regis 0-1 .000
Ripon 0-1 .000
Rockhurst 0-1 .000
Rocky Mountain 0-1 .000
Saint Martin's 62-42 .596
Saint Mary's 1-0 1.000
St. Olaf 2-0 1.000
San Diego 0-1 .000
San Jose Christian 1-0 1.000
Savannah State 0-1 .000
Seattle 34-24 .586
Seattle Pacific 14-20 .412
Sheldon Jackson 1-0 1.000
Simon Fraser 18-16 .529
South Dakota State 1-0 1.000
Southern Oregon 4-2 .667
Stetson 1-0 1.000
Tennessee State 0-2 .000
Texas Southern 1-0 1.000
Thomas More 1-0 1.000
Trinity Western 5-0 1.000
Valparaiso 0-1 .000
Victoria 0-1 .000
Walla Walla 0-0 ---
Warner Pacific 0-1 .000
Wartburg 1-4 .250
Washington 1-2 .333
Washington & Jefferson 1-0 1.000
Washington State 0-5 .000
Western Illinois 0-1 .000
Western Montana 3-0 1.000
Western Oregon 0-2 .000
Western Washington 75-52 .591
Westmont 1-1 .500
Wheaton 0-1 .000
Whitman 69-31 .690
Whitworth 64-66 .492
Willamette 49-51 .490
William Jewell 0-1 .000
Wisconsin-Platteville 0-1 .000
Wisconsin-River Falls 0-1 .000
Wisconsin-Whitewater 0-1 .000
Wittenberg 0-0 ---
Totals 994-809 .551

 

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