Road To Muni Podcast

We are down to the final three games of the season as College of Idaho, Ottawa (AZ), Georgetown and Indiana Tech make up your NAIA Fab Four teams and tipoff on Saturday! In this episode, Junior and Pat dive deeper into the games, the paths of each team and more!

Junior and Pat breakdown the Round of 16. We dive into each quadrant and each matchup as action gets tipped off on Monday, March 13th and Round of 16 action continues into Tuesday, March 14th. 

Junior and Pat take a DEEP dive into the NAIA Men's National Championships. We breakdown Pods, talk about each matchup. We give out our favorite opening round games, our dark horse teams and even hand out our Fab Four predictions!

Junior and Pat dive into the CAC Tournament. We discuss the favorites in Florida College and Iowa Wesleyan. Talk about the quietly good year, WAU has had and more!

Junior and Pat dive into the RRAC Tournament. We discuss our favorite opening round games, dark horse teams we like and more!

Junior and Pat dive into the GSAC Tourney as we talk new format, Menlo, our favorite matchups and more!

Junior and Pat dive into the SAC Tournament with our picks to win it, dark horse teams to watch and our favorite opening round games!

Junior and Pat dive into the Heart Conference Tournament. We discuss WPU's Heart dominance, our dark horse teams to win it and give out our favorite opening round games!

Junior and Pat dive into the WHAC Tournament. We discuss how great Indiana Tech was this season, our dark horse team to win it and our favorite opening round games!

Junior and Pat dive into the GCAC Tournament. We talk about Tougaloo's great season and how Philander Smith and Dillard make up the top contenders here. We also talk about our favorite opening round games and more. 

Junior and Pat dive into the AMC Tournament. We discuss the favorites to win it, the dark horse teams who can make a run and give out our favorite Quarterfinal matchups! 

Junior and Pat discuss the KCAC Tournament. We discuss our favorites to win it, our dark horse teams and more!

Junior and Pat dive into the Crossroads League Tourney. We talk about the 5 teams who should already be sure "IN's" for the NAIA National Tourney, we breakdown our favorite QF's matchup, our dark horse teams and more!

Junior and Pat dive into the SSAC Tourney. Including talk about the 3 bubble teams who are still fighting for at-large spots if they don't win the SSAC Tourney. We also talk about our favorite matchups in the opening rounds and more!

Junior and Pat dive into the AAC Tournament. We discuss Union's dominance, Reinhardt as the 2-seed, give out our dark horse team to win it and more!

Junior and Pat dive into the CCC Tournament. We discuss College of Idaho's dominance, the at-large possibilities for others and more!

Junior and Pat breakdown the NSAA Tournament. We give out our favorite to win it, discuss importance of Mayville State winning the auto-bid, talk our favorite opening round games and more! 

Junior and Pat dive into the CCAC Tourney. We give out our favorite to win it, our dark horse team that could surprise and our favorite opening round matchup!

Junior and Pat take a deeper look at the Mid-South Tourney. We talk matchups, favorites, declare our dark horse teams and give out our favorite game of the opening round!

Pat and Junior do a deep dive into the River States Conference Tournament. 

Junior and Pat discuss teams who have clinched National Tourney Auto-Bids, conferences with a lot still to be decided over next 7-8 days, teams who are playing their best basketball in the Stock Risers Report and games we are excited about this week!

Junior and Pat talk resume wins, more upsets and more. We also bring on College of Idaho Head Coach, Colby Blaine, to talk some Yotes Hoops. As always we finish the episode with our Stock Risers Report and give out our Games to Watch this week!

Junior and Pat take a deep dive into each conference and where teams sit inside the league standings. With just 30 days to go before Conference Tournaments, it's a good time to take a look around the country and where teams sit coming down the final home stretch of the season! We also have our Stock Risers Report and take a look at some of the best games on the docket for this week!

Junior and Pat discuss what is happening around the NAIA and where teams stand headed into 2023. We talk Rio Grande Hoops with Head Coach, Ryan Arrowood. We also give out this week's Stock Risers!

On this episode, Junior and Pat break down the past 10 days of action across the NAIA. As well as talk about the NAIA National Player of the Year watch list and talk Grace basketball with Head Coach, Scott Moore. As always, we also give out our Stock Risers Report!

