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Milligan Men's Basketball 2021-22 Visual Preview

2020-21 AT A GLANCE

11-10 (10-8 AAC, 5th)

  • Milligan posted its fourth-straight winning season and top-five finish in the AAC standings.
  • The Buffs reached the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament.
  • As a team, Milligan led the AAC in assists per game (15.1) and were second in steals per game (7.8) and blocks per game (4.1).
Graduate transfer David Tripp earned All-AAC First Team honors after finishing fourth in the AAC in scoring (20.7 ppg).

2020-21 Leaders

Points Per Game:

  • David Tripp: 20.7
  • Josh Thomas: 11.5
  • Tyler Faulkenberry: 11.2
  • Trevor Hensley: 10.0

Rebounds Per Game:

  • Josh Thomas: 7.3
  • Tyler Faulkenberry: 5.8
  • David Tripp: 5.7
  • Finn McClure: 4.4

Assists Per Game:

  • Finn McClure: 4.5
  • Trevor Hensley: 3.0
  • David Tripp: 2.2
  • Levontae Knox: 1.6

Steals Per Game:

  • Finn McClure: 1.7
  • David Tripp: 1.4
  • Trevor Hensley: 1.4
  • Tyler Faulkenberry: 1.1

Blocks Per Game:

  • David Tripp: 1.5
  • Matt McNulty: 1.1
  • Jeffrey Selden: 0.7

Bold indicates returner

HEAD COACH BILL ROBINSON

Coach Bill Robinson (The King's College ’91) enters his 14th season as the head men's basketball coach at Milligan.

Coach Robinson has led the Buffs to nine top-half AAC finishes and a pair NAIA National Tournament appearances in 2015 and 2018.

2021 STORYLINES

  • The gauntlet - AAC men's basketball was incredibly competitive last year as no team had a conference winning percentage over .700 or suffered fewer than six conference losses last year.
  • Run it back - Despite losing two of their top three scorers from last year, the Buffs return four players that averaged over 25 minutes per game in 2020-21.
  • Reinforcements - Two more international players join the Buffs in 2021-22: Italian Sami Sanad and New Zealander Piripi Korent.

KEY RETURNERS

Josh Thomas

  • Senior forward Josh Thomas is the Buffs' leading returning scorer and rebounder for 2021-22.
Thomas scored in double-figures 10 times last winter with a season high 23 points against Reinhardt.

Finn McClure

  • Sophomore guard Finn McClure led the Buffs in minutes (30.4), assists (4.5) and steals (1.9) in his debut season.
McClure was named to the AAC's All-Freshman Team in 2020-21.

2021 FALL SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE NOTES

  • Milligan's 24-game conference schedule features home-and-home series with the 12 other AAC teams.
  • The Buffs take on four NCAA Division I opponents in 2021-22 (Marshall, Mercer, Austin Peay and UNC Asheville).
  • The top eight teams in the AAC standings qualify for the AAC Tournament at the MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention Center in Kingsport Feb. 24-26. 
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