A Sea Of Red

Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, Florida


JU Hoops Official Site



Swisher Gym
Opened in 1953 - Seats 1360



Tony Jasick
5th Season as JU Head Coach


2018-2019 Schedule/Results

• Overall ........... 9-12
  A-Sun ............. 2-4
  Home ............. 3-4
  
  NOV 06 - Florida A&M ................................... L, 65-50
  NOV 10 - @ Northern Arizona ....................... L, 97-82
  NOV 12 - @ Grand Canyon ............................ L, 76-59
  
  Ungar Classic in Mobile, AL
  NOV 16 - vs. SE Misouri State ........................ L, 77-71
  NOV 17 - @ South Alabama .......................... W, 71-48
  NOV 18 - vs. Chattanooga ............................. W, 74-66
  
  NOV 21 - Florida Memorial ........................... W, 123-77
  NOV 24 - @ Western Carolina ........................ L, 77-65
  DEC 01 - SC State .......................................... W, 71-69
  DEC 04 - @ Presbyterian .............................. W, 94-88
  DEC 08 - Middle Georgia State ...................... W, 100-57
  DEC 15 - @ Bethune-Cookman ..................... W, 79-71
  DEC 20 - @ Notre Dame ................................ L, 100-74
  DEC 22 - @ Indiana ....................................... L, 94-64
  DEC 30 - Presbyterian ................................... L, 72-67
  JAN 05 - Lipscomb* ...................................... L, 77-74
  JAN 09 - @ Kennesaw State* ........................ W, 90-70
  JAN 12 - @ Liberty* ...................................... L 59-62
  JAN 16 - North Alabama* ............................. L 91-88
  JAN 19 - @ NJIT* .......................................... L 77-74
  JAN 24 - @ North Florida* ............................ W 86-81
  JAN 27 - Liberty* .......................................... 2:00 PM ET
  JAN 30 - Stetson*
  EEB 02 - @ Florida Gulf Coast*
  FEB 06 - Kennesaw State*
  FEB 09 - @ Lipscomb*
  FEB 13 - @ Stetson*
  FEB 20 - North Florida*
  FEB 23 - NJIT *
  FEB 26 - @ North Alabama*
  MAR 01 - Florida Gulf Coast*

Key Players

• 
  #1 J.D. Notae
  6' 2" 185 lbs Sophomore Guard
  In 19 Games: Averaging 14.7 Pts, 5.6 Rebs & 4.1 Assists + 32.7% on 3-Pt Attempts
  
  
  
  #14 Jace Hogan
  6' 6" 235 lbs Senior Forward (Navy Transfer)
  Thru 20 Games: Averaging 14.2 Pts, 5.8 Rebs & .9 Assists + 49.1 FG%

Before you even ask ...

Florida Times-Union wrote:JU’s Cost-ly dilemma of replacing outdated Swisher Gym

By Gene Frenette

Posted Mar 2, 2018 at 3:54 PM
Updated Mar 4, 2018 at 8:54 AM



During its more recent 65-year existence, Swisher Gym on the Jacksonville University campus has served as a two-fold reminder to basketball spectators/visitors: a homage to the school’s distant past hoops glory and the need for a new facility.

While Swisher has undergone a few makeovers in recent years, including renovations to the hallway, floor, roof and basement locker rooms, it cannot mask the reality of being an antiquated structure in a basketball landscape where state-of-the-art arenas have become commonplace.

But at a small, private university like JU, with about 2,500 undergraduate students, funding for projects in the tens of millions of dollars is a huge challenge. An on-campus arena in the 2,500-3,500 seat range, which is about the size JU prefers, would likely be a minimum $30-40 million, depending on what amenities beyond athletic offices, fitness center and meeting space go into the building.

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Wow, sources say their gym only has 1500 seats.

It is even lower than that number. Look above.

that place looks worse than Longwood.....

For this game, we should practice in a high school gym.

bigsmooth wrote:that place looks worse than Longwood.....

It is. No joke.

They would just love to beat us in that little gym! Hope the guys show up in force! It could be easy to overlook and focus only on Lipscomb but I think coach is better than that.

Watching Winthrop vs Gardner Webb and starting to miss the Big South.

Jax just beat N Florida on the road. Behind all game until last 3-4 minutes.

Lipscomb just held off a late charge by Dunk City.

Is it just me or do we face everyone coming off a win?

tyndal23 wrote:Jax just beat N Florida on the road.

that's a very short road.

lawrenceq wrote:Watching Winthrop vs Gardner Webb and starting to miss the Big South.

Go home, Larry.

I look for us to come out strong in the 1st half and take control early. It's something we haven't been able to do lately and the sign of a great team which we are obviously becoming. Sometimes the road will focus your attention to detail. I think this one will be a decisive W.
It better be because if we are not playing our best going into Tuesday we are going to get beat. The other LU is no joke. Can't take a half off and win that one.

lawrenceq wrote:Watching Winthrop vs Gardner Webb and starting to miss the Big South.

I am thankful every day that we are out of Big South.

Sly Fox wrote:Lipscomb just held off a late charge by Dunk City.

Is it just me or do we face everyone coming off a win?

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If FGCU is Dunk City then Houston is Phi Slamma Jamma. This FGCU team bears no resemblance to the Enfield coached squad that went to the sweet 16. 40 minutes against us on their home court and the only one dunking was Scottie James.

Any PSJ reference is good in my book. I bump into some of those guys from time to time around Houston.

This game makes me somewhat nervous. We should win by a dozen, but it being away and being the game before Lipscomb, I worry we overlook it.

ESPN gives us an 80 percent chance of winning, so it's not a gimme by any means.

Ive thought the same thing all week. Saw them in person. Only the 1 guard stood out. Decent rotational pieces and their main big gave scottie some trouble. Should be a 15 pt win but right before lipscomb, extra few days off and our uninspiring history in these type gyms leaves you with some doubt. However, this team haa broken molds all year.

It certainly has the makings of a trap game.

thepostman wrote:It certainly has the makings of a trap game.

As close as they played us in Lynchburg, I doubt they'll be taken lightly. If we had won by 20 or 25, I'd be much more concerned.

The team is playing too much one on one ball. They look best when they play unselfish and move the ball around.

We’ve gotten good shots but they haven’t gone in.

Another slow start. this has become a trend.

And if your cold on 3's ...STOP. all missing three's and they are back in it.