LOUISIANA’S COLLEGE NATIONAL POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT TEAMS
Centenary
McNeese St.
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1952
F.H. "Buss" Delaney
17-17
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Murray St. 46-72 L
1957
Harold Mooty
16-9
NCAA Division II
First Round
0-1
East Tennessee St. 61-62 (OT) L
1958
Harold Mooty
14-12
NCAA Division II
Regional 4th Place
0-2
Southwest Missouri St. 69-74 L
Arkansas St. 70-83 L
1959
Orvis Sigler
14-14
NCAA Division II
Regional Finalist
1-1
Western Illinois 84-76 W
Southwest Missouri St. 62-65 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1965
Beryl Shipley
20-10
NAIA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Southern Colorado 66-59 W
Oklahoma Baptist 82-95 L
1967
Beryl Shipley
20-11
NAIA Division I
National Quarterfinalist
2-1
Findlay (Oh.) 110-73 W
Central Michigan 70-62 W
Oklahoma Baptist 65-66 L
1971
Beryl Shipley
25-4
NCAA Division II
Final Four
National 3rd Place
4-1
New Orleans 113-107 W
Tennessee St. 86-82 W
Assumption (Mass.) 110-99 W
Evansville 74-93 L
Kentucky Wesleyan 105-83 W
1972
Beryl Shipley
25-4
NCAA Division I
Regional 3rd Place
2-1
Marshall 112-101 W
Louisville 84-88 L
Texas 100-70 W
1973
Beryl Shipley
24-5
NCAA Division I
Regional 4th Place
1-2
Houston 102-89 W
Kansas St. 63-66 L
South Carolina 85-90 L
1980
Bobby Paschal
21-9
NIT
National Quarterfinalist
2-1
Alabama-Birmingham 74-72 W
Texas 77-76 W
Minnesota 73-94 L
1982
Bobby Paschal
24-8
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Tennessee 57-61 L
1983
Bobby Paschal
22-7
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Rutgers 53-60 L
1984
Bobby Paschal
23-10
NIT
Final Four
National 4th Place
3-2
Utah St. 94-92 W
Weber St. 74-72 (2 OT) W
Santa Clara 97-76 W
Notre Dame 59-65 L
Virginia Tech 70-71 L
1985
Bobby Paschal
17-14
NIT
Second Round
1-1
Florida 65-64 W
Tennessee 72-73 L
1992
Marty Fletcher
21-11
NCAA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Oklahoma 87-83 W
New Mexico St. 73-81 L
1994
Marty Fletcher
22-8
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Marquette 59-81 L
2000
Jessie Evans
25-9
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Tennessee 58-63 L
2002
Jessie Evans
20-11
NIT
Opening Round
0-1
Louisiana Tech 63-83 L
2003
Jessie Evans
20-10
NIT
First Round
0-1
Alabama-Birmingham 80-82 L
2004
Jessie Evans
20-9
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
North Carolina St. 52-61 L
2005
Robert Lee
20-11
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Louisville 62-68 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1970
Lenny Fant
20-9
NAIA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Linfield (Ore.) 78-72 W
Jackson St. (Miss.) 83-90 L
1979
Lenny Fant
23-6
NIT
First Round
0-1
Virginia 78-79 L
1982
Mike Vining
20-10
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Iowa 63-70 L
1986
Mike Vining
20-10
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
UNLV 51-74 L
1988
Mike Vining
21-9
NIT
First Round
0-1
Arkansas St. 59-70 L
1990
Mike Vining
22-8
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Purdue 63-75 L
1991
Mike Vining
25-8
NCAA Division I
First Round
1-1
Florida A&M 87-63 W (play-in)
Duke 73-102 L
1992
Mike Vining
19-10
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
USC 54-84 L
1993
Mike Vining
26-5
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Iowa 69-82 L
1996
Mike Vining
16-14
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Wake Forest 50-62 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
2005
Chad McDowell
27-9
NAIA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Cumberland (Ky.) 79-75 (2 OT) W
John Brown (Ark.) 56-61 L
2006
Chad McDowell
28-4
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) 90-104 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1942
Cecil Crowley
13-8
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Texas Tech 47-59 L
1946
Cecil Crowley
16-8
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Eastern Washington 44-66 L
1953
Cecil Crowley
17-10
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Hamline (Minn.) 80-89 L
1955
Cecil Crowley
20-10
NAIA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Coe (Iowa) 94-65 W
Steubenville (Oh.) 65-90 L
1967
Scotty Robertson
20-8
NCAA Division II
Regional Finalist
