Men's Basketball Postseason History

   
Quick Facts:
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 16 (1955, ’56, ’57, ’58, ’63, ’64, ’65, ’72, ’73, ’74, ’77, ’78, ’79, ’81, ’82, ’98, '22)
NIT Appearances: 6 (1949, ’50, ’66, ’76, '04, ‘14, '24)
CollegeInsider.com Tournament Appearances: 1 (2011)
College Basketball Invitational Appearances: 3 (2012, '17, '18)
NCAA Final Four Appearances: 3 (1955, ’56, ’57)
NCAA Championships: 2 (1955, ’56)
NIT Championships: 1 (1949)
 
NCAA Tournament Results:
1954-1955
West Regional
First Round - San Francisco, Calif.
W, USF 89, West Texas State 66
Second and Third Rounds - Corvallis, Ore.
W, USF 78, Utah 59
W, USF 57, Oregon State 56
Final Four - Kansas City, Mo.
Semifinal - W, USF 52, Colorado 50
Final - W, USF 77, LaSalle 63

1955-56
Far West Regional - Corvallis, Ore.
First Round - W, USF 72, UCLA 61
Second Round - W, USF 92, Utah 77
Final Four - Evanston, Ill.
Semifinal - W, USF 86, SMU 68
Final - W, USF 83, Iowa 71
 
1956-57
West Regional - Corvallis, Ore.
First Round - W, USF 66, Idaho State 61
Second Round - W, USF 50, California 46
Final Four - Kansas City, Mo.
Semifinal - L, Kansas 80, USF 56
Consolation - W, USF 67, Michigan State 60
 
1957-58
West Regional - San Francisco, Calif.
First Round - W, USF 57, Idaho State 51
Second Round - L, Seattle 69, USF 67
 
1962-63
West Regional - Provo, Utah
First Round - L, Oregon State 65, USF 61
Consolation - W, USF 76, UCLA 75
 
1963-64
West Regional - Corvallis, Ore.
First Round - W, USF 64, Utah State 58
Second Round - L, UCLA 76, USF 72
 
1964-65
West Regional - Provo, Utah
First Round - W, USF 91, Oklahoma City 67
Second Round - L, UCLA 101, USF 93
 
1971-72
West Regional - Provo, Utah
First Round - L, Long Beach State 76, USF 55
Consolation - W, USF 74, Weber State 64
 
1972-73
West Regional - Los Angeles, Calif.
First Round - W, USF 77, Long Beach State 67
Second Round - L, UCLA 55, USF 39
 
1973-74
West Regional - Tucson, Ariz.
First Round - W, USF 64, New Mexico 61
Second Round - L, UCLA 83, USF 60
 
1976-77
West Regional - Tucson, Ariz.
First Round - L, UNLV 121, USF 92
 
1977-78
West Regional
First Round - Tempe, Ariz.
W, USF 68, North Carolina 64
Second Round - Albuquerque, NM
L, Cal State Fullerton 75, USF 72
 
1978-79
West Regional
First Round - Tucson, Ariz.
W, USF 86, BYU 63
Second Round - Provo, Ut.
L, UCLA 99, USF 81
 
1980-81
West Regional - Los Angeles, Calif.
L, Kansas State 64, USF 60
 
1981-82
West Regional - Dallas, Texas
L, Boston College 70, USF 66
 
1997-98
West Regional - Boise, Idaho
L, First Round - Utah 85, USF 68

2021-22
East Regional - Indianapolis, Indiana 
First Round - L (OT), Murray State 92, USF 87
 
National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Results:
1948-49
First Round - W, USF 68, Manhattan 43
Second Round - W, USF 64, Utah 63
Semifinal - W, USF 49, Bowling Green 39
Championship - W, USF 48, Loyola (Chicago) 47
 
1949-50
First Round - L, City College of New York 65, USF 46
 
1965-66
First Round - W, USF 89, Penn State 77
Second Round - L, Army 80, USF 63
 
1975-76
First Round - L, UNC-Charlotte 79, USF 74
 
2004-05
First Round - W, USF 69, Denver 67
Second Round - L, Cal-State Fullerton 85, USF 69
 
2013-14
First Round - L, LSU 71, USF 63

2023-24
First Round - L (OT), Cincinnati 73, USF 72
 
CollegeInsider.com Tournament Results:
2010-11
First Round (San Francisco) - W, USF 81, Idaho 73
Second Round (Honolulu, Hawaii) - W, USF 77, Hawaii 74
Third Round (San Francisco) - L, Santa Clara 95, USF 91
 
College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Results:
2011-12
First Round (San Francisco) - L, Washington State 89, USF 75

2016-17
First Round (Houston) - L, Rice  85, USF 76

2017-18
First Round (San Francisco) - W, USF 72, Colgate 68
Second Round (San Francisco) - W, USF 78, Utah Valley 73
Third Round (San Francisco) - W, USF 65, Campbell 62
Championship Game 1 (San Francisco) - W, USF 72, North Texas 62
Championship Game 2 (Denton, Texas) - L, North Texas 69, USF 55
Championship Game 3 (Denton, Texas) - L, North Texas 88, USF 77