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North Star Athletic Association Season Preview

By Jacob Pommerer The North Star Athletic Association teams kick off their seasons this weekend with Waldorf, Dickinson State, Dakota State, Mayville State, and Bellevue all in action. With that being said it’s time to preview the conference. Bellevue University was picked by the coaches to win the conference. The complete conference poll can be found
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Coaches Spotlight: Tigh Compton – Pikeville (KY)

Tigh Compton is entering his first year as the head coach at the University of Pikeville in Pikeville,Kentucky. Compton is taking over the reigns as the head coach of the Bears after former coach Kelly Wells took over the director of athletics position at UPike. Compton served as a student assistant on Wells’s staff for
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Coaches Spotlight: Chris Briggs

Coach Chris Briggs is entering his 10th season as head coach of Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. As we approach the beginning of the 2020-2021 basketball season, the Tigers will be defending their 2019 national title for the second straight year due to the cancellation of the 2020 NAIA National Tournament. Prior to the cancellation
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Coaches Spotlight: Matt O’Brien

Matt O’Brien is entering his 12th season as the Head Coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. During his time with the Moundbuilders, O’Brien has developed a program based on winning and consistency. Some of his accolades include, 11 straight winning seasons, 2018 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, 2019 Kansas Basketball Coaches
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Matt Simpson – Florida College

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFC1UGUVKV0&feature=youtu.be One of the top scorers in all of the NAIA, just so happens to be a part time grocery clerk at Publix, and big time gamer, who loves Call of Duty. While he may look like a regular guy off the floor, when Matt Simpson steps on the floor, you will know who he
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Makenzie Fessler – William Woods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi3jwoj9Gys&feature=youtu.be Everyone chooses a program and University for different reasons. For Makenzie Fessler, William Woods was a smaller college atmosphere, where he could grow both as an individual and as a basketball player. He saw a University in which he could be a hooper, but also have success in the classroom, while also doing something
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NAIA Hoops Report – We’re Baaaaccckkk for Year Two!!

July 1st, in leap years, signals the midway point of the entire year. Which means that this crazy 2020 is only halfway over with. We get asked daily if we think there will be a season, and the short answer is always “yes”! In honesty, we don’t really know what to expect for this season.
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2019-2020 League Recap Series: Appalachian Athletic Conference

Preseason The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC), quite frankly, has been dominated by Union (KY) over the past seven seasons. They entered the 2019-2020 season as the six time defending regular season champs, AND the six time defending AAC Tournament Champs. Coach Kevin Burton and his Union Bulldogs entered the 2019-2020 season looking to push both
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2019-2020 League Recap Series: American Midwest Conference

Preseason There were a lot of question marks in the American Midwest Conference (AMC) headed into the 2019-2020 season. The AMC entered the season with four new coaching staffs, and just one player from the 1st two All-AMC teams returning. With all of the turnover happening, one of the biggest question marks entering the season
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Mangas wins Bevo Francis Award As Best Small College Basketball Player

Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan continued to bring in the post-season hardware as the NAIA DII National Player of the Year winner, was also named the Bevo Francis Award winner yesterday. The 6’3 Junior averaged 26.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game this past season. The Wildcats finished the Covid-19 shortened season at
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