Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
	2022–23 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team
University	Stephen F. Austin State University
Head coach	Kyle Keller (5th season)
Conference	WAC
Location	Nacogdoches, Texas
Arena	William R. Johnson Coliseum ; (Capacity: 7,203)
Nickname	Lumberjacks
Colors	Purple and white[1];
Uniforms
Home	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
	Southland: 1987, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020; WAC: 2022
	*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.)

History

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, but lost in a heartbreaker by Rex Pflueger's putback which gave Notre Dame a 76-75 win over the Lumberjacks.

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.[2][3]

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).[4] SFA had previously played in the Southland Conference since the 1987–88 season.

Postseason appearances

NCAA tournament results

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 77–75^OT 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 results

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

CBI results

The Lumberjacks have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) once. Their record is 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2022	#4	First Round	#13 UNC Asheville	L 68-80

CIT results

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

Lumberjacks in the NBA

3 former Stephen F. Austin players have played at least one game in the NBA.

Name	Draft Year	Draft Team
Kevon Harris	2022	Undrafted
George Johnson	1970	Baltimore Bullets
James Silas	1972	Houston Rockets

References

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

External links

Official website

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[1] SFA Official University Identity Standards Manual (PDF). June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

[2] "NCAA Negotiated Resolution Agreement: What It Means for SFA". SFAJacks.com. Stephen F. Austin State University. May 20, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

[3] Rieken, Kristie (May 20, 2020). "Stephen F. Austin Gets Postseason Bans; Agrees To Sanctions". Associated Press. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

[4] "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball
Venues	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1974–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Western Athletic Conference men's basketball
Teams	Abilene Christian Wildcats California Baptist Lancers Grand Canyon Antelopes Seattle Redhawks Southern Utah Thunderbirds Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Tarleton Texans UT Arlington Mavericks UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros Utah Tech Trailblazers Utah Valley Wolverines
Championships & awards	WAC men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23