INDIANAPOLIS — Gannon men’s basketball reached a low-point in 2022-23. Its three wins were its fewest since the late 1940s and it had not won a PSAC Tournament game since 2017-18, which was also the last time it qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Three years, 92 wins and a couple PSAC tournament titles later, the Gannon Golden Knights are NCAA Division-II national champions for the first time in program history.
INDIANAPOLIS — Mary Washington's first Division III championship came in dramatic fashion. Mary Washington took down Emory, which was also in search of its first national championship 75-73 in the waning seconds at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Using their stout defense, Freed-Hardeman University’s Lions held off the Langston Lions to bring home the Maude Naismith Trophy and the Big Red Banner for the second time in three years as 2026 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Champions.
"Hey! *Heh*—found you! Hiding again, aren't you?"
"Hm? ...Oh, well, I wasn't exactly *hiding*..."
As I poked my head out from behind a mountain of paperwork, her eyes immediately locked onto mine.
"Are you free right now?"
"I assume telling you 'no, I'm not free' isn't an option?"
"Nope! Not allowed! Because, come on—you have absolutely no intention of taking a break on your own, do you?"
"Well... being Yang-ko's trainer... the sheer volume of work isn't exactly something one person can handle alone, you know..."
"Oh, please! I *offered* to help you, but you kept stubbornly insisting, 'I can't possibly let a student do this work!'"
"I wasn't being stubborn; it's my job. Besides... hmm... well, I suppose today *is* Sunday, isn't it?"
Furious Italian media stuck the boot into their football flops after a painful penalty shoot-out defeat to Bosnia & Herzegovina saw them miss out on a THIRD consecutive World Cup.