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2024–25 North Alabama Lions Men's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 North Alabama Lions men's basketball team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by seventh-year head coach Tony Pujol, played their home games at the Flowers Hall, CB&S Bank Arena located in Florence, Alabama as members the ASUN Conference. Previous season The 2023–24 North Alabama Lions men's basketball team, Lions finished the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 2023–24 season 15–17, 8–8 in ASUN play to finish in sixth place. The Lions advanced past the first round in the 2024 ASUN men's basketball tournament, ASUN tournament with a 77–75 victory over the 2023-24 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team, Lipscomb Bisons, courtesy of a KJ Johnson buzzer-beater. The Lions' season would come to an end in the ASUN semifinals as they were defeated by the 2023-24 Austin Peay Governors men's basketball team, Austin Peay Governors in a 77–71 defeat. Roster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Pujol
Antonio Javier Pujol (born July 20, 1967) is a Cuban American college basketball coach, and the current head coach of the North Alabama Lions men's basketball team. Playing career Pujol played both basketball and baseball at Sterling College in Kansas, where he earned all-conference honors in baseball three straight seasons. Coaching career Pujol's coaching career began in 1992 when he became the head boys basketball coach at La Progresiva Presbyterian HS in Miami, Florida. In 1995, Pujol accepted the head boys basketball coaching position at Northwest Christian Academy in Miami, where he stayed for 13 seasons and posted a 250-46 record, while winning state titles in 1999, 2003 and 2004. Pujol broke through in the college ranks as an assistant coach at Appalachian State in 2004 under Houston Fancher. He stayed for two seasons before joining Anthony Grant's staff at VCU from 2006 to 2009 where he was part of three Colonial Athletic Association regular season title squads an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |