NAIA MBB Conference Championship Guide
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This is the most comprehensive Championship guide you will find. As leagues tip-off, we will break down ALL 20 leagues, talk matchups, update brackets and keep you up to date with everything going on both inside the conference tournament, but also how it impacts the NAIA National Championship bracket!
Conference Championship Guide
Tuesday, February 24th Scoreboard
Recap from Tuesday Games
We had several close games on Day 1 but no major upsets. In the last game of the night we had a thriller that ended up with Eduardo Diaz of Wilberforce getting a crazy game winner off a stolen inbounds pass! Score was actually 65-63 and Diaz made the FT for the win and allowing Wilberforce to survive and advance!
HBCUAC Opening Round
Heart of America Quarterfinal’s Recap
The Top 2 Seeds in the Heart rolled to wins and CMU is only lower seed to advance to Heart Semifinals!
#1 Graceland over #8 Peru State, 95-68. Carson Busch and Cole Bowen combined for 46pts. Bowen also chipped in 9rebs and 5assts.
#2 William Penn took down #7 Benedictine, 88-73. Foday Sheriff with 13pts, 12rebs, 5assts. Davion Boleware had 19pts, 7rebs.
#3 Grand View (IA) knocked off #6 Missouri Valley, 65-60. Great game that ended with Grand View holding off a late charge!
#5 Central Methodist went to St. Louis and knocked off #4 Missouri Baptist. They were the only road team to get the win.
Sun Conference Quarterfinal’s
#3 Southeastern (FL) ROLLED to an 96-52 dub!
#5 St. Thomas (FL) went down the street and knocked off #4 Florida Memorial, 65-63!
Red River Athletic Conference Quarterfinal’s
#1 LSU Shreveport d. #8 A&M-San Antonio, 108-86
Stats
#5 A&M-Texarkana d. #4 Our Lady of the Lake, 83-75
Stats
Wednesday, February 25th Scoreboard
Who is Playing?
Crossroads League Quarterfinals
River States Conference Quarterfinals
Appalachian Athletic Conference
Favorite: Pikeville
Upset Special: Montreat
Our Pick To Win It: Pikeville
National Tournament Bid Stealers: NONE
Today’s Schedule | Watch Live
10am CT | No. 8 Truett-McConnell vs No. 9 Bryan
11:45am CT | No. 7 Tennessee Wesleyan vs No. 10 Reinhardt
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Favorite: LC State/Eastern Oregon
Upset Special: College of Idaho
Our Pick to Win It: Eastern Oregon
National Tournament Bid Stealers: Bushnell, Corban, Northwest
Today’s Schedule | Watch on the Urban Edge Network
8pm CT | #8 Northwest at #1 Lewis-Clark State
9pm CT | #7 Corban at #2 Eastern Oregon
9pm CT | #6 Bushnell at #3 Southern Oregon
9pm CT #5 College of Idaho at #4 Oregon Tech
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletics Conference
Favorite: Governors State
Upset Special: Trinity Chrisitan
Our Pick to Win It: Trinity Christian
National Tournament Bid Stealers Still Playing: No One.
Today’s Schedule
Game #1: No. 8 seed Indiana Northwest (11-17) at No. 1 seed Governors State (20-8) — 7 pm CT
Game #2: No. 5 seed Indiana South Bend (18-10) at No. 4 seed Trinity Christian (16-12) — 7 pm CT
Game #3: No. 7 seed Saint Xavier (11-16) at No. 2 seed St. Francis (20-7) — 7 pm CT
Game #4: No. 6 seed St. Ambrose (13-15) at No. 3 seed Olivet Nazarene (19-9) — 6 pm CT
Crossroads League
Favorite: Grace (IN)
Upset Special: MVNU
Our Pick to Win It: Indiana Wesleyan
National Tournament Bid Stealers: Saint Francis (IN), MVNU, Spring Arbor
Today’s Schedule
7:00 pm – #1 Grace vs #8 Spring Arbor (MI) (at GRA) — Video | Stats
7:00 pm – #2 Indiana Wesleyan vs #7 Saint Francis (IN) (at IWU) — Video | Stats
7:00 pm – #3 Huntington vs #6 MVNU (at HU) — Video | Stats
7:00 pm – #4 Bethel (IN) vs #5 Taylor (IN) (at BU) — Video | Stats
Great Plains Athletics Conference
Favorite: Morningside (IA)
Upset Special: Mount Marty
Our Pick to Win It: Northwestern (IA)
National Tournament Bid Stealers: Mount Marty, CUNE, Dordt, Briar Cliff, Dakota Wesleyan, Hastings
Today’s Schedule | Watch on GPAC Sports Network
#8 Hastings (8-20, 7-13 GPAC) at #1 Morningside (21-6, 18-2 GPAC), 7pm
#5 Dordt (16-12, 11-9 GPAC) at #4 Concordia (17-11, 11-9 GPAC), 8pm
#6 Briar Cliff (13-14, 10-10 GPAC) at #3 Mount Marty (15-10, 13-7 GPAC), 7pm
#7 Dakota Wesleyan (14-14, 9-11 GPAC) at #2 Northwestern (23-5, 15-5 GPAC), 7pm
HBCUAC
Favorite: Stillman
Upset Special: SUNO
Our Pick to Win It: Tougaloo (AL)
National Tournament Bracket Busters:No One. The two auto-bids will be the two teams that represent the HBCUAC in the National Tournament.
Today’s Schedule | Watch on Urban Edge Network
Noon| SUNO Vs Fisk
4pm | Voorhees vs Rust
8pm | Dillard vs Oakwood
Red River Athletic Conference
Favorite: LSU Shreveport
Upset Special: OLLU
Our Pick to Win It: LSU Shreveport
National Tournament Bracket Busters:OLLU, TAMUT, JARVIS CHRISTIAN, UNT DALLAS, TAMUSA
Today’s Schedule
#7 Jarvis Christian University at #2 LSU Alexandria, 6:30 p.m.
Stats/Video
#6 University of North Texas-Dallas at #3 Xavier University of Louisiana, 7:30 p.m.
Stats/Video
River Stars Conference
Favorite: Shawnee State
Upset Special: IU Southeast
Our Pick to Win It: Shawnee State
National Tournament Bid Stealers: None.
WVU Tech at IU Kokomo – 6:00 PM EST – LIVE STATS – LIVE STREAM
Brescia at Shawnee State – 7:30 PM EST – LIVE STATS – LIVE STREAM
Midway at IU Southeast – 7:30 PM EST – LIVE STATS – LIVE STREAM
St. Mary-of-the-Woods at Rio Grande – 7:30 PM – LIVE STATS – LIVE STREAM
Sooner Athletic Conference
Favorite: Nelson (TX)
Upset Special: Oklahoma City
Our Pick to Win It: Nelson (TX)
National Tournament Bid Stealers: MACU, John Brown, USAO
Today’s Schedule | Watch on Urban Edge Network
Hosted by Oklahoma City
Noon CT | No. 1 Nelson vs No. 8 USAO
2pm CT | No. 5 Texas Wesleyan vs No. 4 Oklahoma City
5:30pm CT | No. 2 Langston vs No. 7 John Brown
7:30pm CT | #3 Wayland Baptist vs No. 6 MACU
Southern States Athletic Conference
Favorite: William Carey
Upset Special: Dalton State
Our Pick to Win It: Loyola
National Tournament Bid Stealers: Mobile, Thomas, Point, UT Southern
Today’s Schedule
10:45am | Game 1West #4 Mobile v. East #5 Thomas
2:15pm | Game 2East #4 Point v. West #5 UT Southern
