My son played NAIA and was a great student. But he wasn’t a mid major kid coming out of high school. He was always going D2 or NAIA. A lot of sure fire D1 kids go the NAIA route when they can’t qualify out of high school.

I agree. That kid is a force of nature.

The usual suspect is usually academic...

Wasn’t slighting any team. As you know, the knowledge in some of these forums is heavily geographical. The teams I listed are all familiar with the area that reads this board. Thought it would hammer the point home a little better than listing teams people would have to research.

I’d take Alice Lloyd, Midway and Asbury over Transy and Centre.

Yes. You take the best players from your 10 best D2 schools, and I’ll take the best players from Georgetown, Campbellsville, Lindsey Wilson, Indiana Southeast, Cumberlands, UPike, Indiana Wesleyan, Union, Indiana East, Asbury. The NAIA schools I’ve listed probably have 15-20 guys that will play pro basketball overseas on them.

NAIA is basically a more athletic version of D2. The academic requirements aren’t as high, so you can get some borderline kids in.

Drop down? NAIA is a much more competitive, and expensive level, than D3. They’ll now be recruiting against the other NAIA and D2 powers in the tri-state area. I actually look for some of the NAIA schools in Kentucky to convert to D3 now that they’re requiring a minimum of 8 full scholarship players.

A coach for starters

Most schools prefer their incoming players to enroll in summer school so they’re allowed to work out and participate in individual workouts.

By his own admission, he was way behind when he got to Trinity. Went to Central for his freshman year.

I’m really surprised he got another head coaching opportunity this quickly after the way he lost the last one. Hopefully he has his stuff together and it works out for him this time.

It’s basically like playing D1 basketball while in higher school. They play the best of the best.

Yeah? And?

I don’t think it’s about who’s “better”. Everyone has a role. Some of these kids may fill those roles better than others. Maybe Mason and Carson didn’t want to accept the roles they were going to be expected to play. Both are great players. Sometimes it just isn’t a fit.

2 years of D1 college basketball. Coaches know who they are.

Always skeptical when a kid is a big fish in a small pond. Faulkner went from shooting the ball 40 times a game in high school, to having to play PG in a controlled system. He had a good freshman season at NKU. Then there was a talent bump this year. It effected his playing time. He obviously didn’t like it. Mason had 15-20 D1 offers coming out of high school. He’ll have plenty of opportunities. Hopefully he finds a fit.

I would say that since he was an advocate of Steele, this is a non story now.

He could slide nicely into that role that Justin Johnson is leaving open.

Did he sign? If he signed, it’s up to the new head coach to decide. If Steele gets it, it’s probably a non issue.

Pitt has made an offer to Jon Sheyer. Assistant and former player at Duke.

Some of the comments on here are insane. Is Carson a D1 player? Yes. But the problem at NKU is this... they need to be more athletic up front, and NcDonald is better than Carson. Odd man out. Carson is a 6’4 post player. They’re pretty rare in D1. If he decides he wants to stay D1, he’ll have opportunities. But if he ultimately decides that Bellarmine, Kentucky Wesleyan, Georgetown, Campbellsville, etc are his better options, that’s probably a...

The realistic aspect to this is that NKU is getting better. Having McDonald and Williams on the court hinders them athletically. So they need to be more athletic at the 4. Carson isn’t going to take a spot on the bench, so he’s odd man out. He will be fine. Sit a year and attempt another D1. Go to Bellarmine. Go to Georgetown. Any of those choices will work out for him. Shouldn’t be lost on anyone that the new coach at Kentucky Wesleyan has deep...

Yes. The Kentucky Wesleyan administration was driving him crazy.

Georgetown is the best non D1 program in the state. They would’ve taken Bellarmine apart this season.