‘CAU basketball is back’: Panthers win SIAC title

Clark Atlanta University men’s head basketball coach Alfred Jordan (above) took a minute to be alone moments after the Panthers won the 2023-24 SIAC tournament title in Savannah on Sunday, Mar. 10, 2024. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice SAVANNAH, Ga.- It took the head coach a number of years and a number of moves to get to this point in his career. As the buzzer sounded, the Clark Atlanta University Panthers supporters inside Enmarket Arena screamed, and the players on the court started hugging and high-fiving each other; the coach just sat under the basket. Clark Atlanta Panthers head men’s basketball coach Alfred Jordan had tears in his eyes when he sat under that basket. He just sat there and took in the scene. In only his second season as a head coach, both as the leader of the basketball program at his alma mater, Jordan led the Panthers back to SIAC glory. The Panthers defeated defending SIAC tournament champion Miles College 65-55 on Sunday afternoon. The Panthers were headed back to the NCAA Division II tournament for the first time since Jordan was an assistant coach under former Panthers head coach and current University of Arkansas-Little Rock head...