Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball

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Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
2021–22 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team
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UniversityStephen F. Austin State University
Head coachKyle Keller (5th season)
ConferenceWAC
LocationNacogdoches, Texas
ArenaWilliam R. Johnson Coliseum
(Capacity: 7,203)
NicknameLumberjacks
ColorsPurple and white[1]
   
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away


NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2014, 2016*
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2009, 2014, 2015*, 2016*, 2018*
Conference tournament champions
Southland: 2009, 2014, 2015*, 2016*, 2018*
Conference regular season champions
1987, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015*, 2016*, 2020
*Appearances Vacated by NCAA

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Stephen F. Austin State University (popularly abbreviated as SFA) in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. (All SFA women's teams are known as Ladyjacks.) SFA is one of four schools, all from Texas, that left the Southland Conference on July 1, 2021 to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).[2] SFA had previously played in the Southland Conference since the 1987–88 season. In the 2013–2014 season the men's basketball team had its most successful year in more than 2 decades going 32–3 in the regular season and 18–0 in conference play. They won 29 games in a row including the conference semi-final and finals and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. SFA repeated the same feat in their 2015–2016 season by going 18–0 in conference and reaching the second round of the NCAA once again.

On May 20, 2020, following the discovery of an administrative error in certifying eligibility for student-athletes, Stephen F. Austin reached an agreement with the NCAA to vacate hundreds of wins across multiple sports from 2013 to 2019, including all 117 men's basketball wins from the 2014–15 to 2018–19 seasons. As a result, three NCAA tournament appearances and three Southland conference titles were nullified.[3][4]

Postseason appearances[]

NCAA Tournament[]

The Lumberjacks have appeared in five NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–5; however, as a result of their three vacated appearances, they have an "official" record of 1–2.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2009 #14 Round of 64 #3 Syracuse L 44–59
2014 #12 Round of 64
Round of 32		 #5 VCU
#4 UCLA		 W 77–75OT
L 60–77
2015 #12 Round of 64 #5 Utah L 50–57
2016 #14 Round of 64
Round of 32		 #3 West Virginia
#6 Notre Dame		 W 70–56
L 75–76
2018 #14 Round of 64 #3 Texas Tech L 60–70

NIT[]

The Lumberjacks have appeared in three National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 1–3.

Year Round Opponent Result
1987 First Round
Second Round		 James Madison
Arkansas–Little Rock		 W 70–63
L 48–54
2008 First Round Massachusetts L 60–80
2013 First Round Stanford L 57–58

CIT[]

The Lumberjacks have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 0–1.

Year Round Opponent Result
2017 First Round Idaho L 50–73

References[]

  1. ^ SFA Official University Identity Standards Manual (PDF). June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "NCAA Negotiated Resolution Agreement: What It Means for SFA". SFAJacks.com. Stephen F. Austin State University. May 20, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Rieken, Kristie (May 20, 2020). "Stephen F. Austin Gets Postseason Bans; Agrees To Sanctions". Associated Press. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

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