The Bulldogs will attempt to build upon a 2-0 start to the 2021-22 season as they host Waldorf and Benedictine for the 22nd annual Cattle Classic (Nov. 5-6). The event features a total of eight basketball games.
Five Bulldogs again reached double figures as they routed Presentation, 96-72, at the Hastings Classic on Saturday (Oct. 30). Concordia (2-0) jumped out to a 14-0 lead and shot 50 percent from the floor on the day.
While opening the 2021-22 season, the Bulldogs ramped up their defensive pressure in the second half and ran away from Friends, 87-57, on Friday (Oct. 29). Five Concordia players reached double figures in scoring.
The wait for Concordia Men’s Basketball is just about over. The 2021-22 season will tip off this weekend at the Hastings College C3 Tip-Off Classic, where the Bulldogs will play Friends and Presentation.
The Bulldogs will begin the 2021-22 season with some degree of national respect. Voted third in the GPAC, Concordia picked up eight points in the NAIA preseason coaches' poll released on Wednesday (Oct. 27).
The Bulldogs return all five starters from a 2020-21 squad that equaled a program record for GPAC wins in a season. As a result, Concordia slotted in at No. 3 in the GPAC preseason coaches' poll.
Concordia Men's Basketball enters 2021-22 feeling like it "left some meat on the bone" last season when the program missed out on the national tournament. The Bulldogs return their top seven scorers, including three All-GPAC honorees.
Gage Smith made an head-turning transformation from sophomore to junior season while becoming an all-conference player. Even better things could be in store in 2021-22 for Gage, who now has his brother alongside him.
A former star within the GPAC, Ryan Tegtmeier has been tabbed as the new lead assistant on Head Coach Ben Limback's Concordia Men's Basketball staff. Tegtmeier previously assisted at Nebraska Wesleyan.
Get to know Ben Limback, Head Coach of Concordia Men's Basketball since 2013. Limback also spent his collegiate career as a Bulldog and played in three national tournaments.
The 65th annual Concordia Invitational Tournament tips off Jan. 29 at Concordia University Chicago. Both Bulldog teams will vie for their 26th all-time CIT titles.
Young and inexperienced proved a theme for the Bulldogs during head coach Ben Limback’s first season at the helm of the program in 2013-14. That’s no longer the case.