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Demons against 2020-21 opponents Central Arkansas Champion Christian Gonzaga Houston Baptist Incarnate Word Lamar Louisiana College Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana Tech McNeese Missouri State New Orleans Nicholls Southeastern Louisiana Stephen F. Austin Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Texas Arlington Texas Christian Texas Tech Tulsa Washington State Opponent Abilene Christian Akron Alabama Alabama A&M Alabama State Alcorn State Alexandria Air Force Ambassador Anderson (IN) Arizona Arkansas Arkansas Baptist Arkansas College Arkansas-Little Rock Arkansas-Monticello Arkansas State Arkansas Tech Athens State (AL) Auburn Austin Barksdale Air Force Baylor Belhaven Bowling Green BYU Birmingham Southern California-Santa Barbara Campbell Canisius Centenary Central Arkansas Central Baptist Central Methodist Central Missouri State Central State (OK) Champion Christian Chicago State Cincinnati Cleveland State Colorado Colorado State Dallas Dayton Delta State DePaul Drake Drexel Duquesne Emporia State East Central (OK) East Tennessee State East Texas Baptist Eastern Kentucky Eastern New Mexico Eastern Washington Findlay Florida Florida A&M Fort Polk Fredonia State (NY) Georgetown George Washington Georgia Southern Georgia State Grambling Hamline Hannibal-Lagrange Hanover (IN) Hardin-Simmons
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Won 21 2 0 17 6 29 121 50 61 66 0 7 72 104 65 6 23 0 0 0 0
NSU Won 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 3 2 2 0 1 2 9 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 67 21 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 17 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 2 7 1 1 0 13
Lost 8 0 0 17 2 29 37 75 76 65 0 9 46 65 65 10 28 4 5 3 0
First Last Noteworthy 1975-76 2019-20 NSU sealed a spot in the SLC Tournament for the first time since 2014-15 with a win at UCA in finale 2018-19 2019-20 NSU won first two meetings by an average of more than 30 points FIRST Zags are preseason No. 1, will be second No. 1 team McConathy has faced at NSU 1967-68 2019-20 HBU had been a thorn in NSU's side by winning six in a row before the Demons swept this past season 2013-14 2019-20 NSU swept UIW for the first time in the series, including fending off a furious UIW rally on the road 1950-51 2019-20 NSU ended a five-game losing streak to Lamar with a crucial 67-61 win early in SLC schedule 1914-15 2019-20 NSU has beaten LC more times than any other opponent, but 7-point win is closest since 15-16 1951-52 2019-20 NSU has played ULM more times since 1951 than any other current non-conference opponent 1915-16 2014-15 McConathy got alma mater back on schedule, played them six straight years ending in 2014-15 1951-52 2019-20 Cowboys' SID Mat Bonnette worked at NSU for 9 years FIRST MSU coach Dana Ford one of youngest D-I coaches when he started at 30, now in 7th season overall 1972-73 2019-20 Former Demon assistant Mark Slessinger (2000-11) coaches UNO 1958-59 2019-20 NSU split with Nicholls in which Bile hit a 3-pointer at buzzer on road, erasing 4-point lead with 11 seconds left 1938-39 2019-20 Lions' basketball SID Chris Salim is former Demons infielder 1925-26 2019-20 SFA swept NSU this season after Demons did the same two years ago 2006-07 2019-20 NSU alum Dr. Randy