Updated Transfer list. Also made the second list sortable now. So, if you're looking for players with specific height, stats or years left, you can now find them easier!
If you have D1 hoops dreams, then by all means chase them! We aren’t anti D1, we simply exist to help educate others on how good NAIA basketball actually is & to bring the much deserved attention to the NAIA institutions, coaches & players who don’t get that National TV coverage!
The
#1
quote you will hear from NCAA D1 transfers who played NAIA basketball..
"I didn't realize how good NAIA players were, until I got there!"
By all means, chase your dreams, but NAIA basketball is no joke!
Boring week in the NAIA Hoops world:
- Kids earning degrees
- NCAA D1/D2 transfers and HS kids signed to NAIA programs
- Former NAIA players signing pro/working out for NBA teams
- Former NAIA coach wins NBA title as HC of the Raptors
🚨 UPSET ALERT 🚨 3rd NAIA win over a D1 this season!!
NAIA
@RockyMtnMBB
defeats NCAA D1 Montana State 70-62!!
Montana State just beat Pac 12 Cal, two weeks ago and Rocky led for all but 16 seconds!!
🚨 2024 NAIA Men's Bracket 🚨
Congratulations and best of luck to everyone that made it in! Be sure to tune in to our preview show tomorrow on the
@NAIA
YouTube Channel!!
A couple thoughts for after live period is over:
1) AAU/HS coaches, let players know of all coaches trying to contact them, not just the bigger levels.
2) Players/parents, until you have offers, every coach that calls represents an opportunity. Don’t “big time” them.
For you Freshman who have never been thru a college preseason strength/conditioning program…you’re about to really find out how much you LOVE the sport! Those who love the game will fight thru the crazy thoughts in their head and find success! Fall in love with the process!
If you are questioning how good the NAIA is, tonight's Championship game features:
- Two NPOY candidates
- Transfers from: Nebraska, Florida, Akron, Troy, Bethune Cookman and more
- A former Top 150 HS player
- Loyola, who beat D1 Univ. of New Orleans
@LoyolaWolfPack
@DegaMBB
🚨Elijah Malone. Good at Basketball!
Congrats to
@GraceBasketball
big man and NAIA Player of the Year, Elijah Malone, on signing to play for
@CUBuffsMBB
!!
Excited for Big E!!
You young cats who think missing treatments aren’t a big deal need to see this! That game winner probably doesn’t happen without Luka doing everything he can to make sure his body was ready to go!
‼️ National Champions ‼️
@YotesHoops
survive a tremendous comeback to beat, Indiana Tech, 73-71 to win the NAIA National Championship! Jake O’Neil leads the way with 15pts and 12rebs! Congratulations to
@Colby_Blaine
and the Yotes on their National Title!
Probably a good time to share that these are the only new
@NAIA
members! There are a few others who are adding basketball, this year and next, that have been NAIA in other sports already.
If you have questions on if a school is legit or not, feel free to ask us! Here to help!
🚨Announcement🚨
We are excited about the launch of our preseason online magazine this Fall! A lot of hard work is already being put into each story! Below is a sneak peak at the cover!
Inside the Issue:
🏀NHR Preseason Top 25
🏀Player of the Year Candidates
🏀And More...
🏀 NAIA Men’s POY signs with Marquette
🏀 NAIA Men’s Tourney MVP signs with Ole Miss
🏀 NAIA Women’s POY signs with Iowa State
With more still to come!
But yes, tell me again how the NAIA doesn’t have talent!!
Our NAIA Season Preview magazine is really coming together!! If you’re a coach or SID, who haven’t received our email, please DM us and we will resend it! This is going to be a really fun piece that we are SUPER excited about!!
Scroll to the 1:43:20 mark of this video and get your 🍿 ready!!!! 👀
NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament 1st Round:
#3
Georgetown vs
#14
Lourdes via
@YouTube
This may be the most fun time of year, BUT not everyone gets to partake in it! Unfortunately, starting today, many careers are coming to an end and that will continue over the next few weeks. Wishing all of our NAIA Seniors the best of luck in their future endeavors!!
