UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball

UC Irvine Anteaters
UC Irvine Anteaters
	2019–20 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
University	University of California, Irvine
First season	1965–66
Head coach	Russell Turner (10th season)
Conference	Big West
Location	Irvine, California
Arena	Bren Events Center ; (Capacity: 4,984)
Nickname	Anteaters
Colors	Blue and Gold[1];
Uniforms
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	2019
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	2015, 2019
Conference Tournament Champions
	2015, 2019
Conference Regular Season Champions
	2001, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020

The UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents the University of California, Irvine. The team currently competes in the Big West Conference, NCAA Division I.

UC Irvine basketball is in its ninth year under current head coach Russell Turner.[2] Turner was an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors, before accepting the head coaching role at UCI in 2010. The Anteaters' main rivals are the 49ers of Long Beach State.[3] Program alumni include Washington Wizards head coach Scott Brooks and Cleveland Browns tight end Darren Fells.

Head coach history

Season-by-season records

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Danny Rogers (NCAA Division II Independent) (1965–1967)
1965–66	Danny Rogers	15–11	—	—	—
1966–67	Danny Rogers	15–11	—	—	—
Danny Rogers:		30–22 (.577)
Dick Davis (NCAA Division II Independent) (1967–1969)
1967–68	Dick Davis	20–8	—	—	NCAA Regional Finals
1968–69	Dick Davis	19–9	—	—	NCAA Regional 3rd Place
Dick Davis:		39–17 (.696)
Tim Tift (NCAA Division II Independent) (1969–1977)
1969–70	Tim Tift	17–9	—	—	—
1970–71	Tim Tift	16–10	—	—	—
1971–72	Tim Tift	16–12	—	—	NCAA Regional 3rd Place
1972–73	Tim Tift	15–13	—	—	—
1973–74	Tim Tift	14–12	—	—	—
1974–75	Tim Tift	16–11 [note 1][4]	—	—	NCAA Regional 3rd Place
1975–76	Tim Tift	14–12	—	—	—
1976–77	Tim Tift	10–17	—	—	—
Tim Tift (Division 2):		118–96 (.551)
Tim Tift (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1977–1980)
1977–78	Tim Tift	8–17	2–12	8th	—
1978–79	Tim Tift	9–17	3–11	8th	PCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1979–80	Tim Tift	9–18	1–13	8th	PCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
Tim Tift (Division I):		26–52 (.333)	6–24 (.200)
Tim Tift:		144–147 (.494)	6–24 (.200)
Bill Mulligan (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1980–1991)
1980–81	Bill Mulligan	17–10	9–5	3rd	PCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1981–82	Bill Mulligan	23–7	10–4	2nd	PCAA Tournament Semifinals NIT 2nd Round
1982–83	Bill Mulligan	16–12	8–8	5th	PCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1983–84	Bill Mulligan	19–10	14–4	2nd	PCAA Tournament Semifinals
1984–85	Bill Mulligan	13–17	8–10	6th	PCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1985–86	Bill Mulligan	17–13	12–6	3rd	PCAA Tournament Quarterfinals NIT 2nd Round
1986–87	Bill Mulligan	14–14	9–9	4th (tie)	PCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1987–88	Bill Mulligan	16–14	9–9	5th	PCAA Tournament Finals
1988–89	Bill Mulligan	12–17	8–10	8th	Big West Tournament Quarterfinals
1989–90	Bill Mulligan	5–23	3–15	10th	Big West Tournament 1st Round
1990–91	Bill Mulligan	11–19	6–12	9th	—
Bill Mulligan:		163–156 (.511)	96–92 (.511)
Rod Baker (Big West Conference) (1991–1997)
1991–92	Rod Baker	7–22	3–15	9th	Big West Tournament Semifinals
1992–93	Rod Baker	6–21	4–14	8th	Big West Tournament Quarterfinals
1993–94	Rod Baker	10–20	4–14	10th	Big West Tournament Finals
1994–95	Rod Baker	13–16	6–12	8th	Big West Tournament Semifinals
1995–96	Rod Baker	15–12	11–7	2nd	Big West Tournament Semifinals
1996–97	Rod Baker	1–25	1–15	9th	—
Rod Baker:		52–116 (.310)	29–77 (.274)
Pat Douglass (Big West Conference) (1997–2010)
1997–98	Pat Douglass	9–18	6–10	3rd (west)	Big West Tournament Quarterfinals
1998–99	Pat Douglass	6–20	2–14	6th (west)	—
1999–00	Pat Douglass	14–14	7–9	3rd (west)	Big West Tournament Quarterfinals
2000–01	Pat Douglass	25–5	15–1	1st	Big West Tournament Semifinals NIT 1st Round
2001–02	Pat Douglass	21–11	13–5	1st (tie)	Big West Tournament Semifinals NIT 1st Round
2002–03	Pat Douglass	20–9	13–5	2nd (tie)	Big West Tournament Semifinals
2003–04	Pat Douglass	11–17	6–12	8th (tie)	—
2004–05	Pat Douglass	16–13	8–10	5th	Big West Tournament Quarterfinals
2005–06	Pat Douglass	16–13	10–4	2nd	Big West Tournament Semifinals
2006–07	Pat Douglass	15–18	6–8	5th	Big West Tournament Semifinals
2007–08	Pat Douglass	18–16	9–7	5th	Big West Tournament Finals
2008–09	Pat Douglass	12–19	8–8	4th (3-way tie)	Big West Tournament 1st Round
2009–10	Pat Douglass	14–18	6–10	7th (tie)	Big West Tournament 1st Round
Pat Douglass:		197–191 (.508)	109–103 (.514)
Russell Turner (Big West Conference) (2010–present)
2010–11	Russell Turner	13–19	6–10	7th (tie)	Big West Tournament Quarterfinals
2011–12	Russell Turner	12–20	6–10	6th (tie)	Big West Tournament Semifinals
2012–13	Russell Turner	21–16	11–7	4th	Big West Tournament Finals CIT 2nd Round
2013–14	Russell Turner	23–12	13–3	1st	Big West Tournament Semifinals NIT 1st Round
2014–15	Russell Turner	21–13	11–5	2nd (tie)	Big West Tournament Champions NCAA Round of 64
2015–16	Russell Turner	28–10	13–3	1st (tie)	Big West Tournament Semifinals CIT Runners Up
2016–17	Russell Turner	21–15	12–4	1st	Big West Tournament Finals NIT 1st Round
2017–18	Russell Turner	18–17	11–5	2nd (tie)	Big West Tournament Finals
2018–19	Russell Turner	31–6	15–1	1st	Big West Tournament Champions NCAA Round of 32
2019–20	Russell Turner	21–11	13–3	1st
Russell Turner:		209–139 (.601)	111–51 (.685)
Total:		835–788 (.515)
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

