The 2020–21 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represented

Northern Arizona University Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1899, it was the third and final university established in the Arizona Territory. It is one of the three universities gove ...

in the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by second year head coach

Shane Burcar Shane Anthony Burcar (born September 19, 1972) is the current head Coach (sport), 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 tenu ...

, and played their home games at the Rolle Activity Center as members of the

Big Sky Conference The Big Sky Conference is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference, affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I with college football, football competing in the Football Cha ...

. They finished the season 6–16, 4–10 in Big Sky Play to finish in 10th place. They defeated

Portland State Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the next ...

in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to

Eastern Washington Eastern Washington is the region of the U.S. state of Washington located east of the Cascade Range. It contains the city of Spokane (the second largest city in the state), the Tri-Cities, the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, the H ...

Previous season

The

Lumberjacks Lumberjack is a mostly North American term for workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees. The term usually refers to loggers in the era before 1945 in the United States, when trees were felled us ...

finished the 2019-20 season 16–14 overall, 10–10 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 5th place - both improvements from the previous season. In the Big Sky Conference tournament, they lost to

Idaho State Idaho State University (ISU) is a public research university in Pocatello, Idaho, United States. Founded in 1901 as the Academy of Idaho, Idaho State offers more than 250 programs at its main campus in Pocatello and locations in Meridian, Idaho ...

in the first round.

Roster

Schedule and results

, - !colspan=12 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, Big Sky tournament , - , - Source

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2020-21 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball seasons

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks The NAU 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 are full membe ...

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketballNorthern Arizona uses "Lumberjacks" as its athletic nickname for both sexes. This contrasts with the other NCAA Division I school with that nickname, Stephen F. Austin State University—the latter ...