WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK Updated Through 2019-20 Season NCAA DIVISION II & WEST REGION CHAMPIONS NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 WESTERN WASHINGTON 1985 Cal State Hayward The NCAA Division II Championships tourna- 2013 Drury 1986 Cal State Hayward ment was initiated in 1982 with 16 teams par- 2014 Central Missouri 1987 Montana State-Billings ticipating in the competition. After an unofficial 2015 Florida Southern 1988 Alaska Anchorage play-in first round in 1993-94, the NCAA offi- 2016 Augustana (SD) 1989 UC Riverside cially expanded the tournament from 32 to 48 2017 NW Missouri State 1990 Cal State Bakersfield teams in 1995, and to 64 teams in 2004. 2018 Ferris State 1991 Cal State Bakersfield 2019 NW Missouri State 1992 Cal State Bakersfield NCAA National Champions 2020 No Champion - COVID-19 1993 Cal State Bakersfield 1957 Wheaton 1994 Cal State Bakersfield 1958 South Dakota West Region Champions 1995 UC Riverside 1959 Evansville 1958 Chapman 1996 Cal State Bakersfield 1960 Evansville 1959 Cal State L.A. 1997 Cal State Bakersfield 1961 Wittenberg 1960 Chapman 1998 UC Davis 1962 Mount St. Mary’s 1961 UC Santa Barbara 1999 Cal State San Bernardino 1963 South Dakota State 1962 Sacramento State 2000 Seattle Pacific 1964 Evansville 1963 Fresno State 2001 WESTERN WASHINGTON 1965 Evansville 1964 Cal Poly Pomona 2002 Cal State San Bernardino 1966 Kentucky Wesleyan 1965 Seattle Pacific 2003 Cal Poly Pomona 1967 Winston-Salem 1966 Fresno State 2004 Humboldt State 1968 Kentucky Wesleyan 1967 San Diego State 2005 Cal Poly Pomona 1969 Kentucky Wesleyan 1968 Nevada-Las Vegas 2006 Seattle Pacific 1970 Philadelphia Textile 1969 San Francisco State 2007 Cal State San Bernardino 1971 Evansville 1970 UC Riverside 2008 Alaska Anchorage 1972 Roanoke 1971 Puget Sound 2009 Cal Poly Pomona 1973 Kentucky Wesleyan 1972 Southern Colorado 2010 Cal Poly Pomona 1974 Morgan State 1973 UC Riverside 2011 BYU-Hawaii 1975 Old Dominion 1974 UC Riverside 2012 WESTERN WASHINGTON 1976 Puget Sound 1975 UC Riverside 2013 WESTERN WASHINGTON 1977 Chattanooga 1976 Puget Sound 2014 Chico State 1978 Cheyney 1977 Cal Poly 2015 Azusa Pacific 1979 North Alabama 1978 San Diego 2016 Western Oregon 1980 Virginia Union 1979 Puget Sound 2017 Chico State 1981 Florida Southern 1980 UC Riverside 2018 California Baptist 1982 District of Columbia 1981 Puget Sound 2019 Point Loma 1983 Wright State 1982 Cal State Bakersfield 2020 No Champion - COVID-19 1984 Central Missouri State 1983 Cal State Bakersfield 1985 Jacksonville State 1984 San Francisco State 1986 Sacred Heart 1987 Kentucky Wesleyan 1988 Massachusetts-Lowell 1989 North Carolina Central 1990 Kentucky Wesleyan 1991 North Alabama 1992 Virginia Union 1993 Cal State Bakersfield 1994 Cal State Bakersfield 1995 Southern Indiana 1996 Fort Hays State 1997 Cal State Bakersfield 1998 UC Davis 1999 Kentucky Wesleyan 2000 Metro State 2001 Kentucky Wesleyan 2002 Metro State 2003 Northeastern State 2004 Kennesaw State 2005 Virginia Union 2006 Winona State 2007 Barton NC 2008 Winona State 2009 Findlay, OH 2010 Cal Poly Pomona 2011 Bellarmine WWU won the 2012 NCAA Division II National Championship 2 LEAGUE HISTORY DISTRICT 1 PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION 1 GREAT NORTHWEST From 1948 to 1993, Western athletic teams During the shift from a district-based structure ATHLETIC CONFERENCE competed in District 1 of the NAIA, which to one featuring conferences and regions, NAIA In 2001, 10 schools left the PacWest to form the encompassed Washington, Alaska, northern Ida- schools in the Pacific Northwest competed in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Humboldt ho, and British Columbia. The original members regional format in 1993-94. State left in 2006 and Concordia ceased opera- were Central Washington, Eastern Washington, tions in 2020…the Vikings have won 6 GNAC Schools competing under this format included Pacific Lutheran, Puget Sound, Gonzaga, Saint Championships (4 outright) in the regular season. Central Washington, Lewis-Clark State, Puget Martin’s, Seattle, Seattle Pacific, Western, Whit- Sound, Saint Martin’s, Seattle, Simon Fraser, man and Whitworth. Making up the district in its GNAC Champions: and Western. last year were Central, Lewis-Clark State, Pacific 2002 WESTERN WASHINGTON (tie) Lutheran, Saint Martin’s, Seattle, Simon Fraser, Region Champion: Seattle Pacific Evergreen, Puget Sound, Western, Whitman and Humboldt State 1994 WESTERN WASHINGTON Whitworth. 2003 Humboldt State (tie) District Champions: Alaska Fairbanks PACIFIC NORTHWEST ATHLETIC 2004 Humboldt State 1948 Gonzaga CONFERENCE 2005 WESTERN WASHINGTON (tie) 1949 Puget Sound Alaska Fairbanks 1950 Central Washington Eight northwest colleges formed the Pacific North- 2006 Seattle Pacific 1951 Pacific Lutheran west Athletic Conference (PNWAC) in 1994. The 2007 Seattle U. (tie) 1952 Whitworth conference initially consisted of Central Washing- Seattle Pacific 1953 Gonzaga ton, Evergreen, Lewis-Clark State, Puget Sound, 2008 Alaska Anchorage 1954 Whitworth Saint Martin’s, Seattle, Simon Fraser and Western. 2009 WESTERN WASHINGTON 1955 Whitworth 2010 Seattle Pacific 1956 Pacific Lutheran PNWAC Champions: 2011 Central Washington (Reg Season) 1957 Pacific Lutheran 1995 Central Washington Central Washington (Postseason) 1958 Pacific Lutheran 1996 Lewis-Clark State 2012 WESTERN WASHINGTON (Reg Season) 1959 Pacific Lutheran 1997 Central Washington Montana State Billings (Postseason) 1960 WESTERN WASHINGTON 1998 Central Washington 2013 WESTERN WASHINGTON (Reg Season) 1961 Whitworth Seattle Pacific(Postseason) 1962 Pacific Lutheran 2014 Seattle Pacific (Regular Season) 1963 Pacific Lutheran PACIFIC WEST CONFERENCE Seattle Pacific(Postseason) 1964 Pacific Lutheran In 1998, the PNWAC merged with the Pacific 2015 Western Oregon (Regular Season) 1965 Central Washington West Conference. Seattle Pacific(Postseason) 1966 Central Washington 2016 Western Oregon (Regular Season) 1967 Central Washington PacWest Champions: Western Oregon (Postseason) 1968 Central Washington 2017 WESTERN WASHINGTON (Reg Season) 1969 Central Washington 1999 Central Washington WESTERN WASHINGTON (Postseason) 1970 Central Washington 2000 Seattle Pacific 2018 Western Oregon (Regular Season) 1971 Central Washington 2001 WESTERN WASHINGTON Western Oregon (Postseason) 1972 WESTERN WASHINGTON 2019 Saint Martin’s (Regular Season) 1973 Alaska