June, 2019 - NAIA Hoops Report - Page 2

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NAIA Chatter

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NAIA Classics and Tournaments

It’s June, and while many teams are still finalizing those last one or two games to add to the 2019-2020 schedule, others are already releasing their schedules for next year. There always seems to be a lot of conversations that go on about “strength of schedule”. While I understand those talks, I also understand why…
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Jun

NAIA Chatter

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NAIA TO THE PROS – The Geno Artison Jr Story

One of the biggest misconceptions out there about NAIA is that it is “hard” to go pro from that level. I do agree that it is hard to go pro, but that goes for any level of basketball. Being a pro player takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and at the end of the…
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Jun

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Another Coaching Change in the Sooner Athletic Conference

The Sooner Athletic Conference has another coach jumping to NCAA D2. Last month we saw Vinay Patel leave Oklahoma City University for NCAA D2 Northwestern Oklahoma, and now Coach Aaron Coombs from Oklahoma Panhandle State University steps down in order to take the Head Coaching position at Georgia Southwestern. Coach Coombs did a really nice…
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Jun

NAIA Player Spotlight

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NAIA Player Spotlight: Brandon Durnell – Spring Arbor University (MI)

The student-athletes of the NAIA are ultimately what make the NAIA. We have so many special student-athletes at this level, so I wanted to create a piece that would highlight those individuals. Brandon Durnell was one of the first players to follow the twitter account, so I thought he would be the perfect kid to…
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Jun

NAIA Chatter

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NAIA Coaching Changes

I don’t think there is any better way to start this segment then to give a couple of legendary coaches one last tip of the cap as 2019 brought us the end of the Hall of Fame Career of Columbia College Head Coach Bob Burchard, and Grace College (IN) coach Jim Kessler. Bob Burchard Coach…
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Jun

NAIA Chatter

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The 2019 NAIA National Championships

Summer is officially here, which means most NAIA programs are gearing up for summer camps, and trying to finalize their recruiting classes. One of the beauties of NAIA basketball is that you have a lot of different philosophies in recruiting, and it is fun for me to watch rosters come together. We will dive deeper…
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