Boston University

Official Name: 
Boston University
Nickname: 
Terriers
Mailing Address: 

285 Babcock Street
Boston, MA 02215

Website: 
www.goterriers.com
Telephone: 
(617) 353-2872
Fax: 
(617) 353-4286
Enrollment: 
15,300
Arena: 

Case Gym
Capacity: 2,500
Year Opened: 1971

School Colors: 
Scarlet and White
Conference: 

America East (since 1980)
Former Member of Yankee (1973-76)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(6) 1959, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, and 2002
2-6 record (.250)
Regional runner-up in 1959

NIT Appearances: 

(5) 1980, 1986, 2003, 2004, and 2005
0-5 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Dennis Wolff (15 years from 1995-2009, 247-197 record, .556)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Tunji Awojobi (2,308 points from 1994-97)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Tunji Awojobi (1,237 from 1994-97)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Jim Hayes (47 points as senior vs. Springfield on 2/23/70)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Jim Hayes (47 vs. Springfield, Mass.)
February 23, 1970 (senior/23.7 ppg)

1

2

Total

Boston University

51

30

81

Springfield

51

36

87

Boston University

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Gladstone

5

0

10

Ward

2

0

4

Hayes

15

17

47

Schoepfer

6

6

18

McNamara

1

0

2

Graham

0

0

0

T. Taylor

0

0

0

R. Taylor

0

0

0

Totals

29

23

81

Percentages

Springfield

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Clark

14

9

37

Yelverton

5

1

11

Hunt

4

4

12

Waterman

6

7

19

Macomber

4

0

8

Stupokevich

0

0

0

Anderson

0

0

0

Grassi

0

0

0

Hilbrands

0

0

0

Totals

33

21

87

Percentages
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

P.V. Stroud

1

1909

0-2

.000

1909

0-2

Charles McGlue

1

1910

0-1

.000

1910

0-1

H.L. Perrin

1

1911

0-1

.000

1911

0-1

Henry Crane

1

1916

2-2

.500

1916

2-2

V.B. Allison

3

1917-20

12-11

.522

1918

6-2

John Williams

1

1925

9-13

.409

1925

9-13

Win Carlson

7

1926-32

39-53

.424

1928

8-8

John M. Harmon

3

1933-35

15-28

.349

1933

8-7

Merrel "Mel" Collard

9

1936-45

64-63

.504

1941

13-3

Russ Peterson

3

1946-48

36-18

.667

1946

12-2

Charles Cummings

1

1949

6-12

.333

1949

6-12

Vincent Cronin

3

1950-52

23-29

.442

1952

9-8

Matt Zunic

7

1953-59

96-58

.623

1958

15-5

John Burke

7

1960-66

68-64

.515

1964

16-7

Charles Luce

5

1967-71

49-70

.412

1969, 1970

14-10

Ron Mitchell

3

1972-74

31-42

.425

1973

15-10

Roy Sigler

4

1975-78

36-66

.353

1975

12-13

Rick Pitino

5

1979-83

91-51

.641

1980

21-9

John Kuester

2

1984-85

31-28

.525

1984

16-13

Mike Jarvis

5

1986-90

101-51

.664

1988

23-8

Bob Brown

4

1991-94

37-73

.336

1994

11-16

Dennis Wolff

15

1995-2009

247-197

.556

1997

25-5

Pat Chambers

2

2010, 1911

42-28

.600

2010, 1911

21-14
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,044-1,013 (.508) from 1902 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Boston University permanently moved up to major-college status in the late 1950s
  • BU did not field a team in 1943-44 during World War II, in 1918-19 during World War I and from 1911-12 through 1914-15
  • BU's first six teams from 1901-02 through 1906-07 and three squads from 1920-21 through 1922-23 did not have a coach.