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2022–23 Nicholls Colonels Men's Basketball Team
The 2022–23 Nicholls Colonels men's basketball team represented Nicholls State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonels, led by fifth-year head coach Austin Claunch, played their home games at Stopher Gymnasium in Thibodaux, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference. Previous season The Colonels finished the 2021–22 season 21–12, 11–3 in Southland Play to finish as regular season champions. They lost in the semifinals of the Southland tournament to Texas A&M Corpus-Christi. As a No. 1 seed who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to SMU. Preseason Southland Conference poll The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 25, 2022. The Colonels were picked to finish second in the conference. Preseason All-Conference Guard Latrell Jones was named to the conference's preseason first team. Forw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Claunch
Austin Claunch (born November 17, 1989) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Nicholls Colonels men's basketball team. Playing career Claunch played four years at Emory, where he was a three-time First Team All-University Athletic Association selection, finishing his career with the Eagles as the school's all-time assists leader, and ranking eighth all-time in career points. Coaching career After graduation, Claunch spent the 2012–13 season as the director of player development under Paul Hewitt at George Mason, and from 2013 to 2015 served as a graduate manager at Clemson before being named the assistant video services director for the Tigers for the 2015–16 season. Claunch earned his first collegiate assistant coaching position at Nicholls State, joining Richie Riley's staff. After two seasons as an assistant, he was elevated to the head coaching position at Nicholls when Riley accepted the head coaching position at South Alabama South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |