College Fanz Sports Network - Basketball

NAIA Basketball Tournament Coverage On CollegeFanz

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:29 AM - [Headlines] - Viewed 194 times

Follow the NAIA Tournaments on College Fanz. We will have video recaps of every game along with conversation on the message boards. The NAIA DI selection shows also took place on Wednesday. Take a look at the NAIA DI MBB Tournament pairings and the NAIA DI WBB tournament pairings.

Be sure to log into the College Fanz Perfect 10 to see how your bracket is doing for the tournaments currently in progress. All games are up to date, as is the leaderboard. Login to CollegeFanz.com and click the Perfect 10 logo now to see where you rank!

John Thayer has analysis of all the NAIA WBB DII Tournament Games, read it now!

March 12th: Day 3	Talk about the games now!
Game 17:#8 Embry-Riddle (Fla.)(29-5)vs#9 Bethel (Ind.)(28-6)-- 8:30 a.m.	Game 17: Shawnee State (Ohio) (26-6) vs. Aquinas (Mich.) (21-11), 8:30 a.m.
Game 18: #1 Walsh (Ohio)(29-2) vs.Sioux Falls (S.D.)(25-9)-- 10:15 a.m.	Game 18: Iowa Wesleyan (26-7) vs. Jamestown (N.D.) (26-6), 10:15 a.m.
Game 19: #5 Indiana Southeast (26-4) vs.Spring Arbor (Mich.)(23-10)-- 12 p.m.	Game 19: Hastings (Neb.) (31-3) vs. Grand View (Iowa) (26-8), 12 p.m.
Game 20: #4 Bellevue (Neb.)(26-7) vs. Cedarville (Ohio)(26-8)-- 1:45 p.m.	Game 20: Northwestern (Iowa) (27-5) vs. Sterling (Kan.) (27-4), 1:45 p.m.
Game 21:#2 Oregon Tech (30-4) vs. #15 Saint Francis(Ind.)(24-9) -- 4 p.m.	Game 21: Black Hills State (S.D.) (26-6) vs. Indiana Wesleyan (27-6), 3:30 p.m.
Game 22: #3 Indiana Wesleyan (29-5) vs. #14 Eastern Oregon (23-8)-- 5:45 p.m.	Game 22: Morningside (Iowa) (21-11) vs. Ozarks (Mo.) (28-4), 5:15 p.m.
Game 23:#7 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)(28-5)vs.#10 Cornerstone (Mich.)(28-6)-- 7:30 p.m.	Game 23: Cedarville (Ohio) (27-5) vs. Briar Cliff (Iowa) (26-7), 7 p.m.
Game 24: Winner of Game 16 vs. #6 Oklahoma Wesleyan (28-4)-- 9:15 p.m.	Game 24: Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) (29-2) vs. Davenport (Mich.) (31-2) -- 8:45 p.m.
March 11th: Day 2	Talk about the games now!
Game 9: Spring Arbor (Mich.) def. #12 Northwood (Fla.), 58-57 Recap - Video	Game 9: Jamestown (N.D.) def. Indiana-Southeast, 65-58 Recap - Video
Game 10: #5 Indiana-Southeast def. Johnson, 77-56 Recap - Video	Game 10: Iowa Wesleyan def. Walsh (Ohio), 79-68 Recap - Video
Game 11: #4 Bellevue (Neb.) def. William Jessup (Calif.), 85-67 Recap - Video	Game 11: Sterling (Kan.) def. Huntington (Ind.) 61-52 Recap - Video
Game 12: #13 Cedarville (Ohio) def. Warner Pacific (Ore.), 86-77 OT Recap - Video	Game 12: Northwestern (Iowa)def. Indiana Northwest, 100-47 Recap - Video
Game 13: #14 Eastern Oregon def. Davenport (Mich.), 74-69 Recap - Video	Game 13: Cedarville (Ohio) def. Taylor (Ind.), 75-50 Recap - Video
Game 14: Indiana Wesleyan def. Virginia-Wise, 81-56 Recap - Video	Game 14: Davenport (Mich.) def. Tennessee Wesleyan, 85-72 Recap - Video
Game 15: #6 Oklahoma Wesleyan def. Jamestown (N.D.) 76-70 Recap - Video	Game 15: Briar Cliff (Iowa) def. Holy Names (Calif.), 87-65 Recap - Video
Game 16: Hastings def. #11 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.), 65-62 Recap - Video	Game 16: Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) def. College of Idaho, 79-64 Recap - Video
March 10th: Day 1	Talk about the games now!
Game 1: Sioux Falls (S.D.) def. #16 Grand View (Iowa), 69-65 OT Recap - Video	Game 1: Shawnee State (Ohio) def. Haskell Indian Nations (Kan), 79-40 Recap - Video
Game 2: #1 Walsh (Ohio) def. Maine-Fort Kent 97-69 Recap - Video	Game 2: Aquinas (Mich.) def. Saint Francis (Ind.), 67-65 OT Recap - Video
Game 3: #8 Embry-Riddle (Fla.)def. Evergreen State (Wash.), 80-78 Recap - Video	Game 3: Grand View (Iowa) def. Minot State (N.D.), 63-53 Recap - Video
Game 4: #9 Bethel (Ind.) def. Friends (Kan.), 77-67 Recap - Video	Game 4: Hastings (Neb.) def. Maine-Fort Kent, 99-51 Recap - Video
Game 5: #15 Saint Francis (Ind.) def. Black Hills State (S.D.) 86-83 Recap - Video	Game 5: Ozarks (Mo.) def. St. Thomas (Fla.), 68-59 Recap - Video
Game 6: Oregon Tech def. Judson (Ill.), 63-57 Recap - Video	Game 6: Indiana Wesleyan def. Concordia (Neb.), 57-42 Recap - Video
Game 7: Cornerstone (Mich.) def. Ozarks (Mo.) 73-72 Recap - Video	Game 7: Morningside (Iowa) def. Kansas Wesleyan, 83-45 Recap - Video
Game 8: #7 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) def. McPherson (Kan.), 79-66 Recap - Video	Game 8: Black Hills State def. Eastern Oregon, 67-58 Recap - Video

Placing Mobile Broadcast Units on 30 Campuses Nationwide

Grand Island, Nebraska – College Fanz™ Sports Network, the world's largest online college sports community launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, today announced plans to televise 500 college football and 1,500 basketball games live in 2010-2011.

"We are building upon the solid foundation established this year with the inaugural season of our College Fanz 2009-2010 NAIA Football and NAIA Basketball Game of the Week broadcasts." said Rasmussen, founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of College Fanz. "The dedication of the teams and the enthusiasm of the fans I saw on campuses across the country were absolutely electric. This nationwide reaction led us to expand the universe of events that can be viewed live by the students, fans and alumni of hundreds of colleges and universities."

According to Rasmussen, 30 campuses will be selected to host a Mobile Broadcast Unit for the 2010-2011season. "The College Fanz Mobile Broadcast Unit on Campus Program will provide an unprecedented educational and professional opportunity for college students planning to work in the burgeoning sports industry," he explained.

Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Bracket PDF)The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially released the 32-team bracket for the 73^rd Annual Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship, held March 17-23 in Kansas City, Mo. No. 1-seed Mountain State (W.Va.) tops the list in its 12^th straight Championship. The 26-2 Cougars have now earned the top seed in four of the last seven Championships, winning one title in 2004.

Coined College Basketball's Toughest Tournament, Municipal Auditorium will be the site for the seven-day event. The Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 17 automatic qualifiers from 11 Division I affiliated conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.), 1 host berth, and 14 at-large berths. Tickets can be purchased by calling 816.595.8000 or clicking here.

CHICAGO – Needing a win to keep its season alive, the No. 3 seeded Saint Xavier University men's basketball team did just that by upsetting No. 1 seed and No. 14 ranked Robert Morris University (Ill.), 92-90 in overtime of the championship game of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Tournament Saturday evening at the Gentile Center in Chicago. With the win, the Cougars earned an automatic bid to the 2010 Buffalo Funds-NAIA National Championship Tournament. The Cougars (23-9 overall) built a 15-point halftime lead, 50-35, after shooting 60 percent (21-for-35) from the field, including a 4-for-5 clip from beyond the three-point arc. It was only RMU's second loss of the season at the Gentile Center and ended an eight-game win streak by the Eagles. Senior guard Julian Scott (Country Club Hills, Ill./Hillcrest) scored eight of his 18 points in the extra period to lead SXU to the upset victory. RMU had won eight of the previous nine CCAC Tournament championships heading into Saturday's match-up.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the final edition of the 2009-10 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, Concordia (Calif.) moves into the No. 1 position, released by the NAIA office on Tuesday. Concordia secured 312 total points and all 12 first-place votes to grab the top billing for the first time since Jan. 4, 2005. The Eagles are 28-2 overall and have won nine straight games to clinch the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament.

Twelve Division I Men's Basketball Conference Tournaments are slated to get underway this week and all of the action can be tracked by clicking here. The field for the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship will be announced on March 9. The official bracket will be announced live through College Fanz Sports Network on March 10 starting at 3:30 p.m. CST. The exclusive, live and free video streaming broadcast can be viewed at www.collegefanz.com.