Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers men's basketball

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.

Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers
UniversityKentucky Wesleyan College
Head coachDrew Cooper (3rd season)
ConferenceGreat Midwest Athletic Conference
Division II Division
ArenaSportscenter
(Capacity: 5,500)
NicknamePanthers
ColorsPurple and White
   
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Champions
1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, 1990, 1999, 2001
NCAA Tournament Runner-up
1957, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1957, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017
Conference Tournament Champions
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2017
Conference Regular Season Champions
1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2016, 2017

Joel Utley has been the "voice of the Panthers" since the 1962 season (including all eight championships), and calls all the Wesleyan basketball games on local Owensboro radio station WBIO.

Conference play

Kentucky Wesleyan is a charter member of the G-MAC (Great Midwest Athletic Conference) that will begin active competition in the 2013–2014 academic season with 8 current NCAA Division II members and one institution transitioning from the NAIA, giving the NCAA D 2 conference 9 members in its first season of full activation.[1] KWC will leave the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) after the 2012–13 academic season. Its basketball team frequently represented the GLVC in the NCAA Division II tournament, winning four national championships in basketball while members of the GLVC. After coming off NCAA probation, the Panthers finished 13–14 in the 2007 season, and participated in the NCAA Division 2 tournament for five straight seasons from 2008 to 2012, and were Regional Runners Up in the 2012 season.[2]

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.[3]

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.

Notable players

Retired numbers

Eight Panthers have had their numbers retired. Seven players and team physician Dr. William McManus:[4]

Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers retired numbers
No. Player 10Rod Drake
22Dallas Thornton
23Corey Crowder
24Dwight Higgs
29Dr. William McManus
45Kelly Coleman
50George Tinsley
75Fairce Woods

Three Kentucky Wesleyan basketball players played in the American Basketball Association: 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, 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.Dazmond Starke 2012-2013, led the NCAA Division II in Field goal % with 67.4 %.

Panthers in international leagues

History
Overall
Years of basketball105
First season1907
Head coaches (all-time)21
All Games
All-time record1582–780
20+ win seasons34
30+ win seasons6
Home Games
Owensboro Sports Center?-?
Winchester, Kentucky?-?
Great Lakes Valley Conference Games
GLVC Record430–157
GLVC Regular Season Championships16 (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2010)
GLVC Tournament Championships(1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2010)
NCAA Division II Tournament
NCAA Div II Appearances38
NCAA W-L record98–32
Regional Final/Sweet Sixteen26 (1957, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012)
Elite Eight21 (1957, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Fourth Place1 (1971)
Third Place5 (1960, 1967, 1982, 1984, 1985)
Runner-up5 (1957, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003)
NCAA Championships8 (1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, 1990, 1999, 2001)
Accurate as of March 15th, 2012

