BETHANY – With the sporting world being put on pause for the foreseeable future, Southern Nazarene athletics is taking a look back at some of the best teams across all sports in school history.
 
13 national championships and 107 national tournament appearances since its inception, but who is the best Crimson Storm team of all-time? SNU faithful, YOU get to make that decision for the inaugural 2020 "Storm Madness" event.  The SNU Sports Information office has compiled a list of the 16 "best teams" in Storm history and have thrown them into a single-elimination bracket. The selection committee had a difficult time narrowing the list down to 16 and trying to select one team from every sport.  16 teams and only one gets the bragging rights.
 
SNU Athletics will be highlighting each individual matchup over a 24-hour span on Twitter and Facebook and fans will vote once per day on who they believe is the "better team".  A further promotion of the "Final Four" and "Championship" matchups will commence once the bracket gets closer to completion as fans decide who is the "best SNU team of all-time".
 
The "Storm Madness" event will begin on Monday, March 23^rd at 10:00 a.m. with one matchup per day to vote on via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram story.
 
Without further ado, please see the entire field of 16 teams and their seedings with a brief bio below:
 
 
2020 "Storm Madness" Teams
 
No. 1 Seed
1993-94 Women's Basketball Team

• 34-0 Record, NAIA National Champions
• Sooner Athletic Conference Champions
• Jerry Finkbeiner, Head Coach

 
No. 2 Seed
1988-89 Women's Basketball Team

• 36-2 Record, NAIA National Champions
• Sooner Athletic Conference Champions
• Bob Hoffman, Head Coach

 
No. 3 Seed
2001-02 Women's Golf Team

• NAIA National Champions
• Won Nationals by 20 strokes
• Won 6 of 8 tournaments competed in, top-five in all 8
• Steve Hulsey, Coach of the Year

 
No. 4 Seed
1980-81 Men's Basketball Team

• 36-6, NAIA National Champions
• District Nine Champions, SAC Co-Champs
• Loren Gresham, Head Coach

 
No. 5 Seed
1999-2000 Women's Golf Team

• NAIA National Champions
• Won Nationals by 11 strokes
• Steve Hulsey, Coach of the Year

 
No. 6 Seed
2003-04 Women's Basketball Team

• 36-3 Record, NAIA National Champions
• Sooner Athletic Conference Champions
• Lori Carter, Coach of the Year

 
No. 7 Seed
2018-19 Men's Basketball Team

• 29-6 Record, Great American Conference Champions (2^nd straight)
• Won SNU's first NCAA Tournament game in Div. II era
• Adam Bohac, GAC Coach of the Year

 
No. 8 Seed
1973-74 Men's Basketball Team

• 31-6 Record
• NCCAA National Champions
• Texoma Athletic Conference Co-Champs
• Jim Poteet, Head Coach

 
No. 9 Seed
2013 Men's Track & Field Team

• Indoor 4x400 relay NCCAA National Champion
• Indoor 800-meters National Champion
• Outdoor 4x400 relay National Champion
• Billy Miller, Head Coach

 
No. 10 Seed
2005 Men's Soccer Team

• 19-2-1 Record
• NAIA National Tournament Final Four appearance
• Sooner Athletic Conference Regular Season Champions
• Region VI Tournament Champions
• Mark Persson, Head Coach

 
No. 11 Seed
1996 Women's Soccer Team

• 22-5 Record
• NAIA Final Four appearance
• Won Sooner Athletic Conference Regular Season championship
• Mike Cook – NAIA Southwest Region Coach of the Year

 
No. 12 Seed
2012 Softball Team

• 42-18 Record
• First National Tournament appearance in SNU Softball history
• Tere Webber, Head Coach

 
No. 13 Seed
2011 Football Team

• 9-3 Record
• CSFL Title and First NAIA Football Championship series appearance
• Mike Cochran named AFCA Regional Coach of the Year
• School record in wins, finished season ranked No. 12 in NAIA Poll

 
No. 14 Seed
2016 Volleyball Team

• 20-11 Record
• GAC Tournament Champion (school's first GAC champion in Div. II era)
• NCAA Division II Central Regional
• Kevin Ingram, Head Coach

 
No. 15 Seed
2009 Baseball Team

• 37-15 Record
• NAIA Opening Round tournament
• Highest ranking at No. 17
• Elliot Johnson, Head Coach

 
No. 16 Seed
1999-2000 Men's Golf Team

• Won 3 tournaments in 9 appearances (most in a year in program history)
• 6 top-five finishes
• 8^th at Nationals that year
• Current Head Coach Derrick Taylor competed on that team
• Steve Hulsey, Head Coach

 
"Storm Madness" Opening Round
Match #1 – Mon. March 23 - (1) 1993-94 Women's Basketball -vs- (16) 1999-2000 Men's Golf
Match #2 – Tues. March 24 - (8) 1973-74 Men's Basketball -vs- (9) 2013 Men's Track & Field
Match #3 – Wed. March 25 - (5) 1999-2000 Women's Golf -vs- (12) 2012 Softball
Match #4 – Thu. March 26 - (4) 1980-81 Men's Basketball -vs- (13) 2011 Football
Match #5 – Fri. March 27 - (2) 1988-89 Women's Basketball -vs- (15) 2009 Baseball
Match #6 – Sat. March 28 - (7) 2018-19 Men's Basketball -vs- (10) 2005 Men's Soccer
Match #7 – Sun. March 29 - (6) 2003-04 Women's Basketball -vs- (11) 1996 Women's Soccer
Match #8 – Mon. March 30 - (3) 2001-02 Women's Golf -vs- (14) 2016 Volleyball
 
"Storm Madness" Quarterfinals
Match #9 – Tues. March 31 – Winner Match #1 -vs- Winner Match #2
Match #10 – Wed. April 1 – Winner Match #3 -vs- Winner Match #4
Match #11 – Thu. April 2 – Winner Match #5 -vs- Winner Match #6
Match #12 – Fri. April 3 – Winner Match #7 -vs- Winner Match #8
 
"Storm Madness" Final Four
Match #13 – Sat. April 4 - Sun. April 5 – Winner Match #9 -vs- Winner Match #10
Match #14 – Mon. April 6 - Tues. April 7 – Winner Match #11 -vs- Winner Match #12
 
"Storm Madness" Championship
Match #15 – Thu. April 9 – Fri. April 10 – Winner Match #13 -vs- Winner Match #14
 
For all updates on Storm Madness, follow the action on the official @SNUAthletics Twitter account and follow SNU Athletics on Facebook and Instagram.