Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball

Bowling Green Falcons
Bowling Green Falcons
	2016–17 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team
University	Bowling Green State University
Head coach	Michael Huger (2nd season)
Conference	Mid-American Conference; East Division Division
Arena	Stroh Center ; (capacity: 4,700)
Nickname	Falcons
Colors	Brown and orange;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1963
NCAA tournament appearances
	1959, 1962, 1963, 1968
Conference regular season champions
	1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1981, 1983, 1997, 2000, 2009

The Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team is the basketball team that represent Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. The school's team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 1968. The Falcons are now coached by Michael Huger, their 17th head coach.

Coaching history

Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct.	Conf. Record	Pct.	Conf. Titles (Reg. Season)	Conf. Titles (Tournament)	NCAA Tournament Appearances
F. G. Beyerman	1915–1921	6	24–38	.387	NA	NA	NA	NA	0
Earl Krieger	1921–1922	1	4–10	.286	NA	NA	NA	NA	0
Allen Snyder	1922–1923	1	9–4	.692	NA	NA	NA	NA	0
Ray B. McCandless	1923–1924	1	3–15	.167	NA	NA	NA	NA	0
Warren Steller	1924–1925	1	9–5	.540	NA	NA	NA	NA	0
Paul Landis	1925–1942	17	156–133	.540	56-57	.496	0	NA	0
Harold Anderson	1942–1963	21	367–193	.655	68–55	.553	4	NA	3
Warren Scholler	1963–1967	4	43–52	.453	24–24	.500	0	NA	0
Bill Fitch	1967–1968	1	18–7	.720	10-2	.833	1	NA	1
Bob Conibear	1968–1971	3	31–42	.425	12–20	.375	0	NA	0
Pat Haley	1971–1976	5	62–69	.473	32–32	.500	0	0	0
John Weinert	1976–1986	10	146–133	.523	89–79	.530	2	0	0
Jim Larranaga	1986–1997	11	170–144	.541	101–85	.543	1	0	0
Dan Dakich	1997–2007	10	156–140	.530	89–89	.500	1	0	0
Louis Orr	2007–2014	7	101-121	.454	54-60	.474	1	0	0
Chris Jans	2014–2015	1	21–12	.636	11–7	.611	0	0	0
Michael Huger	2015-present	1	16-18	.471	5-13	.278	0	0	0
Totals	1915–present	96	1,281–1,062	.547	521–415	.557	10	0	4

Bowling Green was a member of the Northwest Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association from at least 1927-28 through at least 1930-31. Information about their conference record is unavailable.^[2]
Bowling Green was a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference from the 1933-34 through 1941-42 seasons, but never won an OAC title.^[3]
Bowling Green joined the Mid-American Conference beginning with the 1953–54 season.^[4]
The Mid-American Conference did not hold a conference tournament until the 1979–80 season.

Head Student Managers

Head Manager	Seasons	Class	Record	Pct.
Kyle Renick	2006-08	Junior-Senior	22-38	.367
Scott Ritchie	2008-09	Senior	19-14	.576
Keith Raines	2009-10	Senior	14-16	.467
Pat Hayes	2010-11	Junior	14-19	.424
Kevin Hickey	2011-12	Senior	16-16	.500
Loren Branch	2012-15	Sophomore-Senior	46-51	.474
Luke Schapker	2015-current	Sophomore-current	16-18	.471

Postseason

NCAA Tournament Results

The Falcons have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–5.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1959	First Round	Marquette	L 89–71
1962	First Round	Butler	L 56–55
1963	First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Third Place Game	Notre Dame Illinois Mississippi State	W 77–72 L 70–61 L 65–60
1968	First Round	Marquette	L 72–71

NIT Results

The Falcons have appeared in 14 National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 6–15.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1944	Quarterfinals	St. John's	L 44–44
1945	Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game	RPI St. John's DePaul	W 60–65 W 80–74 L 57–44 L 71–54
1946	Quarterfinals	Rhode Island	L 82–79
1948	Quarterfinals	Saint Louis	L 69–53
1949	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Third Place Game	St. John's Saint Louis San Francisco Bradley	W 77–64 W 80–74 L 39–49 W 82–77
1954	First Round Quarterfinals	Wichita State Western Kentucky	W 88–64 L 95–81
1980	First Round	Minnesota	L 64–50
1983	First Round	Michigan State	L 72–71
1990	First Round	Cincinnati	L 75–60
1991	First Round	Wisconsin	L 87–79
1997	First Round	West Virginia	L 98–95
2000	First Round	BYU	L 81–54
2002	First Round	Butler	L 81–69
2009	First Round	Creighton	L 73–71

CIT Results

The Falcons have appeared in two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Their combined record is 1–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2012	First Round	Oakland	L 86–69
2015	First Round Second Round	Saint Francis (PA) Canisius	W 67–64 L 82–59

CCAT Results

The Falcons appeared in one Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament, a tournament that was only held twice. Their record is 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1975	Quarterfinals Semifinals	Tennessee Drake	W 67–58 L 78–65

References

^ "BGSU Athletic Brand Standards". May 16, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
^ "Honors and Awards" (PDF) (Press release). BGSU Falcons Men's Basketball Media Guide. 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
^ "OAC Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF) (Press release). Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide. 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF) (Press release). BGSU Falcons Men's Basketball Media Guide. 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

External links

[1] "BGSU Athletic Brand Standards". May 16, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.

[2] "Honors and Awards" (PDF) (Press release). BGSU Falcons Men's Basketball Media Guide. 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

[3] "OAC Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF) (Press release). Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide. 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

[4] "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF) (Press release). BGSU Falcons Men's Basketball Media Guide. 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

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Located in: Bowling Green, Ohio
Academics	College of Arts and Sciences College of Education and Human Development Department of Popular Culture BGSU Firelands Mid-American Review
Athletics	Baseball Football Ice Hockey Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Men's Soccer Battle for the Anniversary Award Mid-American Conference
Campus	Anderson Arena Buildings Doyt Perry Stadium Jerome Library Mickey Cochrane Stadium Slater Family Ice Arena Warren E. Steller Field Stroh Center
Student life	Alumni BG News WBGU-FM 88.1 WBGU-TV WFAL Falcon Radio
Traditions	Falcon Marching Band Freddie and Frieda Falcon
Established 1910

v t e Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
Venues	Men's Gymnasium (1927–1960) Anderson Arena (1960–2011) Stroh Center (2011–present)
Culture & lore	Freddie and Frieda Falcon Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 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 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Mid-American Conference men's basketball
Teams	Akron Zips Ball State Cardinals Bowling Green Falcons Buffalo Bulls Central Michigan Chippewas Eastern Michigan Eagles Kent State Golden Flashes Miami RedHawks Northern Illinois Huskies Ohio Bobcats Toledo Rockets Western Michigan Broncos
Future teams	UMass Minutemen (joining in 2025)
Championships & awards	MAC tournament Regular season champions Player of the Year
Seasons	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 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 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25