2011-12 Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Headlines

May 22, 2012
Adrian Steps Down From Edgewood Men's Basketball
Todd Adrian announced he will resign as Edgewood College men's basketball head coach at the end of June to accept the same position at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. Adrian led the Eagles to a 97-65 record in six seasons including the first NCAA Tournament victory in school history last season.

April 30, 2012
Salscheider Named Maranatha Men's Basketball Coach
Keith Salscheider has been named head men's basketball coach at Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Athletic Director Rob Thompson announced Monday.

March 13, 2012
D3hoops.com Honors 6 NAC Players With All-Region Status
The Northern Athletics Conference had six men's and women's basketball players honored by D3hoops.com with All-Region recognition, the national news source announced Monday.

March 13, 2012
Doedens, Schwarz Named To NABC All-Midwest Team
The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Northern Athletics Conference men's basketball players Luke Doedens of Concordia Wisconsin and Jake Schwarz of Lakeland to the All-Midwest first and second teams, the coaches' organization announced Tuesday morning.

March 3, 2012
Thunder Rains On Edgewood's NCAA Tournament Parade
No. 24 Wheaton (Ill.) shot 63.6 percent from the field and withstood a frantic Eagles' comeback for a 73-62 victory over Edgewood in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

March 2, 2012
Edgewood Upends Falcons For First NCAA Tournament Win
Edgewood had a 75-67 win over 17th-ranked UW-River Falls in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.

February 28, 2012
Edgewood Heads To UW-River Falls For 1st Round Game
NAC champion Edgewood College will travel to host UW-River Falls for a first round game in the NCAA III Men's Basketball Championship on Friday.

February 28, 2012
CUW's Doedens Leads Men's Basketball Awards
The Northern Athletics Conference has announced the men's basketball awards for the 2011-12 basketball season, as voted on by the league's head coaches. Concordia Wisconsin's Luke Doedens led the All-NAC First Team and was named Player of the Year.

February 27, 2012
Faurote Earns Final Men's Basketball Weekly Award Of Season
Edgewood's Kent Faurote has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of February 20-26, the final weekly award of the 2011-12 season.

February 25, 2012
Edgewood's Late Run Secures Conference Crown, NCAA Berth
Edgewood College used a 12-0 run to pull away from visiting Lakeland College and won the 2012 Northern Athletics Conference Tournament, 80-72, in a near-capacity crowd at the Todd Wehr Edgedome on Saturday afternoon.

February 25, 2012
2012 Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Edgewood defeated Lakeland 80-72 in the NAC Tournament Championship and secured a spot in the NCAA Championship Tournament.

February 23, 2012
Muskies Top Falcons In Overtime, 85-83
Senior Josh Regal scored a game-high 25 points to lift Lakeland to an 85-83 overtime win over Concordia Wisconsin in a Northern Athletics Conference Tournament semifinal Thursday night in the R. John Buuck Fieldhouse.

February 23, 2012
Faurote Powers Edgewood Into NAC Title Game
Edgewood defeated Benedictine 64-60 in the 'Battle of the Eagles' in a NAC Semifinal game on Thursday night.

February 21, 2012
Eagles Shoot Lights Out To Advance Past Rockford
Edgewood used a 31-7 run spanning both halves and defeated Rockford 94-84 in a NAC Tournament quarterfinal game.

February 21, 2012
Edgewood's Wisniewski Claims D3hoops.com Team Of The Week Honor
Edgewood Ben Wisniewski became the second Eagle to be named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week presented by Scoutware. The Team of the Week is a weekly honor roll highlighting five of the nation's top performers from the previous week in Division III basketball.

February 21, 2012
Wisniewski Collects Weekly Conference Award
Edgewood's Ben Wisniewski has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of February 13-19.

February 21, 2012
Second Half Spurt Energizes CUW Over Marian
The Concordia Wisconsin men’s basketball team hung on for a 73-66 victory over Marian on Tuesday night during a Northern Athletics Conference Tournament quarterfinal matchup.

