James Madison

Sun Belt · Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg, Virginia

785-715

All-time

0.523

Win %

NCAA titles

Final Fours

Tourney apps

#1 seeds

Weeks at #1

All-Americans

Greatest tournament games

James Madison’s top NCAA tournament games of all time by Game Score.

#	Date	Season	Round	Match	Game Score
1	Mar 13, 1982	1982	Second Round	James Madison 50-52 #1 North Carolina Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina	1.45
2	Mar 22, 2024	2024	First Round	James Madison 72-61 #23 Wisconsin Barclays Center, New York, New York	1.35
3	Mar 17, 1983	1983	First Round	James Madison 57-50 West Virginia First Horizon Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina	1.23
4	Mar 14, 1981	1981	Second Round	James Madison 45-54 #7 Notre Dame Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, Rhode Island	1.16
5	Mar 12, 1981	1981	First Round	James Madison 61-55 Georgetown Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, Rhode Island	1.07
6	Mar 17, 1994	1994	First Round	James Madison 62-64 Florida Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New York, New York	0.95
7	Mar 11, 1982	1982	First Round	James Madison 55-48 Ohio State Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina	0.91
8	Mar 19, 1983	1983	Second Round	James Madison 49-68 #8 North Carolina First Horizon Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina	0.77
9	Mar 24, 2024	2024	Second Round	James Madison 55-93 #13 Duke Barclays Center, New York, New York	0.68
10	Mar 22, 2013	2013	First Round	James Madison 62-83 #4 Indiana University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio	0.30

Season by season

Year	School	Record	Conference	Conf	SRS	Seed	Tournament
2026	James Madison	18-15	Sun Belt	9-9	#222
2025	James Madison	20-12	Sun Belt ★	13-5	#171
2024	James Madison	32-4	Sun Belt ◆	15-3	#82	12	NCAA tournament
2023	James Madison	22-11	Sun Belt	12-6	#103
2022	James Madison	15-14	Colonial	6-12	#219
2021	James Madison	13-7	Colonial ★	8-2	#149
2020	James Madison	9-21	Colonial	2-16	#286
2019	James Madison	14-19	Colonial	6-12	#272
2018	James Madison	10-22	Colonial	6-12	#225
2017	James Madison	10-23	Colonial	7-11	#229
2016	James Madison	21-11	Colonial	11-7	#94
2015	James Madison	19-14	Colonial ★	12-6	#189
2014	James Madison	11-20	Colonial	6-10	#267
2013	James Madison	21-15	Colonial ◆	11-7	#176	16	NCAA tournament
2012	James Madison	12-20	Colonial	5-13	#230
2011	James Madison	21-12	Colonial	10-8	#117
2010	James Madison	13-20	Colonial	4-14	#217
2009	James Madison	21-15	Colonial	9-9	#154
2008	James Madison	13-17	Colonial	5-13	#201
2007	James Madison	7-23	Colonial	4-14	#263
2006	James Madison	5-23	Colonial	2-16	#295
2005	James Madison	6-22	Colonial	3-15	#300
2004	James Madison	7-21	Colonial	3-15	#248
2003	James Madison	13-17	Colonial	8-10	#212
2002	James Madison	14-15	Colonial	6-12	#188
2001	James Madison	12-17	Colonial	6-10	#199
2000	James Madison	20-9	Colonial ★	12-4	#170
1999	James Madison	16-11	Colonial	9-7	#132
1998	James Madison	11-16	Colonial	6-10	#197
1997	James Madison	16-13	Colonial	8-8	#146
1996	James Madison	10-20	Colonial	6-10	#201
1995	James Madison	16-13	Colonial	9-5	#140
1994	James Madison	20-10	Colonial ★ ◆	10-4	#118	14	NCAA tournament
1993	James Madison	21-9	Colonial ★	11-3	#60		NIT
1992	James Madison	21-11	Colonial ★	12-2	#75		NIT
1991	James Madison	19-10	Colonial ★	12-2	#107		NIT
1990	James Madison	20-11	Colonial ★	11-3	#103		NIT
1989	James Madison	16-14	Colonial	6-8	#169
1988	James Madison	10-18	Colonial	5-9	#216
1987	James Madison	20-10	Colonial	8-6	#138		NIT
1986	James Madison	5-23	Colonial	3-11	#180
1985	James Madison	14-14	ECAC South	7-7	#155
1984	James Madison	15-14	ECAC South	5-5	#146
1983	James Madison	20-11	ECAC South ◆	6-3	#65	10	NCAA tournament
1982	James Madison	24-6	ECAC South	10-1	#27		NCAA tournament
1981	James Madison	21-9	ECAC South		#44		NCAA tournament
1980	James Madison	18-8	ECAC South		#163
1979	James Madison	18-8	Independent		#136
1978	James Madison	18-8	Independent		#183
1977	James Madison	17-9	Independent		#186