kid texted my assistant asking what he could do to get more minutes.
reminded him i never stopped believing in him that my bench is a tool to get the best five on the floor & he hasn’t done anything wrong.
just had his two best practices of the year & looks like a new player.
❗️HIRED❗️Congrats to former Wildcats David Osborn and Josh Mawhorr on both getting hired as head coaches with historic NAIA programs.
Osborn was recently announced as the new head coach for the Bethel Pilots, a conference foe in the Crossroads League. He was an assistant coach for Indiana Wesleyan for 6 years and most recently served as the head coach at Trinity Christian.
Mawhorr has been named the head coach at College of the Ozarks, where he previously served as an assistant in 2023-24. He is coming from 2 years on staff with Baylor in the Big 12. A former player for IWU, he won a national championship in 2016 in his senior season.
You all know I LOVE this….I am also a person that values sharing reality….just the same as many D1s are D1 in name only; IWU is NAIA in name only. That is a VERY elite athletic department and institution. They operate at a high level! Very school story and great seeing a young person do what they think is right for them.
NEWS: @Warsaw_Tigers guard @JoslynBricker10, one of the state's top seniors, has flipped her commitment from #Butler to @IWUWildcats.
"It was less about Butler and more about the current landscape of Division I basketball."
More here: https://t.co/HPIf6asARu
🏀 NAIA GAMEDAY 🏀
No. 2-seed @IWUHoops plays their final game in Luckey Arena today in the Second Round of the NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship!
IWU students get in FREE ‼️ GET LOUD 🗣️
🆚 No. 10-seed Dalton State
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Marion, Ind. | Luckey Arena
🔗 Tickets, live stats and video are available at https://t.co/UJ170S65n3
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#BattleForTheRedBanner
Grateful to have led Trinity Hoops (@TrollsMBball) these past two years. We took over a program that averaged less than 5 NAIA wins over the last 10+ years and had won 1 NAIA win in the previous year. Despite learning that Trinity was closing our team continued to CLIMB.
• 17-13 on the year (all NAIA wins)
• 13-7 in CCAC play (4th place finish)
• Most wins & first postseason win in 15+ years
• Finished top 15 in the country in multiple offensive categories
Wins only tell part of the story. We’ve had 11 All-Academic members and this past fall a cumulative team GPA above a 3.5. Our guys loved and cared for one another. This team brought together alumni and fans during unprecedented times. Collectively we wanted to give our best as we wrote the #finalchapTer of Trinity Hoops. We did that.
With much gratitude, I’m excited to see what the Lord has next for our players, staff, and my family (our 5th starter set to arrive in July). #CLIMB
🏀 ALL-LEAGUE 🏀
Congratulations to Julius Gizzi for being named to the Crossroads League All-Freshman Team and an All- League Honorable Mention! 😼
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🏀 ALL-LEAGUE 🏀
Congratulations to Isaac Andrews for being named to the All-Crossroads League Second Team! 😼
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🏀 ALL-LEAGUE 🏀
Congratulations to DJ Moore for being named to both the All-Crossroads League First Team and All-Defensive Team! 😼
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🏀 ALL-LEAGUE 🏀
Congratulations to Caedmon Bontrager for being named the 2025-26 Crossroads League Player of the Year! 😼
📰 https://t.co/ESFFbNwXAh
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😼 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 😼
Congratulations to Caedmon Bontrager for being named the Crossroads League Offensive Player of the Week! 🏀
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