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They never gave up, they never wavered, they kept fighting. We will remember this team forever for their effort and heart.
This hurts....heart broken indeed.
Per
@d1baseball
, Samford C Lucas Steele is in the transfer portal.
Steele hit .245, 13 HR, and 61 RBI this season while starting 54 games.
He was the 2023 SoCon Freshman of the Year and was a Freshman All-American.
McNeese head coach Will Wade with a great answer (minus one small part) about his connection w/
@BuckyBasketball
.
"I told everybody when he got the job, I don't know how it's gonna work, but I promise you he's gonna win and win big there."
Not. Done. Yet.
Via
@MarchMadnessMBB
Former Samford F Achor Achor has committed to Kansas State.
As a mid-major staff you do all you can for a player. Sometimes things are out of your control. Not much you can do. 🤷♂️
Also doing this in consecutive off-seasons isn’t funny,
@CoachJTang
.
They never gave up, they never wavered, they kept fighting. We will remember this team forever for their effort and heart.
This hurts....heart broken indeed.
NEWS: Tulane transfer Collin Holloway signs with Samford. The 6’6” F averaged 13 PPG and 5 RPG last year.
Holloway had 21 games scoring in double figures and chose Samford over Clemson, LSU, and McNeese.
Visited campus this past weekend.
We’re not here thinking upset, it’s a different mentality.
“No we don’t think anybody is better than us. We fell like every time we’re on the court, we’re supposed to win. When we win, it’s not gonna be a surprise to us.”
Vibes 📈
via
@MarchMadnessMBB
BREAKING: Samford G Rylan Jones has been granted a sixth year of eligibility, per his IG‼️
Rylan averaged 9.4 PPG, 5 APG and shot 37% from three. Was All-SoCon 3rd team.
Sometimes the best gets are the ones you already have.
NEWS: Vanderbilt transfer G Isaiah West has signed with Samford per his IG.
The former 4⭐️ & 44th-ranked recruit shot 43% from the field last season‼️
The 6'2" G started 9 games for Vandy and comes to Homewood with 3 years to play.
West visited this past week.
Terrible news to share as former
@SamfordFootball
WR Chris Shelling passed away yesterday.
The Georgia native played at Samford from 2016-2019 and had 1,162 receiving yards along with 14 TDs.
Prayers go out to his family, rest in peace, Chris. 🙏🏼
NEWS: 2025 G Joel Foxwell has committed to
@SamfordMBB
per his IG.
The 6’2” Australian G will play pro with Melbourne United in 2024 and join Samford’s 2025 class.
He’s averaging 10.9 PPG, 3.4 RPG and 3.1 APG this season.
Trains under former NBA guard Matthew Dellavedova.
Went around the Troy campus to get some help unveiling our non-conference schedule... it went as well as you would assume😅
#BoysOfTroy
🛡️|
#OneTROY
⚔️⚾️
Coach Hatcher is ready to lead his squad into battle. The boys are out, they’re angry and looking for blood.
Yeah that’s who we play week 1. Anytime, anywhere.
NEWS: Mississippi State transfer G Trey Fort has signed with Samford. The 6'4" G shot 38% from the field and 35% from three last season‼️
Fort scored 21 points against Arizona State and 13 points at UK.
Started the first 7 games in 2023, has one year remaining.
@TreyFort3
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
The boys beat Wofford AGAIN and win THREE games in ONE day to win the SoCon tourney title. 🏆
NCAA Tournament bound‼️
This pitching staff. This offense. This defense. What a ride.
THIS IS MARCH. SAMFORD IS HEADING TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2000. IT’S A MOVEMENT. 📈
@AchorAchor4
- 25 pts, 9 reb
@mainethegoat
- 23 pts, 8 reb
@jaden_campbell5
- 11 pts, 5 reb
NEWS: Wagner G Julian Brown has signed with Samford. The 6'2" G averaged 10 PPG and 2.9 RPG last season‼️
Brown had 15 games scoring in double figures including 18 points in the NCAA Tournament vs UNC.
He comes to Homewood with 2 years to play.
What are they going to say now? Samford goes on the road and takes down Western Carolina. Make that 16 straight wins‼️
@AchorAchor4
! - 35 pts, 10 reb
@rylanjones15
- 18 pts, 6 ast, 3 reb
@jaden_campbell5
- 10 pts, 3 reb
8 days until
@SamfordFootball
. 🦆
From 2015-2018,
#8
QB
@DevlinHodges10
finished with 14,584 passing yards and 111 TDs which are both school records. 🦆
Duck won the 2018 Walter Payton Award and those 14,584 passing yards broke the late Steve McNair’s career FCS record. 🦆
nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how
@SamfordMBB
block was clean vs KU
-
@SamfordFootball
2022 title run
-
@SamfordBaseball
winning 3 games in one day for a SoCon title
A
@joshuaro_
BOMB to dead center starts the 3-run 9th as
@BenPetschke
gets the save for a 4-2 DUB‼️
@SamfordBaseball
advances to tomorrow night at 8:00PM vs the winner of Auburn/Penn. 💪🏻
I love this sport.
