A program for intercollegiate athletics for women is established.
Varsity teams begin competing in basketball, swimming and diving, volleyball, tennis, and fencing.
The men's basketball team reaches the NCAA Tournament Final Four for the first time. The Orangemen are eliminated in the semifinals by the University of Kentucky. To combat escalating energy costs, the University supplies student washing machines with cold water only. Business booms at local laundromats. The men's basketball team culminates Beat Siena Week with a 99-64 win.