With all of the DMs we get on a daily basis, & in talking with
@TweetsbyCoachP
, If you’re a 2020 Sr. OR transfer & want to be seen by NAIA basketball coaches, post your:
🏀 Name
🏀 Current HS/College
🏀 Height/weight
🏀 GPA
🏀 Test Scores
🏀 Highlight Tape
🏀 Contact Info
‼️BREAKING NEWS‼️
It's July 1st, which means it's time to release the cover for this years NAIA Hoops Report Preseason Magazine!! The magazine will be available mid-late September!!
It has been a long, but really fun season NAIA Hoops Nation! Thank you all for following along! We will continue to do things all offseason....but for now, It's time to catch up on some sleep! 💤
Jake Ohmer. Good at basketball.
No. 10
@GtownTigersMBB
comes back from down 21 with 6min left to beat Cumberland on this Jake Ohmer buzzer beater! One of the greatest comebacks I’ve ever seen!
If you aren't playing a lot, you have two choices:
Take yourself out mentally by pouting and being negative..
Or
Be engaged in the game and "stay" ready, so you don't have to "get" ready if/when your number is called!
Oh my 👀 No. 25 Florida College wins it!!
What. A. FINISH!!
@FC_Hoops_
with the PERFECT execution of the FT purposeful miss play for the game winner!! They come back from down 22 points and only led for 25 seconds the entire game!!
In the May of 2019 we set out on a journey to try and bring more coverage to NAIA basketball. We didn’t know what to expect. In our wildest imaginations we didn’t think we’d ever see 30k followers. THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for following along!
Hope the “got a kid perfect for your level” coaches are watching this NAIA National Title game between
@ShawneeStateMBB
and
@LCSCMBB
! The level of talent in the NAIA is much better than most think and goes far beyond these two teams!
‼️ NAIA Statistical Leaders ‼️
Here is a look at the NAIA's current leaders in Points, Rebounds and Assists per game as we head into the second half of the season!
Here is our NAIA DI Preseason Top 25. Again, a lot of research went into these. It's a deep division again this year, with more than 25 teams who could be ranked. Hope you enjoy the rankings!
NAIA Hoops Report: Preseason DI Top 25
Here is our preseason NAIA DII Top 25. Before you rip it apart, remember that this wasn't just thrown together. A lot of hard work, and research was spent on this. It is fun for us, so hopefully you all enjoy
NAIA Hoops Report: Preseason NAIA DII TOP 25
It’s a long read, but as promised, our NAIA Men’s Season Preview is here! The new website format is a work in progress, but we are really excited for the season to get here!
There are plenty of players with D1 talent at every level. Don’t let your ego force you into being at ‘Da Crib Univ’ as a “woulda, coulda, shoulda” type…
Parents and recruits often ask us what NAIA programs are near them?! We always send people these two links from the NAIA Website! Great resources to use for those of you who are just getting to know what the NAIA is!
I know fans tend to think winning is easy, especially at those programs with great traditions. Those teams may make it look easy, but I assure you, to win consistently year in & year out is very, very difficult, and requires a lot of work that no one ever sees!
Don't worry, I remain committed to growing NAIA basketball thru NAIA Hoops Report! Therefore, I have decided to take my name out of the running to be the next coach at Kentucky!
🚨 NAIA Hoops Report Preseason Magazine 🚨 Take 2!!!
We apologize for any inconvenience that the tech issue may have caused you! We are now good to go (hopefully)! We did have to update the article some already, but we hope you all enjoy!
📍 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
The shooting may not come easy, but she’s always a beautiful site! Excited for fans to be fully back in Muni this year!
🚨 NAIA
@UMobileRams
takes down D1 South Alabama!!
Former South Alabama assistant, Darnell Archey, takes his Mobile team across town for the win!!!
Pooh Frazier leads the way with 23!!
Can we do what the
@NJCAA
is going and just POSTPONE until Mid-April?! Guaranteed every one who qualified would be on board for this, and if you need help running tourney because people are with spring sports, I’ll volunteer!!
Just trying to help NAIA coaches who have been asking..
If you’re a transfer, who has already let your coach know, please post your info and highlights in this thread!
Name
Height
Previous school
Class
Stats
Honors
GPA
It’s a good time to remind 2020 kids, who still don’t have offers, to not be afraid to answer a call or text from NAIA programs, because “you’re going D1”!!
