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On This Day ▪ December 22

If you know of an event that is missing from a particlular date and have a verifiable source, please contact me.

Note: Several football game date and location issues prior to 1940 have been found in the media guides that need further research. In the 2024 media guide, several dates/locations from 1895 to 1910 have been fixed.


Games

Men's Basketball
1948 – W 75-49 H Wisconsin
1952 – L 78-55 N New York
1953 – W 72-51 H Texas
1957 – W 64-57 H Rice
1959 – W 57-52 H New Mexico State
1961 – W 75-56 H Texas Tech
1963 – L 93-90 A Illinois
1970 – W 85-69 H Arkansas
1974 – W 74-57 H Central Oklahoma
1977 – L 100-89 A UNLV
1978 – W 80-74 N Pennsylvania
1980 – W 78-61 H Southern Mississippi
1985 – L 85-76 N SMU
1989 – W 115-96 H Arkansas-Little Rock
1991 – L 90-85 H #9 Duke
1993 – W 105-88 A Chaminade
1994 – W 79-64 H Coppin State
1998W 95-72 H North Texas
1999L 75-72 N Mississippi
2000L 72-57 H #4 Cincinnati
2006L 92-68 N West Virginia
2009W 70-58 A Rice
2015W 85-51 H Weber State
2016W 88-60 N Washington State
2018W 104-78 H Northwestern
2021L 69-67 H #15 Texas Tech
2022W 72-48 H Alcorn State
2025W 89-66 H Central Arkansas
2026 – H Stetson

Women's Basketball
1980 – W 68-55 A Tulsa
1991 – W 85-75 A Minnesota
2002 – L 86-72 A Connecticut
2019W 77-61 A SMU
2020L 97-53 A #2 Connecticut
2024L 79-70 H Southern
2025W 111-65 H Omaha
2026 – H North Carolina Central

Births/Deaths

Football Players
Born – Nigel Smith II

Men's Basketball Players
Born in 1948 – Vester Marshall
Born in 1930 – Tom Churchill Jr. (d. 2006)
Died in 2023 – Ryan Minor (b. 1974)

Women's Basketball Players
Born – Caya Smith

Baseball Players
Died in 2023 – Ryan Minor (b. 1974)