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Cal Poly Mustangs

2021–22 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team

University

California Polytechnic State University

Head coach

John Smith (3rd season)

Conference

Big West

Location

San Luis Obispo, California

Arena

Mott Athletics Center
(capacity: 3,032)

Nickname

Mustangs

Colors

Poly green, copper gold, and stadium gold

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

NCAA tournament appearances

2014

Conference tournament champions

Big West: 2014

Conference regular season champions

CCAA: 1955, 1956, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1986
American West: 1996

The Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team represents California Polytechnic State University, located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference. The Cal Poly men's basketball team's first season was 1907 and its first season as a four-year institution was 1941–42. The Mustangs are coached by John Smith and play their home games at Robert A. Mott Athletics Center.

The team began playing at the Division I level in 1994–95, and shortly thereafter won a regular-season conference title in the four-team American West Conference (since disbanded) with a 5-1 record in 1996. The 1995-96 championship season saw Cal Poly's Ben Larson average 3.45 steals per game, the third-most in NCAA history, while winning the AWC Player of the Year award. The Mustangs then joined the Big West ahead of the 1996-97 school year.

Cal Poly advanced to its first Division I NCAA Tournament in 2014 after an historic run in the Big West Conference Tournament, becoming the first 7th seed to win the championship, as the Mustangs defeated CSUN, 61-59, following a go-ahead 3-pointer made by Ridge Shipley at the Honda Center. Cal Poly earned the 16th seed and defeated Texas Southern in the NCAA First Round in Dayton. Cal Poly then advanced to the 2nd Round, where they were defeated by unbeaten top seed Wichita State 64–37.

Prior to the 2014 conference tournament championship-game victory, Cal Poly advanced to the Big West Championship Game on two other occasions: in 2003 (falling to Utah State) and 2007 (to Long Beach State).

The Blue-Green Rivalry

Main article: Blue–Green Rivalry

The main rival of the Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team is the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team. The rivalry is a part of the larger Blue–Green Rivalry, which encompasses all sports from the two schools.

Postseason

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Mustangs have appeared in one NCAA tournament. Their record is 1–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2014	#16	First Four Second Round	#16 Texas Southern #1 Wichita State	W 81–69 L 37–64

NCAA Division II Tournament results

The Mustangs have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament seven times. Their combined record is 7–8.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1971	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Puget Sound San Francisco State	L 69–81 W 70–68
1974	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Sonoma State Cal State Chico	L 66–73 W 81–63
1977	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Seattle Pacific Puget Sound North Alabama	W 73–58 W 67–54 L 64–67
1980	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	San Francisco State UC Riverside	W 66–46 L 53–62
1981	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Bloomsberg Clarion	W 71–43 L 61–84
1982	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Alaska–Anchorage Cal State Bakersfield	W 66–60 L 55–58
1986	Regional Semifinals Regional 3rd Place Game	Cal State East Bay UC Riverside	L 65–67 L 53–55

CIT results

The Mustangs have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2013	First Round	Weber state	L 43–85

Season-by-season results

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Unknown (Independent) (1921–1941)
1921–22	Unknown	4–1
1922–23	No Team
1923–24	Unknown	2–3
1924–25	Unknown	4–2
1925–26	Unknown	1–5
1926–27	Unknown	3–9
1927–28	Unknown	6–11
1928–29	No Team
1929–30	No Team
1930–31	No Team
1931–32	No Team
1932–33	Unknown	15–3
1933–34	Unknown	4–6
1934–35	Unknown	3–7
1935–36	Unknown	7–5
1936–37	Unknown	5–7
1937–38	No Team
1938–39	Unknown	8–8
1939–40	Unknown	7–8
1940–41	Unknown	6–13
Unknown:		75–88
Howie O'Daniels (Independent) (1941–1942)
1941–42	Howie O'Daniels	5–17
O'Daniels:		5–17
1942–43	No Team (WWII)
1943–44	No team (WWII)
1944–45	No team (WWII)
1945–46	No team (WWII)
Robert Mott (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1947)
1946–47	Robert Mott	4–14	0–10	6
Mott:		4–14
Ed Jorgensen (California Collegiate Athletic Association/Independent) (1947–1966)
1947–48	Ed Jorgensen	12–13	1–9	6
1948–49	Ed Jorgensen	12–12	2–8	6
1949–50	Ed Jorgensen	13–15	3–6	4
1950–51	Ed Jorgensen	22–9	6–4	3
1951–52	Ed Jorgensen	14–16	6–3	2
1952–53	Ed Jorgensen	21–6	6–4	3
1953–54	Ed Jorgensen	11–11	4–6	4
1954–55	Ed Jorgensen	13–13	5–3	3
1955–56	Ed Jorgensen	15–12
1956–57	Ed Jorgensen	12–11
1957–58	Ed Jorgensen	8–17
1958–59	Ed Jorgensen	16–9
1959–60	Ed Jorgensen	15–9
1960–61	Ed Jorgensen	13–10	5–5	4
1961–62	Ed Jorgensen	16–6	6–5	4
1962–63	Ed Jorgensen	11–13	4–8	5
1963–64	Ed Jorgensen	4–14	1–9	6
1964–65	Ed Jorgensen	8–17	1–9	6
1965–66	Ed Jorgensen	8–16	3–7	5
Jorgensen:		222–229
Stuart Chestnut (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1966–1969)
1966–67	Stuart Chestnut	12–11	4–7	5
1967–68	Stuart Chestnut	10–12	5–9	5
1968–69	Stuart Chestnut	7–19	4–8	6
Chestnut:		29–42
Neale Stoner (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1969–1972)
1969–70	Neale Stoner	13–13	2–6	5
1970–71	Neale Stoner	17–11	6–2	2
1971–72	Neale Stoner	17–9	5–3	3
Stoner:		47–33
Ernie Wheeler (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1972–1986)
1972–73	Ernie Wheeler	13–13	4–5	4
1973–74	Ernie Wheeler	18–10	8–2	2
1974–75	Ernie Wheeler	15–11	2–6	5
1975–76	Ernie Wheeler	14–14	2–8	6
1976–77	Ernie Wheeler	18–10	7–3	2
1977–78	Ernie Wheeler	17–10	7–3	2
1978–79	Ernie Wheeler	13–14	3–9	6
1979–80	Ernie Wheeler	22–7	9–3	2
1980–81	Ernie Wheeler	24–8	10–4	2
1981–82	Ernie Wheeler	20–6	10–4	2
1982–83	Ernie Wheeler	21–10	8–6	4
1983–84	Ernie Wheeler	20–8	8–6	4
1984–85	Ernie Wheeler	16–11	5–9	6
1985–86	Ernie Wheeler	23–6	13–2	1
Wheeler:		254–124
Steve Beason (California Collegiate Athletic Association/American West Conference) (1986–1995)
1986–87	Steve Beason	19–10	10–4	2
1987–88	Steve Beason	17–10	9–5	3
1988–89	Steve Beason	14–12	6–8	6
1989–90	Steve Beason	19–9	9–5	3
1990–91	Steve Beason	14–14	6–6	4
1991–92	Steve Beason	19–8	7–7	5T
1992–93	Steve Beason	9–17	3–11	8
1993–94	Steve Beason	9–16	3–9	7
1994–95	Steve Beason	1–26	0–6	4
Beason:		393–167
Jeff Schneider (American West Conference/Big West Conference) (1995–2001)
1995–96	Jeff Schneider	16–13	5–1	1
1996–97	Jeff Schneider	14–16	7–10	5 (West)
1997–98	Jeff Schneider	14–14	7–9	2 (West)
1998–99	Jeff Schneider	11–16	6–10	5 (West)
1999–00	Jeff Schneider	10–18	5–11	5 (West)
2000–01	Jeff Schneider	9–19	3–13	8
Schneider:		74–96
Kevin Bromley (Big West Conference) (2001–2009)
2001–02	Kevin Bromley	15–12	9–9	6T
2002–03	Kevin Bromley	16–14	10–8	4
2003–04	Kevin Bromley	11–16	6–12	1
2004–05	Kevin Bromley	5–22	3–15	10
2005–06	Kevin Bromley	10–19	7–7	3
2006–07	Kevin Bromley	19–11	9–5	2T
2007–08	Kevin Bromley	12–18	7–9	6
2008–09	Kevin Bromley	7–21	3–13	9
Bromley:		95–133
Joe Callero (Big West Conference) (2009–2019)
2009–10	Joe Callero	12–19	7–9	6
2010–11	Joe Callero	15–15	10–6	2
2011–12	Joe Callero	18–15	8-8	4
2012–13	Joe Callero	18–14	12–6	3	CIT 1st Round
2013–14	Joe Callero	14–20	6–10	7	NCAA Second Round
2014–15	Joe Callero	13–16	6-10	6
2015–16	Joe Callero	10–20	4-12	7
2016–17	Joe Callero	11–20	6-10	7
2017–18	Joe Callero	9–21	4-12	8
2018–19	Joe Callero	6-23	2-14	9
Callero:		126–183
John Smith (Big West Conference) (2019–present)
2019–20	John Smith	7–23	4-12	9
2020–21	John Smith	4–20	1-15	10
2021–22	John Smith	7–21	3-12	10
Smith:		18–64
Total:		329-543
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