Fairbanks Seattle Pacific (Postseason) 1974 Central Washington 2020 Seattle Pacific (Regular Season) 1975 Central Washington WESTERN WASHINGTON (Postseason) 1976 Central Washington 1977 Central Washington 1978 Central Washington 1979 Central Washington 1980 Central Washington 1981 Central Washington 1982 Central Washington 1983 Saint Martin’s 1984 Central Washington 1985 Central Washington 1986 Central Washington 1987 Central Washington 1988 WESTERN WASHINGTON 1989 Central Washington 1990 Central Washington 1991 Whitworth 1992 Lewis-Clark State 1993 Central Washington WWU has won seven GNAC Championships, including the 2019-20 Conference Tournament Championship 3 POST-SEASON APPEARANCES NAIA DISTRICT/PACIFIC 1989-90 2014-15 (at Billings, MT) NORTHWEST REGION 1 PLAYOFFS Puget Sound (won 88-65) Alaska Anchorage (won 76-56) Central Washington (lost 86-64) Western Oregon (won 88-79) 1957-58 Central Washington (lost 83-66) Seattle Pacific (lost 81-68) Pacific Lutheran (lost 85-62) 1990-91 2015-16 (at Lacey, WA) 1958-59 Saint Martin’s (lost 82-80) Alaska Anchorage (won 78-73) Pacific Lutheran (lost 104-58) Alaska Fairbanks (lost 91-90) 1991-92 1959-60 Lewis-Clark State (lost 90-75) 2016-17 (at Lacey, WA) Pacific Lutheran (won 81-71) Saint Martin’s (won 91-79) 1992-93 Pacific Lutheran (lost 83-68) Western Oregon (won 71-69) - champions Pacific Lutheran (won 82-76) Lewis-Clark State (won 95-91 4 OT) Puget Sound (won 82-65) 2017-18 (at Anchorage, AK) 1960-61 Central Washington (lost 88-76) Saint Martin’s (lost 69-68) Eastern Washington (won 68-56) Seattle Pacific (lost 80-75) 1993-94 2018-19 (at Bellingham, WA) Seattle (won 84-76) Did Not Qualify 1961-62 Lewis-Clark State (won 88-71) Pacific Lutheran (lost 77-52) 2019-20 (at Seattle, WA) 1994-95 Alaska Fairbanks (won 76-64) 1962-63 Saint Martin’s (lost 99-84) Alaska Anchorage (won 81-78) - champions Pacific Lutheran (lost 69-62) Pacific Lutheran (lost 57-49) 1995-96 Puget Sound WA (won 60-58) NCAA WEST REGIONAL 1963-64 Lewis-Clark State ID (lost 76-71) Pacific Lutheran (won 81-63) 2000-01 Pacific Lutheran (lost 59-44) 1996-97 Cal State Bakersfield (won 95-86 OT) Pacific Lutheran (lost 81-58) Saint Martin’s (lost 86-82 OT) Cal State San Bernardino (won 58-55) 1965-66 1997-98 2004-05 Central Washington (lost 64-63) Evergreen State (won 62-43) BYU-Hawaii (won 80-69) Central Washington (lost 74-63) Saint Martin’s (won 64-60) Alaska Fairbanks (lost 88-66) Central Washington (lost 88-84) 1971-72 2005-06 Eastern Washington (lost 71-60) Humboldt State (won 100-86) Eastern Washington (won 78-75 OT) NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT Chaminade (won 101-91) Eastern Washington (won 76-68) Seattle Pacific (lost 81-77) 1959-60 1976-77 Arkansas A&M (lost 61-52) 2008-09 Central Washington (lost 111-56) Seattle Pacific (lost 82-77) 1971-72 1977-78 Findlay (won 66-63) 2009-10 Simon Fraser (won 78-70) Northeastern (won 74-68) Central Washington (won 84-70) Central Washington (lost 79-69) Gardner-Webb (lost 81-75) Cal Poly Pomona (lost 76-75 OT) 1978-79 1987-88 2011-12 Alaska Fairbanks (won 86-73) West Virginia Tech (won 80-67) Grand Canyon (won 79-73) Central Washington (lost 89-81) William Jewell (lost 89-70) Chico State (won 74-65)