The record breaking 2004-05 Concordia Men's Basketball team officially took its place in the Concordia Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 27. The occasion provided an opportunity to revisit memories from 20 years earlier.
The defense of the program’s 2023-24 GPAC regular season championship will officially get started at the 25th annual Cattle Classic, an event that will tip off Head Coach Ben Limback's 12th season leading the Bulldogs.
A trio of Bulldogs were named to the 2023-24 All-Midlands Team selected by the Omaha World-Herald. Noah Schutte earned All-Midlands Team accolades for the third time in his career.
Another season of averaging better than 20 points per game has led to Noah Schutte being named an NAIA Third Team All-American. Schutte moved up from honorable mention status the previous year.
A trio of Bulldogs represented the Concordia Men's Basketball program on the list of 2023-24 Academic All-District award winners released on March 26 by College Sports Communicators.
The accomplishments for Concordia Men's Basketball in 2023-24 included a share of the GPAC regular season title, an appearance in the national round of 32, 24 wins, a CIT championship and an NAIA ranking as high as No. 20.
The Concordia Men's Basketball program ranked second among all NAIA men's hoops programs nationally with 11 2023-24 NAIA Scholar-Athletes. The honorees include three Bulldog seniors.
It wasn't their day on Saturday (March 16) as the Bulldogs (24-8) were bounced from the NAIA National Championship tournament. Joel Baker tallied a career high 16 points in the season-ending defeat.
It was a hair-raiser down the stretch, but the Bulldogs figured out a way to win another close one. Noah Schutte piled up 31 points as Concordia took down IU Northwest in the first round of the national tournament.
The Concordia Men’s Basketball program will officially make its 13th all-time national tournament appearance when the ball is tipped on Friday evening in Salina. The Bulldogs are getting set to take on IU Northwest.
The group of four-year student-athletes within the program represents the ideals of Concordia Men's Basketball. Christian character. Toughness. Resilience. Class acts. Servant leaders. High academic achievers. Winners.
Concordia Men's Basketball enters 2021-22 feeling like it "left some meat on the bone" last season when the program missed out on the national tournament. The Bulldogs return their top seven scorers, including three All-GPAC honorees.
Gage Smith made an head-turning transformation from sophomore to junior season while becoming an all-conference player. Even better things could be in store in 2021-22 for Gage, who now has his brother alongside him.
The memories remain vivid for brothers Darin and Derek Engelbart, both 1,000-point scorers for Concordia Men's Basketball. The bond over No. 22 symbolizes their relationship as brothers.
Highlights from the 2020-21 Concordia Men's Basketball season included a dominant run at home, a sweep of Northwestern and All-GPAC performances from Carter Kent, Gage Smith and Justin Wiersema.
Justin Wiersema is the guy who catches every coach’s attention. It’s not simply because he’s good – it’s also because his motor never stops and his energy level never slips.
Thought picked sixth in the GPAC preseason poll, the Bulldogs like what they have with a backcourt that features Carter Kent and Justin Wiersema. Concordia is coming off a 2020 GPAC tournament title.
Carter Kent finds team success to be "addicting." The Crete High School product plans to take on more a leadership role this coming season as he progresses through a unique offseason.
Originally from Scotia, Neb., Glen Snodgrass arrived for classes at Concordia University in the fall of 1994. He starred on the hardwood and gridiron before becoming a state championship coach.
Let's answer the question: who wore it better? We ran down the top Bulldog men's basketball performers at each jersey number during the 20 seasons of GPAC hoops.