After a bit of a pause in scheduling news for FAU Men’s Basketball, Jon Rothstein reported on X that the Owls will be matching up with UCF in an away game in Orlando on November 12th.
FAU went back into the transfer portal to fill their final scholarship, as late Sunday afternoon Ken Evans Jr, a 6 ‘5 G from Jackson State announced via his personal Instagram that he would be transferring to FAU, filling the open spot left by Aj Staton-McCray.
FAU has worked diligently over the past couple of weeks to assemble a complete roster, and that came to fruition Tuesday, as FSU transfer F Baba Miller withdrew his name from NBA draft consideration and committed to playing this upcoming season in Boca Raton.
FAU Men’s Basketball made their first roster move in 9 days on Sunday morning, as the Owls went back overseas, landing a commit from 7 ‘1 Lithuanian Center Matas Vokietaitis.The 19 year old played for Zalgiris Kaunas in the Lithuanian basketball league, mainly for their second affiliate team, where he averaged 12.5 points 8.6 rebounds and 0.8 Assists across 41 games this past season, while also making 1 appearance for their main team.
FAU star guard Johnell Davis announced his plan to leave the Boca Raton school – one way or another.
It was announced Tuesday night that John Jakus agreed to a 5-year deal that would make him the 10th Head Men’s Basketball Coach in FAU history First being reported by Jeff Goodman on X, and later followed up with a statement from FAU Athletic Director Brian White.
Dre Davis scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half as top-seeded Seton Hall pulled away for a 72-58 victory over North Texas on Saturday afternoon in the second round of the NIT at South Orange, N.J. Seton
The agony of final defeat is one of the worst feelings in sports, and for FAU that feeling came today as they fell 77-65 to Northwestern in overtime
NEW YORK — Northwestern and Florida Atlantic are separated by more than 1,300 miles as well as a vast gap in resources between a school that’s been in the Big Ten for a century and one that just joined the American Athletic Conference.