February 21, 2012
Lakeland Nets Win Over CUC Behind Ward's Double-Double
Sophomore Justin Ward scored a game-high 24 points to lead the Lakeland College men's basketball team to a 68-62 win over Concordia University Chicago in the Northern Athletics Conference Tournament quarterfinals Tuesday night.

February 21, 2012
Benedictine Shoots Down Aurora
The Benedictine University men's basketball team kicked off the postseason with an 86-83 victory over Aurora University in the opener of the Northern Athletics Conference Tournament at the Rice Center on Tuesday night.

February 14, 2012
Buzzer Beater Hands Benedictine Share Of South
David Bernard scored on a putback at the buzzer to hand Benedictine a 65-64 win on the road over rival Aurora. The victory handed Benedictine a share of its second consecutive NAC South Division title and third in 4 years.

February 14, 2012
CUW Claims 3rd-Straight North Division Title
The Concordia Wisconsin men’s basketball team handled the pressure en route to their third straight Northern Athletics Conference North Division title, with a 69-66 victory over Edgewood inside the R. John Buuck Field House.

February 14, 2012
Cougars Beat Rockford, Become Co-Champs Of NAC South
Concordia Chicago defeated Rockford, 71-59, for a share of the NAC South Division title.

February 14, 2012
Video: Buzzer Beater Hands Benedictine Share Of South
David Bernard scored on a putback at the buzzer to hand Benedictine a 65-64 win on the road over rival Aurora. The victory handed Benedictine a share of its second consecutive NAC South Division title and third in 4 years.

February 13, 2012
Merbach's 1,000-Point Milestone, Career-High 39 Gain Weekly Award
Wisconsin Lutheran's Alex Merbach has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of February 6-12.

February 13, 2012
CUW's Doedens Surpasses 1,000 Points
The 6-foot-5 guard finally reached a personal goal on Saturday afternoon in the second half of the Falcons sixth-straight conference victory, a 71-45 win at Maranatha.

February 9, 2012
Merbach Reaches 1,000-Point Milestone
Wisconsin Lutheran senior forward Alex Merbach became the 18th men's basketball player in school history to score at least 1,000 career points when the Warriors were defeated by Marian 60-59 on Wednesday, February 8.

February 9, 2012
Doedens Hits Game-Tying 39-Foot Buzzer Beater To Send CUW To OT
Concordia Wisconsin senior Luke Doedens banked in a 39-foot, one-footed, 3-pointer to beat the buzzer in regulation against Lakeland on Feb. 8, 2012. CUW would go on to win 106-102 in double overtime. Matt Menzl on the radio play-by-play call.

February 6, 2012
Schwarz Collects Men's Basketball Weekly Award
Lakeland's Jake Schwarz has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of January 30-February 5.

February 6, 2012
Muskies To Host "Pink Out" To Benefit Kay Yow Cancer Fund
Lakeland with be hosting a "Pink Out" on Saturday, Feb. 11, as the men's and women's basketball teams, in association with the Lakeland SAAC, join over 1,800 participants across the nation to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.

February 4, 2012
Wisniewski Tops NAC All-Time Scoring List
Edgewood's Ben Wisniewski became the NAC's all-time leading scorer with those 16 points, passing MSOE's Austin Meier.

February 3, 2012
Faurote, Wisniewski Named Academic All-District
Edgewood's Kent Faurote and Ben Wisniewski were named to the five-member District 6 Academic All-American team.

January 30, 2012
Sharp Shooter Harris Scores Weekly Award
Marian's Jeff Harris has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of January 23-29.

January 30, 2012
Lakeland Freshman Deals With Challenges Of Celiac Disease
Lakeland freshman Kurt Jansen, a 6-foot-5 forward on the men’s basketball team, was diagnosed with celiac disease and saw his pregame meal go from a dense carbohydrate dish to a Jimmy John’s unwich.

January 23, 2012
Lakeland's Ward Lands Weekly Award
Lakeland's Justin Ward has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of January 16-22.

January 17, 2012
Laskowski Averages Double-Double For Weekly Award
Aurora's Scott Laskowski has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of January 9-15.

January 9, 2012
Schwarz Garners Weekly Award, Once More
Lakeland's Jake Schwarz was named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of January 2-8, his second-straight week of the honor, and fourth time this season.

January 5, 2012
Coach Boyle Collects 300th Victory As Sabres Cruise
Head Coach Mark Boyle became just the second active men's basketball coach in the NAC to earn 300 career wins as Marian knocked off Northland in nonconference action, 75-67, this evening, Jan. 4.

January 3, 2012
Schwarz's Double-Double Average Earns Another Weekly Award
Lakeland's Jake Schwarz has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of December 25-January 1.

December 19, 2011
Harris Claims Weekly Award After Career-High 32
Marian's Jeff Harris has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of December 12-18.

December 13, 2011
Edgewood Just Misses Out On Top 25
Edgewood College inched even closer to the Top 25, placing first among the others receiving votes category with 60 poll points. Edgewood (9-0) shares that position with Washington University in St. Louis and Wittenberg University (Ohio).

December 12, 2011
Cording Receives Weekly Honor After Career-High Performances
MSOE's John Cording has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of December 5-11.

December 10, 2011
Schneider Joins 1,000-Point Club
Mitchell Schneider drained a 12-foot jumper from the baseline during the second half of a 90-68 Northern Athletics Conference victory over Aurora University inside the R. John Buuck Field House to become the 13th CUW player to join the 1,000-point club.

December 6, 2011
Edgewood Moves Closer To Top 25
For the second consecutive week, the Eagles have received votes in the D3Hoops.com Top 25.

December 5, 2011
Schwarz Nets Second Weekly Award For Historic Week
Lakeland's Jake Schwarz has been named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of November 28-December 4, his second-straight honor.

November 30, 2011
NAC Teams Gaining National Attention In Polls
The D3hoops.com Top 25 polls for week one were released and three Northern Athletics Conference teams, two men's and one women's, received votes in the national polls.

November 30, 2011
Schwarz Hits Scoring Milestone
Junior Jake Schwarz eclipsed the 1,000-point scoring mark to lead the Lakeland College men's basketball team to a 110-79 victory against Maranatha Baptist Bible College in the team's Northern Athletics Conference opener Tuesday night.

November 30, 2011
Faurote Named To D3hoops.com Team Of The Week
Kent Faurote was named to D3hoops.com's Team of the Week presented by Scoutware for the second time is his career, following his performance in two games during the week of November 21-27.

November 28, 2011
Schwarz Named Men's Basketball Weekly Award Winner
Lakeland's Jake Schwarz has been named Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of November 21-27.

November 27, 2011
Janusek's buzzer beater
Edgewood's Michael Janusek hits a game-winning 3-pointer to defeat Viterbo on Nov. 27, 2011. The Eagles trailed by seven points with 42 seconds remaining before rallying for the win.

November 21, 2011
Accurate Doedens Sinks First Men's Basketball Weekly Award Of Season
Concordia Wisconsin's Luke Doedens has been named Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for games of November 14-20.

October 27, 2011
Falcons, Spartans top men's basketball poll
Concordia Wisconsin and Aurora were picked atop the 2011-12 Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Falcons were picked to repeat in the North Division, while the Spartans were tabbed to take the South title.

October 20, 2011
Benedictine men's basketball to meet Loyola in exhibition contest
The Benedictine University men's basketball team will face Division I program Loyola University Chicago in an exhibition game on Saturday, November 5.

October 11, 2011
Faurote, Edgewood named in Sporting news preview
Edgewood men's basketball player Kent Faurote was mentioned in The Sporting News 2011 College Basketball Preview issue as an honorable mention selection to the publication's Division III Preseason All-American team.

September 9, 2011
CUC Head Basketball Coach featured on ESPN's "Outside the Lines"
Coach Tyler Jones, 49, head basketball coach of the Concordia University Chicago Cougars, was featured live on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” where he revealed to his team that he is undergoing innovative proton therapy treatment after being diagnosed with prostate cancer last May.

August 12, 2011
Aiona joins BenU men's basketball staff
Benedictine University and the Department of Athletics has announced the hiring of Kaniela Aiona as assistant men’s basketball coach.