KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The MIAA hosts its 2025 Basketball Media Day on Monday, October 6, at the College Basketball Experience in downtown Kansas City.
MIAA basketball coaches from all 14 schools will travel to Kansas City to participate in the annual media day. The event begins at 9 a.m. Monday. Following Commissioner Mike Racy's opening remarks, MIAA head coaches will participate in 15-minute press conferences to speak on the upcoming season and take questions from the media.
Fans can watch all the action live, for free, on
The MIAA Network.
Voice of the Griffons Tommy Rezac will be on site, conducting one-on-one interviews with Griffon coaches and players. Those conversations will be posted to the
Griffon Sports Insider Podcast page.
This MIAA season will be the first for new MoWest head basketball coaches
Luke Scheidecker (women's) and
Brooks McKowen (men's). The two new coaches will take the podium together Monday morning at 9:45 CT.
Women's basketball unofficially gets started with an exhibition at Division I Creighton on October 22 before seeing defending DII national champion Grand Valley State at St. Joseph Civic Arena on October 31 in the D2CCA Tip-off Classic.
The men start with the D2CCA Tip-off Classic at Civic Arena in St. Joseph with a battle against West Texas A&M on October 31 as well.
PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
9:00 AM – MIAA Commissioner,
Mike Racy
SESSION I
9:15 AM – Northwest Missouri,
Austin Meyer and Matt Keeley
9:30 AM – Central Missouri,
David Slifer and Adam Bohac
9:45 AM – Missouri Western, Luke Scheidecker and Brooks McKowen
10:00 AM – Break
10:15 AM – Rogers State,
Heather Davis and Justin Barkley
10:30 AM – Northeastern State,
Keith Ferguson and Ja Havens
10:45 AM – Central Oklahoma,
Hannah Moeller and Bob Hoffman
11:00 AM – Arkansas-Fort Smith,
Ryan McAdams and Zane Gibson
11:15 AM – Break
SESSION II
11:45 AM – Newman,
Amy Briggs and RJ Allen
12:00 PM – Nebraska Kearney,
Drew Johnson and Marty Levinson
12:15 PM – Fort Hays State,
Talia Kahrs and Mark Johnson
12:30 PM – Pittsburg State,
Amanda Davied and Jeff Boschee
12:45 PM – Break
1:00 PM – Missouri Southern,
Ronnie Ressel and Sam McMahon
1:15 PM – Washburn,
Lora Westling and Brett Ballard
1:30 PM – Emporia State,
MJ Baker and Tom Billeter
