SFA Basketball Programs Earn Combined Ranking of #23 Nationally in ESPN Poll
11/23/2020 9:24:00 AM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- As the 2020-21 men's and women's basketball seasons get underway, ESPN's college basketball staff took a stab at doling out combined rankings for the schools that were doing it best on both the men's and women's side of hoops. Stephen F. Austin came in at 23rd on the rankings, finding themselves among predominantly Power 5 programs as one of just two mid-majors (South Dakota State) to crack the exclusive list.
As part of the rankings, SFA's men and women's teams were also given a Bracketology seed for the upcoming NCAA Tournament, with the men being chosen as a 15 seed and the women earning a 14 seed. The full transcript of what was written about the 'Jacks can be read below.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- As the 2020-21 men's and women's basketball seasons get underway, ESPN's college basketball staff took a stab at doling out combined rankings for the schools that were doing it best on both the men's and women's side of hoops. Stephen F. Austin came in at 23rd on the rankings, finding themselves among predominantly Power 5 programs as one of just two mid-majors (South Dakota State) to crack the exclusive list.
As part of the rankings, SFA's men and women's teams were also given a Bracketology seed for the upcoming NCAA Tournament, with the men being chosen as a 15 seed and the women earning a 14 seed. The full transcript of what was written about the 'Jacks can be read below.
Men: SFA supplied arguably the signature moment of the 2019-20 season when it beat No. 1 Duke at Cameron Indoor in overtime on Nathan Bain's length-of-the floor buzzer-beating drive. Now Bain is gone, and so too is reigning Southland Player of the Year Kevon Harris, but the Lumberjacks return Gavin Kensmil, Cameron Johnson and Roti Ware from a team that posted a 28-3 record. -- John Gasaway
Women: Stephen F. Austin came up a game short of the Southland regular-season title a season ago and placed three players on this season's preseason all-conference teams: Aiyana Johnson, Zya Nugent and Stephanie Visscher. In all, the team returns its five leading scorers. -- Graham Hays
Both the Lumberjack and Ladyjack basketball programs get underway over the Thanksgiving break, playing in MTE (multi-team events) in Connecticut and Tempe, Arizona, respectively. Both teams open their 2020-21 schedule with a game on the 25th, with the men playing on the 26th and 27th as well and the women playing on the 27th and 28th.Players Mentioned
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