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| School Name: | Kentucky Wesleyan College |
| Location: | Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Arena: | Owensboro Sportscenter |
| Capacity: | 5,002 |
| Conference: | G-MAC |
| Head coach: | Todd Lee |
The Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers men's basketball team represents Kentucky Wesleyan College, a private college of less than 1000 students located in Owensboro, Kentucky. The Panthers, a member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), have won eight NCAA Division II championships, most recently in 2001 and dating back to 1966.
Conference play[]
Kentucky Wesleyan, currently a member of the G-MAC, has often represented both its current league and its prior home of the Great Lakes Valley Conference in the NCAA Division II men's Elite Eight. After coming off probation,[citation needed] the Panthers finished 13–14 in the 2007 season.[citation needed] The past seasonTemplate:When saw the Panthers return closer to their old status as powerhouse, attaining a record of 24–8 and making the NCAA tournament for a record 34th time. Star center Jeff Fahnbuelleh was named GLVC Player of the Year and Coach Todd Lee was named Coach of the Year.[citation needed]
Joel Utley has been the "voice of the Panthers" for 48 seasons (including all eight championships), and calls all the Wesleyan basketball games on local Owensboro radio station WBIO.[citation needed]
Division II Championship appearances[]
The Panthers advanced to the Division II championship game six consecutive years (1998–2003), winning in 1999 and 2001; the team later forfeited its 2003 runner-up status after it was revealed they had let two ineligible transfer players play.[1]
In addition, they won six other championships (1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, and 1990) and were runners-up in 1957. Overall, Kentucky Wesleyan has won eight NCAA Division II National Men's Basketball Championships, which is the most by any NCAA Division II School.[citation needed]
Records[]
| Year | Coach | W | L | T | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Todd Lee | 19 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | Todd Lee | 24 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2006-07 | Todd Lee | 13 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2005-06 | Todd Lee | 7 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | Ray Harper | 2 | 3 | 0 | Vacated 20 wins & 5 losses |
| 2000-01 | Ray Harper | 31 | 3 | 0 | Division II Champions |
| 1999-00 | Ray Harper | 31 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | Ray Harper | 35 | 2 | 0 | Division II Champions |
| 1997-98 | Ray Harper | 30 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1996-97 | Ray Harper | 21 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1995-96 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 17 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1994-95 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 23 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1993-94 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 23 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1992-93 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1991-92 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 23 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1990-91 | Wayne Boultinghouse | 22 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1989-90 | Wayne Chapman | 31 | 2 | 0 | Division II Champions |
| 1988-89 | Wayne Chapman | 24 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1987-88 | Wayne Chapman | 23 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1986-87 | Wayne Chapman | 28 | 5 | 0 | Division II Champions |
| 1985-86 | Wayne Chapman | 22 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1984-85 | Mike Pollio | 24 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1983-84 | Mike Pollio | 28 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1982-83 | Mike Pollio | 22 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1981-82 | Mike Pollio | 27 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1980-81 | Mike Pollio | 16 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1979-80 | Bob Jones | 12 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1978-79 | Bob Jones | 12 | 14 | 0 | |
| 1977-78 | Bob Jones | 14 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1976-77 | Bob Jones | 11 | 14 | 0 | Does not incl 1 forfeit win |
| 1975-76 | Bob Jones | 14 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1974-75 | Bob Jones | 12 | 13 | 0 | |
| 1973-74 | Bob Jones | 20 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1972-73 | Bob Jones | 24 | 6 | 0 | Division II Champions |
| 1971-72 | Bob Daniels | 17 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1970-71 | Bob Daniels | 22 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1969-70 | Bob Daniels | 18 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1968-69 | Bob Daniels | 25 | 5 | 0 | Division II Champtions |
| 1967-68 | Bob Daniels | 28 | 3 | 0 | Division II Champions |
| 1966-67 | Guy R. Strong | 25 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1965-66 | Guy R. Strong | 24 | 6 | 0 | Division II Champions |
| 1964-65 | Guy R. Strong | 9 | 12 | 0 | Does not inc win v. Ft. Knox |
| 1963-64 | Guy R. Strong | 15 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1962-63 | T.L. Plain | 9 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1961-62 | T.L. Plain | 21 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1960-61 | T.L. Plain | 15 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1959-60 | T.L. Plain | 18 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1958-59 | Robert R. Wilson | 14 | 11 | 0 | Dropped Division I |
| 1957-58 | Robert R. Wilson | 14 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1956-57 | Robert R. Wilson | 16 | 12 | 0 | Joined Division I |
| 1955-56 | Robert R. Wilson | 18 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1954-55 | Robert R. Wilson | 14 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1953-54 | Robert R. Wilson | 17 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1952-53 | Robert R. Wilson | 12 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1951-52 | Robert R. Wilson | 16 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1950-51 | Robert R. Wilson | 16 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1949-50 | Robert R. Wilson | 13 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1948-49 | Robert R. Wilson | 13 | 14 | 0 | |
| 1947-48 | Robert R. Wilson | 13 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1946-47 | Robert R. Wilson | 11 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1945-46 | Robert R. Wilson | 8 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1942-43 | Robert R. Wilson | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1941-42 | Arthur Gullette | 10 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1940-41 | George Ditto | 9 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1939-40 | George Ditto | 3 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1938-39 | George Ditto | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1937-38 | George Ditto | 9 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1936-37 | George Ditto | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1935-36 | George Ditto | 8 | 13 | 0 | |
| 1934-35 | George Ditto | 9 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1933-34 | George Ditto | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1932-33 | George Ditto | 8 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1931-32 | Walter "Rip" Van Winkle | 6 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1930-31 | Walter "Rip" Van Winkle | 12 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1929-30 | Walter "Rip" Van Winkle | 17 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1928-29 | Walter "Rip" Van Winkle | 14 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1927-28 | E.R. Miller | 6 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1926-27 | C.A. Webb | 9 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1925-26 | C.A. Webb | 17 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1924-25 | C.A. Webb | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1923-24 | L.G. Mansfield | 10 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1922-23 | Basil Hayden | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1921-22 | Jesse Sibley | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1920-21 | Jesse Sibley | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1919-20 | William E. Arnold | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1918-19 | Unknown | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1917-18 | Unknown | 6 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1916-17 | John Cobb | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1915-16 | Unknown | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1914-15 | Unknown | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1913-14 | Unknown | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1910-11 | Unknown | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1909-10 | V.I. Moore | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1908-09 | V.I. Moore | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1907-08 | V.I. Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Notable players[]
Three Kentucky Wesleyan basketball players played in the American Basketball Association:[citation needed] George Tinsley, Sam Smith, and Dallas Thornton. One Kentucky Wesleyan basketball player has played in the National Basketball Association: Corey Crowder. Crowder played two seasons in the NBA for the Utah Jazz (1991–1992) and the San Antonio Spurs (1994–1995) and later played 14 seasons in Italy, Spain, France and Israel. He was a key member of the 1990 NCAA Division II National Championship team. Crowder was a three time All-American performer, newcomer of the year in the GLVC and two-time GLVC "Player of the Year" and the 1991 NABC "Player of The Year" in Division II, which helped get him elected to the Great Lakes Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 2002.
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References[]
- ↑ "COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Kentucky Wesleyan Forfeits an Honor". The New York Times. August 7, 2003. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/07/sports/plus-college-basketball-kentucky-wesleyan-forfeits-an-honor.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26.