The 2023–24 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represents
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state.
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in the
2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season will begin on November 6, 2023. The regular season will end on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 19 and ending ...
. They are led by fifth-year head coach
Shane Burcar
Shane Burcar is the current head coach of the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team.
Coaching career
Burcar began his coaching in the high school ranks, highlighted by a 12-year tenure as the head boys basketball coach at Mesa High ...
and split their home games between Rolle Activity Center and
Findlay Toyota Court. The Lumberjacks compete as members of the
Big Sky Conference.
Previous season
The Lumberjacks finished the season 12–23, 5–13 in conference play to finish in ninth place. In the
Big Sky tournament, the team defeated
Idaho, top-seeded
Eastern Washington, and
Montana to advance to the championship game. The Lumberjacks were the first 9-seed to ever advance to the championship of the Big Sky Tournament. Their run came to an end one victory short of an
NCAA Tournament appearance with a loss to
Montana State to end their season. Had they clinched the auto-bid, the Lumberjacks would have had the lowest winning-percentage of any team in NCAA Tournament history.
Roster
Schedule and Results
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Big Sky tournament
Source
References
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Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks are the varsity athletic teams representing Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona in intercollegiate athletics. The school's mascot was adopted in 1946. The Lumberjacks compete in NCAA Division I and a ...
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball