MARCH 5TH’S AND 6TH’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

 The MidAmerica Nazarene University Pioneers (logo at left) took the Heart of America Athletic Conference crown yesterday while the MSUN Lights walked away with the Frontier Conference title. All this plus an upset in the Red River Athletic Conference championship game. Balladeer’s Blog presents recaps of yesterday’s action plus updating scores on today’s final conference tournaments before the NAIA-2 and USCAA national tournaments get underway tomorrow.

FRONTIER CONFERENCE – (1) Montana State- Northern Lights over the (2) Montana Western Bulldogs  61-56  *** LIGHTS ADVANCE TO NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

HEART OF AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – (1) MNU Pioneers over the (3) Baker Wildcats  75-68  ***  PIONEERS ADVANCE TO NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

RED RIVER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – (2) LSU-Shreveport Pilots (as in riverboat pilots) UPSET the (1) Our Lady of the Lake Saints  111-101  *** PILOTS ADVANCE TO NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

NJCAA1 REGION 11 – (1) Ottumwa Warriors over the (2) Iowa Western Reivers  81-68

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION – (National Tournament) – (12) Central Bible College Spartans UPSET the (5) Kuyper Cougars  74-64  UPSET OF THE DAY  ***  (7) Hillsdale Flames over the (10) Manhattan (KS) Crusaders  82-75  ***  (11) Trinity Bible College Lions UPSET the (6) Grace Bible College Tigers  74-69  ***  (8) Clearwater Cougars over the (9) West Coast Baptist Eagles  100-73   

AMERICAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE – (1) Columbia (MO) Cougars crushed the (6) Hannibal-LaGrange Trojans  80-46  ***  COUGARS ADVANCE TO NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

GOLDEN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE  – (3) Biola Eagles UPSET the (1) Concordia (CA) Eagles  81-77  ***  EAGLES ADVANCE TO THE NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

TRANSOUTH ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – (1) Martin Methodist Red Hawks over the (2) Mid- Continent Cougars  79-70  ***  RED HAWKS ADVANCE TO NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT