Augsburg Men's Basketball

We're just under 2 weeks away from our annual Alumni and Friends Golf Scramble. Foursomes are rolling in, but there's still time to join in the fun!

Follow the link to register: https://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2024/4/12/mbb041224.aspx

The 2022 Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament is right around the corner, and there's still time to register! Get your team together for Sunday October 9th at Oak Glen Golf Course, 11am shotgun start.

We're excited to see the registrations pouring in! Once again, we've got alums from the 1970's all the way up to our recent graduates.

Click the link to register:
https://advancement.augsburg.edu/basketball-alumni-golf-tournament

Happy Birthday to the best athletic trainer out there, Mac Ideson 🎊

Thank you for all your hard work and commitment to the Augsburg Men’s Basketball program!

Yesterday’s banquet also gave us the opportunity to say farewell to the 2021-22 senior class!

This award goes to someone who has been in the program for 4 years and who has excelled on and off the basketball floor. The recipient of this award has demonstrated a commitment to the program’s values over the course of his career as an Auggie.

2021-22 Winner: Matt Carik

The Hard Hat Award is given to the team member who demonstrates the highest level of work ethic in practice and in games. The recipient is someone who is constantly striving to be the best he can be on a daily basis on and off the basketball floor.

2021-22 Winner: Jack Sorenson

The word Kaizen is Japanese for change for the better. It refers to a philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement of processes. This individual demonstrates the desire and ability to improve on a daily basis.

2021-22 Kaizen-Constant Improvement Award Winner: Conner Knoepfle

The Teammate Award is given to the person who embodies the traits of the ideal teammate. He puts the program’s goals over individual accolades and accomplishments and sees the program’s overall vision.

2021-22 Winner: Rayquan Moore

The Scholastic Achievement Award goes to the person with the highest cumulative grade point average who has attended at least two semesters of class at Augsburg.

2021-22 Winner: Dalton Kubista

Assistant Coach Harry Sonie completed his second season on the Augsburg Men’s Basketball staff! Before coaching, “Sone” was a tremendous player for the Auggies from 2014 to 2018.

In Sone’s senior season, he started in all 29 games! He led the team in assists with 121 (4.2 avg) and finished second in the MIAC with 50 total steals (1.7 avg). Sone went on to earn Third Team All-Conference and make the MIAC All-Defensive Team.

His strong influence on and off the court helped him earn the Cory Polta Award for Outstanding Leadership. He now uses that same drive and passion for coaching!

Good luck to Augsburg Men’s Hockey, who hosts St. Norbert tonight at 7pm in the NCAA Quaterfinals‼️

Winner heads to the NCAA DIII Frozen Four in Lake Placid to face the winner of Adrian/Hobart!

Congratulations to Joe Palmer, who was named to the NABC Division III All-America Second Team‼️

Full Story: https://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2022/3/16/mbb031622.aspx

Congratulations to Joe Palmer who was named a part of the 2021-22 D3hoops.com All-Region team‼️

Full List: https://d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2021-22/region-9-men

Head Coach Aaron Griess and his son Mackie reunited with some Augsburg Men’s Basketball alumni last night at the Timberwolves-Trailblazers game!

Parker Hines ‘15 serves as video coordinator for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Noah Veach ‘14 is the owner of Lake Coast Carpentry.

I see a pattern here 🧐

Congrats, Augsburg Women's Basketball 👏

Dominick Ingram was named All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team‼️

Members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.

Matt Carik was named an All-MIAC Honorable Mention, the third MIAC honor of his career having previously been named All-MIAC third team in 2019 and second team in 2020.

Carik started all 24 games for Augsburg and averaged 11.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.

Conner Knoepfle earned his first career MIAC nod, being named to the conference's All-Defensive Team. He started all 24 games for the Auggies this season, reaching double figures nine times.

Knoepfle averaged 9.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per-game this season.

Jack Sorenson earned a spot on the All-MIAC second team after averaging 11.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per-game this season, also notching 51 assists, 36 steals, and three blocks.

He knocked down 44.6% of his attempts from beyond the arc this season, good for second in the MIAC.

Joe Palmer was also named to the six-player All-MIAC first team for the first time in his career. He was previously named to the MIAC All-First-Year Team in his first season.

Guard Rayquan Moore (JR, Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle HS) was named the MIAC Sixth Man of the Year, the first MIAC honors of his career‼️

Moore is the first Augsburg player since Kevin Van Rossum in 1998 to be named MIAC Sixth Man of the Year.

Augsburg University's Joe Palmer (JR, Faribault, Minn./Faribault HS) was named the Joe Hutton Men's Basketball Player of the Year by the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference‼️

Palmer had a phenomenal season for the Auggies, leading the conference in both points (21.0) and rebounds (9.0) per-game and ranking ninth in field goal percentage (50.8%). His 21 points per-game also ranked him 31st in all of NCAA Division III. Making all 24 starts for Augsburg, he finished the season with 11 double-doubles and scored 20 or more points in 14 games this season, including four 30-plus point performances. He earned MIAC Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week honors four times this season and was named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week once. A history and secondary education major with a 3.71 grade-point average, he was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.

Augsburg Women's Basketball hosts Gustavus in the MIAC Playoff Championship Game today at Si Melby Hall! We need all Auggie fans to come out and support this afternoon‼️

👉 Augsburg vs Gustavus
⏰ 2:00 pm CT
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📍Si Melby Hall

Get to Si Melby Hall at 5:45 pm as Augsburg Women's Basketball takes on Hamline. Double-header Auggie action in the MIAC Playoff Semifinals!

MIAC Playoff Semifinals‼️

👉 Augsburg vs Macalester
⏰ 7:45 pm CT
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📍Si Melby Hall

Let’s pack Si Melby Hall on Friday‼️