1-1
North Dakota 86-77 W
Illinois St. 66-89 L
1971
Scotty Robertson
23-5
NCAA Division II
Regional 3rd Place
1-1
Tennessee St. 91-92 (OT) L
New Orleans 107-88 W
1984
Andy Russo
26-7
NCAA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Fresno St. 66-56 W
Houston 69-77 L
1985
Andy Russo
29-3
NCAA Division I
Regional Semifinalist
2-1
Pittsburgh 78-54 W
Ohio St. 79-67 W
Oklahoma 84-86 (OT) L
1986
Tommy Joe Eagles
20-14
NIT
Final Four
National 3rd Place
4-1
Northern Arizona 67-61 W
McNeese St. 77-61 W
Providence 64-63 W
Ohio St. 66-79 L
Florida 67-62 W
1987
Tommy Joe Eagles
22-8
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
DePaul 62-76 L
1988
Tommy Joe Eagles
22-9
NIT
Second Round
1-1
Arkansas-Little Rock 66-56 W
Connecticut 59-65 L
1989
Tommy Joe Eagles
24-9
NCAA Division I
Second Round
1-1
LaSalle 83-74 W
Oklahoma 81-124 L
1990
Jerry Loyd
21-8
NIT
First Round
0-1
Vanderbilt 90-98 (OT) L
1991
Jerry Loyd
21-10
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Wake Forest 65-71 L
1992
Jerry Loyd
21-8
NIT
First Round
0-1
New Mexico 84-90 L
2002
Keith Richard
22-10
NIT
Second Round
2-1
UL-Lafayette 83-63 W
Vanderbilt 83-69 W
Villanova 64-67 L
2006
Keith Richard
20-13
NIT
First Round
0-1
Clemson 53-69 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1945
Jack Orsley
25-5
NAIA Division I
National Champion
4-0
Phillips (Ok.) 53-31 W
Canterbury (Ind.) 60-43 W
Southern Illinois 37-35 W
Pepperdine 49-36 W
1946
Jack Orsley
22-11
NAIA Division I
National 4th Place
3-2
Hastings (Neb.) 76-48 W
Arizona St.-Flagstaff 60-56 (OT) W
Drury (Mo.) 54-43 W
Southern Illinois 37-53 L
Pepperdine 55-82 L
1954
Jim McCafferty
15-9
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Notre Dame 70-80 L
1957
Jim McCafferty
14-12
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Oklahoma City 55-76 L
1958
Jim Harding
16-9
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Oklahoma St. 42-59 L
1995
Jerry Hernandez
15-13
NAIA Division II
First Round
0-1
Concordia (Neb.) 69-90 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1956
Ralph Ward
33-3
NAIA Division I
National Champion
5-0
Georgetown (Ky.) 88-65 W
Central St. (Oh.) 87-74 W
Tennessee A&I 76-68 W
Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 78-72 W
Texas Southern 60-55 W
1968
Ralph Ward
20-5
NCAA Division II
Regional 4th Place
0-2
Trinity (Tex.) 78-95 L
Jackson St. 71-75 L
1986
Glenn Duhon
21-11
NIT
Second Round
1-1
Dayton 86-75 W
Louisiana Tech 61-77 L
1989
Steve Welch
16-14
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Illinois 71-77 L
2001
Ron Everhart
22-9
NIT
First Round
0-1
UTEP 74-84 L
2002
George "Tic" Price
21-9
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Mississippi St. 58-70 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1971
Ron Greene
23-3
NCAA Division II
Regional 4th Place
0-2
UL-Lafayette 107-113 L
Louisiana Tech 88-107 L
1972
Ron Greene
16-10
NCAA Division II
Regional 3rd Place
2-1
Alabama St. 80-72 W
Tennessee St. 79-80 L
Transylvania (Ky.) 110-74 W
1974
Ron Greene
21-9
NCAA Division II
Final Four
National 4th Place
3-2
Southern 85-80 W
Fisk (Tenn.) 78-63 W
UC-Riverside 83-78 W
Southwest Missouri St. 63-68 L
Assumption (Mass.) 103-115 L
1975
Ron Greene
23-7
NCAA Division II
Final Four
National Finalist
4-1
West Georgia 90-89 W
Lincoln (Mo.) 84-83 W
UC-Riverside 73-59 W
Assumption (Mass.) 84-73 (OT) W
Old Dominion 74-76 L
1983
Don Smith
21-7
NIT
Second Round
1-1
LSU 99-94 W
Oregon St. 71-88 L
1987
Benny Dees
26-4
NCAA Division I
Second Round
1-1
BYU 83-79 W
Alabama 76-101 L
1988
Art Tolis
20-11
NIT
First Round
0-1
Colorado St. 54-63 L
1989
Tim Floyd
19-11
NIT
First Round
0-1
Wisconsin 61-63 L
1990
Tim Floyd
21-11
NIT
2-1
James Madison 78-74 W
Mississippi St. 65-60 W
Vanderbilt 65-88 L
1991
Tim Floyd
23-8
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Kansas 49-55 L
1993
Tim Floyd
26-4
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Xavier (Oh.) 55-73 L
1994
Tim Floyd
20-10
NIT
Second Round
1-1
Texas A&M 79-73 (OT) W
Vanderbilt 59-78 L
1996
George "Tic" Price
21-9
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
North Carolina 62-83 L
1997
George "Tic" Price
22-7
NIT
First Round
0-1
Pittsburgh 63-82 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1976
Don Landry
22-4
NCAA Division II
National Quarterfinalist
