1904
· Jan. 16, 1904 - DU defeats the Denver Athletic Club in the school’s first men’s basketball game.
1907
· John Koehler becomes first men’s basketball coach.
1910
· Charles Wingender named men’s basketball coach.
1911
· Clem Crowley takes over as men’s basketball coach.
1913
· DU basketball joins Colorado-Wyoming Collegiate League.
· Hiram Wilson becomes men’s basketball coach.
1915
· Charles Wingender returns for a second stint as men’s basketball coach.
· Pioneers win first Colorado-Wyoming Collegiate League title in basketball.
1917
· John Fike named men’s basketball coach.
1919
· Charles Wingender comes back to coach basketball team for a third time.
1920
· George Koonsman becomes men’s basketball coach.
1921
· George Thompson named men’s basketball coach.
1922
· Ralph Woods embarks on two-year stint as men’s basketball coach.
1924
· Aubrey DeVine takes over as men’s basketball coach.
1926
· Jimmy Middlebrook becomes men’s basketball coach.
1927
· Burt Potter named men’s basketball coach.
1930
· Stuart Clark becomes men’s basketball coach.
1932
· Clyde “Cac” Hubbard assumes control of men’s basketball program.
1937
· Jim Babcock honored as DU’s first men’s basketball AAU All-American.
1940
· Ellison Ketchum takes over as men’s basketball coach.
1943
· Art Quinlan becomes men’s basketball coach.
1944
· Cliff Rock named men’s basketball coach.
1945
· Ken Loeffler takes over as men’s basketball coach.
1946
· Ellison Ketchum takes reins of men’s basketball program.
1949
· Hoyt Brawner begins 13-year stint as men’s basketball coach.
· Vince Boryla named first-team basketball AII- American.
1950
· February 17 - Men’s basketball team defeats Wyoming 45-33 in front of 7,236 fans in DU Arena, the largest basketball crowd in school history.
1959
· Men’s basketball team accepts a bid to the National Invitational Tournament; Pioneers suffer 90-81 first-round loss to New York University.
1962
· Troy Bledsoe replaces Hoyt Brawner as men’s basketball coach.
1967
· Basketball star Harry Hollines named to All-American team.
1968
· Stan Albeck takes over as men’s basketball coach.
· Harry Hollines named to All-American basketball team for the second straight year.
1970
· Jim Karabetsos becomes men’s basketball coach.
1971
· Dave Bustion named men’s basketball All- American.
1972
· Al Harden takes over as men’s basketball coach.
1978
· Ben Jobe takes over as men’s basketball coach.
1979
· Men’s basketball program shifts to NCAA Division II/NAIA status.
· Basketball player Matt Teahan sets a school record with 61 points vs. Nebraska Wesleyan.
1980
· Floyd Theard named men’s basketball coach.
· February 12 - DU men’s basketball team records first of 79 straight home victories.
1984
· Men’s basketball team posts 28-4 record, advances to NAIA National Tournament.
1985
· January 8 - DU men’s basketball team loses to Northern Colorado, snapping 79-game home win streak.
· Dick Peth takes over as men’s basketball coach replacing Floyd Theard, who died from a heart attack in the off-season.
1992
· Men’s basketball team advances to NCAA Division II Tournament.
1994
· On Feb. 24, men’s basketball team defeats Metro State 83-78; Dick Peth becomes winningest basketball coach in DU history with 164th career victory.
· Denver men’s basketball team qualifies for NCAA Division II Tournament.
1996
· Men’s basketball team makes its third NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in five years.
1998
· DU announces it will join the Sun Belt Conference starting with the 1999-2000 academic year.
1999
· All DU teams compete at the NCAA Division I level.
2004
· Senior men’s basketball player Brett Starkey is awarded NCAA postgraduate scholarships for student-athletes.
· University of Denver senior center Brett Starkey was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America 2003-04 Academic All-America Team for the second-consecutive year.
2005
· The University of Denver men’s basketball team (20-11, 12-3) capped off the best Division I season in school history with its first berth in the National Invitation Tournament in 46 years.
· University of Denver junior center Yemi Nicholson and head men’s basketball coach Terry Carroll were named the 2005 Sun Belt Conference Player and Coach of the Year.
2007
· Joe Scott named men’s basketball head coach.
2009
· Nate Rohnert named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference.