Four years ago today. Since then..
- NCAA tourney app.
- SoCon tourney title
- 2 SoCon regular season titles (1 shared)
- 3 straight 20+ win seasons
Yeah I’d say it worked out. Not bad for a high school coach‼️
What a team. What a year. Bulldogs finish the Auburn Regional 1-2. Even bigger and bigger things on the horizon for this program.
That closes out an incredible ‘22-‘23 athletic year.
See everyone in the fall. -
@GrantGardner_
✌🏻
NEWS:
@SamfordMBB
will play at Arizona and at Michigan State this upcoming season. Big time ‼️
Finally some games which will highlight the non-con. Dates TBA per
@RoccoMiller8
.
Sources: Arizona and Michigan State are each finalizing contracts to host Samford this season as part of non-conference action. Both dates are TBA.
The Bulldogs are riding a scheduling high after capturing the
#SoCon
last year.
Well that’s how you start a Saturday.
Samford lands 3⭐️ 6’10” C Riley Allenspach from Providence Day School in Charlotte‼️
The former Western Kentucky commit also held offers from Chattanooga, Furman, Mercer among others.💪🏻
38 days until
@SamfordFootball
.
We’re
@Flavs_3era
days away from football as Fred had 53 tackles last season and led the team with 18 PBUs.
Fred made many big plays including this INT in the playoff win vs SELA. 💪🏻
Late news but confirming that I will be in Asheville this weekend. The only Samford dedicated news source will be on site.
Let's have a great 3 days. LFG‼️
Can a private Baptist school turn into the Gonzaga of the South? Don't rule it out.
"Sometimes you can get where you’re going from right where you are, and few understand that better than McMillan."
Via
@KyleTucker_ATH
What a year. The best football team in school history’s season comes to an end in Fargo.
Thanks everyone for following along in a wild year.
-
@GrantGardner_
Doesn't get much bigger than this, get your popcorn ready.
@SamfordMBB
(15-2, 4-0) goes on the road tonight at Western Carolina (15-2, 4-0) on national TV‼️
🆚
@CatamountMBB
⏰ 5:00pm CT
📺
@CBSSportsNet
💰 SAM +2.5, SAM ML +106
Know Your Foe -
Furman holds on at home vs ETSU.
@SamfordMBB
’s lead in the SoCon stays at 1 game.
For Samford to win the regular season title:
WIN at Chatt AND vs Furman
WIN at Chatt AND Furman LOSS vs Mercer
LOSE at Chatt, WIN vs Furman
We have the H2H tiebreaker vs UNCG.
Here we go.
But seriously,
@UAB_AD
and
@CoachAK13
come to the table and get this done. None of this 2-for-1, a legit home-and-home.
Sure we can figure this out for both parties.
It was being taken care of alright.
@BuckyBasketball
signs another extension with Samford. Winter Soldier not going anywhere.
The years on this extension are undisclosed after the 7-year extension announced last May.
It’s a movement. 📈
Favorite part of
@BuckyBasketball
with
@NextRoundLive
.
"Coaching at Samford, I grew up literally 5 minutes from here. This is my hometown. I didn't want to fail at MB in my hometown, and I for dang sure, didn't want to fail at Samford here in my hometown."
@RyanBrownLive
The Coach of the Week on ESPN, yeah you guessed it,
@BuckyBasketball
‼️
“McMillan has slowly improved the Bulldogs, which includes winning a share of the SoCon regular-season title last season. This season, he has his squad ready to take the next step.”
Via
@jeffborzello
“It’s very hard for mid-majors to get games. We’ve called all the SEC schools for two years, all the ACC schools and we couldn’t get a game. I really appreciate Purdue for giving us an opportunity.”
-
@BuckyBasketball
giving Matt Painter credit for scheduling us.
Sources: Coach Hatcher told his team that they needed to play hard on Saturday. He got word that Deion Sanders told his guys the same.
It’s that level of detail that makes him great, like Coach Prime.
"Drake with Tucker DeVries are a team to look out for in the tournament..
Samford plays a really aggressive style of offense and I think they could win a game in the tournament" ~
@ReceDavis
#PMSLive