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As announced during the selection show on Thursday (March 6), Concordia Men's Basketball has earned a No. 6 seed and will be headed to Baldwin City, Kansas. The Bulldogs will make their fourth-straight nationals appearance.
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Sixth-seeded Concordia and 11th-seeded Bethel (Kan.) will go head-to-head in Baldwin City, Kan., on Friday, March 14 as part of first round action at the NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship.
Tristan Smith has emerged as the first Concordia Men's Basketball player named GPAC Player of the Year since 2003-04. Smith and Schutte were both honored as first teamers.
Morningside remains the lone GPAC team the Bulldogs just couldn't solve in 2024-25. The Mustangs started hot early and held a major free throw advantage while taking the GPAC title game, 87-77, inside Friedrich Arena.
A combined 68 points through the GPAC quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, combined with stellar defensive play, landed Tristan Smith a sweep of GPAC Player of the Week awards.
The accolades keep coming for Tristan Smith, who has been named to the 15-player Trevor Hudgins Award Watch List and as a nominee for the Dark Horse Dunker competition.
For the fifth time in program history and for the third time during Head Coach Ben Limback’s tenure, Concordia Men's Basketball has reached the GPAC tournament title game. The Bulldogs will host Morningside on Tuesday night.
For the third time in six seasons, the Bulldogs have reached the GPAC tournament final. In a matchup of NAIA top 15 teams, Concordia defeated Northwestern, 67-61, in a semifinal slugfest.
Tristan Smith's 48-point program record explosion leads the 11th-ranked Bulldogs into a GPAC semifinal clash with No. 13 Northwestern. The two sides split their regular season meetings.
Even for Tristan Smith, this was something else. No. 22 wrote a new chapter of Bulldog folklore on Wednesday (Feb. 26) while breaking the school single game record with 48 points in a 101-81 win over Midland.
Featured StoryA sophomore class headed by Jake Hornick and Clay Reimers allowed Concordia to surpass the expectations of outsiders in 2017-18. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 12-3 record before finishing at 17-13 overall.
Featured StoryConcordia is 5-1 behind a sophomore group that has already shown tremendous growth since last season. Four second-year players have pushed their way into the starting lineup for the rising Bulldogs.
Featured StoryWith Chandler Folkerts and Eli Ziegler having moved on, it's time for the next wave of stars to emerge for the Concordia men's basketball program. Several sophomores are candidates to fill their big shoes.
Featured StoryAccording to Coach Grant Schmidt, the 1991-92 men's basketball team "created an environment at Concordia that we had never seen before." The Bulldogs surprised many by storming to the national semifinals.
Featured StoryJason Jisa's journey has taken him to many incredible places: the 2002 BCS National Championship game, the 2005 NAIA Division II national title tilt and this September, the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame.
Featured StoryWe try to answer the question: what are the greatest moments in the history of the Concordia men's basketball program? This is the second in our 'top five' series. Relive the glory years presided over by Grant Schmidt.
Featured StoryThe 2016-17 Concordia men's basketball team set a new school standard for scoring behind All-American Chandler Folkerts and sharpshooter Eli Ziegler. The team's 21 wins were the most for the program since 2004-05.
Featured StoryNearing the end of his Concordia career, Chandler Folkerts will be remembered as more than just a basketball player. Says President Brian Friedrich of Folkerts, "He is the young man every parent wants as a son."
Featured StoryOver his four-year Bulldog career, Littleton, Colorado, native Eli Ziegler has gone from role player to star. Born and bred to play hoops, Concordia's sharpshooting senior is the ringleader for a squad that leads the nation in 3-point shooting.
Featured StoryPowered by Chandler Folkerts, Concordia men's basketball enters 2016-17 with an optimistic outlook despite being picked to finish eighth in the GPAC by league coaches.
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