Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1928, 1950, 1951, 1966, 1967 Great Plains Athletic Conference1973 Central States Intercollegiate Conference1978, 1986, 1987 The Washburn Ichabods men's basketball team represents Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, in the NCAA Division II men's basketball competition.

[5] Washburn's basketball program began in with the 1905–06 season, forty years after the university was founded.

[8] In his first four seasons as head coach, Byrd led the Ichabods to winning records and a total of 31–20.

[12] From 1923 to 1927, Lonborg led the Ichabods to a 61–14–1 record, producing the second, and last, of the team's two ties as well as winning two conference regular season championships.

[13] When Lonborg left after the 1926–27 season, Washburn entered a new era: Roy Wynne was named head coach,[14] and the school joined the newly created Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

In 1936, Dee Errikson took over team, leading for the next ten seasons and through World War II.

[18] Errikson led the team to an overall record of 67–122, making him one of the most unsuccessful coaches in Washburn history.

Conference tournament champion For the next thirty years after World War II, the Washburn saw five coaches come and go, with the addition of an interim for three games.

Conference tournament champion In 1979, Washburn assistant head coach Bob Chipman took over the program.

[24] During his first five years as head coach, Chipman led the Ichabods to a 105–46 overall record, winning the MIAA Tournament Championship in 1982–84.

In 1989, the Ichabods made the move from the NAIA to the NCAA Division II, which also meant they would join a new conference: the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association.