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.
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
FAU welcomes in Charlotte for their first ever conference series as part of the American Athletic Conference. FAU’s record sits at 12-7 after their initial non-conference schedule
emple is slowly becoming the darlings of College Basketball, as they knocked off FAU 74-73 in the Semi Finals of the AAC tournament, making it 4 post-season wins in a row, and moving one game away from the NCAA Tournament
FAU jumped out to a big lead early in this ball game, but UNT was quick to battle back and turn it into a classic Owls Vs Mean Green tussle
G Johnell Davis: Co-Player of the Year (with USF Chris Youngblood) & First Team All Conference (Unanimous Vote)
The second chapter of FAUs season has come to an end, as following non-conference and conference play the Owls and the rest of the NCAA pivot to tourney time. Before the big dance however, the Owls have the opportunity to play in the AAC tournament and have the second overall seed which means a double-bye, and a few days of rest and preparation before their first matchup on Friday.
The season finale matchup between FAU (24-7 14-4 AAC) and Memphis (22-9 11-7 AAC) was built up with immense anticipation since it was placed on the docket, and it lived up to every ounce of the hype.
It took a Johnell Davis scoring 28 and points and an off-balance deep Left-Wing triple from him during the last seconds for FAU to defeat UNT, 66-63, in the teams first go-around on January 28th