The 74th Annual NAIA Division One Basketball Tournament, the country’s OLDEST college basketball tournament, tipped off today. Oklahoma Baptist University, the defending champions, got knocked out by Pikeville in the first game today. Scores are listed below: Keep checking back for updates.
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The Cornerstone University Golden Eagles won their 2nd National Championship in basketball last night by taking down the defending champions, the St Francis (IN) Cougars 80-71. I’ve been getting e-mails from dogs who are pleased that a cat nicknamed team did not win it all after the way feline nicknames dominated the Continue reading
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The frisky feline delivering a Xena-kick to the face of the cute little pooch in this picture is Littlegirl The Spoiled from the famous cat-lover’s blog Life With 4 Cats at http://lifewith4cats.com/
Littlegirl is here to gloat over the way the cat- nicknamed teams crushed the dog- nicknamed teams in the NAIA Division 2 basketball tournament over the past week. Cat teams won Continue reading
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NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: New Jersey Athletic Conference
Major sports: basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.njcugothicknights.com/index.aspx?path=
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The Oklahoma Baptist Bison, the defending champions in the First Division of NAIA basketball, will play in the national tournament’s tip-off game this coming Wednesday at 9am against the Pikeville Bears. For people unfamiliar with the NAIA tournament, all the games are played at the Continue reading
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Well the quarterfinals in this NAIA college basketball tournament tipped off at 2pm ET, 1pm in Point Lookout, MO, the site of the event. As an added bonus for pet owners I’ll continue looking at how cat nicknames and dog nicknames are doing.
GAME 3 – OZARKS BOBCATS 68 INDIANA WESLEYAN WILDCATS Continue reading
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Well, last night wrapped up the first round of the NAIA basketball tournament. Today kicks off Round 2. I will once again remind people who aren’t familiar with this tournament that all the games are played at the same venue that’s why the games start at 9am ET, 8am in Point Lookout, MO, where they’re playing.
TOP SEED KNOCKED OUT – GAME 7 – OZARKS BOBCATS 71 WALSH CAVALIERS 66 UPSET OF THE TOURNAMENT!!! WALSH WAS THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL SEED AND JUST FELL TO THE BOBCATS! POSSIBLY OVERCONFIDENT, THE CAVS FELL BEHIND BY AS MANY AS 17 POINTS AT TIMES IN THIS GAME, THEN HAD TO SCRAMBLE IN THE SECOND HALF TO INCH CLOSER! THEIR Continue reading
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Day two of the NAIA basketball tournament is under way with games in the books already. If you’re not familiar with the NAIA tournament they play all their games at one venue, that is why they start so early and go on until late at night. As added fun for pet owners I’m continuing to keep track of how teams with dog nicknames and teams with cat nicknames are doing.
GAME 8 – OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN EAGLES 82 STERLING Continue reading
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For people unfamiliar with the NAIA tournament, all the games take place at one venue, in this case at the host school the College of the Ozarks. That’s why the games got started at 9am eastern time, 8am in Missouri. For more fun for pet owners I’ll be keeping track of how many wins for cat nicknames and how many wins for dog nicknames.
GAME 8 – OREGON TECH HUSTLIN’ OWLS 76 CARDINAL STRITCH Continue reading
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ALFRED UNIVERSITY SAXONS
Location: Alfred, NY
Conference Affiliation: Empire 8 Conference
Major sports: football, basketball, softball, soccer, volleyball, Alpine skiing
Site: http://saxons.alfred.edu/
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