Nova Southeastern Sharks men's basketball

The NSU Sharks Men's Basketball team represents Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida. They currently compete in the Sunshine State Conference.

Exterior of The University Center

Nova Southeastern Sharks
University	Nova Southeastern University
First season	1982–83
Head coach	Jim Crutchfield (5th season)
Conference	Sunshine State Conference
Location	Davie, Florida
Arena	Rick Case Arena (capacity: 4,500)
Nickname	Sharks
Colors	Navy blue and gray[1]
NCAA tournament champions
Division II: 2023, 2025
Other NCAA tournament results Runner-up Division II: 2024 Final Four Division II: 2023, 2024, 2025 Elite Eight Division II: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Sweet Sixteen Division II: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Appearances Division II: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament champions
SSC: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

They won a national championship in the 2022–23 season.

Coaching records

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Charles "Sonny" Hansley (NAIA Independent) (1982–1990)
1982–83	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	6–15
1983–84	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	11–12
1984–85	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	11–13
1985–86	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	12–14
1986–87	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	12–16
1987–88	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	9–19
1988–89	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	5–23
1989–90	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	13–16
Charles "Sonny" Hansley (Sun Conference) (1990–1998)
1990–91	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	7–21	3–11
1991–92	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	13–14	8–6
1992–93	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	15–14	8–6		NAIA District 7 Playoffs First Round
1993–94	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	16–18	7–7
1994–95	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	22–12
1995–96	Charles "Sonny" Hansley	5–24	3–11
1996–97	Tony McAndrews	15–18	6–7
1997–98	Tony McAndrews	15–14	8–6
Tony McAndrews:		187–263 (.416)
Kit Riley (Sun Conference) (1998–2002)
1998–99	Tony McAndrews	18–14	9–5
1999–00	Tony McAndrews	14–14	7–5
2000–01	Tony McAndrews	8–20	3–9
2001–02	Tony McAndrews	4–23	4–8
Tony McAndrews (Sunshine State Conference) (2002–2004)
2002–03	Tony McAndrews	6–23
2003–04	Tony McAndrews	9–18
Tony McAndrews:		59–112 (.345)
Gary Tuell (Sunshine State Conference) (2004–2017)
2004–05	Gary Tuell	7–21	3–13
2005–06	Gary Tuell	17–11	11–5
2006–07	Gary Tuell	14–15	8–8	4th
2007–08	Gary Tuell	10–18	5–11	8th
2008–09	Gary Tuell	16–11	9–7	3rd
2009–10	Gary Tuell	13–15	6–10	6th
2010–11	Gary Tuell	12–15	5–11	T–6th
2011–12	Gary Tuell	13–14	7–9	6th
2012–13	Gary Tuell	15–12	7–9	6th
2013–14	Gary Tuell	13–17	8–8	T–5th
2014–15	Gary Tuell	12–16	6–10	T–5th
2015–16	Gary Tuell	11–16	6–10	T–5th
2016–17	Gary Tuell	6–20	3–15	10th
Gary Tuell:		159–201 (.442)	84–126 (.400)
Jim Crutchfield (Sunshine State Conference) (2017–2019)
2017–18	Jim Crutchfield	17–10	11–9	T–4th
2018–19	Jim Crutchfield	29–4	18–2	1st	NCAA Division II First Round
2019–20	Jim Crutchfield	23–6	15–5	2nd	Postseason canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2020–21	Jim Crutchfield	0–0	0–0	N/A	Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021–22	Jim Crutchfield	31–1	20–0	1st	NCAA Division II Elite Eight
2022–23	Jim Crutchfield	36–0	20–0	1st	NCAA Division II Champions
2023–24	Jim Crutchfield	32–3	18–2	1st	NCAA Division II Runner Up
2024–25	Jim Crutchfield	36–1	19–1	1st	NCAA Division II Champions
Jim Crutchfield:		204–25 (.891)	121–19 (.864)
Total:		609–601 (.503)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Notable players

National players of the year

NABC Player of the Year

• RJ Sunahara (2023)

Bevo Francis Award

• RJ Sunahara (2023)

All-Americans

• Mark Matthews – NABC (2020)
• Sekou Sylla – NABC (2022)
• RJ Sunahara – NABC (2023)