Junior and Pat talk about the seven Top 25 teams that went down on Saturday and the changes ahead to rosters as the semester ends and teams start to add new players to their rosters. Joining us today, is No. 10 Southwestern (KS) Head Coach, Matt O'Brien, as we talk some Builder Men's Basketball, the KCAC and more! We also prep you for the big week ahead!

Stock Risers

Ryley McClaren/Freed Hardeman

Avery Jackson (Oklahoma City)

Zach Goodline/Huntington

Iowa Wesleyan 

Saint Xavier

Antelope Valley

Junior and Pat take a look at the New NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll, as well as discuss how no matter how good teams are, they are going to have bad games and bad stretches of play. Joining us this week for our coach's interview series is Coach Chris Wright of Langston (OK). 

Stock Risers Discussed:

Langston Defense

Javan Buchanan (Indiana Wesleyan)

Indiana Tech

Malik Edwards (William Penn)

Jalen Brooks (LSU Shreveport)

Eastern Oregon

Junior and Pat talk about some of the top stories around the NAIA. We talk briefly about some of the early conference standings, some of the top non-conf action this past week. We also are joined by Pat Crarey, Head Men's Basketball Coach at St. Thoams (FL), to talk about his squad, the Sun Conference and some of the big games coming up for them. We finish with our Stock Risers report, and some of our favorite games on this upcoming week slate! Hope everyone has a Great Thanksgiving!!

In this episode, Junior and Pat disect the two biggest games from this previous week in No. 1 Arizona Christian vs No. 3 College of Idaho and No. 2 Thomas More vs No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan! We also talk about No. 4 Oklahoma Wesleyan matchup against RV MidAmerica Nazarene. This week's coaching interview is with Delton Deal of Southwestern Assemblies of God. Coach Deal discusses his team, the season thus far, the ever dangerous Sooner Athletic Conference as well as SAGU's big matchup this week vs No. 12 LSU Shreveport! You also won't want to miss our Stock Risers segment as we discuss those teams and players who's stocks are rising!

Junior and Pat dive into some of the top games from Week 1. We also get into a new segment called "Stock Risers" for those players, teams and leagues coming off of good weeks who have seen their stocks rising. We also talk about the BIG slate this weekend which includes a Top 5 matchup! 

Junior and Pat breakdown the action from Kansas City and preview the Fab Four!

Junior and Pat talk about the opening two rounds of the NAIA National Championships, preview the Round of 16 matchups and more on this episode of NHR - The Podcast!

Junior and Pat dive into each of the Naismith, Cramer, Duer and Liston Quadrants of the NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship bracket. We discuss matchups, top players, potential future matchups and give our Fab Four predictions! All of that and plenty more on this weeks episode of NHR - The Podcast

Junior and Pat talk about all of the prior days conference tournament action. Give some highlights from those games that have been played and even preview some of the action we still have left over the next two days!

Junior and Pat discuss the top players, top teams and pick our sleepers to win the CalPac Tournament!

Junior and Pat take on the RRAC Tournament. There are a lot of similar teams in this league and could be one you see some upsets in. We talk about the top players, favorites to win and hand out our Upset Special teams!

Junior and Pat dive into this weekends action with the GCAC Tournament. Maybe the most wide open league in the NAIA as teams fight for the 1 auto-bid.

Junior and Pat take on the CAC Tournament, one of the more unique leagues in the NAIA as they don't have a conference regular season. We discuss the top players and who has best shot of reaching the CAC Finals where two auto-bids into the NAIA National Championships awaits!

Junior and Pat take a look at some of the teams in the Heart who have had good years and can make a deep run in this tournament. We also look at some of the leagues top players and talk about who may, outside of William Penn, can take down the Heart Tournament!

Junior and Pat do a quick dive into tonight's CCAC Tournament action. We also discuss the leagues top players, the favorites to win the tournament and who could possible play spoiler!

Junior and Pat dive into one of the best league tournaments in the NAIA. We talk about some of the matchups, the players to watch and even discuss a couple dark horse teams who could win a CL Tournament Title!

Junior and Pat breakdown the matchups, players to watch and give out our sleepers to win the RSC Tournament!

Junior and Pat break down the SSAC Tournament. Discussing some of the matchups, top players and who outside the favorites has a shot to win the Title!

Junior and Pat discuss the Frontier Conference Tournament. Breaking down the Top teams, players to watch and the sleeper team that could make a run at a title!

Junior talks some SAC hoops as we gear up for a league tournament that is usually one of the more fun ones to watch. He discusses the leagues top players, favorites to win and who could be a team to watch as a dark horse to win the league title!