Bonnette chairs AMCC kinesiology department 1972-73 2011-12 Old SLC foe back on slate for first time since UTA left for Sun Belt 1962-63 2010-11 Jamie Dixon had three 20-win seasons, including an NIT title in 1st year, before a 16-16 mark last year 1989-90 2018-19 Chris Beard led TTU to the national title game in 2018-19, falling to UVA in overtime 1949-50 2004-05 Head coach Frank Haith has 3 20+ seasons in his six years after successes at Miami and Missouri (NCAA violations) FIRST Cougars were 16-16, last non-losing season since 19 wins in 2011-12
NSU First Last Lost Game Game Opponent 5 2013-14 2019-20 Harding 1 1980-81 1980-81 Harvard 2 1985-86 1993-94 Hawaii 0 2018-19 2018-19 Henderson State 1 1991-92 1991-92 Hendrix College 0 2008-09 2008-09 Houston 0 1951-52 1952-53 Houston Baptist 0 1993-94 1993-94 Huston-Tillotson 0 1954-55 1954-55 Illinois 1 2015-16 2015-16 Incarnate Word 9 1953-54 2015-16 Indiana 0 1986-87 1992-93 Iowa 0 1954-55 1954-55 Iowa State 9 1980-81 2011-12 Jackson State 0 1968-69 2001-02 Jacksonville State (AL) 6 1950-51 2011-12 Jarvis Christian 0 1949-50 1980-81 Jefferson College 1 1967-68 1967-68 Kansas State 1 2013-14 2015-16 Kentucky 0 1948-49 1949-50 Kentucky Wesleyan 1 1945-46 1949-50 Lake Charles Air Force Base 6 1945-46 2015-16 Lamar 0 1997-98 1998-99 LaSalle Oilers 1 1979-80 1979-80 LeTourneau 2 1948-49 2018-19 Lipscomb 0 1927-28 1927-28 Livingstone College 1 2007-08 2007-08 Louisiana Christian 1 1977-78 2012-13 Louisiana College 1 2010-11 2010-11 Louisiana-Lafayette 75 1921-22 2019-20 Louisiana-Monroe 8 1975-76 2019-20 Louisiana Tech 0 2010-11 2010-11 Louisville 0 2011-12 2011-12 Loyola (LA) 0 1953-54 1955-56 LSU 0 1948-49 1948-49 LSU-Alexandria 0 2018-19 2019-20 LSU-Shreveport 1 1984-85 1984-85 Lyon College 2 1904-05 1911-12 Marquette 1 1978-79 1978-79 Marshall 3 1995-96 1997-98 Maryville (MO) 2 1989-90 2017-18 McNeese 0 1992-93 1992-93 Memphis 1 2004-05 2004-05 Mercer 5 1947-48 1975-76 Mexico Oil Company 1 2006-07 2006-07 Miami (OH) 0 1988-89 1988-89 Mississippi 1 1984-85 1984-85 Mississippi State 1 2010-11 2010-11 Missouri 0 1994-95 1994-95 Missouri Valley 0 1950-51 1950-51 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 1971-72 1971-72 New Mexico 3 1947-48 2012-13 New Orleans 1 1959-60 1961-62 Niagara 0 1952-53 1952-53 Nicholls 0 1987-88 1987-88 North Alabama 0 1953-54 1953-54 Northwest Oklahoma 1 2012-13 2012-13 North Texas 0 1985-86 1985-86 Northern Iowa 0 1945-46 1953-54 Northwestern 1 1960-61 1960-61 Ohio State 1 1960-61 1960-61 Oklahoma State 0 1959-60 1959-60 Oklahoma 5 1966-67 1983-84 Oklahoma City 0 1976-77 1976-77 Ouachita Baptist 15 1968-69 2009-10 Oglethorpe 0 1961-62 1961-62 Oral Roberts 0 2012-13 2012-13 Oregon State 1 1973-74 1973-74 Pepperdine 3 1956-57 1986-87 Peru State (NE)
NSU Won 2 0 0 6 1 0 17 2 0 6 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 29 1 5 1 3 0 121 78 50 61 0 5 7 2 6 2 0 0 0 66 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 7 1 72 2 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 6 1 0 1