Records
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
V.I. Moore (Independent) (1907–1910)
1907–08 Kentucky Wesleyan 0–1
1908–09 Kentucky Wesleyan 2–1
1909–10 Kentucky Wesleyan 5–3
V.I. Moore: 7–5
Unknown (Independent) (1910–1916)
1910–11 Kentucky Wesleyan 4–1
1911–12 Kentucky Wesleyan N/A
1912–13 Kentucky Wesleyan N/A
1913–14 Kentucky Wesleyan 0–6
1914–15 Kentucky Wesleyan 2–1
1915–16 Kentucky Wesleyan 0–6
Unknown: 6–14
John Cobb (Independent) (1916–1917)
1916–17 Kentucky Wesleyan 5–1
John Cobb: 5–1
Unknown (Independent) (1917–1919)
1917–18 Kentucky Wesleyan 6–7
1918–19 Kentucky Wesleyan 0–7
Unknown: 6–14
William E. Arnold (Independent) (1919–1920)
1919–20 Kentucky Wesleyan 11–3
William E. Arnold: 11–3
Jesse Sibley (Independent) (1920–1922)
1920–21 Kentucky Wesleyan 7–7
1921–22 Kentucky Wesleyan 5–4
Jesse Sibley: 12–11
Basil Hayden (Independent) (1922–1923)
1922–23 Kentucky Wesleyan 8–1
Basil Hayden: 8–1
L.G. Mansfield (Independent) (1923–1924)
1923–24 Kentucky Wesleyan 10–6
L.G. Mansfield: 10–6
C.A. Webb (Independent) (1924–1928)
1924–25 Kentucky Wesleyan 13–5
1925–26 Kentucky Wesleyan 17–6
1926–27 Kentucky Wesleyan 9–6
C.A. Webb: 45–17
E.R. Miller (Independent) (1927–1928)
1927–28 Kentucky Wesleyan 6–12
E.R. Miller: 6–12
Walter "Rip" Van Winkle (Independent) (1928–1932)
1928–29 Kentucky Wesleyan 14–7
1929–30 Kentucky Wesleyan 17–9
1930–31 Kentucky Wesleyan 12–7
1931–32 Kentucky Wesleyan 6–11
Walter "Rip" Van Winkle: 49–34
George Ditto (Independent) (1932–1941)
1932–33 Kentucky Wesleyan 8–9
1933–34 Kentucky Wesleyan 4–12
1934–35 Kentucky Wesleyan 9–8
1935–36 Kentucky Wesleyan 8–13
1936–37 Kentucky Wesleyan 8–7
1937–38 Kentucky Wesleyan 9–8
1938–39 Kentucky Wesleyan 3–11
1939–40 Kentucky Wesleyan 3–12
1940–41 Kentucky Wesleyan 9–7
George Ditto: 61–87
Arthur Gullette (Independent) (1941–1942)
1941–42 Kentucky Wesleyan 10–9
Arthur Gullette: 10–9
Robert "Bullet" Wilson (Independent) (1942–1957)
1942–43 Kentucky Wesleyan 9–5
1943–44 Kentucky Wesleyan N/A
1944–45 Kentucky Wesleyan N/A
1945–46 Kentucky Wesleyan 8–10
1946–47 Kentucky Wesleyan 11–9
1947–48 Kentucky Wesleyan 13–12
1948–49 Kentucky Wesleyan 13–14
1949–50 Kentucky Wesleyan 13–10
1950–51 Kentucky Wesleyan 16–7
1951–52 Kentucky Wesleyan 16–7
1952–53 Kentucky Wesleyan 12–10
1953–54 Kentucky Wesleyan 17–10
1954–55 Kentucky Wesleyan 14–10
1955–56 Kentucky Wesleyan 18–4
1956–57 Kentucky Wesleyan 16–12NCAA Div II Runner-up
Robert "Bullet" Wilson (Independent, Division 1) (1957–1958)
1957–58 Kentucky Wesleyan 14–10
Robert "Bullet" Wilson (Independent, Division 2) (1958–1959)
1958–59 Kentucky Wesleyan 14–11
Robert "Bullet" Wilson: 204–141
T. L. Plain (Independent) (1959–1963)
1959–60 Kentucky Wesleyan 18–11NCAA Div II Third Place
1960–61 Kentucky Wesleyan 15–8NCAA Div II First Round
1961–62 Kentucky Wesleyan 21–4
1962–63 Kentucky Wesleyan 9–11
T.L. Plain: 63–34
Guy R. Strong (Independent) (1963–1967)
1963–64 Kentucky Wesleyan 15–8NCAA Div II First Round
1964–65 Kentucky Wesleyan 9–12
1965–66 Kentucky Wesleyan 24–6NCAA Div II Champion
1966–67 Kentucky Wesleyan 25–4NCAA Div II Third Place
Guy R. Strong: 73–30
Bob Daniels (Independent) (1967–1972)
1967–68 Kentucky Wesleyan 28–3NCAA Div II Champion
1968–69 Kentucky Wesleyan 28–5NCAA Div II Champion
1969–70 Kentucky Wesleyan 18–10NCAA Div II Regional Final
1970–71 Kentucky Wesleyan 22–8NCAA Div II Fourth Place
1971–72 Kentucky Wesleyan 17–10NCAA Div II Round of 32
Bob Daniels: 113–36
Bob Jones (Independent) (1972–1978)
1972–73 Kentucky Wesleyan 24–6NCAA Div II Champion
1973–74 Kentucky Wesleyan 20–6NCAA Div II Regional Final
1974–75 Kentucky Wesleyan 12–13
1975–76 Kentucky Wesleyan 14–11
1976–77 Kentucky Wesleyan 11–14
1977–78 Kentucky Wesleyan 14–11
Bob Jones (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1978–1980)
1978–79 Kentucky Wesleyan 12–142–65th
1979–80 Kentucky Wesleyan 12–154–64th