2-1
Lincoln (Mo.) 97-79 W
Grambling St. 90-89 W
UT-Chattanooga 78-107 L
1979
Don Landry
21-7
NCAA Division II
National Quarterfinalist
2-1
Southeast Missouri St. 89-74 W
Rollins (Fla.) 100-87 W
North Alabama 97-103 L
1980
Jerry Sanders
18-8
NCAA Division II
Regional Finalist
1-1
Jacksonville St. 78-76 W
North Alabama 68-77 L
1995
Rickey Broussard
24-6
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Virginia 72-96 L
1998
Rickey Broussard
19-10
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Arizona 60-99 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1950
Luther Marlar
13-11
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Puget Sound (Wa.) 68-70 (OT) L
1951
Luther Marlar
13-10
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Central Methodist (Mo.) 66-68 L
1954
Luther Marlar
22-10
NAIA Division I
National Quarterfinalist
2-1
Georgetown (Ky.) 77-76 W
Rio Grande (Oh.) 78-65 W
Western Illinois 79-84 (OT) W
1973
E.W. Foy
21-7
NCAA Division II
Regional Finalist
1-1
UT-Chattanooga 67-64 W
Tennessee St. 54-62 (OT) L
2005
Billy Kennedy
24-9
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Oklahoma St. 50-63 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1965
Richard Mack
25-5
NAIA Division I
National Quarterfinalist
2-1
Indiana Tech 94-77 W
Eastern Montana 97-86 W
Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 64-65 L
1974
Carl Stewart
17-13
NCAA Division II
Regional 4th Place
0-2
New Orleans 80-85 L
Tennessee St. 88-98 L
1975
Carl Stewart
19-8
NCAA Division II
Regional 3rd Place
1-1
Lincoln (Mo.) 87-93 L
West Georgia 103-98 W
1977
Carl Stewart
19-11
NCAA Division II
Regional 4th Place
0-2
North Alabama 88-105 L
Lincoln (Mo.) 87-103 L
1981
Carl Stewart
17-11
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Wichita St. 70-95 L
1985
Bob Hopkins
19-11
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
St. John's 59-83 L
1987
Ben Jobe
19-12
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Temple 56-75 L
1988
Ben Jobe
24-7
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Kentucky 84-99 L
1989
Ben Jobe
20-11
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
North Carolina 79-93 L
1990
Ben Jobe
25-6
NIT
First Round
0-1
Fordham 80-106 L
1993
Ben Jobe
21-10
NCAA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Georgia Tech 93-78 W
George Washington 80-90 L
2006
Rob Spivery
19-13
NCAA Division I
First Round
0-1
Duke 54-70 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1982
Ned Fowler
19-8
NIT
National Quarterfinalist
2-1
LSU 83-72 W
UNLV 56-51 W
Bradley 61-77 L
1983
Ned Fowler
19-12
NIT
First Round
0-1
Nebraska 65-72 L
1992
Perry Clark
22-9
NCAA Division I
Second Round
1-1
St. John's 61-57 W
Oklahoma St. 71-87 L
1993
Perry Clark
22-9
NCAA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Kansas St. 55-53 W
Florida St. 63-94 L
1994
Perry Clark
18-11
NIT
Second Round
1-1
Evansville 76-63 W
Siena 79-89 L
1995
Perry Clark
23-10
NCAA Division I
Second Round
1-1
BYU 76-70 W
Kentucky 60-82 L
1996
Perry Clark
22-10
NIT
Final Four
National 3rd Place
4-1
Auburn 87-73 (OT) W
Minnesota 84-65 W
Illinois St. 83-72 W
Nebraska 78-90 L
Alabama 87-76 W
1997
Perry Clark
20-11
NIT
First Round
0-1
Oklahoma St. 72-79 L
2000
Perry Clark
20-11
NIT
First Round
0-1
North Carolina St. 60-64 L
Year
Head Coach
Final
Record
Tournament
Tournament
Record
Tournament Games
1972
Bob Hopkins
22-5
NAIA Division I
Second Round
1-1
Maryland-Eastern Shore 102-80 W
Westmont (Ca.) 59-71 L
1973
Bob Hopkins
21-6
NAIA Division I
National Quarterfinalist
2-1
Marist (N.Y.) 81-65 W
Sam Houston St. (Tex.) 67-60 W
Maryland-Eastern Shore 80-87 L
1981
Denny Alexander
21-8
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Oregon College 66-98 L
1982
Denny Alexander
29-2
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
St. Mary’s (Tex.) 57-73 L
1991
Dale Valdery
21-12
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Minnesota-Duluth 68-76 L
1996
Dale Valdery
22-11
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Life (Ga.) 72-79 L
2001
Dale Valdery
23-5
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Oklahoma City 69-91 L
2004
Dannton Jackson
23-8
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Oklahoma Baptist 67-75 L
2005
Dannton Jackson
24-10
NAIA Division I
First Round
0-1
Robert Morris (Ill.) 79-81 L