Team: Nicholls State Colonels
Location: Thibodeaux, La.
Conference: Southland
Head coach: Austin Claunch (third season, 53-34 overall)
2020-2021 record: 18-7 overall, 14-2 Southland
Top returning players: 6-foot-0, PG, Ty Gordon (14.6 ppg, 3.7 apg, 3.6 rpg, 1.0 spg); 6-foot-11, C/F, Ryghe Lyons (8.1 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.8 bpg); 6-foot-3, G, Pierce Spencer (3.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 0.7 apg)
Top newcomers: 6-foot-3, G, Devante Carter (14.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 4.0 apg) transfer from Norfolk St.; 6-foot-5, G, Latrell Jones (10.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.2 apg) transfer from Portland; 6-foot-4, G, Caleb Huffman (13.