NBA Players

Lewis Cohen became the first Cal Poly player to be selected in the NBA draft, when he was chosen with the 199th overall selection (in the 10th round) by the Phoenix Suns in the 1978 NBA draft. Cohen set Cal Poly's single-game school record for assists with 16 on November 29, 1976.
In 2017, David Nwaba became the first Cal Poly alum to play in the NBA, making his debut for the Los Angeles Lakers, his hometown team. Nwaba, who made the 2016-17 G-League All-Defensive Team, played for the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers and Brooklyn Nets, and is currently a guard for the Houston Rockets. While with Cal Poly, Nwaba was selected to the 2014 Big West All-Tournament Team, and was voted as the conference's Player of the Week on Dec. 22, 2014.

ABA Players

Mike LaRoche was the first Cal Poly player to be selected in the ABA Draft, when he was chosen with a supplemental pick by the Los Angeles Stars in 1968. LaRoche was selected to three straight all-conference first teams while a Mustang.

Additional Pro Alumni

Jason Allen, Stal Ostrow (Poland)
Joel Awich, BC Souffelweyersheim (France)
Brian Bennett, Nurnberg Falcons BC (Germany)
Chris Bjorklund, Treviso Basket (Italy)
Sean Chambers, Philippines Aces
Varnie Dennis, J.A. Vichy (France)
Chris Eversley, Westports Malaysia Dragons
Amaurys Fermin, Indios (Dominican Republic)
Donovan Fields, St. Vincent's BC (Ireland)
Marcellus Garrick, Angra BC (Portugal)
Zach Gordon, 12th overall pick (2nd round) in 2017 NBL Canada Draft, St. John's Edge/Ulcinj (Prva A Liga)
Victor Joseph, AEL Limassol BC (Cyprus)
Lorenzo Keeler, Libertadores de Queretaro (Mexico)
Damien Levesque, Rockingham Flames (Australia)
Shawn Lewis, Oviedo CB (Spain)
Josh Martin, Boras Basket (Sweden)
Tyler McGinn, Aalborg Vikings (Denmark)
Kyle Odister, Sheffield Sharks (England)
Dylan Royer, Fuerza Regia (Mexico)
Titus Shelton, Santa Barbara Breakers
Derek Stockalper, Lugano Tigers (Switzerland)
Drake U'u, Perth Wildcats (Australia)
Dreshawn Vance, BC Montbrison (France)
Mike Wozniak, Fargo-Moorhead Beez

FIBA Senior National Team Players

Joel Awich represented Kenya in 2021 FIBA Qualifiers, averaging 12.0 points and 4.0 rebounds, and later averaged 9.3 points and 5.3 points in 2023 World Cup qualifying. At Cal Poly, Awich won the Tournament MVP award at the 2015 Maui Invitational Regionals.
Amaurys Fermin played in four games for the Dominican Republic National Team in 2012.
Jakub Niziol debuted for the Poland National Team at 2023 World Cup qualifying.
Derek Stockalper made 23 appearances for Switzerland's National Team from 2007-13, with his best tournament coming in 2011, when he averaged 12.7 points. While with Cal Poly in 2007, Stockalper led the Big West with a 3-point shooting percentage of .496, and an overall field-goal percentage of .540.

References

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v t e Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball
Venues	Mott Athletics Center (1960–present)
Rivalries	UC Santa Barbara
Culture & lore	Mustang Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1941–42 1942–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Academics

Student life

Campus facilities

Athletics

Programs	Cal Poly Mustangs Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's soccer
Rivals	UC Davis Battle for the Golden Horseshoe UC Santa Barbara Blue–Green Rivalry

v t e Big West Conference men's basketball
Teams	Cal Poly Mustangs Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Northridge Matadors Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Long Beach State Beach UC Davis Aggies UC Irvine Anteaters UC Riverside Highlanders UC San Diego Tritons UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Championships & awards	Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Player of the Year Coach of the Year
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

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