2023–24 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team

2023–24 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball
2023–24 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	16–2 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Bucky McMillan (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Mitch Cole; Danny Young; Neb Exantus;
Home arena	Pete Hanna Center

2023–24 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Samford	5	–	0	1.000	16	–	2	.889
Western Carolina	4	–	1	.800	15	–	3	.833
UNC Greensboro	3	–	1	.750	12	–	5	.706
Wofford	3	–	1	.750	10	–	7	.588
Chattanooga	2	–	2	.500	10	–	7	.588
Furman	2	–	2	.500	8	–	9	.471
East Tennessee State	1	–	3	.250	9	–	8	.529
Mercer	1	–	3	.250	8	–	9	.471
The Citadel	0	–	4	.000	8	–	9	.471
VMI	0	–	4	.000	3	–	14	.176

† 2024 SoCon tournament winner As of January 13, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Samford University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs are led by fourth-year head coach Bucky McMillan, and play their home games at the Pete Hanna Center in Homewood, Alabama as a member of the Southern Conference.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2022–23 season 21–11, 15–3 in SoCon play to finish in as the regular season conference champions. Samford would lose to Chattanooga in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference tournament.^[1]

Roster

2023–24 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Lukas Walls	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Fr	Knoxville, Tennessee
G	1	Josh Holloway	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Memphis, Tennessee
G	2	Jaden Campbell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Brampton, Ontario
G	3	Chandler Leopard	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	GS	Athens, Alabama
F	4	Jermaine Marshall	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Brighton, Alabama
G	5	A.J. Staton-McCray	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Delray Beach, Florida
G	10	Garrett Hicks	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	GS	Madison, Alabama
G/F	11	Jonathan Caicedo	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	Fr	Tampa, Florida
G	12	Dallas Graziani	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	So	Pembroke Pines, Florida
G	13	Paulie Stramaglia	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Mountain Brook, Alabama
F	14	Achor Achor	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Jr	Melbourne, Australia
F	15	Grayson Walters	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Mountain Brook, Alabama
G	21	Rylan Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	GS	Logan, Utah
G	22	Thomas Kizer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Memphis, Tennessee
G	23	Owen LaRocca	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Sugar Land, Texas
G	24	Brody Boyer	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Palm Bay, Florida
F	25	Nathan Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	GS	Adel, Iowa
F	31	Joshua Hughes	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Woodstock, Georgia
F/C	32	Zach Loveday	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Gallipolis, Ohio
F/C	35	Riley Allenspach	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	Fr	Charlotte, North Carolina

Head coach

Bucky McMillan (Birmingham–Southern)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 22, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:30 pm, BTN	at No. 3 Purdue	L 45–98	0–1	11 – Campbell	7 – Achor	2 – Tied	Mackey Arena (14,876) West Lafayette, IN
November 10, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at VCU	L 65–75	0–2	20 – Marshall	10 – Marshall	4 – Holloway	Siegel Center (7,114) Richmond, VA
November 14, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Mississippi College	W 96–52	1–2	17 – Achor	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	Pete Hanna Center (1,732) Homewood, AL
November 17, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	South Carolina State	W 89–72	2–2	20 – Marshall	14 – Achor	5 – Holloway	Pete Hanna Center (1,023) Homewood, AL
November 22, 2023* 4:30 pm, ESPN+	Alabama State Samford MTE	W 99–67	3–2	17 – Campbell	7 – Staton-McCray	6 – Tied	Pete Hanna Center (866) Homewood, AL
November 24, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Merrimack Samford MTE	W 79–71	4–2	19 – Campbell	8 – Achor	4 – Tied	Pete Hanna Center (818) Homewood, AL
November 25, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	North Carolina A&T Samford MTE	W 101–83	5–2	26 – Achor	7 – Loveday	6 – Jones	Pete Hanna Center (411) Homewood, AL
November 30, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Louisiana	W 88–65	6–2	25 – Achor	8 – Achor	9 – Jones	Pete Hanna Center (1,471) Homewood, AL
December 3, 2023* 3:30 pm, ESPN+	LaGrange	W 128–82	7–2	21 – Leopard	8 – Achor	7 – Holloway	Pete Hanna Center (879) Homewood, AL
December 11, 2023* 6:30pm, ESPN+	Alabama A&M	W 118–91	8–2	18 – Staton-McCray	6 – Staton-McCray	5 – Tied	Pete Hanna Center (1,763) Homewood, AL
December 16, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Belmont	W 99–93	9–2	19 – Staton-McCray	12 – Marshall	7 – Jones	Pete Hanna Center (2,196) Homewood, AL
December 19, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Valparaiso	W 79–61	10–2	15 – Hicks	6 – Staton-McCray	7 – Jones	Athletics–Recreation Center (1,100) Valparaiso, IN
December 21, 2023* 7:00 pm, YouTube	at Texas Southern	W 87–65	11–2	16 – Staton-McCray	8 – Marshall	6 – Jones	Health and Physical Education Arena (754) Houston, TX
SoCon regular season
January 3, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Chattanooga	W 89–74	12–1 (1–0)	29 – Staton-McCray	5 – Staton-McCray	6 – Jones	Pete Hanna Center (1,083) Homewood, AL
January 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at The Citadel	W 80–64	13–2 (2–0)	19 – Achor	8 – Allenspach	8 – Jones	McAlister Field House (1,647) Charleston, SC
January 11, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	UNC Greensboro	W 79–70	14–2 (3–0)	22 – Achor	9 – Jones	8 – Jones	Pete Hanna Center (2,317) Homewood, AL
January 13, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	VMI	W 134–96	15–2 (4–0)	18 – Tied	9 – Allenspach	6 – Jones	Pete Hanna Center (3,714) Homewood, AL
January 16, 2024 7:00 pm, CBSSN	at Western Carolina	W 75–71	16–2 (5–0)	35 – Achor	10 – Achor	6 – Jones	Ramsey Center (5,018) Cullowhee, NC
January 20, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Mercer						Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL
January 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Furman						Timmons Arena Greenville, SC
January 27, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at East Tennessee State						Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN
January 31, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Wofford						Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL
February 3, 2024 4:30 pm, ESPN+	at Chattanooga						McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
February 8, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPNU	at UNC Greensboro						Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro NC
February 10, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at VMI						Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
February 14, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN2/U	Western Carolina						Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL
February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Mercer						Hawkins Arena Macon, GA
February 21, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Furman						Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL
February 24, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	East Tennessee State						Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL
February 28, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Wofford						Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium Spartanburg, SC
March 2, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	The Citadel						Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL
SoCon tournament
March 7–10 2024 ESPN+	vs. TBA						Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source:^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "2022-23 Samford Bulldogs Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
↑ "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Samford Sports. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
↑ "Samford Bulldogs 2023–24 Regular Season". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

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[1] "2022-23 Samford Bulldogs Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[2] "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Samford Sports. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[3] "Samford Bulldogs 2023–24 Regular Season". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

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