🚨 BIG News 🚨
We are excited to team up with the
@NAIA
this season to bring the NAIA National Championship Preview Show and Round of 16 Preview Show (from Muni)! Both, us and the NAIA, have common goals on finding ways to enhance the experience for fans, players, coaches and…
❗️ Road to Muni Podcast ❗️
🚨BIG NEWS for Our Preview Shows and future
🏀 Teams trending UP at right time
🏀
@CUNEmbb
HC Ben Limback
🏀 Six Games to pay attention to this Week
NAIA ➡️ WNBA
Awesome moment as the 2x
@NAIA
POY is selected No. 4 overall in the
@WNBA
Draft! Soares spent her last season at D1 Iowa State, but spent her undergraduate time playing for The Master’s (CA)!!
🚨UPSET ALERT🚨Down goes No. 1
@HuntingtonHoops
99
No. 1 Grace 79
Just an outstanding performance by Huntington! They do what no one else could do this season..defeat the Grace Lancers!
Zach Goodline 39pts | 7assts | 3rebs
Lane Sparks 19pts
A lot of young guys may not know much about Bob Hurley Sr. I encourage all, who haven't watched it, to check out The Street Stops Here! It's older now, but GREAT basketball documentary!
🏀🚨 NAIA Preseason Magazine🚨🏀
It is still the preseason right?
Thank you for your patience as we worked through some issues! Apologizing also if the website is running a little slow. We are working through that! Now just hoping it doesn't crash with the traffic!
We are…
Have four NAIA programs asking about TRANSFERS. This is easiest way to do it. So, if you are a men’s college basketball TRANSFER looking for a NAIA program, please provide following:
Name
HT/WT
GPA
Precious School
Varsity Stats
Highlights
With League Tourneys, just 8 days out, it’s a great time to highlight the Conference Map for those who may not be fully familiar with the leagues we are discussing or where some leagues are located! Also good for you recruits/parents who have asked us a ton of questions!
🚨Poster Alert 🏀
@CUNEmbb
's Tristan Smith with the highlight of the night as the
@cunebulldogs
defeat Doane 94-88.
More Highlights tonight
@1011_News
.
Between the amount of returners and this years Freshman/transfer list let’s just make it clear that the NAIA is in the best shape it’s been in, In years!!
🚨 UPSET 🚨 We will have a new National Champion
14-seed
@SAGU_Basketball
goes to New Orleans and takes down defending Champion Loyola, 82-71! The Lions had three 20+ or scorers in this one led by Brooks Haddock with 25. Philbert Weeks with a MONSTER dbl-dbl of 20pts 19rebs!
‼️ NAIA Hoops Report Coach of the Week ‼️ Sponsored by
@CD_DZNs
Mark Svagera led
@briarcliffhoops
to 3 wins last week, including a road dub over No. 16 Kansas Wesleyan. Briar Cliff now sits at 4-0 on the season!
We live in an instant gratification World. Don't be afraid of competition. Sure, everyone wants to play right away, but if a program you love has competition at your position, don't let that deter you from signing! Going up against good competition every day makes you better!
A lot of great Seniors ended their careers today. No matter if you were in the NAIA for 4 years or 1, and no matter if you’re off to a pro career, or headed to be a Dr., Lawyer, Teacher, Coach, or anything else, THANK YOU for choosing NAIA! Best of Luck in your future endeavors!
‼️ NAIA Hoops Report Coach of the Week ‼️ Sponsored by
@CD_DZNs
Dee Brown (
@RULakersMBB
)
Led the Lakers to a 2-0 week and has his squad knocking on the door of a CCAC Title!
On the eve of the launch of our first NAIA Preseason Magazine, we are reminded of how blessed and thankful we are for each and every one of you! Reaching the 25,000 follower milestone is mind blowing! Thank you to everyone across NAIA nation for believing in us!
🚨 Jordan Ashton is the new William Woods Head Men’s Basketball Coach
New AD
@SWilsonAD
hits a home run with this hire as
@CoachAshton23
is coming off a HUGE year at Iowa Wesleyan that saw them win the CAC Title and advance to the NAIA National Tourney!