The 9th- seeded Rogers State University Hillcats (logo at left) tipped off the NAIA Division 1 basketball tournament at 10am ET today. The Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lions, the Life University Running Eagles and the top- seeded Shorter Hawks have also seen action so far.
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For the first time since 1999 the top 2 seeds in the NAIA2 tournament will face each other for the championship. Tonight the number 1 Northwood University Seahawks battle the number 2 Oregon Tech Hustlin’ Owls, climaxing the 2012 tournament for this division of college basketball. Watch it at 7pm ET on the cable channel called CBS Sports Network.
One tournament concludes tonight, but there are two more getting ready to tip off. Tomorrow morning at 10am ET the NAIA division 1 tournament will get underway with the 9th- seeded Rogers State Hillcats taking on Continue reading
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The Hutchinson Blue Dragons (logo at right) were eliminated from the Region VI college basketball tournament yesterday. Meanwhile, as noted in my weekend posts, the NCCAA and both divisions of USCAA champions have been crowned.
NAIA2’s Final Four teams face each other tonight. The Northwood (FL) Seahawks and the Continue reading
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The Florida Christian College Suns (logo at left) came into the NCCAA tournament seeded 4th, but unfortunately had a rough time of it, losing both their opening round game and also the consolation bracket game. The Suns are definitely up and coming, however, and have added baseball recently, with swirling rumors about a possible football program as well.
In the USCAA tournament the 8th seeded Berkeley College Knights are THE story, having put together three upsets three days in a row to advance to today’s championship game against the Andrews Cardinals. Meanwhile the NAIA Continue reading
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The Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers (logo at left) were among the teams winning in yesterday’s NAIA2 tournament. In the USCAA2 tournament the top- seeded Central Penn Silver Knights were upset by 8th- seeded Berkeley College and 2nd- seeded Beaver (PA) fell to the 7 seeds, the College of St Joe Fighting Saints.
Cool-named teams falling yesterday were the Lourdes University Gray Wolves, the St Mary Spires, the Jamestown College Jimmies and the St Ambrose Fighting Bees.
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Day 2 of the national tournaments gets underway today in the NAIA and USCAA, Day 3 for the NCCAA. As noted yesterday two defending champs have already fallen but top seeds are doing just fine.
The Lourdes University Gray Wolves (logo at left), the Jamestown College Jimmies and the Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers are among the Continue reading
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*** UPDATE – Both the NAIA2 and USCAA1 defending champs fell today. First the 7th seeded Oakwood Ambassadors provided the upset of the day by bringing down the 2nd seeded SVU Knights. On the NAIA2 side Cornerstone ended their already inglorious defense of their title, falling to Northwest (WA)***
Today at 9:30am ET the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national tournament tips off! The Northwood (FL) Seahawks are the top seed in this 32 team tournament and will play in the Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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The Cumberland University Bulldogs (logo at left) pulled off the upset of the day yesterday. The 5th-seeded Bulldogs toppled the 2nd- seeded Georgetown (KY)Tigers to take the Mid-South Conference title.
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The Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lions (logo at left) were among the teams competing in yesterday’s Golden State Athletic Conference tournament. A handful of 1 seeds were toppled, including the OBU Bison, who fell to a 7 seed team!
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