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A huge Saturday indeed as we saw a lot of the postseason playoff picture finally play out ahead of conference tournaments. We still have a few leagues that will have the final pieces play out over the next 48 hours, but yesterday was fun! Instead of doing a review of our Games of the Day, we are going to do a rundown of the Conference Champions!

Conference Champions (Bold means qualified for NAIA National Tournament):

American Midwest Conference- TBD

Appalachian Athletic Conference – Reinhardt Eagles

California Pacific Conference: Didn’t play regular season

Cascade Collegiate Conference: Didn’t play regular season

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference: Olivet Nazarene

Crossroads League: #1 Indiana Wesleyan

Frontier Conference: #10 Providence

Golden State Athletic Conference: GSAC West: Vanguard – GSAC East: TBD

Great Plains Athletic Conference: #8 Morningside

Gulf Coast Athletic Conference: #11 Talladega

Heart of America Athletic Conference: #3 William Penn

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference: #18 Bethel (KS)

Mid-South Conference: #6 Shawnee State

NorthStar Athletic Conference: Mayville State

Red River Athletic Conference: TBD

River States Conference: Didn’t play regular season conference schedule

Sooner Athletic Conference: #10 Southwestern Assemblies of God

Southern States Athletic Conference: SSAC East: #7 Faulkner – SSAC West: #15 Stillman

The Sun Conference: #23 Warner

Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference: TBD

Other Qualifiers: Holy Cross – CCAC Runner Up


Conference Tournaments:

– Not all of the brackets are posted quite yet, but the ones we do have are below:

Crossroads League: Crossroads League 2020-2021 Championships Central | Crossroads League

– Quick Note: Florida College dropped out of the SSAC Tournament so this bracket will change once more.

– That is what we have for now! Once others come out we will be sure to share. We will also have our Conference Tournament Previews out for each league the day prior to the 1st tip-off!


Today’s Schedule:

– Still some big games today to play out! #4 Lewis-Clark State and College of Idaho face off in Game 2 of the Cascade Best of 3 series. LCSC is up 1-0 in that game.

HomeAwayScoreWatch Notes
Lyon (Ark.)Central Baptist (Ark.)1:00 PM *CTWatch Live Big game for AMC Title and Seeding
Indiana TechLourdes (Ohio)3:00 PM * ETWatch LiveBig game for WHAC Title and Seeding
Concordia (Mich.)Northwestern Ohio3:00 PM *Watch Live WHAC Seeding on the line
Rocky Mountain (Mt.)10 Providence (Mt.)4:00 PM * MTWatch Live Providence already locked up the Frontier Conference Title
Montana WesternCarroll (Mt.)4:00 PM * MTWatch Live Frontier Seeding on the line
Montana TechMontana State-Northern4:00 PM * MTWatch Live  Frontier Seeding on the line
College of Idaho4 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)7:00 PM MTWatch Live  Lewis-Clark State wins the Cascade with a win!

– Another big Sunday as we will have our Final NAIA Hoops Report Top 25, our Bracketology Report and several Conference Tournament Previews out throughout the day! Be sure to check back in with your #1 Spot for NAIA Hoops Coverage!

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