Junior and Pat discuss The Sun Conference Tournament with a breakdown of the top players to watch, the favorite to win and even give our sleeper teams of who to watch out for!

Junior rides solo on this one and takes a quick look at the Mid-South Tournament as they tip off later tonight! One of the best leagues in the country, with a lot at stake! It is always one of the best Conference Tournaments to Watch!

Junior and Pat do a deep dive into the AAC Tournament with favorites to win, players to watch and even a couple of dark horses to watch out for!

Junior and Pat discuss each league and what to expect in the final two weeks of the regular season! It's a bit of a longer episode, but a deeper look at each and every NAIA league as we sprint to the finish line!

Join Junior and Pat this week as we continue to talk about the big games, big player performances and talk league titles! We are also joined by Oklahoma City Head Coach, Mark Berokoff, as his OCU Stars have won 5 straight headed into a 3 game road stretch that is a crucial one as they sit just 1 game out of 1st place in the Sooner Athletic Conference. 

Junior and Pat once again tackle the ever changing landscape of the NAIA Men's basketball world! We talk about the newly released ARC ratings, the Top 25 polls that will be released this week with a potential new #1! We also talk with LSUA Head Coach, Larry Cordaro and the amazing job he has done since starting the LSUA program in 2014-15. Including the fact that him and the program are just 1 win away from #200 on the year!

Junior and Pat once again help paint the picture of the current landscape around the NAIA as most leagues are chin deep into their conference season and conference title pictures are starting to come into focus including a few surprise teams making strong bids for league titles! We also check in with Talladega Head Coach, Chris Wright. The Tornado's are currently ranked #3 in the NAIA and their only loss on the season was a short handed loss on their California trip earlier this season. This is their first season as members of the Southern States Athletic Conference and thus far, despite many games being rescheduled, they have adapted well!

Join in as Junior and Pat tackle NAIA hot topics like Covid protocols the NAIA Tournament and others. We also talk with Grace College Head Coach, Scott Moore, as his #7 Grace Lancers get prepared for a big NAIA Top 10 showdown with #9 Indiana Wesleyan. We also preview another Top 10 showdown this week in #1 Loyola vs #3 Talladega!

Junior and Pat once again take on all things NAIA, as we discuss what to expect with midyear transfers, the big games and wins from this past week, observations from across the NAIA and more. This week we also chat with #18 College of Idaho Head Coach, Colby Blaine, as he discusses his team, the Cascade Collegiate Conference and the Yotes season!

Junior and Pat talk the top headlines around the NAIA and give an in-depth perspective on what it's like for players and teams as they finish up with finals week and now have a few weeks to focus mainly on basketball! We are also joined in by Florida College Head Coach, Chase Teichmann and Southeastern (FL) Head Coach, Kevin Lubbers as they discuss their teams and the upcoming week, including the SEU Classic in which both teams are in and playing against two teams from the CCAC! 

On this week's episode, Junior and Pat do a run down of a few of the top teams in the NAIA and how they faired this week. We also do a deeper dive into the Golden State Athletic Conference and talk with William Jessup Head Coach, Lance Von Vogt. We also take a look at two big NAIA events this week as the Battle at the Beach and NAIA, The Show tip-off this week!

On this week's show Junior and Pat discuss some of the big time performances around the NAIA this past week. They also run down some of the big wins from this past weeks action. Joining us for our Coaches Interview is Bethel (KS) Head Coach, Jayson Artaz. He gives us an update on his squad as they head into KCAC play this week.

Make sure you tune in as we also discuss our favorite games for this upcoming week as we start to open up more and more conference games!

Junior and new co-host Pat Derksen talk about what has happened in the early part of the season, including player performances, teams who have looked good early and games coming up this week that we are excited about.  We also talk with Loyola (LA) Head Coach, Stacy Hollowell, about his teams 4-0 start, with wins over three tough NAIA programs, including beating #6 LSU-Shreveport. The Wolfpack also beat NCAA D1 New Orleans this past week. They have looked every part of a Top 5 team early this season.

In the final podcast of the season, Junior and Trev are joined by Pat Derksen to preview the NAIA Men's National Championships! We break down each bracket, talk about our favorite matchups and even give our Fab Four predictions! 

