UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball

UC Riverside Highlanders

2015–16 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

University

University of California, Riverside

Conference

Big West

Location

Riverside, CA

Head coach

Dennis Cutts (2nd year)

Arena

UC Riverside Student Recreation Center
(Capacity: 3,168)

Nickname

Highlanders

Colors

Blue and Gold^[1]

NCAA Tournament runner-up

*1995

NCAA Tournament Final Four

*1970, *1989, *1995

NCAA Tournament appearances

*1970, *1972, *1973, *1974, *1975, *1979, *1980, *1984, *1986, *1988, *1989, *1990, *1991, *1992, *1994, *1995, *1997
*at Division II level

The UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represents the University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference. The squad is currently led by interim head coach Dennis Cutts, who replaced Jim Wooldridge when the latter stepped down as head coach to assume the role of interim Athletic Director at the school. The Highlanders play their home games at the UC Riverside Student Recreation Center. The program had its greatest success as a Division II program, making it to three Final Fours and the national title game in 1995.

Postseason

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Highlanders have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament 17 times (known as the college division until 1974 but considered the same tournament). Their combined record is 29–18.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1970	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	Boise State Puget Sound Saint Joseph's (IN) Philadelphia Textile Buffalo State	W 83–71 W 83–71 W 82–77 L 63–79 W 94–83
1972	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Seattle Pacific UC Irivine	L 63–68 W 94–75
1973	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Somona State Puget Sound Cal State Bakersfield Brockport State	W 70–68 W 71–51 W 61–54 L 70–79
1974	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Chico State Somona State New Orleans	W 62–51 W 71–56 L 78–83
1975	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	UC Davis Puget Sound New Orleans	W 78–77 W 59–58 L 59–73
1979	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	San Diego Puget Sound	W 62–48 L 52–77
1980	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Puget Sound Cal Poly SLO North Alabama	W 65–61 W 62–53 L 69–76
1984	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	San Francisco State Chapman	L 57–65 W 74–71
1986	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Alaska-Anchorage Cal Poly SLO	L 83–86 W 55–53
1988	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Saint Cloud State Ferris State	W 78–71 L 64–80
1989	RegioRegional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	Somona State Cal State Bakersfield Millersville Southeast Missouri State Jacksonville State	W 79–65 W 63–60 W 92–86 L 83–84 ^OT W 90–81
1990	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Central Missouri State Humboldt State	L 59–69 L 70–71
1991	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Cal State Bakersfield Chico State	L 52–75 W 90–82
1992	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Grand Canyon Cal State Bakersfield	W 74–61 L 70–72 ^OT
1994	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	San Francisco State Cal State Bakersfield	W 78–61 L 62–75
1995	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game	UC Davis Seattle Pacific Morningside Indiana (PA) Southern Indiana	W 84–66 W 74–68 W 71–58 W 73–69 L 63–71
1997	Regional Quarterfinals	Montana State-Billings	L 86–97

Season-by-season results

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing
John Masi (Big West Conference) (2001–2005)
2001–02	John Masi	8–18	5–13	9
2002–03	John Masi	6–18	5–13	9
2003–04	John Masi	9–19	7–11	T-5
2004–05	John Masi	9–19	4–14	9
Masi:		34–72 (.321)	21–51 (.292)
David Spencer (Big West Conference) (2005–2006)
2005–06	David Spencer	5–23	3–11	8
Spencer:		5–23 (.179)	3–11 (.214)
Vonn Webb (Big West Conference) (2006–2007)
2005–06	Vonn Webb	7–24	1–13	8
Webb:		7–24 (.226)	1–13 (.071)
Jim Wooldridge (Big West Conference) (2007–2014)
2007–08	Jim Wooldridge	9–21	4–12	7
2008–09	Jim Wooldridge	17–13	8–8	T-4
2009–10	Jim Wooldridge	12–17	5–11	T-9
2010–11	Jim Wooldridge	12–19	6–10	T-7
2011–12	Jim Wooldridge	14–17	7–9	5
2012–13	Jim Wooldridge	6–25	3–15	10
Wooldridge:		70–112 (.385)	33–65 (.337)
Dennis Cutts (Big West Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14	Dennis Cutts	10–21	5–11	8
2014–15	Dennis Cutts	14–17	7–9	6
Cutts:		24–38 (.323)	12–20 (.313)
Total:		126-252 (.333)
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

References

↑ "UCR Colors: Primary Palette". Retrieved March 30, 2016.

External links

Website

UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball

Venues	UC Riverside Gymnasium (1954–1994) Student Recreation Center (1994–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

University of California, Riverside

Topics	History 1985 laboratory raid Academics Campus People KUCR

Academics	A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Bourns College of Engineering College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Graduate School of Education Division of Biomedical Sciences

Knowledge	UC Citrus Experiment Station Citrus Variety Collection Botanic Gardens Entomology Research Museum Herbarium The Citrus Industry Insectary and Quarantine Facilities UCR/California Museum of Photography UC MEXUS California Institute for Water Resources Eaton Collection Water Resources Collections and Archives

Athletics	Highlanders Men's basketball Baseball Football Student Recreation Center Riverside Sports Complex

Category Commons

Big West Conference men's basketball

Teams	Cal Poly Mustangs Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Northridge Matadors Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors Long Beach State 49ers UC Davis Aggies UC Irvine Anteaters UC Riverside Highlanders UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

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 1999–00 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

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