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One last thing from this
@SamfordMBB
season, shoutout to the seniors who left their mark on this university and program.
We will remember what you accomplished forever. 🫡😢
@mainethegoat
@rylanjones15
@jaden_campbell5
@g_quicks
@NathanJohnson22
@LeopardChandler
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.
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There’s the Russell Wilson slide, the Kyler Murray fall slash slide and then there is this by Landry Jones. Majestic.
#XFL
@XFLRenegades
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As expected, former Samford C Lucas Steele is transferring to Auburn per his IG.
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.
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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
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Unbelievable. I’m sick.
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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
.
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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.
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.
@coachcaseySU
‼️: “Not one of our guys was on the All-SoCon team and it’s a freakin joke. We are the best team here.” 👀
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Hey
@notthefakeSVP
, I agree. It was definitely the best thing I saw today too.
@SamfordMBB
made
@SportsCenter
. 💪🏻
Jermaine Marshall is HIM. It’s a movement. 📈
@StanfordSteve82
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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.
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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
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A
@mainethegoat
and
@BuckyBasketball
embrace after the senior’s 23 point and 8 rebound performance.
Gotta love it. They did do it.
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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.
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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.
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Definitely need this on a hat. Preferably right now
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The
@Mets
are giving away an Edwin Diaz shirt with his face on it that says, “Finish” a day after he blew a 2 run lead vs the
@Cardinals
. Lol classic Mets.
#LGM
#STLCards
@KFCBarstool
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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. 🙏🏼
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There we go.
@SamfordMBB
is a 13 seed in the Midwest Regional and will play 4 seed Kansas on Thursday‼️‼️
This is March.
@MarchMadnessMBB
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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.
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“Unfortunately Samford.” I need more to her story. 😂😂
@TrojanWallF5
Went around the Troy campus to get some help unveiling our non-conference schedule... it went as well as you would assume😅
#BoysOfTroy
🛡️|
#OneTROY
⚔️⚾️
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The state of Alabama is about to have 4 teams in the NCAA tournament. That’s wild.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Every
@SamfordMBB
honor‼️
@BuckyBasketball
- Coach of the Year (media)
@_logandye
- First team (coaches), Second team (media)
@mainethegoat
- Second team (coaches), 3rd team (media)
@quesglover
- Second team (coaches), 3rd team (media)
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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
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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. 🦆
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“What if I told you
@SamfordMBB
would beat TWO High-Major teams in ONE YEAR? Crazy, right??”
#BuckyBall
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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
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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.
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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‼️
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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_
✌🏻
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If only every home game could be on a Thursday. A great crowd on the home side for opening night.
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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.
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Bucky Ball is not a tagline. It’s a way of life. America!
Cc:
@JonRothstein
Which auto bids can make a March run? 🧐
@wallyball
:
@DrakeBulldogsMB
@CWalkerSports
:
@JMUMBasketball
@JonRothstein
:
@SamfordMBB
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Behind the scenes footage. Wild scenes. 😂
.
@mainethegoat
,
@AchorAchor4
, and
@rylanjones15
crashed the
@TwoBidSoCon
! Congrats to Samford, who put all its haters (
@JGoldHoops
) to bed.
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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.💪🏻
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On This Day: June 1, 2018
@SamfordBaseball
upset
@FSUBaseball
8-7 in round 1 of the NCAA Tallahassee regional. Brooks Carlson (
@bdc_28
) went 2-5 with a 💣 and Austin Edens went 3-3.
@wyattburns10
picked up the save after 3.2 IP, only 1 H allowed.
@coachcaseySU
#AllForSAMford
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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. 💪🏻
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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‼️
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Former Samford F Jermaine Marshall has signed with Salon Vilpas of the
@Korisliiga
in Finland. 💪🏻
Mennään
@mainethegoat
‼️
🚨Pelaajauutisia! Jermaine Marshall on Vilppaan toinen vahvistus
Lue koko uutinen:
#salonvilpas
#punavalkone
#korisliiga
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Just before tip-off and this place is PACKED. Let’s have a Saturday everybody‼️
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GOOD MORNING. Let's win a Southern Conference tourney title today‼️
This is March.
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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
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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_
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It’s official.
@SamfordBaseball
is heading to Starkville to play Mississippi State. Friday at 2:00 pm CT on ESPN3.
#AllForSAMford
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When you don’t get a parking ticket on campus for parking where you definitely shouldn’t have. IYKYK
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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 -
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WHY NOT US? Dogs clinch a share of the SoCon regular season title‼️
Home vs Furman for all the marbles on Saturday.
For the first time in program history, the Dogs are 𝐒𝐨𝐂𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 💪
#BuckyBall
|
#AllForSAMford
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They did it again as the Bulldogs match the ‘98-‘99 team with 13 straight wins. Chance to get 14 straight on Thursday vs UNCG‼️
@AchorAchor4
- 19 pts, 3 reb
@jaden_campbell5
- 11 pts, 3 reb, 3 stl
@joshuholloway
- 11 pts,
@AllenspachRiley
- 10 pts, 8 reb
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Samford already secures their 3rd straight 20-win season in a rout of UTC. That's a new winning streak. Back at UNCG on Thursday.
@jaden_campbell5
- 16 pts, 4 reb
@AchorAchor4
- 12 pts, 6 reb
@nauticaman_aj
- 12 pts, 10 reb
@g_quicks
- 11 pts
@mainethegoat
! - 8 pts, 3 reb
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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.
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Let’s go. Former
@SamfordBaseball
SS
@garretthowe6
is a member of the Cleveland Guardians organization‼️
With the 325th pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, we have selected SS Garrett Howe from Samford University.
#ForTheLand
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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.
𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: The UAB Blazers & Samford Bulldogs have agreed to play a neutral site game at Legacy Arena in 2024-25.
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ALL Bulldogs in Gainesville. Go 1-0 every week and the ‘Dogs might find themselves in the CFP. 💪🏻
Go 1-0 every week! Blazers weren’t prepared for this offense at home.
These UAB fans sum it up.
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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. 📈
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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
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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
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“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.
Samford coach has some nice words to say about Matt Painter. Worth a watch.
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Can confirm that former
@SamfordFootball
QB Michael Hiers has been invited to rookie minicamp with the
@Buccaneers
, per source.
LFG
@Michaelhiers107
‼️
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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.
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HE DOES IT AGAIN. QUINCY CRITTENDON SAYS GOOD NIGHT. SAMFORD MOVES ON.
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No upset here, Samford moves past Mercer and now await the Furman-WCU winner. This is March.
@g_quicks
- 15 pts
@rylanjones15
- 15 pts, 4 reb
@AchorAchor4
- 12 pts, 4 reb
@mainethegoat
- 10 pts, 8 reb
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.
@ReceDavis
is officially on the bandwagon. This is binding‼️
"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
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