My benchmark for all-time low was 1991 (season following NCAA trip to Long Beach where we lost to Michigan in the first round as a 14 seed). First neutral-site conference tournament. Friday, March 1 (3:00 PM). The Valley had nine teams at the time, so we played in the sole play-in game vs. Drake (this was during DU's run of twenty (20) successive non-winning seasons). #9 Bulldogs (4-12, 7-20) vs. #8 Redbirds (4-12, 5-22). Rudy Washington vs. Bob Bender. No television.
It was Bender's second season. Todd Kagel, Richard Thomas, Charles Barnes, Mike Vandegarde, Scott Taylor were the starters.
The announced crowd was 1,400 ... must have included anyone who wandered near the Kiel Auditorium footprint while the game was going on and the pigeons who were nesting in the rafters. A majority of those who actually were in the building were after-school kids that who came via buses (arrived late, left early).
Sloppy game (fifty (50) turnovers). Jumped out to an early lead, led by eight at halftime, lost by one.
That was stench, and this season appears to be drifting towards that one.