Jacksonville Dolphins
2021-22 record: 21-10, 11-5 in the ASUN
Head coach: Jordan Mincy
Tenure at Jacksonville: Second season
Career coaching record: 21-10
Home court: Swisher Gymnasium
Starters: G Kevion Nolan, G Jordan Davis, F Bryce Workman, F Mike Marsh, F Osayi Osifo
Bench: G Dylan O’Hearn, G Gyasi Powell, F Omar Payne, F Oumar Koureissi
Overview: In head coach Jordan Mincy’s first season at the helm, 2021-22 was all sunshine for the Dolphins. Coming off a below-average 11-13 record the year prior, Mincy inspired Jacksonville to a remarkable 21-10 mark in 2021-22 and an unbeaten slate at home, earning him the 2022 Joe Hall Award, commemorating the nation’s top first-year head coach.
As a result, the Dolphins enter this season in great form and a great mood. Top scorer Kevion Nolan and top rebounder Bryce Workman return for their senior seasons alongside teammates Mike Marsh and Osayi Osifo, and they are supplemented by graduate student Jordan Davis, who joined the team from Middle Tennessee last season. Jacksonville was the conference’s surprise package due to this core, knocking off the likes of ASUN heavyweights Lipscomb and Liberty en route to a second-place finish in the East Division.
In 2022-23, the Dolphins will look to replicate and build on 2021’s successes and provide a stern test for No. 7 Duke in both teams’ season opener Monday.
Team ceiling: Jacksonville finds the same magic that inspired its surprise season last year, finishing at the top of the ASUN and possibly earning itself a national tournament berth. The road would likely end there, but it would be a massive boon to Mincy’s budding project.
Team floor: The Dolphins regress to somewhere in the middle of their last two campaigns, finish at roughly .500 and middle of the pack in the ASUN.
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Andrew Long is a Trinity senior and recruitment/social chair of The Chronicle's 120th volume. He was previously sports editor for Volume 119.