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  "verifiedAt": "2026-10-03",
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      "startYear": 1999,
      "endYear": 2025,
      "display": "Fall 1999\u20132025"
    },
    "mens-basketball": {
      "startYear": 2000,
      "endYear": 2026,
      "display": "1999\u20132000 through 2025\u201326",
      "yearMeaning": "Season ending year"
    },
    "baseball": {
      "startYear": 2000,
      "endYear": 2026,
      "display": "Spring 2000\u20132026"
    },
    "softball": {
      "startYear": 2000,
      "endYear": 2026,
      "display": "Spring 2000\u20132026"
    }
  },
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    "tournament": "Conference postseason tournament championship.",
    "division": "Division-only title, excluded from overall conference championship totals.",
    "ncaa": "NCAA Tournament/Regional appearance; excludes NIT, CIT, CBI, NISC.",
    "bowl": "FBS bowl appearance.",
    "bowlWin": "FBS bowl win.",
    "national": "National championship."
  },
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      "regular": 1,
      "bowl": 1,
      "bowlWin": 0
    },
    "mens-basketball": {
      "regular": 0,
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      "ncaa": 0,
      "division": 1
    },
    "baseball": {
      "regular": 3,
      "tournament": 1,
      "ncaa": 2
    },
    "softball": {
      "regular": 1,
      "tournament": 0,
      "ncaa": 0
    }
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    {
      "sport": "football",
      "year": 2005,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Sun Belt co-champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "ulm",
      "note": "Shared overall conference regular-season championship; 5\u20132 in the Sun Belt, 5\u20136 overall."
    },
    {
      "sport": "football",
      "year": 2012,
      "category": "bowl",
      "title": "Independence Bowl appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "football-bowl-2012",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2012/12/28/205858508.aspx",
      "era": "ulm",
      "note": "Lost 45\u201314 to Ohio; finished 8\u20135."
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "year": 2007,
      "category": "division",
      "title": "Sun Belt West Division co-champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "ulm",
      "note": "Division-only title. Do not count as an overall conference championship."
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 2000,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Southland regular-season champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "ulm"
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 2000,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Regional appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "baseball-laval-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2021/10/13/baseball-ulm-l-club-sports-hall-of-fame-spotlight-smoke-laval",
      "era": "ulm"
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 2002,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Southland regular-season champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "ulm"
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 2008,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Sun Belt regular-season champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "ulm"
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 2012,
      "category": "tournament",
      "title": "Sun Belt Tournament champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "ulm"
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 2012,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Regional appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "baseball-regional-2012",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2012/5/28/205434542",
      "era": "ulm"
    },
    {
      "sport": "softball",
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Sun Belt regular-season champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "softball-champion-2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2026/5/6/softball-preview-sun-belt-conference-championships.aspx",
      "era": "ulm",
      "note": "First Sun Belt regular-season title; 19\u20135 conference record. A regular-season title does not itself confer an NCAA bid."
    }
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    {
      "sport": "football",
      "year": 1987,
      "category": "national",
      "title": "NCAA Division I-AA national champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "ulm-athletics-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/1993/11/18/1481404.aspx",
      "era": "nlu",
      "note": "13\u20132; defeated Marshall 43\u201342 in the national championship game. I-AA is today\u2019s FCS."
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 1999,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Southland regular-season champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "nlu",
      "note": "Final NLU spring before the August 1999 institutional name change."
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 1999,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Regional appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "baseball-laval-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2021/10/13/baseball-ulm-l-club-sports-hall-of-fame-spotlight-smoke-laval",
      "era": "nlu",
      "note": "1999 final overall record 36\u201322, confirmed in ULM\u2019s Ben Sheets Hall of Fame announcement."
    },
    {
      "sport": "softball",
      "year": 1997,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Southland regular-season champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "nlu"
    },
    {
      "sport": "softball",
      "year": 1997,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Regional appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "softball-postseason-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2017/5/15/211595591.aspx?path=softball",
      "era": "nlu"
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "year": 1990,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Tournament appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "basketball-1990s-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2013/3/4/206596983.aspx",
      "era": "nlu"
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "year": 1991,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Tournament appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "basketball-1990s-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2013/3/4/206596983.aspx",
      "era": "nlu"
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "year": 1992,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Tournament appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "basketball-1990s-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2013/3/4/206596983.aspx",
      "era": "nlu"
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "year": 1993,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Tournament appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "basketball-1990s-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2013/3/4/206596983.aspx",
      "era": "nlu"
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "year": 1996,
      "category": "ncaa",
      "title": "NCAA Tournament appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "basketball-1990s-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2013/3/4/206596983.aspx",
      "era": "nlu"
    }
  ],
  "historicalContext": {
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      "scope": "Calendar years 1990\u20131999",
      "regular": 6,
      "tournament": 5,
      "ncaa": 5,
      "sourceId": "basketball-1990s-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2013/3/4/206596983.aspx",
      "note": "Selected NLU benchmark; these are not post-1999 ULM-era counts."
