The 2021–22 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

2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2021 and concluded on March 13, 2022. The 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 15 and concluded on April 4 with the c ...

. The Lumberjacks were led by third-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 in

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 9–23, 5–15 in Big Sky play, to finish in a tie for tenth (last) place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they lost to

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in the first round.

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing

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, 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 2020–21 season 6–16 overall, 4–10 in Big Sky play, to finish in a tie for tenth place. In the Big Sky Conference tournament, 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 to

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2021 incoming recruits

2022 incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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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 ...