Northern Arizona Lumberjacks NCAA Basketball News

Eric Platt scored 26 points to lead Northern Arizona to a 113-61 win over NAIA Southwestern College of Phoenix in the season opener for the Lumberjacks on Friday.

NAUa s sophomore Josh Lepley dunks over Fort Lewis Skyhawks players during the game in Rolle on Nov.

Youthful. Inexperienced. Depleted. These statements about the Northern Arizona men's basketball team are what led preseason pollsters to rank the Lumberjacks as the seventh team in the Big Sky Conference this year.

HUESTIS CMR post player Huestis chooses Stanford GREAT FALLS, Mont. C.M. Russell High post Josh Huestis says he has chosen Stanford over Harvard to continue his basketball career.

Last season was not one to remember for Lumberjack fans. Not only did the team fail to qualify for the league tournament, but point guard Josh Wilson exhausted his eligibility after four seasons of exceptional play.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: There are plenty of new faces in the Lumberjack camp. Guard Eric Platt is perhaps the top newcomer.

Two Wolf Pack basketball recruits -- Devonte Elliott and Jerry Evans -- won't enroll at Nevada this fall in an effort to raise their test scores and be cleared academically by the NCAA Eligibility Center.

Among the top recruited student-athletes in the state's 2008 class, 6-foot-4 freshman guard Shayar Lee has decided to get his release from Northern Arizona University and pursue other options for his collegiate career ... ... More ... To continue reading this article you must be a member.

The Nevada basketball team added a big man and it didn't even cost the team a scholarship.

Douglas High athletic director Jeff Evans said today that former Tiger basketball standout Keith Olson will walk on at Nevada next season.

Many head coaches have defined their teama s image; Mike Krzyzewski at Duke, John Wooden at UCLA, Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers and Joe Paterno of Penn State, just to name a few.