Join Junior and Trev as we discuss our initial thoughts and reactions to the NAIA National Tournament bracket reveal. We also have four great interviews to gain some insights on some of the NAIA National Tournament Teams:

Coach Kyle Blankenship who is the Head Coach for LSU-Shreveport and is a member of the NAIA selection committee. 

 Coach John Henry, Head Coach at #2 William Penn University, a veteran head coach with loads of experience at the National Tournament.

Coach Frank Woodford, Head Coach BenU-Mesa talks about his team, what it means to be the 1st team in program history to make it to the NAIA National Tournament.

Pat Derken, former NAIA hooper at Holy Cross, and now Color commenter on air for Bethel (IN), IU-South Bend and Holy Cross broadcasts! 

Each interview gives you different insights from around the NAIA men's basketball world!

Junior and Trev bring you a breakdown of each conference tournament throughout the NAIA! 

Coach Kyle Blankenship of LSU Shreveport joins the show today. Not only does he discuss his team and the Red River Athletic Conference, but he also gives great insight and perspective from a National Rater on what he looks for from teams across the country when voting on a Top 25.

Junior is joined by Jake Pommerer to discuss this past week around NAIA men's basketball. We break down action from this past week, talk about the games we are excited about for this upcoming week and give some shout outs to some players and teams.  We also are joined by Talladega Men's Basketball Head Coach Chris Wright. His Tornadoes are coming off being crowned the GCAC Regular Season Champions!

In this weeks episode, Junior and Trev breakdown all the conference standings for each league as we head into the final month of the regular season. We also give out our Games of the Week over the next 7 days! Lots of great info that you won't want to miss!!!

In Episode 010 of NHR - The Podcast Junior and Trev discuss some of the news and notes that came out this past week in the NAIA. Including the Top 25 poll, the National Tournament teams going from 64 down to 48 and some of our favorite games and shout outs for this week. We also talk with Xavier Head Coach Alfred Williams about his XULA team, the GCAC group play and his thoughts on his team dropping out of the Top 25 Poll despite not losing a game since the last poll.

On today's show, Junior and Trev break down some of the action from the Top 25 this past week. We also discuss our thoughts on Indiana Wesleyan staying at #1 in the new polls coming out this week. We talk with USAO Head Coach Chris Francis about the Drovers big win over #3 MACU, the outlook for the rest of the season and his thoughts on the Sooner Athletic Conference. We also give out our GAMES OF THE WEEK!!

Be sure to tune in each and every Saturday throughout the season, as we bring you all the news and notes from across the NAIA men's basketball world!

Today Junior is joined by fellow NHR member Jake Pommerer as we talk about the updates across the NAIA. Including discussing the Cascade Collegiate Conference decision and the NAIA's move to lower the National Tournament standards from 14 games down to 10! We also chat with John Brown Head Coach Jason Beschta! 

Make sure you tune in to also see who our Games of the Week are! 

In Episode 007, we break down some of the games from this past week including the big Top Five matchup between #1 Indiana Wesleyan and #5 Arizona Christian. We also have two interviews from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference as we talk with Matt O'Brien, Head Coach at Southwestern (KS) and former Ottawa star and All-American Darryl Bowie!

From ALL of us at NAIAhoopsreport.com we want to wish you a safe and happy Holidays! 

Junior and Trev dive into this weeks NAIA action, review last weeks games and talk with Florida College Head Coach Chase Teichmann. Be sure to tune in to see who who are top games of the week are and who we give our shoutouts to for this past week!

Junior and Trev take you inside all of the action from the previous week in the NAIA. We are also joined by Loyola - New Orleans Head Coach Stacy Hollowell, as he talks about his team, the challenges of scheduling this season and more. 

Games of the Week:

Mount Vernon Nazarene @ Huntington

#15 Cumberlands (KY) @ Martin Methodist

#14 Ottawa @ Bethel (KS)

Shoutouts:

#9 Arizona Christian - Battle against D1 New Mexico State

Texas A&M Texarkana - Start of the year and a team on the rise

** WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE ECHO OFF OF ONE OF THE MICS. WE WILL GET THAT CORRECTED FOR NEXT EPISODE**

Junior and Trev break down the action from the past week, talk some William Penn basketball with Associate Head Coach Blake Sandquist, give our shout outs, game of the week, and more! 

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In this episode Junior and Trev take a look back at some of the action from this past week, we look ahead into this upcoming week, and we talk with Valley City State Head Coach Ryan Montgomery about his Vikings!

Junior and Trev dive into whats is happening around the NAIA Hoops World!