Portland

Official Name: 
University of Portland
Nickname: 
Pilots
Mailing Address: 

5000 North Willamette Boulevard
Portland, OR 97203-5798

Telephone: 
(503) 943-7439
Fax: 
(503) 943-7242
Enrollment: 
3,200
Arena: 

Earle A. and Virginia H. Chiles Center
Capacity: 5,000
Year Opened: 1984

School Colors: 
Purple and White
Conference: 

West Coast (since 1977)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1959 and 1996
0-2 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

None

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(9) 1942, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, and 1958
5-10 record (.333)
Finished 4th in 1952

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jack Avina (17 years from 1971-87, 222-243 record, .477)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Jose Slaughter (1,940 points from 1979-82)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Rick Raivio (910 from 1977-80)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Matt Houle (43 points as junior vs. San Francisco on 2/13/93)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Matt Houle (43 vs. San Francisco)
February 13, 1993 (junior/14.7 ppg)

1

2

Total

Portland

40

48

88

San Francisco

47

47

94

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Houle

17-23

6-9

3-6

43

Tracy

3-14

0-0

0-1

6

Moore

6-9

0-0

5-6

17

Allen

2-4

0-0

0-0

4

Fines

2-7

0-0

2-2

7

Dalton

2-5

0-0

4-6

8

Brainard

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Steigman

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Bristol

1-2

0-0

0-0

3

Totals

33-67

8-20

14-21

88

Percentages

.493

.400

.667

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Bennett

3-6

0-1

9-13

15

Stephens

2-4

1-2

2-4

7

Brown

2-5

0-0

4-6

8

Smart

11-17

1-1

4-4

27

Walker

5-16

2-3

3-6

15

Brovelli

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Modkins

1-3

0-1

2-2

4

Thompson

3-9

3-6

0-0

9

Washington

3-7

1-1

2-2

9

Totals

30-68

8-15

26-37

94

Percentages

.441

.533

.703

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Maurice "Clipper" Smith

2

1923-24

27-16

.628

1924

20-7

Thomas Berry

1

1925

16-2

.889

1925

16-2

Vincent Harrington

2

1926-27

13-18

.419

1927

8-6

Eugene Murphy

1

1928

3-3

.500

1928

3-3

Edmond Fiene

6

1929-34

77-51

.602

1932

21-9

Edwin Fitzpatrick

8

1935-42

105-67

.610

1940

16-4

R. "Matty" Mathews

1

1943

8-8

.500

1943

8-8

Leonard Yandle

1

1946

10-10

.500

1946

10-10

James "Mush" Torson

8

1947-54

144-110

.565

1951

23-6

Art McLarney/Mike Tichy

1

1955

10-16

.385

1955

10-16

Al Negratti

12

1956-67

165-154

.517

1964

19-7

Bill Turner

2

1968-69

8-44

.154

1968

5-21

Ernie Smith/Joe Etzel

1

1970

4-22

.154

1970

4-22

Jack Avina

17

1971-87

222-243

.477

1978

19-8

Larry Steele

7

1988-94

56-141

.284

1994

13-17

Rob Chavez

7

1995-2001

93-103

.474

1995

21-8

Michael Holton

5

2002-06

54-91

.372

2005

15-15

Eric Reveno

5

2007-11

78-81

.491

2010

21-11

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,088-1,178 (.480) from 1923 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Portland (Ore.) moved up to major-college status in 1954
  • Portland did not field a team in 1943-44 and 1944-45 during World War II.