Category: NAIA Basketball

What a wild ride the first two days it’s been in Kansas City! It’s also what makes the NAIA so much fun! There is so much parity across the NAIA and because there is no National TV coverage of NAIA Basketball, most people don’t understand how good other teams are until we get to see

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The ‘Road To Muni’ last week in the opening round of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Championship was a good one! We discussed earlier that you can complain all you want about the process of selecting teams,  but at the end of the day we were able to see a lot of great games thru the

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The ‘Road To Muni’ last week in the opening round of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Championship was a good one! We discussed earlier that you can complain all you want about the process of selecting teams,  but at the end of the day we were able to see a lot of great games thru the

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The Daily Dive series hasn’t been that “Daily” here lately as we put most of our time and effort into doing the Pod Previews. We have read all of the comments about the selection process, the lowering down to 48 teams and other thoughts and attacks on the NAIA selection committee. While we agree that

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Teams Inside the Pod #1 Northwestern   23-5 Overall GPAC Regular Season Runners-Up GPAC Tournament Champions #9 Overall Seed     Ranks Number 3 in Division I in Total Rebound Defense (29.393)   Ranks Number 4 in Division I in Field Goal Pct (0.537)   Ranks Number 8 in Division I in Total Scoring Offense (2374)   Ranks Number 8 in Division I

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Teams Inside the Pod #1 Saint Francis (IN)   24-8 Overall Crossroads League Tournament Runners-Up #14 Overall Seed     Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Total 3-Pt FG Made (340)   Ranks Number 2 in Division I in Total Assists (535)   Ranks Number 3 in Division I in Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.574)   Ranks Number 3 in Division I in Total

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Teams Inside the Pod #1 William Penn   24-1 Overall Heart of America Regular Season Champions Heart of America Tournament Champions #2 Overall Seed     Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Assists per Game (20.400)   Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Defensive Rebounds per Game (36.040)   Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Scoring Offense per

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Teams Inside the Pod #1 USAO   17-2 Overall Sooner Athletic Conf. Regular Season Runners-Up Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament Champions #8 Overall Seed     Ranks Number 4 in Division I in Field Goal Pct Defense (0.378)   Ranks Number 7 in Division I in Defensive Rebounds per Game (31.684)   Ranks Number 8 in Division I in Blocks per Game

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Teams Inside the Pod #1 LSU-Shreveport   16-1 Overall RRAC Regular Season Champions RRAC Tournament Champions #3 Overall Seed     Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Scoring Margin (27.200)   Ranks Number 2 in Division I in Scoring Offense per Game (98.667)   Ranks Number 3 in Division I in Total Rebounds per Game (45.600)   Ranks Number 6 in Division

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