NSU First Last Lost Game Game Opponent 0 1991-92 2005-06 Phillips University 1 2007-08 2007-08 Portland State 4 2001-02 2009-10 Princeton 1 1950-51 2006-07 Puget Sound 0 1975-76 1975-76 Quantico Marines 3 1970-71 2018-19 Regis College (MA) 17 1967-68 2019-20 Rice 0 2003-04 2004-05 Rusk College 2 2000-01 2004-05 St. Joseph’s (ME) 2 2013-14 2019-20 Samford 3 2008-09 2010-11 Sam Houston State 0 2005-06 2005-06 Selmon Field 1 2005-06 2005-06 Siena 2 1983-84 1991-92 South Alabama 2 1973-74 2011-12 Southeastern Louisiana 0 2004-05 2004-05 Southeastern Oklahoma State 0 1922-23 1922-23 SMU 1 1999-00 1999-00 Southern Mississippi 1 1985-86 1988-89 Southern Arkansas 1 1961-62 1961-62 Southern 0 1953-54 1953-54 Southern (N.O.) 29 1950-51 2019-20 Southwest Baptist (TX) 1 1945-46 1945-46 Southwestern (KN) 1 1991-92 2017-18 Southwest Missouri 0 1955-56 1955-56 Spring Hill College 0 1973-74 1975-76 Stanford 1 1995-96 1995-96 Stephen F. Austin 37 1914-15 2019-20 Stetson 46 1912-13 2014-15 Tarleton State 75 1951-52 2019-20 Tennessee-Martin 76 1915-16 2014-15 Tennessee Tech 1 2006-07 2006-07 Texaco Town 7 1925-26 1956-57 Texas 19 1915-16 2019-20 Texas A&M-Kingsville 1 2014-15 2016-17 Texas A&M 3 2003-04 2017-18 Texas A&M-Commerce 0 2014-15 2017-18 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1 2006-07 2006-07 Texas-Arlington 2 1988-89 2011-12 Texas Christian 1 1950-51 1950-51 UTEP 65 1951-52 2019-20 Texas Lutheran 6 1955-56 2013-14 Texas-San Antonio 4 1980-81 1983-84 Texas Southern 0 1952-53 1952-53 Texas State 2 2008-09 2008-09 Texas Tech 2 1997-98 2015-16 Toledo 7 1981-82 2016-17 Troy 3 2005-06 2016-17 Tulane 0 2009-10 2015-16 Tulsa 2 1971-72 1977-78 University of the Ozarks 2 2002-03 2003-04 Utah 9 1972-73 2019-20 Utah State 1 2012-13 2013-14 Valparaiso 46 1958-59 2019-20 Washburn 1 1973-74 1975-76 Wiley College 0 1959-60 1975-76 Western Illinois 20 1953-54 1995-96 Western Kentucky 1 2004-05 2004-05 West Texas A&M 2 2003-04 2006-07 West Virginia 1 1979-80 1979-80 Wheaton 9 1998-99 2008-09 Whittier College 6 1984-85 2017-18 Wichita State 1 1947-48 1947-48 Wyoming 1 1969-70 1993-94 Xavier (LA) 1 1964-65 1965-66 1 1987-88 2013-14 0 2005-06 2005-06 1 1980-81 1980-81 0 1946-47 1946-47
NSU Won 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 31 2 1 4 104 17 0 18 11 7 2 2 3 0 10 0 65 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 8 6 23 0 2 2 17 1 25 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
NSU First Last Lost Game Game 0 1948-49 1948-49 0 1980-81 1980-81 1 2006-07 2006-07 0 1948-49 1948-49 1 1955-56 1955-56 1 1948-49 1948-49 8 1969-70 2019-20 0 1926-27 1926-27 0 1982-83 1982-83 5 1980-81 1997-98 32 1951-52 2019-20 0 1945-46 1945-46 0 2001-02 2001-02 3 1968-69 1994-95 65 1938-39 2019-20 7 1945-46 1965-66 7 1953-54 2019-20 25 1948-49 1989-90 2 1952-53 1971-72 8 1970-71 2018-19 1 2007-08 2009-10 0 1968-69 1974-75 0 1948-49 2004-05 2 1995-96 1996-97 6 1947-48 1967-68 1 2007-08 2007-08 65 1925-26 2019-20 1 1977-78 1977-78 0 1993-94 1993-94 2 1973-74 2014-15 2 1959-60 2007-08 0 1949-50 1949-50 5 1979-80 2017-18 0 1992-93 1992-93 9 1952-53 2019-20 4 1955-56 1986-87 10 2006-07 2019-20 28 1972-73 2011-12 4 1962-63 2010-11 5 1960-61 2018-19 0 1967-68 1992-93 22 1991-92 2011-12 0 1986-87 1986-87 25 1958-59 2011-12 5 1989-90 2018-19 1 1978-79 1978-79 5 1973-74 2008-09 3 1970-71 2019-20 3 1949-50 2004-05 0 2007-08 2007-08 1 2017-18 2017-18 1 2005-06 2006-07 1 2004-05 2004-05 1 1950-51 1950-51 0 1986-87 1997-98 1 1948-49 1948-49 3 1946-47 1962-63 2 1948-49 1962-63 1 2005-06 2005-06 0 1953-54 1953-54 1 1946-47 1946-47 1 2005-06 2005-06 2 1989-90 1999-00 3 1947-48 1973-74
2020-21 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013