Bob Jones: 119–906–12
Mike Pollio (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1980–1985)
1980–81 Kentucky Wesleyan 16–127–42nd
1981–82 Kentucky Wesleyan 27–59–32ndNCAA Div II Third Place
1982–83 Kentucky Wesleyan 22–810–21stNCAA Div II Regional Final
1983–84 Kentucky Wesleyan 28–310–21stNCAA Div II Third Place
1984–85 Kentucky Wesleyan 24–710–41st-TNCAA Div II Third Place
Mike Pollio: 117–3546–15
Wayne Chapman (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1985–1990)
1985–86 Kentucky Wesleyan 22–812–42ndNCAA Div II First Round
1986–87 Kentucky Wesleyan 28–513–31stNCAA Div II Champion
1987–88 Kentucky Wesleyan 23–712–41st-TNCAA Div II Regional Final
1988–89 Kentucky Wesleyan 24–713–31stNCAA Div II Elite Eight
1989–90 Kentucky Wesleyan 31–216–21stNCAA Div II Champion
Wayne Chapman: 128–2966–16
Wayne Boultinghouse (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1990–1996)
1990–91 Kentucky Wesleyan 22–814–41st-TNCAA Div II First Round
1991–92 Kentucky Wesleyan 23–813–51st-TNCAA Div II Elite Eight
1992–93 Kentucky Wesleyan 21–613–53rd
1993–94 Kentucky Wesleyan 23–713–52ndNCAA Div II Regional Semifinal
1994–95 Kentucky Wesleyan 23–616–21st-TNCAA Div II First Round
1995–96 Kentucky Wesleyan 17–1013–74th
Wayne Boultinghouse: 129–4582–28
Ray Harper (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1996–2005)
1996–97 Kentucky Wesleyan 21–814–65th
1997–98 Kentucky Wesleyan 30–317–21stNCAA Div II Runner-up
1998–99 Kentucky Wesleyan 35–220–21stNCAA Div II Champion
1999–00 Kentucky Wesleyan 31–318–21stNCAA Div II Runner-up
2000–01 Kentucky Wesleyan 30–317–32ndNCAA Div II Champion
2001–02 Kentucky Wesleyan 31–319–11stNCAA Div II Runner-up
2002–03 Kentucky Wesleyan 26–3***18–2***1st***NCAA Div II Runner-up***
2003–04 Kentucky Wesleyan 22–8***14–6***3rd***NCAA Div II First Round***
2004–05 Kentucky Wesleyan 15–129–116th
Ray Harper: 242–45***146–35***
Todd Lee (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2005–2013)
2005–06 Kentucky Wesleyan 7–194–1512th
2006–07 Kentucky Wesleyan 13–146–1312th
2007–08 Kentucky Wesleyan 28–814–53rdNCAA Div II First Round
2008–09 Kentucky Wesleyan 19–911–75thNCAA Div II First Round
2009–10 Kentucky Wesleyan 29–516–21stNCAA Div II First Round
2010–11 Kentucky Wesleyan 19–1010–85thNCAA Div II First Round
2011–12 Kentucky Wesleyan 23–812–66thNCAA Div II Regional Final
2012–13 Kentucky Wesleyan 20–811–77th
Todd Lee: 158–8184–63
Happy Osborne (Great Midwest Athletic Conference) (2013–2017)
2013–14 Kentucky Wesleyan 22-912-22nd
2014–15 Kentucky Wesleyan 22-810-42nd
2015–16 Kentucky Wesleyan 27-411-11stNCAA Div II First Round
2016–17 Kentucky Wesleyan 28-312-01stNCAA Div II First Round
Happy Osborne: 99–2445-7
Jason Mays (Interim) (Great Midwest Athletic Conference) (2017–2018)
2017–18 Kentucky Wesleyan 15-169-118th
Jason Mays: 15-169-11
Drew Cooper (Great Midwest Athletic Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19 Kentucky Wesleyan 0-00-0
Drew Cooper: 0-00-0
Total:1595–794

      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

  • *** 20 wins & 5 losses were vacated from the 2003–04 season and for the 2002–03 season the school had to vacate their NCAA Tournament Appearance, the 5 games of the NCAA Tournament, (including their NCAA Div II Runner-Up), along with the GLVC Regular Season Championship.

References
  1. http://www.g-macsports.com/
  2. http://kwcpanthers.com/index.aspx?path=mbball
  3. "COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Kentucky Wesleyan Forfeits an Honor". The New York Times. August 7, 2003. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  4. Kentucky Wesleyan Men’s Basketball Record Book (PDF), 2018 Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers Men’s Basketball Record Book”, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Page 31.
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