NAIA Hoops Bullet Points

A segment that I plan to roll out once games start will be the NAIA Daily Bullets. This will just be a quick glimpse and review of NAIA Basketball headlines each day. For now, as I learn new tricks, I will be posting this segment as a weekly review. If you would like something specific added in next weeks bullets, please DM us on Twitter, or email us at naiahoopsreport@gmail.com.

If you haven’t seen our Twitter posts about upcoming NAIA Elite/Prospect Camps, I have posted it below. It is a great chance for kids who are serious about playing college basketball, to get noticed outside of AAU.

All of these NAIA Elite Camps are right around the corner! https://t.co/bE68OKopdb
— NAIA Hoops Report (@NAIAHoopsReport) July 17, 2019

Another great follow on twitter is Coach William Payne (@TweetsbyCoachP). Not only is he great at helping kids find a college spot, he is also a big NAIA Hoops fan, and does a great feature on NAIA Arenas that he posts via his Instagram Account; postsbycoachp

Our NAIA facility spotlight continues in Instagram (postsbycoachp) with a spotlight on Oklahoma City University and Abe Lemons Arena. @StanPHolt @Sooner_Athletic @ocustars 
Head over and check it out. @NAIAHoopsReport @smcollegehoops
— Coach William Payne 🧩 (@TweetsbyCoachP) July 25, 2019

After a great opportunity to play summer league with the Memphis Grizzlies, The Heart of America Conference Player of the Year, and NAIA All-American, Lyle Hexom, has found a professional home.

Men's Basketball: PSC's Hexom Signs with Djurgarden in Stockholm, Sweden#HeartMBB @NAIA @PSCBobcats @LyleHexom
 - https://t.co/Qt07qGfe0b pic.twitter.com/CcA1wqFQg6
— Heart Sports (@HeartSportsNews) July 24, 2019

With this being the last year of two NAIA divisions, I expect that we will see more teams switching conferences. The Mid-South wasted no time in announcing that they will be welcoming 3 new teams to the conference in 2020-21.

Thanks to everyone involved that helped make this possible! Big day for the Mid-South Conference. Our conference just got a lot stronger and more competitive with the addition of these three outstanding institutions. https://t.co/7xrexuQmUZ
— Eric Ward (@CommishMSC) July 25, 2019

This week also brought a few NAIA coaching changes. The first is Kevin Lubbers, who was hired on at Southeastern University (FL). He replaces Rjay Barsh who moved on to be an assistant coach at NCAA D1 Boise State University.

Lubbers Hired as Southeastern Men’s Basketball Coach https://t.co/CGlfKy4shI
— SEU Athletics (@FireAthletics) July 23, 2019

Another new NAIA Hire to note is West Virginia Tech hiring former West Virginia Player and Staffer James Long.

#WVUTech names Long head coach for men’s basketball https://t.co/Gq8O8bM6Wr
— WVU Tech Athletics (@wvutechsports) July 17, 2019

The NAIA will also be losing a good coach, as Jeremey Reigle is leaving Presentation College (SD) for NCAA D3 Rockford (IL). Coach Reigle did a great job at PC, and is coming off of a North Star Athletic Association regular season championship. I have a shortlist of a few NAIA assistants and 1 NCAA D2 coach who have expressed interest in this job. More on this as news breaks.

Please join us in welcoming Jeremy Reigle as our next head men's basketball coach! https://t.co/vzoPpbtpqJ
— Rockford Athletics (@RockfordRegents) July 26, 2019

The schedule has been released for the 2019 NAIA DII Classic “The Show”. We will have more on this down the road, but it is going to be another fun field:

Here is the Men’s schedule for the 2019 NAIA DII CLASSIC “The Show” in Kingsport TN. The premiere Holiday event in #NAIADIIMBB Hosted by RIO & @VisitKingsport at the @MeadowViewTN resort. pic.twitter.com/ZIJAUUEb27
— Ken French (@RioBasketball) July 22, 2019

As we wrap up the first ever NAIA Bullet Points segment, I want to give a big shout out to two NAIA twitter accounts that everyone needs to go follow:

The First one is @NAIAFBALL. NAIA football games start up in less then a month, and they are a must follow if you like football.
The second account to follow are the guys @NAIABall who do a great job covering NAIA Baseball.