Nova Southeastern Sharks | |
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University | Nova Southeastern University |
First season | 1982–83 |
Head coach | Jim Crutchfield (5th season) |
Conference | Sunshine State Conference |
Location | Davie, Florida |
Arena | Rick Case Arena (Capacity: 4,500) |
Nickname | Sharks |
Colors | Navy blue and gray [1] |
NCAA tournament champions | |
Division II: 2023 | |
NCAA tournament Final Four | |
Division II: 2023, 2024 | |
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |
Division II: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |
Division II: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
NCAA tournament round of 32 | |
Division II: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
NCAA tournament appearances | |
Division II: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
SSC: 2022, 2023, 2024 |
The NSU Sharks Men's Basketball team represents Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida. They currently compete in the Sunshine State Conference.
They won a national championship in the 2022–23 season.
The 2007–08 Nova Southeastern University men’s basketball team posted a 10–18 overall record and a 5–11 Sunshine State Conference mark, but the short-handed Sharks played with heart and battled despite being saddled with multiple injuries. The Sharks, who played the entire season without forwards Dionte Perry and David Naylor due to injury, were also without the services of Kevin Chester, Josh Wood, Ross Allsop and Lemar Dyer for games throughout the season.
NSU played a top notch non-conference schedule even though they play in the highly competitive SSC. The Sharks squared off against five NCAA Tournament teams, including South Region Tournament host and SSC Champion Florida Southern three times. Showing that they were up to the challenge, NSU defeated FSC once and dropped a tough overtime decision to the Moccasins in their three match-ups.
The Sharks started the season with two losses on the road to NCAA Tournament teams, Alabama-Huntsville and North Alabama. Remaining on the road, NSU captured back-to-back victories over West Florida and Palm Beach Atlantic before coming home and winning three consecutive games, including their win over Florida Southern.
Hit by the injury bug, the Sharks would drop six of their next seven games. NSU then pulled off a 77–76 SSC victory over Saint Leo on the road. Seemingly on the right track, NSU won two of their next three SSC games before an 85–83 overtime loss to Florida Southern sent the Sharks into a tailspin.
From that point on, multiple injuries to key players led to inconsistencies, as the Sharks would struggle to put together a complete line-up on the court. NSU managed to re-group after five consecutive losses to defeat SSC defending champs Rollins in a 95–94 double overtime thriller, but couldn’t carry the momentum over in its final three games.
A 78–58 loss to eventual conference champion Florida Southern in the SSC Tournament ended the Sharks’ season at 10–18, including a 5–11 record in the Sunshine State Conference.
As a result of his play during the season, junior Tim Coenraad garnered several postseason honors. He was selected to the All-Region First Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. He also received Second-Team All-SSC and Daktronics All-Region nods. Additionally, his work in the classroom paid off as he was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Second Team.
The Sharks bid farewell to three seniors – guards Jason Del Calvo and Oresti Nitsios and center Chester.
Del Calvo, a four year player, saw action in 47 games in his career at NSU. He averaged 1.1 points per game. He scored a career high 11 points as a junior in the Sharks’ season-opener vs. Alabama Huntsville.
Nitsios, also a four year player, played in 109 games in his Sharks career. As a senior, he played in 27 games, receiving 16 starts, averaging 7.3 points per game. He averaged a career-high 9.3 points per game as a sophomore in 2005–06.
Chester, a transfer from Division I’s Campbell, played three years at NSU. He averaged 13.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in his senior campaign. Kevin scored more than 20 points in six of his last seven games in 2007–08. He ti ed the NSU single-game scoring record with a 39-point eff ort against Rollins on Feb. 20. Chester finished his career sixth in NSU history with 457 total rebounds.
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Charles "Sonny" Hansley (NAIA Independent)(1982–1990) | |||||||||
1982–83 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 6–15 | |||||||
1983–84 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 11–12 | |||||||
1984–85 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 11–13 | |||||||
1985–86 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 12–14 | |||||||
1986–87 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 12–16 | |||||||
1987–88 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 9–19 | |||||||
1988–89 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 5–23 | |||||||
1989–90 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 13–16 | |||||||
Charles "Sonny" Hansley (Sun Conference)(1990–1998) | |||||||||
1990–91 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 7–21 | 3–11 | ||||||
1991–92 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 13–14 | 8–6 | ||||||
1992–93 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 15–14 | 8–6 | NAIA District 7 Playoffs First Round | |||||
1993–94 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 16–18 | 7–7 | ||||||
1994–95 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 22–12 | |||||||
1995–96 | Charles "Sonny" Hansley | 5–24 | 3–11 | ||||||
1996–97 | Tony McAndrews | 15–18 | 6–7 | ||||||
1997–98 | Tony McAndrews | 15–14 | 8–6 | ||||||
Tony McAndrews: | 187–263 (.416) | ||||||||
Kit Riley (Sun Conference)(1998–2002) | |||||||||
1998–99 | Tony McAndrews | 18–14 | 9–5 | ||||||
1999–00 | Tony McAndrews | 14–14 | 7–5 | ||||||
2000–01 | Tony McAndrews | 8–20 | 3–9 | ||||||
2001–02 | Tony McAndrews | 4–23 | 4–8 | ||||||
Tony McAndrews (Sunshine State Conference)(2002–2004) | |||||||||
2002–03 | Tony McAndrews | 6–23 | |||||||
2003–04 | Tony McAndrews | 9–18 | |||||||
Tony McAndrews: | 59–112 (.345) | ||||||||
Gary Tuell (Sunshine State Conference)(2004–2017) | |||||||||
2004–05 | Gary Tuell | 7–21 | 3–13 | ||||||
2005–06 | Gary Tuell | 17–11 | 11–5 | ||||||
2006–07 | Gary Tuell | 14–15 | 8–8 | 4th | |||||
2007–08 | Gary Tuell | 10–18 | 5–11 | 8th | |||||
2008–09 | Gary Tuell | 16–11 | 9–7 | 3rd | |||||
2009–10 | Gary Tuell | 13–15 | 6–10 | 6th | |||||
2010–11 | Gary Tuell | 12–15 | 5–11 | T–6th | |||||
2011–12 | Gary Tuell | 13–14 | 7–9 | 6th | |||||
2012–13 | Gary Tuell | 15–12 | 7–9 | 6th | |||||
2013–14 | Gary Tuell | 13–17 | 8–8 | T–5th | |||||
2014–15 | Gary Tuell | 12–16 | 6–10 | T–5th | |||||
2015–16 | Gary Tuell | 11–16 | 6–10 | T–5th | |||||
2016–17 | Gary Tuell | 6–20 | 3–15 | 10th | |||||
Gary Tuell: | 159–201 (.442) | 84–126 (.400) | |||||||
Jim Crutchfield (Sunshine State Conference)(2017–2019) | |||||||||
2017–18 | Jim Crutchfield | 17–10 | 11–9 | T–4th | |||||
2018–19 | Jim Crutchfield | 29–4 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
2019–20 | Jim Crutchfield | 23–6 | 15–5 | 2nd | Postseason canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic [2] | ||||
2020–21 | Jim Crutchfield | 0–0 | 0–0 | N/A | Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic [3] | ||||
2021–22 | Jim Crutchfield | 31–1 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | ||||
2022–23 | Jim Crutchfield | 36–0 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II Champions | ||||
Jim Crutchfield: | 136–21 (.866) | 69–16 (.812) | |||||||
Total: | 541–597 (.475) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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