2023-2024 Florida SouthWestern Men's Basketball News
Following another strong season on the court and in the field for the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers, their accomplishments in the classroom once again matched that success as 38 Bucs were named to the NJCAA All-Academic Teams on Thursday for posting a 3.60 or better GPA for the 2023-2024 school year.
Following another outstanding year both in the classroom and in competition, eight Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers have earned CSC Academic All-District honors for the 2023-2024 academic year. The Bucs eight student-athletes honored were the only junior college student-athletes in the state of Florida to earn the honors.
After an All-Conference season with the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers, FSW big man Tyrone Baker will be taking his talents to the Empire State after signing his National Letter of Intent to play for the Sharks of Long Island University next season.
Florida SouthWestern Sports Information Director Roy Allen was recently honored by the NJCAA at it's National Convention in Charlotte as he was named the 2024 NJCAA National Sports Information Director of the Year.
After wowing Buccaneer fans this season with his highlight reel dunks, Florida SouthWestern big man Yvens Paul is headed to the Division I level after signing with Eastern Kentucky University where he will have three years left to play with the Colonels.
It will be a Buccaneer reunion of sorts in Spartanburg, South Carolina next season as Florida SouthWestern guard Karmani Gregory has signed to join former FSW Head Coach Marty Richter at the University of South Carolina-Upstate next season.
Florida SouthWestern sharpshooter AJ Hopkins will be taking his talents to the Division I level next season after signing his National Letter of Intent to play for the University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks on Spring signing day at Suncoast Credit Union Arena last week.
Florida SouthWestern big man Reis Jones will remain a Buccaneer next season, but he will be trading in his Purple and Aqua for Navy and Gold after signing with Charleston Southern University on National Signing Day at Suncoast Credit Union Arena.
The Florida SouthWestern Men’s Basketball program will remain in familiar hands this season as Friday, Bucs Director of Athletics George Sanders announced that Assistant Coach Darrin Wallace has been promoted to the role of Interim Head Coach for the 2024-2025 season.
After leading the Florida SouthWestern Men’s Basketball program for the past six seasons, Eric Murphy has stepped down as the Bucs Head Coach to take an Assistant position at the NCAA Division I level with Western Kentucky University.
A pair of Florida SouthWestern guards have been named to the FCSAA All-State Team for the 2023-2024 season as sophomores Jaehshon Thomas and Dezdrick Lindsay both picked up honors announced at the NJCAA Region VIII Tournament.
In what seemed to be the story of their season, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers suffered another last second defeat Wednesday night in the opening round of the FCSAA State Tournament in Niceville, watching as #9 Northwest Florida State was fouled and made a free throw with 2.7 seconds remaining to come away with a 66-65 win to end the Buccaneers 2024 season.
After playing some instant classics over the past few years, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers and Northwest Florida State Raiders will renew their rivalry in the first round of the FCSAA State/NJCAA Region VIII on Wednesday as the Bucs have drawn the #5 seed for the tournament and matchup with the 4th seeded Raiders on their home floor in Niceville.
A quartet of Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored by the Citrus Conference on Friday as Dezdrick Lindsay, Jaehshon Thomas, Tyrone Baker, and AJ Hopkins were named to the inaugural Citrus Conference All-Conference teams.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers led the #8 Daytona State Falcons for 37:56 of their Citrus Conference tilt Monday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena. The Falcons didn't lead for a single second of game action. However, in one of the oddest quirks you will see on a stat sheet, the Falcons, who erased a 17 point FSW lead over the final 10 minutes of the contest, got a game winning basket with less than 0.1 on the clock to stun the Bucs and claim their share of the inaugural Citrus Conference Championship.
For the second straight game, the #24 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers struggled in the second half Saturday afternoon on the road at Indian River, unfortunately for the Bucs, they didn't have the same 24 point lead at the break they did the last time out and it cost them as Indian River pulled off a 79-76 upset to make the Bucs road to a Citrus Conference Championship much more difficult with one game left to go in the regular season.
