Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball
	2024–25 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team
University	Big Sky
Head coach	Shane Burcar (6th season)
Location	Flagstaff, Arizona
Arena	Walkup Skydome ; (capacity: 11,230 Student section = “The Jack Pack”)
Colors	Blue and gold;
NCAA tournament appearances
	1998, 2000
Conference tournament champions
	1998, 2000
Conference regular season champions
	1986, 1997, 1998, 2006

Last updated October 04, 2024

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball^[2] team represents Northern Arizona University, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, in NCAA Division I men's competition. The school's team has competed in the Big Sky Conference since 1970. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 2000. Northern Arizona also appeared in the NCAA tournament in 1998. In 2023, the Lumberjacks have reached the Big Sky conference tournament title game as a Cinderella team as they were the 9th seed in the tournament. The Lumberjacks are currently led by head coach Shane Burcar who replaced Jack Murphy in June 2019. NAU Lumberjack basketball games are broadcast on KAFF Country Legends 93.5/AM 930 in Flagstaff, Fun Oldies 1450 AM/100.9 in Prescott and KDUS AM 1060 in Phoenix, with commentary provided by the "Voice of the Lumberjacks" Mitch Strohman, Coach Dave Brown with the play-by-play and Dave Zorn, host of the NAU Halftime Report. All games can be also heard online at KAFFLegends.com

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Lumberjacks have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 0–2.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1998	15 W	Round of 64	(2) #9 Cincinnati	L 62–65
2000	15 W	Round of 64	(2) #8 St. John's	L 56–61

NIT results

The Lumberjacks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) three times, with a combined record of 0–3.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	First Round	Louisiana Tech	L 61–67
1997	First Round	Arkansas	L 74–101
2006	First Round	Delaware State	L 53–58

CIT results

The Lumberjacks have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) twice, with a combined record of 4–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2011	First Round	Santa Clara	L 63–68
2015	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	Grand Canyon Sacramento State Kent State NJIT Evansville	W 75–70 W 78–73 W 74–73 ^OT W 68–61 L 65–71

NAIA Tournament results

The Lumberjacks have appeared in the NAIA Tournament four times, with a combined record of 7–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1946	First Round Second Round	Rockhurst Loyola (LA)	W 45–37 L 50–56 ^OT
1947	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National 3rd Place	Youngstown State Houston Northeast Missouri State Mankato State Emporia State	W 49–45 ^OT W 44–42 W 59–55 L 46–52 W 47–38
1954	First Round	Rio Grande	L 74–90
1962	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Buena Vista Savannah State Prairie View A&M	W 95–73 W 95–91 L 48–86

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References

↑ "Northern Arizona University Visual Identity Guide" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
↑ Northern 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 school uses "Lumberjacks" only for men's teams and "Ladyjacks" for women's teams.

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[1] "Northern Arizona University Visual Identity Guide" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.

[2] Northern 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 school uses "Lumberjacks" only for men's teams and "Ladyjacks" for women's teams.

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v t e Northern Arizona University
Located in: Flagstaff, Arizona
Academics	W.A. Franke College of Business
Athletics	NAU Lumberjacks Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Cross country Ice hockey
Facilities	Ashurst Auditorium Lumberjack Stadium Walkup Skydome
Media	KLJX-LP KNAU KPUB
People	Alumni
Founded: 1899 Students: 28,090 Endowment: $225.9 million

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Teams	Eastern Washington Eagles Idaho Vandals Idaho State Bengals Montana Grizzlies Montana State Bobcats Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Colorado Bears Portland State Vikings Sacramento State Hornets Weber State Wildcats
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