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Best Win | Grace (IN) This time of year there are always plenty of BIG wins. For Grace though, who were coming off a home loss to No. 16 Huntington, this game had a LOT at stake. A Bethel win would have meant that the Pilots were the outright Crossroads League Champions. Instead, Grace went…

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1. LSU Alexandria (22-1) 2. Georgetown (KY) (23-1) 3. Freed-Hardeman (TN) (20-4) 4. College of Idaho (22-2) 5. Arizona Christian (21-4) 6. The Master’s (CA) (21-4) 7. Grace (IN) (20-4) 8. Bethel (IN) (19-5) 9. Dordt (IA) (23-2) 10. William Woods (MO) (20-2) 11. Northwestern (IA) (21-4) 12. Cumberlands (KY) (17-6) 13. Baker (KS) (21-3)…

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Top Games RV Indiana Wesleyan @ Spring Arbor (MI) | 4pm CT Cougar Sports Network You could probably put every Crossroads game here on out in these as almost every game has either Conference or National seeding on the line! For this one, IWU is coming off a nice Top 10 win against Bethel (IN).…

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I recently became curious to know if, over the past three seasons of the NAIA using RPI data, if we have started to see any trends with it. Now, I want to preface this by saying that 3 years of data isn’t quite enough to base a solid conclusion on, but it’s certainly a FUN…

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BEST WIN | Ave Maria (FL) No. 23 Ave Maria defended their home floor on Saturday with a HUGE win over No. 15 Florida Memorial. The win put them back into 1st place in the SUN Conference. Between them, FloMo and Keiser, the SUN race is heating up and it’s been a fun back and…

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Bryan (TN) @ No. 21 Pikeville (KY) | 3pm CT UPike Sports Network Bryan currently holds a 1-game lead in the Appalachian Athletics Conference Standings over UPike! Pikeville did beat Bryan at Bryan earlier this season, so a win today would not only out the Bears in 1st place but would lock up the tie…

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No. 19 Huntington @ No. 7 Bethel (IN) | 6:30pm CT Bethel Pilots Sports Network Huntington comes into this game playing in a ton of close games! However, while the games have been close, the Foresters went just 1-3 against the 4 teams ahead of them in the CL Standings thru the 1st round of…

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BEST WIN | MACU (OK) MACU, as you will read here in a bit, is RED HOT! They won 3 games this past week, including knocking off No. 8 Langston by 21! This is a tough MACU team, who is coached by Josh Gamblin. Coach Gamblin picked up his 200th career win this past week…

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As we have said, this years NAIA MBB Top 25 has nothing to do with postseason seeding. It’s still fun to look at and analyze though and I know the fans and players love it as well! For us, we have no vote in the actual Top 25 coaches poll and this poll is not…

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IU Northwest @ RV Saint Francis (IL) | 3pm CT Fightin’ Saints YouTube The two best teams in the CCAC go to battle in Round 2 this afternoon! IU Northwest won the 1st meeting, a 73-70 home win back on December 7th. Saint Francis has won 9-straight games since that game. They also come into…

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