Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
	2024–25 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team
University	Stephen F. Austin State University
Head coach	Kyle Keller (9th season)
Conference	Southland
Location	Nacogdoches, Texas
Arena	William R. Johnson Coliseum ; (capacity: 7,203)
Nickname	Lumberjacks
Colors	Purple and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament round of 32
	1983†, 2014, 2016*
NCAA tournament appearances
	1983†, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018*; † at Division II level;
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 was one of four schools, all from Texas, that left the Southland Conference (SLC) on July 1, 2021 to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).^[4] SFA had previously played in the SLC since the 1987–88 season. SFA's affiliation with the WAC would only last three seasons, as it announced on May 29, 2024 that it would return to the SLC effective with the 2024–25 school year.^[5]

Postseason appearances

NCAA Division I

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

NCAA Division II

During their time in NCAA Division II, the Lumberjacks appeared in the tournament once. Their combined record was 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1983	Round of 32 Regional Third Place	Central Missouri State Tennessee–Martin	L 57–66 W 83–70

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.
^ "SFA Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25" (Press release). Southland Conference. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.

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.

[5] "SFA Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25" (Press release). Southland Conference. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.

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Venues	Shelton Gymnasium (1951–1974) William R. Johnson Coliseum (1974–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 2024–25

v t e Southland Conference men's basketball
Teams	East Texas A&M Lions Houston Christian Huskies Incarnate Word Cardinals Lamar Cardinals McNeese Cowboys New Orleans Privateers Nicholls Colonels Northwestern State Demons Southeastern Louisiana Lions Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Championships & awards	Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	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