Flagler is  13-game winning streak, the program's longest since a 17-win streak in the 2003-04. The Saints are coming off winning the Peach Belt Conference regular season and post-season titles. They wrapped up the championship on the final day of the season with an 85-63 rout at Francis Marion (Feb. 27), and they claimed the first PBC Tournament title with a 73-60 victory over Georgia Southwestern (Mar. 7).

The Saints had four of its members on the All-PBC team, including Jaizec Lottie who earned first-team honors and was the PBC Player of the Year. Chris Metzger earned second-team honors while Jalen Barr and Derrick Ellis, Jr. were third-team selections. Barr was named the PBC Defender of the Year and Chad Warner was named the PBC Coach of the Year.

 Flagler has had four different leading scorers this season: Lottie (12x), Metzger (1), Marcus Henderson (3x), Ellis (1).  Lottie has scored 30 or more points seven times this year. 

Metzger is second in NCAA D2 in field goal percentage (71.3) and Lottie is sixth in scoring (24.4 ppg). Lottie is 10th in free throws attempted (128) and 15th in free throws made (95).

The Blazers are riding an eight-game winning streak into Saturday's first round game against West Georgia. This will be the fifth time these two teams have played each other and Valdosta State holds a 3-1 lead in the series. 

 Valdosta State won the GSC's East Division title with a 14-4 record and then went on to win its first conference tournament title with a 75-70 victory over Alabama-Huntsville.

The Blazers has three All-GSC East Division honorees. Imoras Agee and Burke Putnam took home first-team honors while Cam Hamilton was a second-team pick. Agee and Putnam were on the all-tournament team with Jacolbey Owens. Putnam was named the most outstanding player at the tourney. 

Agee leads the Blazer with a 17.7 ppg average. Putnam is second with 15.3 ppg and leads the team with 6.3 rebounds per game. Hamilton is next at 14.4 ppg and he has made a team-high 53 three-pointers. Owens is averaging 12.2 ppg. 

The Wolves had their 10-game winning streak snapped by Valdosta State on March 5 in a 99-89 loss at The Complex in a GSC Tournament semifinal game.  West Georgia led 45-36 at the half, but Valdosta State came out an shot 72 percent from the floor in the second half and dropped 63 points.

Michael Zabetakis earned first-team All-GSC East Division honors and all-tournament team accolades. He leads the team with a 15.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game average. Oronte Anderson has dished out 92 assists with only 36 turnovers.

WHAT REGION ARE WE IN???: Since joining the Peach Belt Conference for the 2009-10 season, Flagler has played in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region. Due to the pandemic, regions went under a major realignment to even out other regions that had only a few, if any, teams or conferences playing men's basketball. Because of that, Flagler is in the South Region for the first time since it was an independent in 2008-09.  

FIRST TIME DANCING: This is the first time the Flagler men's basketball program has advanced to the NCAA region tournament. Last year was the first time the Saints made the Peach Belt Conference Tournament.  

LAST TIME AT A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT: The last time Flagler advanced to a national postseason tournament in men's basketball was the 2004-05 season. The Saints played in the NAIA Division II National Tournament at Point Lookout, Missouri where they went 1-1. That was the third consecutive NAIA D2 National Tourney appearance by Flagler. 

WE ARE NO. 1!: Flagler is the top seed in the six-team NCAA Division II South Regional. Flagler, the Peach Belt regular and post-season champion, along with The University of Alabama at Huntsville (Gulf South Conference), the No. 2 seed, received byes to the semifinal round of the tournament. Flagler will face the winner of the Valdosta State-West Georgia game, which will be played on Saturday. UAH will face the winner of the Lee-Georgia Southwestern game, which will also be played on Saturday. The regional final will be played on Tuesday at The Complex at Valdosta, Georgia with an elite eight appearance on the line. That tournament will be played at Evansville, Indiana. 

NCAA POST-SEASON: Flagler has competed in the NCAA Division II regionals in the following sports: volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's cross country, men's cross country, softball, women's golf, men's golf, women's tennis, and men's tennis. The following have gone on to the national championship portion: volleyball, women's soccer, women's cross country, and softball. Flagler was first eligible for NCAA Division II post-season competition in 2008-09. 

COVID CAN'T STOP US: Since COVID-19 appeared a little over a year ago, many conferences and teams have struggled to play games. That hasn't been the case for the Saints. Only four games were affected by the pandemic, and one of those was due to a team opting out of the season (UNC Pembroke). Flagler head coach Chad Warner had to miss three games (vs. Francis Marion, at Augusta, and at Lander) due to having to quarantine.

200-CLUB!: Head coach Chad Warner won his 200th game of his career on Feb. 27 when Flagler rolled to an 85-63 win at Francis Marion University to close out the regular season. 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS: Flagler is ranked No. 8 in the March 9 NABC Division II Top 25 poll. This is Flagler's best ranking in the D2 era. The Saints debuted in the polls on Feb. 10 with a No. 21 ranking. The last time Flagler had been ranked prior to Feb. 10 was in mid-January of the 2005-06 season when the Saints were ranked No. 20 in the NAIA Division II poll.

WE'RE STREAKING!: Flagler has rattled off 13 consecutive wins. That's the longest streak in the program's history since the 2003-04 won 17 in a row.

WHO SAID IT WAS OVER?: Flagler trailed by 16 points with four minutes left to go at Lander on Feb. 17. The Saints used a 19-3 run to force overtime and go on to a 98-91 win. Chase Fiddler hit a three-pointer from the left corner at the buzzer to force the extra period. 

REGIONAL TIES: Although Flagler competes in the Peach Belt, and usually the Southeast Region, the coaching staff is very familiar with the Gulf South Conference. Head coach Chad Warner was the head coach at Shorter College, now University, when it moved to the Gulf South. Assistant coach Blake Selland played at Shorter before its move to the GSC, but served as an assistant coach for Tyler Murray for two season. Assistant coach Kip Owens played at The University of Alabama at Huntsville for head coach Lennie Acuff for four seasons. UAH won the GSC tourney twice (2015 and 2017) and won or shared the regular season title twice (2014-15 and 2015-16).