Texas State Bobcats men's basketball

The Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Texas State University. The school's team currently competes in the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). They are currently led by Terrence Johnson, who took over in September 2020 following the resignation of Danny Kaspar. The Bobcats last appeared in the NCAA tournament in 1997.

History The Bobcats' first season of college basketball was in 1920. The Bobcats were one of the charter members of the Lone Star Conference, which started play in 1934. Starting in 1950, the team won nine conference titles, winning the 1960 NAIA title in the process along with playing in the NAIA Final Four four times before leaving in 1983 to join the Gulf Star Conference, playing from 1984 until 1987 until the conference disbanded. They soon joined the Southland Conference from 1987 until 2012, when they left for the Western Athletic Conference. A year later, they left the WAC and joined the Sun Belt Conference. Southwest Texas State became Texas State in 2003. In June 2025, Texas State University announced the Bobcats will be joining the Pac-12 effective July 1, 2026.

Head coaches Oscar W. Strahan (1920–1924, 1944–1946) Henry Shands (1924–1935) Joe Bailey Cheaney (1935–1939, 1942–1943) George Vest (1939–1942) Milton Jowers (1946–1961) Vernon McDonald (1961–1977) Dan Wall (1977–1981) Bob Derryberry (1981–1984) Celester Collier (1984–1986) Harry Larrabee (1986–1991) Jim Wooldridge (1991–1994) Mike Miller (1994–2000) Dennis Nutt (2000–2006) Doug Davalos (2006–2013) Danny Kaspar (2013–2020) Terrence Johnson (2020–Present)

Postseason results

NCAA Division I Tournament results 1994 No. 15 First round Jim Wooldridge No. 2 Massachusetts L 60–78 1997 No. 16 First round Mike Miller No. 1 Minnesota^ L 46–78

^Minnesota win vacated for NCAA infractions

NIT results The Bobcats have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) one time. Their record is 0-1.

2022 First round North Texas Terrence Johnson L 63–67OT

CIT results The Bobcats have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 2–2.

2017 First roundSecond roundQuarterfinals LamarIdahoSaint Peter's Danny Kaspar W 70–60W 64–55L 44–49 2019 First round FIU Danny Kaspar L 81–87

NAIA Division I Tournament results 1951 - First roundSecond round Morehead StateRegis Milton Jowers W 70–62L 64–82 1952 - First roundSecond roundElite EightSemifinalsThird-place game Game Arkansas TechNew Mexico A&MLawrence TechSouthwest MissouriPortland Milton Jowers W 97–53W69–52 W 65–57 L 62–70 2OT W 78–68 1957 - First roundSecond round Upper IowaSoutheastern Oklahoma State Milton Jowers W 104–71L 78–98 1959 5 First roundSecond roundElite EightSemifinalsThird-place game Game Linfield (OR)WestminsterLenoir-RhyneTennessee StateFort Hays State Milton Jowers W 93–61W 61–58 W 80–78 L 62–64 W 87–80 1960 2 First roundSecond roundElite EightSemifinalsNational championship Wisconsin-OshkoshSavannah StateGrambling StateWilliam JewellWestminster Milton Jowers W 93–69W 101–88 W 76–88W 82–44 W 66–44 1961 11 First roundSecond roundElite Eight Central ConnecticutEast Texas State BaptistNorthern Michigan Milton Jowers W 70–59W 61–59 L 75–80 1979 8 First roundSecond roundElite EightSemifinalsThird-place game Kentucky StateSt. Johns (MN)CameronHenderson StateMidwestern State Dan Wall W 78–74W 79–75 W 77–73 OT L 57–58 W 101–88

Bobcats in the NBA

Torgeir Bryn, 1989-1990, Los Angeles Clippers Jeff Foster, 1999-2012, Indiana Pacers

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