    }
  },
  "zeroClaims": [
    {
      "sport": "football",
      "category": "bowlWin",
      "value": 0,
      "scope": "Fall 1999\u20132025",
      "sourceIds": [
        "football-guide-2025",
        "football-bowl-2012"
      ],
      "note": "The official 2025 media guide gives one bowl appearance and a 0\u20131 bowl record; the 2025 schedule contains no bowl."
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "category": "regular",
      "value": 0,
      "scope": "1999\u20132000 through 2025\u201326",
      "sourceIds": [
        "titles"
      ],
      "note": "The only ULM-era title in the official conference-title list is the 2007 West Division co-title."
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "category": "tournament",
      "value": 0,
      "scope": "1999\u20132000 through 2025\u201326",
      "sourceIds": [
        "titles"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "category": "ncaa",
      "value": 0,
      "scope": "1999\u20132000 through 2025\u201326",
      "sourceIds": [
        "basketball-1990s-history",
        "sports-cumulative-v2"
      ],
      "note": "Last NCAA appearance was 1996; later official season archives/cumulative records show no NCAA games. CIT/CBI are not NCAA Tournament appearances."
    },
    {
      "sport": "softball",
      "category": "tournament",
      "value": 0,
      "scope": "Spring 2000\u20132026",
      "sourceIds": [
        "titles",
        "softball-champion-2026"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sport": "softball",
      "category": "ncaa",
      "value": 0,
      "scope": "Spring 2000\u20132026",
      "sourceIds": [
        "softball-postseason-history",
        "softball-ncaa-bracket-2026",
        "sports-cumulative-v2"
      ],
      "note": "ULM\u2019s historical NCAA Regional appearance is 1997. 2017 NISC is a separate postseason tournament. The 2026 NCAA bracket excludes ULM."
    }
  ],
  "recordDataset": "sports_season_corrections_v2.json",
  "notes": [
    "Compute cumulative wins/losses, winning seasons, and win percentage from auditedSeasons or merged corrections rather than the original schedule-derived numbers.",
    "Name changes do not cause athletic outcomes. NLU and ULM are the same institution. Different competitive eras and conference memberships limit simple comparisons.",
    "The 1999 Southland baseball title and NCAA appearance occurred before the August name change; display beside the NLU historical benchmark.",
    "Do not label the 2007 men\u2019s basketball division co-title as an overall league championship."
  ],
  "historical": [
    {
      "sport": "football",
      "year": 1987,
      "category": "national",
      "title": "NCAA Division I-AA national champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "ulm-athletics-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/1993/11/18/1481404.aspx",
      "era": "nlu",
      "note": "13\u20132; defeated Marshall 43\u201342 in the national championship game. I-AA is today\u2019s FCS."
    },
    {
      "sport": "mens-basketball",
      "year": 1990,
      "category": "selected",
      "title": "1990s basketball: 5 NCAA trips, 6 league titles, 5 tournament titles",
      "sourceId": "basketball-1990s-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2013/3/4/206596983.aspx",
      "era": "nlu"
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 1999,
      "category": "selected",
      "title": "Baseball: Southland title + NCAA Regional",
      "sourceId": "baseball-laval-history",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2021/10/13/baseball-ulm-l-club-sports-hall-of-fame-spotlight-smoke-laval",
      "era": "nlu"
    },
    {
      "sport": "football",
      "year": 2005,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Sun Belt co-champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "ulm",
      "note": "Shared overall conference regular-season championship; 5\u20132 in the Sun Belt, 5\u20136 overall."
    },
    {
      "sport": "football",
      "year": 2012,
      "category": "bowl",
      "title": "Independence Bowl appearance",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "football-bowl-2012",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2012/12/28/205858508.aspx",
      "era": "ulm",
      "note": "Lost 45\u201314 to Ohio; finished 8\u20135."
    },
    {
      "sport": "baseball",
      "year": 2012,
      "category": "tournament",
      "title": "Sun Belt Tournament champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "titles",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/2012/5/9/205437928.aspx",
      "era": "ulm"
    },
    {
      "sport": "softball",
      "year": 2026,
      "category": "regular",
      "title": "Sun Belt regular-season champion",
      "classification": "FACT",
      "sourceId": "softball-champion-2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ulmwarhawks.com/news/2026/5/6/softball-preview-sun-belt-conference-championships.aspx",
      "era": "ulm",
      "note": "First Sun Belt regular-season title; 19\u20135 conference record. A regular-season title does not itself confer an NCAA bid."
    }
  ]
}