Postseason results

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Anteaters have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament two times. Their combined record is 1–2.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2015	#13	First Round	#4 Louisville	L 55–57
2019	#13	First Round Second Round	#4 Kansas State #12 Oregon	W 70–64 L 54–73

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Anteaters have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament four times. Their combined record is 2–6.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1968	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	San Diego State UNLV	W 78–69 L 74–79
1969	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	San Francisco State UC Davis	L 55–81 W 82–70
1972	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Southern Colorado UC Riverside	L 58–77 L 75–94
1975	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Puget Sound UC Davis	L 74–76 ^OT L 70–84

NIT results

The Anteaters have appeared in six National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 2–6.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	First Round Second Round	San Diego State Oklahoma	W 70–69 L 77–80
1986	First Round Second Round	UCLA BYU	W 80–74 L 80–93
2001	First Round	Tulsa	L 71–75
2002	First Round	BYU	L 55–78
2014	First Round	SMU	L 54–68
2017	First Round	Illinois State	L 71–85

CIT results

The Anteaters have appeared in two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournaments (CIT). Their combined record is 4–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2013	First Round Second Round	High Point Oral Roberts	W 80–71 L 62–76
2016	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game	North Dakota Louisiana–Lafayette Coastal Carolina Columbia	W 89–86^OT W 67–66 W 66–47 L 67–73

Honors and awards

Retired numbers

The Anteaters retired their first number in program history in 1995, honoring number 44 for All-American Kevin Magee. He was joined by Scott Brooks when his number 12 was retired on November 30, 2019.[5]

No.	Player	Year retired
UC Irvine Anteaters retired numbers
12	Scott Brooks	2019
44	Kevin Magee	1995

Notes

Does not include victory over Simon Fraser which is not recognized by NCAA

References

UCI Art Sheet (PDF). May 1, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/turner-656080-job-anteaters.html
"Black and Blue Rivalry Series". ucirvinesports.com. UC Irvine Athletics.
"UC Irvine Men's Basketball Won/Loss". ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
"UC Irvine retires Scott Brooks' number". UC Irvine Anteaters. October 21, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

External links

Official website

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[4] Does not include victory over Simon Fraser which is not recognized by NCAA

[1] UCI Art Sheet (PDF). May 1, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.

[2] ttp://www.ocregister.com/articles/turner-656080-job-anteaters.html

[3] "Black and Blue Rivalry Series". ucirvinesports.com. UC Irvine Athletics.

[recruits-5] "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Won/Loss". ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[6] "UC Irvine retires Scott Brooks' number". UC Irvine Anteaters. October 21, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
Venues	Crawford Hall (1965–1987) Bren Events Center (1987–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

University of California, Irvine
Overview	Academics Athletics Campus People
Academics	Claire Trevor School of the Arts Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences Paul Merage School of Business School of Education Henry Samueli School of Engineering School of Humanities Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences School of Law School of Medicine School of Physical Sciences School of Social Ecology School of Social Sciences
Research	Beckman Laser Institute Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve Calit2 Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Institute of Transportation Studies Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center Thesaurus Linguae Graecae UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling UC Humanities Research Institute
Student life	Activities and traditions KUCI Muslim Student Union
Athletics	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer Men's volleyball
Campus	Anteater Ballpark Anteater Recreation Center Anteater Stadium Arboretum Bren Events Center Crawford Hall UCI Medical Center off campus New Swan Theater seasonal Student housing Middle Earth University Hills

Big West Conference men's basketball
Teams	Cal Poly Mustangs Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Northridge Matadors Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Long Beach State Beach UC Davis Aggies UC Irvine Anteaters UC Riverside Highlanders UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Future teams	Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners UC San Diego Tritons (both joining in 2020)
Championships & awards	Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20